Confused about weight measurements

Mummytofitmummy

I've been using a journaling tracker to see how my weight changes over the weeks. I've only been at this for a little over two weeks, noticing changes in my body but it's nice to have something to look back on as I'm not much of a picture taker.

My scale has stones, lbs and kg. In the UK we're mostly used to stones but Ive made a tracker for kg and lbs as there's more to tick off in units!

However my scale doesn't align with the weight converter I used from Google or the chart I looked up and printed. They're all different. So as you can tell I'm confused.

Machka9

Mummytofitmummy wrote: »

However my scale doesn't align with the weight converter I used from Google or the chart I looked up and printed. They're all different. So as you can tell I'm confused.

What do you mean by this? For example ... ??

MaddMaestro

Machka9 wrote: »

Mummytofitmummy wrote: »

However my scale doesn't align with the weight converter I used from Google or the chart I looked up and printed. They're all different. So as you can tell I'm confused.

What do you mean by this? For example ... ??

I can only guess that if they were to measure themselves in stones and kg and get 2 numbers, the conversion from stones to kg on Google are different.

Google says 15 stone = 95.2 kg.
Their scale MAY say they weight 15 stones, but 90kg.

By the way, not all scales are accurate.

Mummytofitmummy

Yes
Eg 11.7 stones is 73.1 kg on my scale (press the down button to change the unit).
But on Google and some charts it shows a different number.

I wouldn't be surprised if the scale isn't accurate but the numbers seems to be following a believable pattern e.g. going up when eating etc.

I don't know if I should stick to one unit and convert on Google and use that instead.

Machka9

Use Google.

Or better yet ... use the math.

http://coolconversion.com/weight/11.7-stone-to-kg

thunderchild007

Your scale is right. 2.2lb = 1kg so.....

11 stone is 154lbs plus 7lbs (11 st 7lbs) = 161lbs
161lbs divided by 2.2lbs (or 1 kilo) = 73.181818kgs or 73.1kgs or 73.2kgs if you round up or down

stanmann571

Mummytofitmummy wrote: »

Yes
Eg 11.7 stones is 73.1 kg on my scale (press the down button to change the unit).
But on Google and some charts it shows a different number.

I wouldn't be surprised if the scale isn't accurate but the numbers seems to be following a believable pattern e.g. going up when eating etc.

I don't know if I should stick to one unit and convert on Google and use that instead.

That's not 11.7 stones. That's 11 stones 7. or 11.5 stone

In other words, your scale is right... and so is Google.

It's a minor error and easy to make