How do you weigh yourself?

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  • breemarie87
    breemarie87 Posts: 16
    It doesn't matter what scale you use, just be sure to use the SAME one EVERY time you weigh yourself. Buy one for your home and use ONLY that scale to determine if you've lost or gained weight.

    if this is somehow not an option, grab a 5lb bag of sugar and set it on a scale to see if the scale is accurate.
  • caitconquersweight
    caitconquersweight Posts: 316 Member
    I use a digital scale, the Wii Fit scale, and the scale on one of my other Wii games. They're all within 3 pounds of each other.
  • shor0814
    shor0814 Posts: 559 Member
    Digital scale I bought at Costco years and years ago.

    Get up, use the bathroom, wash hands, move scale to same spot on the tile, step on, get the number, step off, go workout. Same thing every day - same scale, same location, nearly the same time & same conditions every day.
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    I follow the same steps on my Withings scale except I have to do it 3 or 4 times as it misreads my heart rate and weight because the new puppy decided to "help" me weigh myself. The good thing is that it is pretty consistent with the weight and updates MFP and Garmin automatically.
  • wyattj99
    wyattj99 Posts: 454 Member
    Unless you calibrate them every time you use them, they are usually off.

    If you use one of the ones like at the doctor's office, they are the best.

    I don't really trust home scales, and you have to use them in the exact same spot on the floor every time.

    And that I do...weight myself at home with my own scale in the same spot normally at the same time each week.
  • rgb93
    rgb93 Posts: 17 Member
    Digital scale in my bathroom in the nude in the morning.

    Scale at my parent's place is also fairly accurate (although I didn't believe it at first when it weighed me in at 205 back around Christmas) so I believe digital scales.

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