Scale Preference

Just use the same scale, at the same time, with the same amount of clothes on. You will weigh different at different times of the day, on different scales, with different clothing on.

EXAMPLE: I weigh naked in the morning when I get up after I have gone to the bathroom.

After using a couple of the WW models and even after changing batteries they just werent the same so I bought a Taylor digital scale I think it was between $25-30 at walmart because my grandma has had a Taylor for about five years and never had problem and both WW scales Ive had didnt last but year and a half before they started malfunctioning, I love my scale I weighed only 3 lbs less than the doctor scale which they say are most accurate but the only thing is at home I weigh in the morning with minimal clothing where as at the doctors Im fully dressed so really I would say they were close to the same

My old scale broke, and when I bought a new scale and started using it - I automatically gained 10 lbs. Not too happy about that. However - it matched the weight that I was from a doctors digital scale - so go figure. Was I actually 10 lbs heavier all that time? I'll never know - but as my old scale was dying I still found a 10 lb discrepancy between the two. I didn't like my new scale at first - but it now gives me a measurement with a tenth of a point accuracy as well. So some days if I weigh myself and I see that I'm 212.8 and than a few days later I see it consistently saying 212.3 - than I know I have lost a little, even if that big number hasn't moved yet. Another thing, with the old scale - if I weighed myself in the morning - naked, after going to the bathroom - I might get one number, and than after breakfast I might get a higher number (by 2 lbs higher). My new scale reads the same before breakfast AND after breakfast!

The best thing to do is always go by the same scale, at the same time, in the same way - and that gives you the most accurate reading. Everything else is just gonna mess with your head. I bought a fairly inexpensive one at Target, but it was 10 years newer than my other scale and since scales have changed so much - I'd say the newer scales (even bought from Target and Wal-mart) are just fine. Unless you can't read your weight on a regular person scale, you should be fine!