Is my scale retarded?

kittyinaz
kittyinaz Posts: 300 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So I'm quite pissed at my scale. This morning I weighed myself at 283.0 but for poops and giggles I weighed myself after lunch (mmm salad) and weighed 3 times and it said 281.6 ---wth??!

It doesn't make any sense. Why would I weigh less? I also exercised so I would think I would weigh more from fluid retention?

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  • snookemz
    snookemz Posts: 82
    I highly doubt your scale as a chromosonal abnormality or brain injury.
  • kittyinaz
    kittyinaz Posts: 300 Member
    I highly doubt your scale as a chromosonal abnormality or brain injury.
    Lol I suppose I should have used a different term. Lying maybe? Or malfunctioning? :)
  • MissTomGettingThin
    MissTomGettingThin Posts: 776 Member
    This thread has made me 'LOL'
    THanks
  • PoorGirlEatingHealthy
    PoorGirlEatingHealthy Posts: 209
    Our weight fluctuates 2lbs daily...btw you may want to change the title of your post...you might offend some people with the word "retarded". Not trying to start a war but It isn't a very nice word to use negatively.
  • Newfiedan
    Newfiedan Posts: 1,517 Member
    lol try mine, switch the position of where it sits on the floor and it can vary by up to 6 pounds. I don't trust scales I go to measurements as a better method.
  • monkeydharma
    monkeydharma Posts: 599 Member
    Different times of day cn produce different results due to food ate, clothes worn, number of times gone to bathroom, etc. That's why you pick the same times of day to weigh yourself - preferably in the morning after going to the can but before getting dressed.
  • Hopey1994
    Hopey1994 Posts: 307
    I know it's hard to resist doing, but try not to weigh more than once a day, and even then, do so at the same time each day. Weight can fluctuate by a few pounds throughout the day. I don't know which to count though. I only change my weight journal one day a week.
  • alison2429
    alison2429 Posts: 236 Member
    I know what you mean about scales............I took a peek at my scales last night and they said 190lbs then on my actual weigh in day (today) they said 192lbs! I was tempted to record yesterdays weight but then I would only be kidding myself - right??
  • VialOfDreams
    VialOfDreams Posts: 217
    So I'm quite pissed at my scale. This morning I weighed myself at 283.0 but for poops and giggles I weighed myself after lunch (mmm salad) and weighed 3 times and it said 281.6 ---wth??!

    It doesn't make any sense. Why would I weigh less? I also exercised so I would think I would weigh more from fluid retention?

    I always weigh 2 lbs less after exercise. it depends on your body. You can fluctuate 4-6 lbs during a day. You're supposed to drink 17-20oz of water after exercise for every lb lost.
  • EricJonrosh
    EricJonrosh Posts: 823 Member
    Well. Speaking of "poops and giggles" maybe that's what caused the drop.
  • kittyinaz
    kittyinaz Posts: 300 Member
    Our weight fluctuates 2lbs daily...btw you may want to change the title of your post...you might offend some people with the word "retarded". Not trying to start a war but It isn't a very nice word to use negatively.
    Unfortunately it won't let me change/edit the title :(
  • kittyinaz
    kittyinaz Posts: 300 Member
    Well. Speaking of "poops and giggles" maybe that's what caused the drop.
    I didn't poop and nothing happened that was funny enough for me to giggle a pound and a half off LOL
  • MeganH81
    MeganH81 Posts: 38
    Well. Speaking of "poops and giggles" maybe that's what caused the drop.

    that's what I was thinking...
  • luvcookie
    luvcookie Posts: 97
    poops n giggles lol....I know how hard it is too stay of the scales but i tend to do it myself...although i only go by my weight in the morning after going to the washroom etc !
  • PoorGirlEatingHealthy
    PoorGirlEatingHealthy Posts: 209
    it's cool I think everyone seemed to get that it wasn't meant meanly.. :)
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