Scales???

keiley

wow. so last night i was over a friends house... jumped on her scale and it said i was 10lbs LESS than mine??????? WTH. (Hers is defiantly nicer... but more accurate????) Has this happened to anyone… / should I get a new scale? I like hers better!

keiley

wow. so last night i was over a friends house... jumped on her scale and it said i was 10lbs LESS than mine??????? WTH. (Hers is defiantly nicer... but more accurate????) Has this happened to anyone… / should I get a new scale? I like hers better!

tweety3

I was using a acale and I didnt like it, so I went to the store and bought a weight watchers scale. It said I was five lbs HEAVIER than I thought!! I freaked!! So I guess I cant solve your problem, just feel your pain. No two are the same, so who knows what is accurate!:sad:

tilly6277

I also had issues with my scale. I put a 5 lb weight on it and it weighed 5 lbs but I still did not trust it (it was a cheap $10 scale) so I went and bought a new digital scale and weighed myself and I was 15 lbs. heavier than I thought I was! :sad: I was upset to say the least! :explode: I threw the old scale away, started my ticker over (I know I still lost weight with the old scale just not sure how much) and kept my chin up. I have yet to get back down to that weight than my old scale said I was but I'm working on it! When I get there I am going to reward myself with some McDonald's french fries (the BEST fries on EARTH!) !! :happy:

Phoenix_Rising

As long as your scale consistently shows your weight, I don't think it matters. Calibration can lead to higher or lower weight registering on a scale, but as long as your scale weighs you based on the same calibration, you should see correct weight loss showing. Whether the scale is accurate or not.... who knows? I use that old fashioned scale in my gym where you have to slide the weights across. I prefer it, hoping it's accurate. But again-- as long as it is consistent in calibration, then it will correctly show my weight LOST, which is what matters to me currently. Closer to my goal weight, I will need more accuracy on what I actually weigh...

bodibykelli

If I were you, the next time I went over to her house, I'd switch scales with her!! :laugh:

Vans

I will second what Lauryn has just posted...as long as you always use the same scale everything should be fine!
I have always been told not to worry about what the scale says as muscle weighs more then fat.....if your weight training you may gain muscle and loose fat but the scale will not tell you 100% what is going on with your body.
I get a fitness assessment every month just so that I can have my body fat % told to me so that I am aware of ALL changes and not just my weight.

mjfer123

Banks has a thread on this somewhere I believe.
But home scales are notoriously inaccurate as they lose accuracy over time and often arent recalibrated.
Most gyms and doctors offices get theirs calibrated once or twice a year.
The best way to keep up with your routine and to see how much you continue to lose, stick with your scale. It may not have the accurate reading, but it should still be accurate as to how much you are losing weekly.
When you go for your next dr's check up, weigh in, and calibrate your home scale to what your weight was at the drs., granted that nature didnt call in between.

emibmas

don't even get me started on stupid scales :grumble:

I had a 10.00 one, old school kind. Then I got a digital one. 15 lbs more on the digital one. I have come to terms with the fact that I do not know my starting weight, but as long as I keep losing and my measurements are shrinking, then that is all that matters. I was so obsessed with THAT NUMBER on the scale. But it does not matter. It is going in the right direction, down. Your clothes fit better, you are getting smaller, then that is all that counts.