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Why would a stretch make a difference to weight?!?

amymacnabskye101
amymacnabskye101 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
This is the strangest thing, and it's happened the past 2 mornings so it wasn't just a one-off, but I've no idea how it works.

I jumped on the scales this morning and it read 153.8lbs. Came off & had a huge stretch, bent over to touch my toes then stretched backwards as far as I could to ease my stiff back, then back on the scales. Weight now 151.2! It had been 45 seconds since I had weighed myself, and definitely hadn't eaten/drank/peed.

Anyone else experienced this bizarre phenomenon?!?

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  • augustremulous
    augustremulous Posts: 378 Member
    Need a new scale.
  • erevans
    erevans Posts: 5 Member
    It's probably not the stretch. Some scales can vary even from one weigh in to the next, with barely any time lapsed. It could just be a matter of how you stood on the scale. Mine is sensitive. If I lean forward or backwards too much, I get an inaccurate reading. I try to make sure I'm standing up straight.
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