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    How many pounds in a stone

    Posts: 82 Member
    edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    I noticed on a recent post that someone said there a 16 pounds in a stone, i thought there were 14 so i looked it up on the internet(wiki) and apparently it can vary between countries as it isnt actually an offical measurement.
    Can anyone tell me how many there are according to this site?

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    • Posts: 82 Member
      I noticed on a recent post that someone said there a 16 pounds in a stone, i thought there were 14 so i looked it up on the internet(wiki) and apparently it can vary between countries as it isnt actually an offical measurement.
      Can anyone tell me how many there are according to this site?
    • Posts: 286 Member
      Hi
      I don't know about this site as it is all in American so only uses pounds but i go off the 14lbs to a stone.

      I have never heard of the 16lbs to a stone! Interesting!

      Amanda
    • Posts: 161 Member
      Frome where I come from....England...it's 14lbs....but now I live in Texas and everything here is supposed to be bigger, so I wonder if it's 16lbs here.:happy: ....just joking!

      I'd go for 14lbs.

      Jane
    • Posts: 161 Member
      oops spelling mistake....From...not Frome!
    • Posts: 250 Member
      I have never heard of a stone. What is that??
    • Posts: 161 Member
      It's a measurement we use in England. I don't say I weigh 150lbs, I'd say I weigh 10st 7lbs, or probably 10 and a half stone...
    • Posts: 250 Member
      Interesting...
      New to me!!
    • Posts: 765 Member
      There are 14 pounds in a stone. I lived in the UK for 7 years and had to learn to think that way.
    • Posts: 30 Member
      There are 14 pounds in a stone. I lived in the UK for 7 years and had to learn to think that way.

      I too lived in England for about 2.5 years from 1989 to 1992... and never would have known anything about what a stone weight measurement was if I hadn't joined weight watchers over there! Cool! :)
    • Posts: 564 Member
      that is very interewsting sounds better to!!!!!!!!!:laugh:
    • Posts: 69 Member
      you're all very funny, and made me laugh.
      I live in England but from these posts it sounds like outer space!!:laugh: yes we're funny and at 'weight watchers' we balance real stones on the scales to weigh against, its a bit like Barney Rubble.... no not really :happy: :laugh:
    • Posts: 82 Member
      Ha, apparently it was all based on buying and selling potatoes.
    • Posts: 42 Member
      Maybe confusion from 16 ounces in a 1 lb ........:smile:
    • Posts: 100 Member
      Could get really confusing if we had stayed with 240 pennies to a pound (£) :sad:

      Widdy :smile:
    • Posts: 232 Member
      its 14 pounds. I was watching the british version of the biggest looser and figured it out!!! :)
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