Throwing away my crappy scale

I just got a Withings smart scale, I am OBSESSED. I never even bothered to own a scale before this one.

It does your weight, and automatically updates that to MFP and other apps that you use
It does your fat %, however accurate that number may be I do not know
HR, which I have found to be accurate
C02 levels in your room, measuring air quality

It cost about $150, but worth it.

So when my mom woke up I borrowed her good scale and saw I had lost a pound since yesterday.

You only lost a pound IF you used your moms scales yesterday too!!

scales read differently they aren't all calibrated the same that's obvious, i had 3 a really old set the non digital type, a Weight Watchers Digital Bio Scale and most recently a Fitbit Aria. all three gave different readings in the same flat position of my room.

The weight watchers one was the one that went up and down the most and the body fat was always higher or lower then my Aria which is more consistant the two never had the same weight readings I've passed on the weight watchers scale to a friend that cant afford one and hers broke, so atleast it's gone to a good home haha only thing i miss is knowing roughly my water weight and the fact it doesn't wifi sync everytime you step on it which the Aria does so you can't just do a quick check without it updating your profile.

The old non digital scale seemed in line with the Aria but given it's manual adjustment everytime you step off the scale needs to be manually adjusted back to zero with the nob or it goes out by a fraction of a lb each time...

Weight isn't everything tho, clothing fit, fitness and well being is a far better judge of what's going on. Water weight and muscle/muscle repair will mess with you if you go by weight alone.

Just get a set of scales you trust plop it on a hard even surface leave it there forever and weigh yourself first thing after you wake up after a toilet break too preferably and with no clothing or just underwear, that will be your lowest weight throughout out the day guarenteed If the surface has a slight slant or you stand differently each time it will throw the numbers off. and lastly if it's a bioscale it's a good idea to dampen the feet before stepping on them and definately dont wear socks

I have a bowflex digital which not only weighs you, but measures body fat%, water%, and muscle%.

I have a doctor's appointment every month, and get weighed there, as well, and the scale always agrees with my home scale.

Oddly, perhaps, I don't own scales. I weigh myself whenever I happen to be in a hospital (dad had cancer, mum had problems). The weigh (honk!) I judge things is by looking in the mirror and how well my clothes fit.

Just throw that crap away. I don't own one - never have, never will.

It only paints one small part of the picture. If your clothes are fitting fine, and you like what you see in the mirror, it's pointless to let 6 different numbers in the span of one weigh-in dictate how you feel about yourself. I just don't get the point of weighing every day.


:flowerforyou: Love this, Essjay!

We have both a medical type scale (cardinal) and a fitbit Aria. When we first got the Aria we would obsessively weigh ourselves in our old scale after weighing in the Aria because we did not trust it and found that it was pretty spot on. So now the old scale is in the attic.

We have a Thinner digital scale from BB&B that we purchased 5 years ago for about 40 dollars.
It works great and very consistent. It also measures body fat (don't know if that's accurate), bone mass and hydration.
I'm not sure how accurate all that is, but for weight, it's fine.