I have a brand new scale but...

A_Shannigans
A_Shannigans Posts: 170 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Surely this can't be right. I am weighing myself weekly but the scale shows today I lost 15 lbs in a week??? I eat my calories plus most of my exercise calories. I leave perhaps 100 a day 200 tops and I do 50 minutes of cardio 6 days a week plus some strength exercises (pushups, squats, situps). Surely I can't have dropped that much. Could it be delayed water weight loss?

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  • asaw00
    asaw00 Posts: 1,904 Member
    Try another scale and compare! If they both read the same thing Congrats!!
  • A_Shannigans
    A_Shannigans Posts: 170 Member
    That's a good idea but it would be awhile before I got the chance to do that.
  • BReit1
    BReit1 Posts: 28
    Why would it be awhile? Go use one in a store....
  • proudandprejudiced
    proudandprejudiced Posts: 127
    they usually have scales in gyms, just go to the gym and do some exercise + weigh yourself :)
  • LittleNicci
    LittleNicci Posts: 284 Member
    Free clinic's have them, dr's office too, gym is a good place, some grocery stores have them
  • A_Shannigans
    A_Shannigans Posts: 170 Member
    I don't have any way to get out today and I don't belong to a gym. I'm working insane hours this week. I'll check it again later and then maybe I can squeeze it in this week but shoot its hard enough to fit in my workouts.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    No you didn't lose 15 pounds in a week. The scale is off. Try moving it to another location.
  • A_Shannigans
    A_Shannigans Posts: 170 Member
    No you didn't lose 15 pounds in a week. The scale is off. Try moving it to another location.

    Good idea thanks. I thought that was waay unrealistic. I lost something though my jeans are looser...yea!

    ETA... They're looser than the week I started anyway. I didn't wear this pair last week.
  • rmn1972
    rmn1972 Posts: 20
    Don't kno about your scales but mine ned to be on a hard floor to work properly. Carpet really screws them up
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