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scales help please

Becca21
Becca21 Posts: 361 Member
edited January 20 in Health and Weight Loss
Okay so ive had my scales in the bathroom same place same time of day same day of week and i lose on average 1lb a week,
But today i moved my scales to kitchen as bathroom was having work done and it says im 15lbs heavier. what do i do now.

ive been slowly losing a few inches of my body as well as lbs but bam the kitchen weight has got me thinking

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  • mryak750
    mryak750 Posts: 198 Member
    was the scale on a carpet...if so that throws it off...however a pound is a pound, your still losing weight
  • Becca21
    Becca21 Posts: 361 Member
    bathroom is carpet,
    kitchen is Laminate on laminate
  • capperboy
    capperboy Posts: 99 Member
    Your opening weight may have been incorrect but the losses would reflect your weight loss.
  • mryak750
    mryak750 Posts: 198 Member
    sorry but that was the problem...you can't get a true weight with the scale on carpet....it must be on a hard surface....but hey your still losing weight
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,151 Member
    sorry but that was the problem...you can't get a true weight with the scale on carpet....it must be on a hard surface....but hey your still losing weight

    I hate to agree, but weighing on carpet *ahem* pads your weight. If I weigh myself in my bedroom (burbur carpet), I can lose 40# than what I get weighing on the cement floor in the basement.
  • Becca21
    Becca21 Posts: 361 Member
    Okay so ill just start over again from my kitchen weight.
  • Squidgeypaws007
    Squidgeypaws007 Posts: 1,012 Member
    Awww, this sucks - this happened to me when I first started out. The carpeted weight is going to be the incorrect one though, sorry :cry: but at least you've been losing steadily - that part will still have been true :smile:

    Good luck! Try not to be too disheartened :flowerforyou:
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