Confused about weight measurements
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Mummytofitmummy
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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.
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.
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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 ... ??
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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.0 -
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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.0 -
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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 down0 -
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
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