Anyone know where I might be able to weigh myself?

2nd Walmart. Or Bed, Bath & Beyond, Target, Fred Meyer, Sharper Image... anyplace that sells scales. There's almost always a floor model that you can take for a test drive. I used them for ~6mo before finally buying my own.

. I used them for ~6mo before finally buying my own.

LMAO you are sooooo my type of person LOL

I third the Walmart idea!! I did it most of the way through college when I didn't have a lot of money and didn't really need one. Totally worth it! If you don't shop at Walmart regularly, wherever you normally shop will probably have one.

Do you go to a gym or do you work in a place that may have a locker room? Those are two places that should have them.

oh and some gyms have them. If you are a student, student health clinic

I would vote for this one. There may even be one in the school gym. Or maybe nicely ask one of the coaches in the athletic department. Explain to them you are trying to get healthy, most would welcome you I would think.

The reason why is because each scale is different. ***Recently I saw a post on her of someone saying she was frustrated because on the same day, she weighed at her doctor's office, her gym, then at WalMart she tried three different models and they ALL read a different number. If you always just go to WalMart, then I'm afraid you may get inconsistent readings. By using the one one campus, it remains consistent.

chemists, All so some malls have machines in the bathroom where you put in a dollar it does your height and weight, But if you keep doing that it will add up and you might as well have brought one from the start. I don't have one because i think i would become to obsessed with weighing myself!

I like the walmart (or other stores) idea but keep weighing on the same model! Not all scales are calibrated the same so one model may say you're 150 and the one next to it says 153. So even if one is incorrect in your actual weight you will still be consistent with the same model so you will know for sure how much you gain/lose.

I don't own one either but I work in a hospital and we have one just down the hall. I weigh on that one at the beginning of my shift. But there have been times I go to the Dr. and weigh there then come to work 30 min later and weigh here and there's a 5lb difference.

I u r in college most colleges have medical centers that have them or the weight room at the gym. My pcp let me use their scale without a few when I was saving money up to get one

A mall or truck stop bathroom. I'm not even joking. But I will be honest, I've gone months without a scale thinking I was around 180 pounds because that's what I had weighed the last time I had gone to the doctor's office and when I finally got a cheap scale from Wal-Mart and discovered that I weighed 214 lbs.......that was the boot in the *kitten* that I needed to get serious about losing weight. That cheap scale changed everything. I walked immediately to my computer after weighing myself that night and signed up for a gym membership and found MFP.
Some people do great without scales, but that 10 dollar scale was my wake up call and well worth the money (though I've since replaced it with a more high tech version).

Funny story though:
When I was in my early 20's and I moved to Chicago on my own, I was working part time and could only afford to pay rent (barely). I had noticed that I was losing weight at a rapid pace (I was walking everywhere) but I didn't have a scale. I was living with a girl that I had met through a mutual friend and she had been looking for a roommate. We never really talked to each other much and we just kind of lived our own lives and would go weeks without seeing each other. One day, I walked by her room and noticed she had a scale. She wasn't home and I didn't really see how it would hurt for me to just check my weight and leave. To my delight, I had lost weight. So once in awhile I would do this.
Well one day.....her door was open and I had heard no sound all day, so I walked in and she was tucked in bed watching a movie on her laptop with her headphones on and our eyes met and it was the most awkward thing EVER. I'm just like "Um...hi. Just checking to see if your home....so.....yeah" and I walked back out. We never spoke of it. It was super weird even though my intentions were completely innocent, but there was nothing I could have said that would't have come off as weird.

So I guess the moral of that story is, don't be a weirdo like me, buy a scale. :laugh:

Publix usually have a scale too! I agree with all the posts about there being one at your college...far easier and try and take advantage of their exercise equipment too! That's usually free with tuition Take advantage of ANY discounts you can get by flashing a student id...they are likely ALL over town!!

I would recommend buying one as soon as you can if you are looking at long term weight loss. The best time to weigh yourself is in the morning on an empty stomach after you have done your morning rituals. Going to public weighing booths can give you very inconsistent results (here in Mumbai it is mostly coin operated machines at railway stations which have given me as much as a 5 kg difference). Also since you are likely to have eaten something before going to an external machine your results will probably show greater variance. Till you can afford one, go to your doctor. I used to visit my GP's clinic before he would come in and weigh myself. They don't mind as long as you dont butt in when he has patients and you will get more consistent results. Take a 3-4 week average for more stable results.

I would also like to add that you can often find simple scales at thrift stores for like a dollar or two because people are often replacing those scales for electronic easy to read scales. I recently donated my old one. My dad bought one from a garage sale once.

Great piece of sarcasm there .. but if she is like me, owning a scale is torment. If I had a scale I would be on it all day long. I go to my Dr's office and weigh myself (gratis) on his scale every Sat. morning. So, NOT owning a scale is preferable for some people. Maybe she cannot afford to purchase a reliable scale. This business of losing weight is tough enough without getting ridiculed for asking a question.

Just go in whichever store where they sell scales and try them; it's you right as customer try the scale :P