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Which scale is more accurate?

ivylaurenolsen
ivylaurenolsen Posts: 56 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
At my gym I weigh 145 (analog scale) and at home on the digital scale I weigh 138. Why are they so different, and which one do you think is more accurate? Thanks!

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  • angellll12
    angellll12 Posts: 296 Member
    Probably the one at the gym is more accurate
  • bambione
    bambione Posts: 30 Member
    I always try to be consistent and use the same scale all the time. I would pick one scale and just use that one.
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  • barryplumber
    barryplumber Posts: 401 Member
    That's the important thing is to use the same scale all the time and weigh yourself with no clothes on or just underwear if shy always the same formula
  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    Go to Macys or Target or something and stand on one of their scale displays lol.
    I did that...
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    ivylaurenolsen wrote: »
    At my gym I weigh 145 (analog scale) and at home on the digital scale I weigh 138. Why are they so different, and which one do you think is more accurate? Thanks!

    Are you weighing at the same time of day, in the same clothes, same hydration levels, etc? As others have said, pick one scale and stick to it. There will always be variations between scales.
  • meowORneva
    meowORneva Posts: 3 Member
    edited June 2015
    I agree with the statement about using the same scale each time
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