Weigh ins for the Extremely Overweight

Sandra735
Sandra735 Posts: 3 Member
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Hello Fitness Pal Members,
I am embarrassed to admit I am very overweight. Where can I go to get weighed in, if I might weigh more than the traditional medical doctors' weight scales?
Take care,
Sandra

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  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    edited August 2020
    Have you asked this question to your doctor?

    The scale I have goes up to 400 lbs, but I've seen scales on Amazon that go higher.
  • Sandra735
    Sandra735 Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks. The prices are pretty good for the weight scale. I will check with my family doctor. I would like to know how much I weigh but I have heard from a health professional when weight scales come out weights go up. I don't know the psychology of this. Thanks again
  • waspleg
    waspleg Posts: 2 Member
    edited August 2020
    Sandra735 wrote: »
    Hello Fitness Pal Members,
    I am embarrassed to admit I am very overweight. Where can I go to get weighed in, if I might weigh more than the traditional medical doctors' weight scales?
    Take care,
    Sandra

    I've been using this site daily since May but never looked at the forums until today. I'm 6'3" and started at 430. My experience with regular scales is they don't work and/or are easily broken so after some research I bought this patient aid floor scale where the display is on a phone cord like thing and can take batteries or a/c power. It's not cheap but it's worked very well for me so far. I live in an apartment and space is at a premium. This thing can sit on just regular carpet and still works in the bedroom without risking getting it wet in the bathroom where there is much less room and it has a 550 lb limit, so plenty of head room I hopefully won't ever need.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,260 Member
    waspleg wrote: »
    This thing can sit on just regular carpet and still works in the bedroom without risking getting it wet in the bathroom where there is much less room and it has a 550 lb limit, so plenty of head room I hopefully won't ever need.

    Look at the base of your unit. Is it a sealed base with no "feet" or sensors? Or does it have "feet"?

    If it is a sealed box with an inner platform that moves inside the box, then the carpet option MIGHT be valid.

    If your scale has feet that are operating on a carpet, you WILL get a weight value. However that weight value will be different than if you were to place the scale on a hard, unyielding, floor.

    Based on past observation I would tend to weight a bit less on softer as compared to more un-yielding floors.
  • Sandra735
    Sandra735 Posts: 3 Member
    I dont want to purchase anything. I just want to be weighed. There must be a place other than a doctor's office?
  • yweight2020
    yweight2020 Posts: 591 Member
    whats wrong with getting weighed at the doctors office, depending on your doctor if their at kaiser or a local clinic they have large scales that accommodate people with wheelchairs to sit down and be weighed those seem large enough depending on how much you weigh, they office should be able to weigh you. And I'm sure the doctor who cares for you want's to know your weight to provide care, they would find or make a way possible to get your weight. Best of care.
  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    Sandra735 wrote: »
    I dont want to purchase anything. I just want to be weighed. There must be a place other than a doctor's office?

    I have never been weighed anywhere besides a doctor's office, so I'm not sure where else you could get weighed.

    Is there a reason you don't want to purchase a scale?
  • Redordeadhead
    Redordeadhead Posts: 1,188 Member
    harper16 wrote: »
    Sandra735 wrote: »
    I dont want to purchase anything. I just want to be weighed. There must be a place other than a doctor's office?

    I have never been weighed anywhere besides a doctor's office, so I'm not sure where else you could get weighed.

    Is there a reason you don't want to purchase a scale?

    Me neither, what other type of business or service would routinely weigh people?

    In my home country I have seen some pharmacies with a scale that you can pay to use, but it was definitely not in the majority of pharmacies and I'm not sure what their maximum weight would be.

    Otherwise, I can't think if anything besides going to the airport and trying one of the machines where you can check the weight or your luggage, but that would be crazy.
  • Jessie24330
    Jessie24330 Posts: 224 Member
    I don't know what the weight limit is but the blood pressure machines at some pharmacies (I know many Walmarts have/had them and some chain places) also take your weight while you are sitting on them.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,286 Member
    Sandra735 wrote: »
    Thanks. The prices are pretty good for the weight scale. I will check with my family doctor. I would like to know how much I weigh but I have heard from a health professional when weight scales come out weights go up. I don't know the psychology of this. Thanks again

    I dont understand what is meant by 'when weight scales come out, weights go up'

    You weight is what it is regardless of whether you measure it -the scale doesnt change it, it just records it?

  • Kitty2Katz
    Kitty2Katz Posts: 95 Member
    There are home scales that can weigh up to 500 lbs. I Know because I'm waiting for one to come in. I used to 400 lbs, but now I weigh 288.2 lbs.

    I have vision problems and needed a scale that could talk, but the weight scale only comes in a 500 lb limit. So if you weigh 500 or less you could get one.

    Also, some clinics have weight scales that can weigh around a 1,000 lbs. They are meant for bariatric patients. You may have to makes some calls to find out where one is depending on where you live. That's if you can't afford to buy the 500 lb scale or you weigh over that amount.

    Wish you the best. If you need a friend on here you can send me a friend request. 😄
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    Sandra735 wrote: »
    Hello Fitness Pal Members,
    I am embarrassed to admit I am very overweight. Where can I go to get weighed in, if I might weigh more than the traditional medical doctors' weight scales?
    Take care,
    Sandra

    I had to lose weight for a long time to finally be weighable on the doctor's scale. It was an NSV for me that not many would understand.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    Sandra735 wrote: »
    Thanks. The prices are pretty good for the weight scale. I will check with my family doctor. I would like to know how much I weigh but I have heard from a health professional when weight scales come out weights go up. I don't know the psychology of this. Thanks again

    I dont understand what is meant by 'when weight scales come out, weights go up'

    You weight is what it is regardless of whether you measure it -the scale doesnt change it, it just records it?

    I took it to mean that the health professional thought (for whatever reason -- I don't agree) that when people start weighing themselves, they start gaining weight over time -- perhaps some kind of yo-yo dieting theory, associating weighing with dieting? As I said, I don't agree. In my anecdotal observations, overweight people who don't do anything about it generally keep putting on pounds over the years, as well.
  • danrob271
    danrob271 Posts: 1 Member
    Hi, I used to work at a passenger train station. I had the odd person weigh themselves. We had a large scale for cargo. I assume if you are nice, you could check with other outfits that send cargo (air or bus).
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    @Sandra735 I'm only talking about myself here. I'm over at the Vet's office on a regular basis with critters. They have a great scale that any critter can stand on. I always weigh myself there while I'm waiting. Nobody cares, nobody watches and it's very accurate. You'll figure this out, don't you worry.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,286 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    Sandra735 wrote: »
    Thanks. The prices are pretty good for the weight scale. I will check with my family doctor. I would like to know how much I weigh but I have heard from a health professional when weight scales come out weights go up. I don't know the psychology of this. Thanks again

    I dont understand what is meant by 'when weight scales come out, weights go up'

    You weight is what it is regardless of whether you measure it -the scale doesnt change it, it just records it?

    I took it to mean that the health professional thought (for whatever reason -- I don't agree) that when people start weighing themselves, they start gaining weight over time -- perhaps some kind of yo-yo dieting theory, associating weighing with dieting? As I said, I don't agree. In my anecdotal observations, overweight people who don't do anything about it generally keep putting on pounds over the years, as well.

    Ok - maybe that is what she meant.

    As a health professional myself, I don't agree with that either - I havent found that people weighing themselves (some people just ask to weight themselves while they are at the surgery and we have the scales) or us weighing them leads to weight gain.


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