Gym Scale VS. Home Scale

sunnyshine1313

Was at the gym and decided to try their scale that they have since I have read on here it's important to be sure that your scale is calibrated and there was about a 6 pound difference, pretty much bursted my bubble. Purchased a new scale today that read the same as the scale at the gym. Any suggestions about scales? Thoughts?

taeliesyn

Pick a scale and just keep using it. It's the change in number that 'we' are chasing more than the actual number.

Penelope2Plyr

My take on the scales are to use the same one every time you weigh and try to do it at same time of day and in same clothes. I weigh of a morning as soon as I awaken and go to the bathroom. Then I weigh in my gown. Every scale will weigh different, so just chose one main place and time and use it to go by.

Metal_Viking

Well I never trust/go by the scale at my gym. I just use it as a guide. First of all I never prance around naked in the locker room at my gym cause I'm too self conscious. So I won't weight the same as I do at home weighing naked without a stitch of clothing on. So there's a difference right there. I weighed myself with and without clothes on at home with a brand new scale and there's always a 4-5 lb difference with how many things I wear on average.

emnk5308

Was at the gym and decided to try their scale that they have since I have read on here it's important to be sure that your scale is calibrated and there was about a 6 pound difference, pretty much bursted my bubble. Purchased a new scale today that read the same as the scale at the gym. Any suggestions about scales? Thoughts?

Test it out.. If you weighed at different times that could be it. Take a weight set.. and weigh yourself with and without them.. and check the difference.

jebreject

I would say that the important thing is to just use the same scale each time you weight yourself. Don't worry so much about which one is "right," just worry about getting an accurate reading of how much you've lost. Which requires you to use the same scale, weigh yourself around the same time on the same day each week, wearing the same type of clothes.

kimad

I agree with another poster, just stick to the same scale and look at the change in number...
I weigh myself naked in the morning before I eat... When I go to the gym at night, I hop on with my runners on after a day of eating and I average about 10 lbs lighter lol.. So I stick to what it says at home.

scribb

I agree with the group. Stick to one scale, wear the same thing, and weigh yourself on the same day and time every week.

Just track the up and downs.

sunnyshine1313

Thanks so much for the suggestions, makes me feel a lot better about the 6 pound difference. Given I usually weigh myself in the morning vs. the evening as well.

indisguise

I have the exact same problem with the scale at my gym! It's even off by the same amount - 6lbs. I'm now wondering if they don't do it on purpose, like how they set the clocks 15 minutes fast in bars. Either that or maybe we're both using the same gym...

jebreject

Thanks so much for the suggestions, makes me feel a lot better about the 6 pound difference. Given I usually weigh myself in the morning vs. the evening as well.

Please also keep in mind that a difference of a few pounds at various points throughout the week -- or even throughout the day -- is completely normal. Whether you've eaten or not plays a huge role, also whether you're retaining water (which is why weighing yourself post-workout isn't necessarily the best idea). Weighing yourself in the morning, before getting ready but after using the bathroom, is probably your best bet, and try to resist the urge to weigh yourself more than once a week. Be sure to pick the same day every week as well, for consistency.

almostatgoalweight

If you want to, go to a department store and weigh yourself with all of the demonstration scales there are. Take the average. Then go home and weigh yourself using your own scale (don't have anything to eat or drink, and don't go to the toilet before weighing yourself at home). You can assume that the average of 3-4 scales is your true weight. So if your scale reads high or low you know how to compensate. This is handy if you're losing weight for a long time and your scale dies and you get a new one.