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Conversion Confusion

toriilana
toriilana Posts: 29 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all,

I had my first weigh in today!
In the UK we use Stones more than just pure lbs.
My inital weight was 19.0 stone which I converted to be 266lbs.
Today my weight was 18 stone 8.7 lbs = which I thought meant I had lost 5lbs seeing as there is 14lbs per stone.

However, when converted that only equals 263.2 lbs which is a 3lb loss.

Am I confusing myself? I have no idea how much I have actually lost now because I'm not familiar with the system of lbs.

I know I have misunderstood somewhere, and I appreciate this is a basic sum that I'm somehow getting confused.

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  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    You can check your weight in in stones and lbs, that's what I always use.


    On the web version click home
    Then along the top click settings
    Down the left hand side click update diet/fitness profile
    You'll see highlighted in blue change units
    Click that and change to stone and lbs.
  • sugaraddict4321
    sugaraddict4321 Posts: 15,897 MFP Moderator
    Stones confuse me more than pounds or kilos, but I'll give it a go.

    19 x 14 = 266 pounds. You got that one right.
    18 x 14 = 252 pounds + 8.7 pounds = 260.7 pounds

    Your loss is 5.3 pounds. YAY! :)

    What method did you use to convert?
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Yes you are confusing yourself - it's trying to include the decimal parts of pounds which is messing up your conversion - just call it 18 stone 9lbs which equals 261lbs, a five pound loss.
  • toriilana
    toriilana Posts: 29 Member
    Thank you! I would usually just use stone, lbs but as I am doing a challenge that has been set up using lbs.

    That was actually why I noticed the difference because I thought I'd lost 5lbs and now I think I've only lost 3lbs....

    My only concern now is that if one is slightly different than the other (though I cannot understand why that would be the case) then I will become a bit deflated with different results.
  • toriilana
    toriilana Posts: 29 Member
    Thank you so much!
    I'm such an idiot. I was typing 18.9 into a conversion calculator and it came up with 263.2. As you say I must have been confusing the decimal point.

    Thanks for the help guys. I get a little confused with the conversions obviously!!!! I'll stick with the above methods.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    toriilana wrote: »
    Thank you so much!
    I'm such an idiot. I was typing 18.9 into a conversion calculator and it came up with 263.2. As you say I must have been confusing the decimal point.

    Thanks for the help guys. I get a little confused with the conversions obviously!!!! I'll stick with the above methods.

    Good luck with your challenge
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