How many pounds in a stone

spacie
spacie Posts: 82
edited September 18 in Health and Weight Loss
I noticed on a recent post that someone said there a 16 pounds in a stone, i thought there were 14 so i looked it up on the internet(wiki) and apparently it can vary between countries as it isnt actually an offical measurement.
Can anyone tell me how many there are according to this site?

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  • spacie
    spacie Posts: 82
    I noticed on a recent post that someone said there a 16 pounds in a stone, i thought there were 14 so i looked it up on the internet(wiki) and apparently it can vary between countries as it isnt actually an offical measurement.
    Can anyone tell me how many there are according to this site?
  • amandagreen1980
    amandagreen1980 Posts: 286 Member
    Hi
    I don't know about this site as it is all in American so only uses pounds but i go off the 14lbs to a stone.

    I have never heard of the 16lbs to a stone! Interesting!

    Amanda
  • RunningRatty
    RunningRatty Posts: 161
    Frome where I come from....England...it's 14lbs....but now I live in Texas and everything here is supposed to be bigger, so I wonder if it's 16lbs here.:happy: ....just joking!

    I'd go for 14lbs.

    Jane
  • RunningRatty
    RunningRatty Posts: 161
    oops spelling mistake....From...not Frome!
  • jesusgrl14
    jesusgrl14 Posts: 250
    I have never heard of a stone. What is that??
  • RunningRatty
    RunningRatty Posts: 161
    It's a measurement we use in England. I don't say I weigh 150lbs, I'd say I weigh 10st 7lbs, or probably 10 and a half stone...
  • jesusgrl14
    jesusgrl14 Posts: 250
    Interesting...
    New to me!!
  • slieber
    slieber Posts: 765 Member
    There are 14 pounds in a stone. I lived in the UK for 7 years and had to learn to think that way.
  • indigirl
    indigirl Posts: 30
    There are 14 pounds in a stone. I lived in the UK for 7 years and had to learn to think that way.

    I too lived in England for about 2.5 years from 1989 to 1992... and never would have known anything about what a stone weight measurement was if I hadn't joined weight watchers over there! Cool! :)
  • jenken99
    jenken99 Posts: 564 Member
    that is very interewsting sounds better to!!!!!!!!!:laugh:
  • joanne123
    joanne123 Posts: 69
    you're all very funny, and made me laugh.
    I live in England but from these posts it sounds like outer space!!:laugh: yes we're funny and at 'weight watchers' we balance real stones on the scales to weigh against, its a bit like Barney Rubble.... no not really :happy: :laugh:
  • spacie
    spacie Posts: 82
    Ha, apparently it was all based on buying and selling potatoes.
  • Gats
    Gats Posts: 42
    Maybe confusion from 16 ounces in a 1 lb ........:smile:
  • Widdy1961
    Widdy1961 Posts: 100 Member
    Could get really confusing if we had stayed with 240 pennies to a pound (£) :sad:

    Widdy :smile:
  • borjanap
    borjanap Posts: 232 Member
    its 14 pounds. I was watching the british version of the biggest looser and figured it out!!! :)
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