Throw away our scales

your showing that you lost 119lbs hun so your scales are definetely working for you

I believe the're helpful (or at least useful) for the truly obese, where there's no question they just need to lose "weight". But once you're even approaching a healthy range, body composition (BF%, measurements, how one looks in the mirror) becomes the standard to go by.

i kinda in love with my scale lol.. idk if i can give it up!! lol

I have to admit that I am a scale addict. And in the morning when I see that I am .2lbs less than the day before I do a little happy dance.

HA... good for you but I my scale... measurements annoy me... and I'm never sure if I'm being consistent.

One day I'm gonna use the, "Did you see his frickin' jaw drop when he saw me?" to rate how I'm doing.

Until then, I'm a slave to the scale.

I've supposedly gained 4-5# in the past two months, but I'm buying jeans in the same brand a size smaller. I'll continue to use the scale, but I'll care more about how clothes fit and how I look in photos. (The mirror tends to lie to me, too.)

The scale drives me nuts, I'm putting mine away for awhile. I'm just going to do what I need to do and not worry about the scale

i have vowed once a month to weigh. im depending on my clothes.

yea, whats up with that? my measurements have gone down very well since June, but the weight doesnt seem to be moving. did new measurements yesterday and another half-inch all over, but lost only 8 ounces.

Sorry can't complain about my scale, its been good to me the last 29 months but it doesn't dictate anything I do. I am in charge and nothing will deter me from the goals I set in front of me.....

WOW!! That is some impressive weight loss. You are definitely in charge. :smokin:

I'm convinced our scales are evil and out to hurt us.
I don't have proof but I believe this is a creation of the devil.

I'm going to try and use measurements from now on.

i have your proof for you!
2 days ago my scale said i had suddenly dropped 20 pounds since last weigh in- 20 pounds? huh? i stepped off, let it reset and got back on- still 20 pounds down. i had 1 cup of coffee w/ skim milk and went back in bathroom i re-weighed myself and i had gained back all 20 pounds. from one cup of darn coffee. bummer.
then the next day (since the day before had gone so wrong i decided to break the once a week weigh in rule) i weighed myself again...and my scale told me i weighed ZERO. wow, way to ruin my self worth~i felt like i didn't even exist.

see? evil. pure evil.:laugh:

In the short term the scale can lie and make us feel horrible. In the long term it will show the results of our hard work. I'm just saying I know too many people, myself included that can have a mood ruined by a demonic scale.

Have to agree. Nothing worse than working hard all week and doing all the right things only to get on the scale and find it's gone up. All the rationalizing about retaining water, gaining muscle etc. doesn't help, just makes me feel like *kitten*. Sadly I do need the scale to gauge progress, I'm not quite a the point where I can just focus on body composition, to reach a lower body fat % the scale will need to move down. I've often wished I could find a scale that would weigh me, not display the weight but would log it and then once a month give me the overall trend, as long as it's down then I'm all good. Ideally it would calculate a moving average to smooth out those annoying fluctuations.

I have used this site before to track my stats and it it shows a trend line, calculates moving averages, weighted moving averages etc. but sadly you still need to weigh yourself but if you can focus on the information the site gives you rather than the number on the scale it might help especially for someone with a lot of weight to lose.

Check it out:
http://physicsdiet.com/Charts.aspx?t=WeightLoss

I agree, i am throwing mine away for the next 4days especially considering i am 3kg heavier this morning- all thanks to my monthly period.

Taking measurements takes forever vs jumping on the scale and seeing your hard work pay off.

True this could take forever, but if you are like me and not seeing any changes on the scale its good to take measurements, I have gained 2 lbs in the past 3weeks but have lost 2 1/2 inches around my waist! I'll take the 2lbs!