stones to pounds question

c1aireee
c1aireee Posts: 269 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
sorry if I sound really thick I am not good at maths! I am in uk & I am converting stones into pounds for MFP to record my weight, but last week I was 11st dead & I converted that into 154 pounds using a convertor on my phone, but today I am 10.13 stone & when I converted that it came up as 141 pounds nearly 142 pounds but surely I haven't lost 13 pounds in a WEEK???!!! am I being stupid??? I wish MFP would do a convertor on website or do they and I haven't found it!

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  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    There are 14 pounds in a stone. Using a calculator won't work as it is in decimal. 10st 13 is 153pounds. ie. 10 multiplied by 14 plus 13.
  • RedWeb
    RedWeb Posts: 108 Member
    Last week you were 154 lbs. You lost one pound. You are therefore now 154 -1 which is 153. Forget the app on yer phone and use a pencil and paper :-)
  • rosieg1979
    rosieg1979 Posts: 99 Member
    Can you set your scales to display in lbs? That's what I did to save all the calculations...
  • TheArmadillo
    TheArmadillo Posts: 299 Member
    http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/body_weight/weight_converter.htm

    that is the weight loss calculator I use to convert between kilos/pounds/stones as I use all 3 depending.
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    10 stone 13 lbs isn't 10.13, as 13 lbs isn't 0.13 of a stone. It's 13/14 = 0.92857


    So 10 stone 13 = 10.93 stone
  • vikkijaye
    vikkijaye Posts: 25 Member
    I use www.onthescales.com I think its great.
  • Gemz321
    Gemz321 Posts: 64
    I have to convert aswell, but if you already converted it the last time you put in 11 stone. You only have to take off the pounds you have dropped this time from your last lbs measurement - 1 to get your 10stone 13 measurement. You only really need to do the calculations the one time on here. ie if you were 184 lbs last week and you dropped a pound this week it would be 183 :)
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    Just remember 1 stone ≠ 14 lbs

    + how many lbs your over that stone.

    Eg 10 St 4 lb.

    10 * 14 = 140
    + the extra 4 = 144.

    Pretty simple once you understand it x
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,462 Member
    sorry if I sound really thick I am not good at maths! I am in uk & I am converting stones into pounds for MFP to record my weight, but last week I was 11st dead & I converted that into 154 pounds using a convertor on my phone, but today I am 10.13 stone & when I converted that it came up as 141 pounds nearly 142 pounds but surely I haven't lost 13 pounds in a WEEK???!!! am I being stupid??? I wish MFP would do a convertor on website or do they and I haven't found it!

    I know where you've gone wrong :). You've multiplied 10.13 by 14. It's the obvious thing to do, but you are not 10.13 stone, you're 10 stone 13 lb which is different (closer to 10.9 stone).

    What I do is multiply the stones by 14, then add the pounds. So 10 stone x 14 is 140 lb. Add the 13 lb and you get 153 lb.
  • Liliansamata
    Liliansamata Posts: 102 Member
    I had similar problems, but then found this brilliant app which will records in either kilograms, pounds or stones. App is called target weight.

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