Confused! Stones and KG to pounds?!?

weeble870
weeble870 Posts: 15
in Health and Weight Loss
I've always weighed myself in stones. Weighed myself today on one of those machines at the pharmacy. It gave me the figure in two forms. 11.12 stone and 75.5 kg. I've been trying to convert this to pounds however I'm getting two different numbers. Stones to pounds converters are saying 155 pounds and kg to pounds converter is saying 166 pounds which is obviously a big difference. Can anyone shed any light on this? Could the machine have been faulty?

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  • stuart160
    stuart160 Posts: 1,628 Member
    1 kg = 2.2 lbs not sure about the stones conversion though
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    Why convert? Set MFP to metrics and just go by kg if that is how you want to weigh yourself.
  • xDawnsgrace
    xDawnsgrace Posts: 436
    14 pounds = 1 stone
    2.2 pounds = 1 kilogram.

    11 stone * 14 = 154 + 12 = 166 lbs (as it's 11 stone 12 pounds, not 11.12 stones)


    2.2 * 75.5 kg = 166 lbs
  • litsy3
    litsy3 Posts: 783 Member
    There are 14 pounds in a stone. 11x14 + 12 = 166lb. The converter you used was probably treating the .12 as a decimal place rather than a number of pounds. It meant 11st 12lb, which is 11.85 in decimals, not 11.12.

    Edit: x-post! What the poster above said.
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    Part of the problem is that the stones method of measuring weight was never meant to be decimalised. 11 stones is 154 lbs so 11.12 will be about 156 lbs

    However 75.5 Kg is 166 lbs

    Would question the accuracy of those scales

    ETA can't believe I didnt think of the .12 as 12 lbs lol
  • stuart160
    stuart160 Posts: 1,628 Member
    http://www.thecalculatorsite.com/conversions/common/kg-to-stones-pounds.php

    Try the calculator enclosed
  • motivatedmartha
    motivatedmartha Posts: 1,108 Member
    11st 12 = 166lbs

    11st is 154lbs
  • motivatedmartha
    motivatedmartha Posts: 1,108 Member
    Part of the problem is that the stones method of measuring weight was never meant to be decimalised. 11 stones is 154 lbs so 11.12 will be about 156 lbs

    However 75.5 Kg is 166 lbs

    Would question the accuracy of those scales
    oops
    1 stone = 14lbs
    11st = 154
    +12 lbs = 166lbs
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    Part of the problem is that the stones method of measuring weight was never meant to be decimalised. 11 stones is 154 lbs so 11.12 will be about 156 lbs

    However 75.5 Kg is 166 lbs

    Would question the accuracy of those scales
    oops
    1 stone = 14lbs
    11st = 154
    +12 lbs = 166lbs

    You got in before my edit :smile:
  • LumberJacck
    LumberJacck Posts: 559 Member
    When are you guys gonna go metric?

    Question: how much does a litre of water weigh?

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