My boyfriend tipped me off to this and this morning I tried it out. Usually, my scale (a cheap analog one from Kmart) resides on my carpeted bedroom floor, next to a chest of drawers. It resides here because it's one of very few spots in my flat where it won't trip people over, but it's still accessible to step on without moving it. Anyway...
- In its usual spot, this morning I weighed 49kg.
- Moving it 50cm away from the chest of drawers, I weighed 46.5kg.
- Moving it to the hallway with a hardwood floor, suddenly I weighed 45.5kg!
I found
this New Scientist article suggesting that the hardwood reading is probably the most accurate one (as in that's what manufacturers calibrate for). Which would mean that all of a sudden, my weight loss journey is just about done - my goal weight is 45kg and I'm almost there. I should start planning for maintenance. Yet that's a weird thing to wrap my head around when up til now, I thought I was a bit over halfway... so I guess I wanted some second opinions. Is the lowest reading
really most likely to be accurate? Should I definitely start planning to go into maintenance in a couple of weeks? How can I soothe my nagging sense of doubt? (Other than with, "at this point it's all vanity pounds anyway, don't get obsessive!" which was the first thought that came to mind
)
As an aside, I'm 150cm/4'10" so these weights are all within a healthy range for me. My goal weight of 45kg would give a BMI of 20.5. I don't really want to go lower than 45kg but yeah, 45kg is good. Just wanted to head off any well-meaning concern!
