Scales vs Sanity

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  • Kymwho
    Kymwho Posts: 183 Member
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  • ToogieTuesday
    ToogieTuesday Posts: 29
    Get rid of the mechanical scales.

    I have a set of fairly expensive scales which do the same thing as yours. In fact, every scale I've ever owned has done that too. Weigh yourself once a week, at the same time of day, while nekked, and take that number. No jumping on and off and moving the scale.

    Also, don't forget to take pictures and measurements. The scale is a big dirty liar.

    Agreed! Digital scales have too many bugs in 'em. I agree, go for once a week, preferably in the a.m. same time every week (my day's Mondays) and get those ole' school needle ones. Also the measurements tell more of the story since a lb of muscle earned weighs more than a muscle of fat but looks way slimmer and better. Go for pics and measurements to be your guide rather then that scaley monster.
  • ToogieTuesday
    ToogieTuesday Posts: 29
    oop that was supposed to read a lb of muscle weighs more than a lb of fat*

    but you get the gist of what I'm sayin' right? =)
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    That kind of reminds me of the trick question when we were kids.

    What weighs more, 100 lbs of lead or 100 lbs of feathers?

    Both are 100 lbs.
  • astartig
    astartig Posts: 549 Member
    If you are getting on the scale, then getting off the scale and then getting right back on teh scale and get different results then your scale is buggy. If you are getting on the scale adn then weighing yourself again an hour later or so it's just water and waste fluctuation.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    That kind of reminds me of the trick question when we were kids.

    What weighs more, 100 lbs of lead or 100 lbs of feathers?

    Both are 100 lbs.

    ^^ That was in a recent laffy taffy wrapper I saw. (It was banana flavor, of course)
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    oop that was supposed to read a lb of muscle weighs more than a lb of fat*

    but you get the gist of what I'm sayin' right? =)

    Now, every time someone tells me that people claim this is true I say "noooo, no one ever says a pound of one thing weighs more than a pound of another thing."


    Thanks for proving me wrong. :flowerforyou:
  • perseverance14
    perseverance14 Posts: 1,364 Member
    Get rid of the mechanical scales.

    I have a set of fairly expensive scales which do the same thing as yours. In fact, every scale I've ever owned has done that too. Weigh yourself once a week, at the same time of day, while nekked, and take that number. No jumping on and off and moving the scale.

    Also, don't forget to take pictures and measurements. The scale is a big dirty liar.
    I bought a new mechanical scale to double check on my digital scale when needed. You DO realize digital scales can be affected by such things as temperature and humidity, right? I think it is a bad idea to throw out the mechanical, keep BOTH!
  • perseverance14
    perseverance14 Posts: 1,364 Member
    oop that was supposed to read a lb of muscle weighs more than a lb of fat*

    but you get the gist of what I'm sayin' right? =)

    Now, every time someone tells me that people claim this is true I say "noooo, no one ever says a pound of one thing weighs more than a pound of another thing."


    Thanks for proving me wrong. :flowerforyou:
    But you can look at 2 people of the same height/weight and if one has more muscle, they will "look" like they weigh a lot less, muscle is more dense and muscles make a huge difference in appearance.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    oop that was supposed to read a lb of muscle weighs more than a lb of fat*

    but you get the gist of what I'm sayin' right? =)

    Now, every time someone tells me that people claim this is true I say "noooo, no one ever says a pound of one thing weighs more than a pound of another thing."


    Thanks for proving me wrong. :flowerforyou:
    But you can look at 2 people of the same height/weight and if one has more muscle, they will "look" like they weigh a lot less, muscle is more dense and muscles make a huge difference in appearance.

    By volume muscle weighs more than fat (or is more dense, or whatever, semantics). I'm not arguing that point.

    It's a common argument here.

    Poster 1: muscle weighs more than fat
    Poster 2: No. A pound is a pound.
    Me: yes but she didn't say a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat. The "by volume" is implied. No one would ever say "A pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat, because that would be ridiculous."


    Oh. :indifferent:
  • Morgaath
    Morgaath Posts: 679 Member
    Most household electric scales seem to be like that (never the same 2 minutes apart). I make it a habit to check ones at other people's houses in hopes of someday finding one that actually seems to be accurate.
    Maybe if there is one that stays active the entire time I am on it, the way my food scale does, rather than hitting a number and locking?
    But it was one of the big reasons I gave up on the scale and relied more on my belt. I put it on every day, I don't think about it, and then one day...Hey, that is a different hole!
  • Morgaath
    Morgaath Posts: 679 Member
    A lb of feathers and a lb of lead weigh the same, but one "looks smaller", or in basic grade school scientific terms, one is more dense.

    Human body fat: 0.918 grams per cubic centimeter
    Human muscle: 1.049 grams per cubic centimeter

    Water (@4c): 1.000 grams per cubic centimeter
    Water (@20c): 0.998 grams per cubic centimeter

    This would be why fat floats to the top of the water, and muscle does not.

    1 lbs of fat would be 494.1 cubic centimeters
    1 lbs of muscle would be 432.4 cubic centimeters
    A difference of 61.7 cubic centimeters = 3.76 cubic inches.
    But, despite the size difference, they weigh the same.

    Just occurred to me to compare it to 100 $1bills vs 1 $100bill. One pile is bigger, but they pay the same amount of your mortgage.

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