changing scales

Lauriek70

Okay- not sure where this fits but I have a question/ problem.

The scale I use for my official weighs-in is at work. This would not be a problem but I am a teacher so school will be completed for the year in about 7 weeks and then I will not have access to the scale. The problem is that my scale at home is about 15 pounds lighter. I have tried other scales that are close to the weight at work. I have checked to make sure the scale is balanced at zero.

Should I just switch to the home scale or use another scale that has a higher weight? I am planning on trying the scale at the gym on Friday to see if there was any weigh lost this week. If not, I need to wait until this Tuesday to weigh in.

Does a wood floor make a difference compared to a tile floor?

CronoCX

Im not sure but, it seems like you weigh yourself with your clothes on. You should weigh yourself with them off for a more accurate reading. Weighing yourself with clothes makes its very inaccurate so I would recommend trying that before you get another scale because that could be the problem between the two scales.

Lauriek70

Thanks that could be an issue. Not sure it could account that large of a difference.

TiniTurtle

i doubt her clothes are adding 15 pounds of weight unless she is weighing with rocks in her pockets & a winter coat on ) i was thinking maybe the floor isn't level where you are weighing... try moving your at home scale to somewhere else in your house (even just across the room) to see if it gives you the same numbers to see if it is a matter of an un-level floor... otherwise if you know the approx difference between the scales, you could just add 15 pounds to the number your scale gives you to see if there is still a loss from week to week. ♥

kmeekhof

15 lbs is a huge difference....... even if you are fully clothed. One of the scales is inaccurate. To see how accurate my scale at home was I took 2 hand weights (knowing the weights of them) and placed them on my scale... sure enough my scale at home was right on. My "official" weigh in scale was weighing me between 1.5-2.5 lighter... with the same clothes on and within an hour of each other.

So maybe try something similar to that to find out how accurate your scale at home is, and change that to your official weigh in scale.

Lauriek70

Great idea- I did move the scale around to different rooms in the house last night and the numbers were basically the same. I will try the hand weights today and see if that makes a difference.

Thanks to everyone who responded.