Bathroom scale chnge advice

elliej

I (used to) weigh myself every few days on the same scale, at the same time of day, before I'd eaten, wearing the same thing.

Then we had some construction work to the bathroom and the scales got dropped. There is now something loose you can hear rattle when you move the scales around. Also I was weighing in at weights with 1lb-4lb difference in 5 consecutive weighs.

So we bought a new scale and put a new battery in the old one for good measure. Only the new scale says I'm 3lb heavier than the old one, and having changed the battery in the old one it is now weighing fairly consistently - except always 3lb different to the new one.

Which do I go with? If the old one was always wrong I've still lost more.... or do I just "plateau" until the new scale catches up with what I thought I'd lost?

Duck_Puddle

Weigh something you know the weight of (like a dumbbell) on both. See which one comes up with the right #. Use that one.

SLLRunner

Pick one and stick with it.

trevpimp

Use the new one and just count how many pounds you're losing.. I always seem to feel superior when I know for sure what weight am at. The one that says more pounds is the one that motivates you more ha

sympha01

Sorry if this is too obvious but you /did/ calibrate the new scale -- or it went through a visible self-calibration cycle, as many digital scales do -- before using it, right? Also, if your scale came with a battery, it's often worth it to just throw that out right away and get a fresh battery in there. The batteries that ship with products like that hold minimal juice. My new scale (bought in June) started getting MUCH more consistent results when I put a fresh-from-the-store battery in there in July; apparently low juice can cause them to be a little fritzy, apparently.

In any case, use the new scale. The old one can't be trusted.

elliej

Thanks sympha01 - yes it did its own calibration when first turned on - really appreciate your comment about the battery, didn't even think about that

joshdann

that's not a calibration. that's a zeroing process. Not the same thing.

Quieau

i switched scales and it made a 6 lb difference ... i took the false "plateau" and let my weight catch up with this new scale's reading. MIght as well get the 'adjustment' behind me and not have to recalculate my weights from now on.

And I'm still losing, so it's no big deal!

Hildy_J

THIS is why I'm never buying new scales.