Scale, why should I dump thee? Let me count the ways....
RalfLott
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Well, well, well.
I moved my scale on the bathroom floor to avoid a wandering kitten and behold! - I weighed a full pound less. (Pretty good return on a microscopic energy expenditure, eh?) Yet another reminder not to put much value on what that lyin', cheatin', horse-eatin' rascal has to say.
So here's a quick list of reasons not to date your scale on anything but the most casual basis.
Reasons Not to Date Your Scale
1. It varies depending on where you set it.
2. Your own "true" weight on any given day is more like a 3-4 lb. range rather than a fixed number.
3. The nutritional information you use to compute your daily intake is often wildly accurate.
4. Your degree of hydration is prone to swings.
5. Added muscle tissue is heavy.
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10. The damn thing is just naturally fickle.
Anything missing?
I moved my scale on the bathroom floor to avoid a wandering kitten and behold! - I weighed a full pound less. (Pretty good return on a microscopic energy expenditure, eh?) Yet another reminder not to put much value on what that lyin', cheatin', horse-eatin' rascal has to say.
So here's a quick list of reasons not to date your scale on anything but the most casual basis.
Reasons Not to Date Your Scale
1. It varies depending on where you set it.
2. Your own "true" weight on any given day is more like a 3-4 lb. range rather than a fixed number.
3. The nutritional information you use to compute your daily intake is often wildly accurate.
4. Your degree of hydration is prone to swings.
5. Added muscle tissue is heavy.
6.
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8.
9.
10. The damn thing is just naturally fickle.
Anything missing?
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You might just need to poop.
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »You might just need to poop.
Right you are, this does happen now and then. But does your scale bother to inquire?4 -
You had me at the Shakespearean post title.6
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LOL3
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Tis overly cold, nay, fickle!7
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SuperCarLori wrote: »Tis overly cold, nay, fickle!
Not chip nor bread, yea, only pickle!9 -
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Bwaahahaaa!
Pickle truthers.2 -
It's really just a measure of the pull of gravity in relation to your body mass... Not a reflection of one's worth.
Everyone's body composition varies... Blood volume, fat, muscle, skeletal structure, brain matter density, finger and toe nail length, hair volume, height, age, etc... If we wanted to have a more accurate measure of how fat or muscular we are it makes way more sense to look at body fat and lean muscle percentages as a measurement...
This morning my total scale number was up a couple pounds, but my body fat weight had decreased by about a pound... If I was going solely by the total weight number I'd be tempted to think this WOE isn't working... Adding the BF element in really helps keep perspective...8 -
I need to add a bf element in my life. I'm woefully deficient in vitamin D, if you get my drift.
OH. You meant body fat, not boyfriend.23 -
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Only in rare cases do BFs, particularly those rich in Vit. D, help keep perspective.10 -
I actually don't need a bf.
They get in my way of being awesome.19 -
Ah, so BF not such a BFD.6
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Hee hee.
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Bwahahaha!
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This thread is confusing
Is this LC related?1 -
I don't think the subject line of this thread led anyone to expect a technical discussion of fasting leptin levels.14
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OMG...you guys so made me laugh out loud (couldn't suppress an amused snort and it just kept growing from there)!! @RalphLott, you are too funny! Same goes for @SuperCarLori and @bjwoodzy!!7
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There are people here who value the health benefits of a good laugh.10
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I'm sick today and feeling lousy...this duo made me smile! You guys are hilarious. Vit D...ha!! Love it3
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Can I just add that my scale is retarded as well. Pants are beginning to feel loser, so that's awesome. Monday, weighed myself then napped. Weighed again post nap. I gained 1.4 lbs in my sleep! dirty rotten *kitten*
I must have been eating donuts in my sleep again 7 -
*looser*1
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I weigh more after I poop.
That defies the laws of science, but it's true.4 -
One thing missing, particularly for women, and for some men, is HORMONES!!!! Those darned things. And FFS, I didn't realize (I know, facepalm, Knit!) that INSULIN IS A HORMONE. So when it's out of whack, all the hormones, especially the female/male dominant ones, are all frigging wacky too. So in addition to being a hormone-insane woman by sheer nature of being a woman with periodic PMS, being insulin resistant sometimes feels like the insulin stole mom's car keys, emptied dad's bank account, and went on a roaring kegger a the fraternity house. OMG, so much random insanity in the hormone crap!
I also find that the moon cycle affects fluid retention for me, above and beyond traditional hormone cycles.
Oh, and the wind. Randomness of the wind (yes, even indoors) often affects the outcome - this is not fickleness, but it's own annoying randomness.9 -
This thread has made my night. Just saying.
But yeah, my scale has been fluctuating a lot, but I feel better and the fact of how busy I've been and the things I've accomplished this week speak volumes to the change in my energy level. I've had 3 people comment to me about noticing I'm losing weight, and these 3 people didn't know I had changed my WOE! I do weigh myself daily, but I don't take that number to heart. Oh! And shark week definitely affects it, too!4 -
Panda_Poptarts wrote: »I weigh more after I poop.
That defies the laws of science, but it's true.
Whew!
That seems like a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an ..enema? Do you have a bidet attachment that endeavors to fill the void with olive oil?
Or are you perhaps snacking on a pork roast while perched upon the throne?4 -
jasperdog52554 wrote: »Can I just add that my scale is retarded as well. Pants are beginning to feel loser, so that's awesome. Monday, weighed myself then napped. Weighed again post nap. I gained 1.4 lbs in my sleep! dirty rotten *kitten*
I must have been eating donuts in my sleep again
That *might* loosely fit under #10 above...1
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