Scales

cnjg420
cnjg420 Posts: 405 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Can someone please explain to me? When I step on my scale it says 98.6 one day then 98 then 98.8 the next what is the .6 or .8 after the 98 is it ounces

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  • dwilliamca
    dwilliamca Posts: 328 Member
    No it is tenths of a pound. 0.5 is half a pound.
  • davidylin
    davidylin Posts: 228 Member
    Unless you paid extra money for a doctor's office quality scale, your scale is only so accurate. Some cheap scales have a variance of + or - 3 lbs. Generally scales are usually off in the same direction by the same proportional amount, but that's not always true.

    A decent quality home digital scale usually is accurate within half a pound, but that accuracy can fall off if the batteries are low or there is a very high temperature difference wherever your scale is.

    Finally, your weight will vary by a few percent daily - remember, if you weigh yourself before you drink a pint of water and after, you will gain a full pound.
  • 90Ibs
    90Ibs Posts: 22 Member
    In addition to the fact that scales aren't 100% accurate, water retention accounts for up to 5-10 lbs of weight fluctuation, and that varies throughout the day/daily. Food weight (as in after you eat and before you have a bowel movement) will add a little weight as well.

    It's a good idea to weigh yourself in the mornings after you've peed and before you've eaten/drank anything. It'd be a good idea to scale back on how often you weigh in too, since daily weigh-ins will be more likely to show you the food/water retention fluctuations instead of actual weight loss.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,750 Member
    dwilliamca wrote: »
    No it is tenths of a pound. 0.5 is half a pound.

    Or if you were weighing in kgs, tenths of a kg
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