How to enter weight in fractions of pounds

Ellie1642
Ellie1642 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Hi all, I'm getting really confused about how to translate the reading on my scales to MyFitnessPal's weight tracker. My reading today was 9 stone 4 and a quarter. But mfp seems to divide stones into tenths (?!) so I am struggling to work out how to record this. Am I more like 9.41, or 9.25 using this system? Sorry if I'm very confused, I haven't managed coffee yet today. Thanks for your help!

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  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,174 Member
    round up or down, a lot easier than stressing yourself over a couple of ounces.
  • MoveitlikeManda
    MoveitlikeManda Posts: 846 Member
    tinkerbellang83 wrote: »
    round up or down, a lot easier than stressing yourself over a couple of ounces.

    this
  • Ellie1642
    Ellie1642 Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks! I'm just not sure what to round to in this case. Can I enter the weight somewhere that doesn't use the ticker?
  • HeliumIsNoble
    HeliumIsNoble Posts: 1,213 Member
    edited June 2017
    Are you actually on the stone/pounds setting? Check on this link, to confirm if you have stone/pounds selected.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/configure_units

    I think the best thing would be to ignore the ounces, and just record the stone and pounds, but if you want to record the ounces, your weight is 9 stone, 4.25 pounds.

    Personally, I'd recommend switching to metric, though. ;)



  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,889 Member
    No it doesn't, MFP uses "stones and pounds", "pounds and tenths" and "kilos and tenths". Pick one that corresponds with your scales.
  • Ellie1642
    Ellie1642 Posts: 4 Member
    Thank you so much! Maybe I will forget about the ounces as you all say
  • HeliumIsNoble
    HeliumIsNoble Posts: 1,213 Member
    Ellie1642 wrote: »
    Thank you so much! Maybe I will forget about the ounces as you all say

    It's completely up to you. Just double-check those settings! From what you describe, I think you might be on the default setting of just pounds.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited June 2017
    9 stone 4 1/4 is what I am today LOL - and that is 130.25lbs : on MFP I log that as 130.2 (near enough!)
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