Weigh in fluctuations?

Eclipsoh
Eclipsoh Posts: 26 Member
edited 7:13AM in Health and Weight Loss
I weighed in this morning and, to my dismay, lost nothing. I sat down and stressed out for about 20 minutes and then hopped back up and checked again. Now the number says I lost about a pound and a half! What's going on here? I'd like to get as consistent as possible results, so figuring this out would be awesome. :)

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  • danne32339
    danne32339 Posts: 155 Member
    I wish I had a great answer for you, but I wonder the same thing. I have read that you should weigh at the same time everyday. Please let me know what you find out. One can never have too many friends so I sent you a request.
    Good luck,
    Doni
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    Probably a digital scale, they have pretty loose tolerances do to the way it averages the four points

    Just measure your self once a week or less, don't let the number stress you out.
  • Eclipsoh
    Eclipsoh Posts: 26 Member
    @danne32339 - I do try to weigh in the same time, the same day, and with the same clothes every week. I just found it surprising that in 20 minutes, I could fluctuate that much.

    @drmerc - Ah. That scale is electric. I weigh twice every time to try to get it to be consistent, but maybe I should stop doing that and get a normal scale. Thank you!
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    @danne32339 - I do try to weigh in the same time, the same day, and with the same clothes every week. I just found it surprising that in 20 minutes, I could fluctuate that much.

    @drmerc - Ah. That scale is electric. I weigh twice every time to try to get it to be consistent, but maybe I should stop doing that and get a normal scale. Thank you!

    Just go with the first reading every morning, try not to stress so much
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