Scale Recommendations! Please Help!?

I'm using the Fitbit Aria I saved up for. Works well for me, and it automatically syncs with MFP and my Fitbit One. While I'm not sure if it's absolutely and perfectly 100% accurate, it weighs me well and gives a nice general guideline as to how I'm doing. I was going to get a different one, but I wasn't as sure of the quality and it was a lower price and a brand I was unsure of. This one I could be sure would be as reliable as I could get. (Although, I've heard good things about Withings products.)

You're welcome. There are a number of scales that work with MFP so take time to check out the apps on the apps tab and see which one works best with you and your computers and other systems.
Keep in mind that your weight does fluctuate throughout the day and changes whenever you consume something or when you relieve yourself or when you wear something different or when you're wearing nothing at all. It may also depend on where you're standing when you step on the scale.

Not even sure if you can just buy them or not, but my mom has an old-fashioned scale like the ones they have at the doctor's office, and I love it. No wondering if it's off because the batteries are low, or a glitch, or because I accidentally moved it two inches. I can step on it fifteen times in a row, and it'll give me the same weight every time.

I used to have a digital scale, and I just could not go back. I'm anxious enough as it is about my weight loss without trying to figure out why my scale's reading ten pounds higher than yesterday.

AlwaysHopeful33 wrote: »

Thanks so much for letting me know. I'll look up the FItBit Aria and some of the Withingsproducts. It's cool that the FItBit Aria syncs with MYFP. I'm going to check that out. Thanks again!:)

I love mine. It's spendy but personally worth it not to have to manually log weigh ins

You want one that also measures percent of Body Fat, your most critical measurement. You might be able to find one at Wal-mart, made by Weight Watchers.

How are you judging accuracy? Are you stepping on and off it multiple times in a row, or are you weighing yourself and coming back later to weigh yourself again? What surface is the scale setting on? Do you move the scale and "put it away" after use?

Is your scale on a hard solid surface (ex. tile, wood, vinyl) or on a soft surface like carpet or a rug. A soft surface will allow the scale to sink in and might effect the minuscule amount of motion that a scale needs to work properly.

If you tend to move your scale after use then it is possible that the parts that move are separating and then when you step on it to weigh yourself the parts are seizing. Stepping on and off the scale several time in a row will usually correct this.

For best results a scale should be used on a hard solid surface and not moved between uses. As previously stated it is best to weigh yourself in the morning wearing similar clothes. You should also try to stand the same way each time. Subtle shifts in weight distribution can alter the reading on some scales. On my scale if I shift my weight back onto my heels I can get the reading to drop by 1/2 to 1 lb.