Am I having a blonde moment....

laurenlei

Ok so i started off as 142lbs (10 stone 2)... I am now just over 9 stone 8 so ii thought i had lost 7-8lbs.

However.... when converting 9 stone 8 to pounds online (google) it says 138lbs which means i have only lost 4 lbs (yet on a calculator, multiplying 9 by 14 and adding 8 it says 134lbs...yay.... but online (google) says 134lbs is just over 9 stone 5.. booo).....


am i being really thick?!!!!!

Hope my explanation hasn't confused people lol!!!

neonpink

hi 9 stone 8 is as you say 134lbs doing 9*14 +8.
The answer your getting with google is saying 9.57 stone as in just over 9 and a half stone which is still correct

hope ive explained ok lol

laurenlei

Ohhhhh lol.. definitely a blonde moment!!!

Thank you for clearing that up!!!!

BerryH

You started at 10 stone 2 which is (10*14) + 2 = 142lbs.
You're now 9 stone 8 which is (9*14) + 8 = 134lbs, so an 8lb weight loss.

As Neonpink says, Google's giving you wholes stones and a fraction of a stone, not stones and pounds

missvics

I'm having a blonde moment....what is 10 stone 2...stone???

marianne_s

hi 9 stone 8 is as you say 134lbs doing 9*14 +8.
The answer your getting with google is saying 9.57 stone as in just over 9 and a half stone which is still correct

hope ive explained ok lol

Yes... when you get a decimal number - you have to multiply the decimal with 14 - so 0.57 x 14 = 7.98

marianne_s

I'm having a blonde moment....what is 10 stone 2...stone???

It's the unit of weight we use in the UK... each stone equals 14 lbs

melaniecheeks

We UKers tend to talk in stones and pounds, rather than just pounds alone. So I tell people "Oh yes at the start of December I was 11 stone 5, and now I'm down to 10 stone 4!"

The second figure is pounds. So 10 stone 4 is 10 stone plus 4 pounds - 10 lots of 14 pounds (140 lbs) plus another 4 = 144 lbs.