I went from 121 to 127 in one day! How?
ItalianChick90
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I got weighed at the doctor's the other week and was 121 (the nurse used that tilting weight scale). I weighed myself the next morning on my digital scale which said 127.0. I've been exercising even harder and tracking how much I eat and what I eat and calories, even more. And every time I weigh myself now it's still 127.0. It hasn't even moved by a decimal yet I wondered why there was a 6 lb difference at the doctor's. Is my scale defective or is it possible to permanently gain 6 lb in one day without it budging for weeks?
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Were you 121 on your scale before the doctor visit?
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I always weigh 5 pounds more at the doctors office than I do on my scale.
I go by my home scale since I use that one most often.
I just assumed that it happens to everyone.1 -
This is why it's important to use the same scale, time and place. Find one and just use that one. You didn't gain 6 pounds, though you could have water retention, it's more likely the doctors was off from yours.0
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weight loss is not linear.
could be water weight, excess sodium, time of month, who knows. look for an overall trend, not random numbers.
my weight fluctuates about 5 pounds in a day on a regular basis. Which is why i generally try to weigh and log once a week.0 -
and... what kind of scale do you have at home? some do not 'see' small amounts of under a pound or two. i think the weight watchers one is like that. (theres probably others too)0
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callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »and... what kind of scale do you have at home? some do not 'see' small amounts of under a pound or two. i think the weight watchers one is like that. (theres probably others too)
It's a digital Taylor scale.
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It could be as simple as what time of day and weight of clothing. My scale and the doctor's will never say the same simply due to other factors. The biggest one is that I weigh first thing in the morning totally nekkid. That is NOT happening at the docs office no matter how cute he may be!!0
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oh yeah clothing.... i didnt think about that. and all scales are different. again. look at the overall TREND and dont worry about what ONE scale says
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Different scales, different time of day, different clothes on, in addition to all the normal weight fluctuations that occur in the course of a week.
I am always surprised when this question is asked. I guess I shouldn't be...0 -
ItalianChick90 wrote: »I got weighed at the doctor's the other week and was 121 (the nurse used that tilting weight scale). I weighed myself the next morning on my digital scale which said 127.0. I've been exercising even harder and tracking how much I eat and what I eat and calories, even more. And every time I weigh myself now it's still 127.0. It hasn't even moved by a decimal yet I wondered why there was a 6 lb difference at the doctor's. Is my scale defective or is it possible to permanently gain 6 lb in one day without it budging for weeks?
Different scale, different time of day, different conditions like more clothing
Weigh in the morning after you use the bathroom but before you eat or drink anything. Use the same scale every time.
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Different scales, different time of day, different clothes on, in addition to all the normal weight fluctuations that occur in the course of a week.
I am always surprised when this question is asked. I guess I shouldn't be...
What confused me was the fact that when I was 121 it was later in the day at the doctor's and my clothes were on. At 127 it was vice versa at home. You think it would be the other way around.
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ItalianChick90 wrote: »Different scales, different time of day, different clothes on, in addition to all the normal weight fluctuations that occur in the course of a week.
I am always surprised when this question is asked. I guess I shouldn't be...
What confused me was the fact that when I was 121 it was later in the day at the doctor's and my clothes were on. At 127 it was vice versa at home. You think it would be the other way around.
Who knows. You probably aren't going to weigh in at the doctors regularly so I would pick the weight on the scale at home as your baseline and just measure progress from there. Continue to weigh about the same time of day and day of the week and under the same conditions for the most precision.
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different scales, different weights, not a good comparison 0
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ItalianChick90 wrote: »
OK, so if you like the way you look and feel why care about the "official" number? It's two different numbers because it's two different scales and scenarios as explained above.
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ItalianChick90 wrote: »Different scales, different time of day, different clothes on, in addition to all the normal weight fluctuations that occur in the course of a week.
I am always surprised when this question is asked. I guess I shouldn't be...
What confused me was the fact that when I was 121 it was later in the day at the doctor's and my clothes were on. At 127 it was vice versa at home. You think it would be the other way around.
Except they are different scales. If you had weighed on the doctor's scale early in the morning naked and then again later in the day with clothes you would see the weight differences on just that scale due to being a different time of day and clothes.
Stick to your home scale if that is what you will be using most often.
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