MY SCALES HAVE BEEN LYING TO ME! :(

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  • NearlyJen
    NearlyJen Posts: 104 Member
    Throw out the scale and buy a measuring tape. I've been at the same weight for two months but gone down a pants size. I guess my scale has been telling me lies too?

    This! The measuring tape won't lie!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    stop being constantly hungover....
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    While you people are whining about scales lying to you.... someone has much bigger issues.

    This girl....

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    was duped by this man....

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    read all about it, here....

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1143854-what-would-you-do

    and here.....

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1144313-beware

    In her own words......

    I am on a mission.
    I was a victim of sham marriage fraud, I am on a mission to fix me and the laws in this country!

    Lying scales? Ha ! 'This creep....' lied to the US Government. And to his G/F.

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  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    While you people are whining about scales lying to you.... someone has much bigger issues.

    This girl....



    was duped by this man....



    read all about it, here....



    and here.....

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1144313-beware

    In her own words......

    I am on a mission.
    I was a victim of sham marriage fraud, I am on a mission to fix me and the laws in this country!

    Lying scales? Ha ! 'This creep....' lied to the US Government. And to his G/F.


    This is the bacon-topped cupcake of thread hi-jacking.... Delicious, but has potential to cause a heart-attack.
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    This is the bacon-topped cupcake of thread hi-jacking.... Delicious, but has potential to cause a heart-attack.

    I think that's a compliment? I mean, you're using bacon and cupcakes to describe my work.... ? :blushing:
  • ScottF83
    ScottF83 Posts: 233 Member
    I just found out a Nigerian "prince" and his bank manager have been lying to me about my savings account that I didn't know I had in the Bank of Nigeria! I only had to pay the taxes to get to my millions. So close.
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    This is the bacon-topped cupcake of thread hi-jacking.... Delicious, but has potential to cause a heart-attack.

    I think that's a compliment? I mean, you're using bacon and cupcakes to describe my work.... ? :blushing:

    Yes. It was highest of praise, actually. I bow to thee.
    I just found out a Nigerian "prince" and his bank manager have been lying to me about my savings account that I didn't know I had in the Bank of Nigeria! I only had to pay the taxes to get to my millions. So close.

    Mind reader!!!
  • I_wanna_live
    I_wanna_live Posts: 227 Member
    Check the pads under the scale, sometimes something can get under it and mess with it's reading. But, I agree with the guy who said, Stay with the same scale
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I'll preface this by saying if your pictures are current, you look pretty awesome already.

    But, where you worried about your appearance before checking the gym scale? Are you worried/more worried now? If you answer any of those with No, consider that the scale is perhaps not that important and neither is some arbritrary weight figure.
  • harrietlg
    harrietlg Posts: 239
    if you drink all the time stick to diet drinks with spirit since it's lower in calories. Plan your meals ahead of time to save yourself money. whatever your hangover food is make a healthy alternative to it. I find that digital scales are more reliable
  • jfrankic
    jfrankic Posts: 747 Member
    <---- Weighted in this morning and my BMI is now in technically the "overweight" category. :laugh:

    Who cares? Not me. Do you wear you weight as a big number on your shirt? Is there a blinking neon sign above your head that says "14 STONES"? Of course not. Don't sweat it. Check your body fat % and go from there. As you can see from my picture, I'm pretty lean and you definitely wouldn't look at me and think "wow, she's overweight."
  • DeltaZero
    DeltaZero Posts: 1,197 Member
    LOOK IN THE MIRROR. Grab a measuring tape.



    That's when something usually comes up and I forget what I was doing.
  • moment_to_arise
    moment_to_arise Posts: 207 Member
    Throw out the scale and buy a measuring tape. I've been at the same weight for two months but gone down a pants size. I guess my scale has been telling me lies too?


    this. 100x this. cannot emphasize enough. i have lost pant sizes and stayed at roughly the same weight.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Cut out the drinking and you will no longer be "short of cash and constantly hungover."

    ^this

    And then feel free to enjoy alcohol in moderation (or beyond) when your financial situation allows.
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    LOOK IN THE MIRROR. Grab a measuring tape.



    That's when something usually pops up and I forget what I was doing.
    Fixed that for you :flowerforyou:
  • Le_Joy
    Le_Joy Posts: 549 Member
    Scales vary by a lot, but a stone is a big difference. My scale on stones setting still tells me lbs too. Also I wouldn't assume the one at the gym is more accurate. More people use it & mess with it. It's hard to say which is accurate.
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    I just found out a Nigerian "prince" and his bank manager have been lying to me about my savings account that I didn't know I had in the Bank of Nigeria! I only had to pay the taxes to get to my millions. So close.

    Don't worry about it.... they got in touch with me, too..... I'm taking care of it.
  • AliceRoseHooperAC
    AliceRoseHooperAC Posts: 58
    aww you guysssss.

    thank you, maybe i'll just stick to the measuring tape....in fact i may even just go on how I look/feel.
    I thought I looked decent until Shamen told me the scales were lying. perhaps they were doing me a favour haha.

    I'd like to shape up before christmas hits though!
    Any ideas? I heard using a skipping rope is good for cardio, to be honest I'd feel a bit stupid doing it at the gym, all i do is run and do bicep curls with little weights.
  • AliceRoseHooperAC
    AliceRoseHooperAC Posts: 58
    Short of cash and hungover all the time... Now that is funny. Glad to see your priorities are straight. Hmm, lets see... Eat properly exercise, get good grades? Or! Party and blame an inanimate object for my problem

    ouch!
  • saree2013
    saree2013 Posts: 17
    My eyes have been lying to mep
  • saree2013
    saree2013 Posts: 17
    My eyes have been lying to mep

    To Mep? To ME.
  • AliceRoseHooperAC
    AliceRoseHooperAC Posts: 58
    wot hav dey dun lol
  • ScottF83
    ScottF83 Posts: 233 Member
    Short of cash and hungover all the time... Now that is funny. Glad to see your priorities are straight. Hmm, lets see... Eat properly exercise, get good grades? Or! Party and blame an inanimate object for my problem

    ouch!

    Wabam!

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