I declare today: National "THROW YOUR SCALES OUT A MOVING VE

$50 a shot + having to drive accross town? no thanks. Calipers can be just as inaccurate.

Lol @ Dexa being accurate.

Anyone serious would either get DEXA or Bod Podded.

Here is a link to my video of me getting Bod Podded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Tghi8hMKQ

Mind you I was measured via the multipoint caliper measurement under 10%.

I'm one of those who need the scale to keep me on track. I try to not worry about those 1/2 pound variations, and am usually pretty successful at ignoring them. As long as the general trend is downward, I'm happy. Having said that, this week I was ready to throw mine out the window too. I am bad because I have one of those that you can either just get your weight, or you can get your weight, BMI, %fat and water, etc. So, I weigh twice, one right after the other, every morning....first thing. It is usually the same weight. But lately, I was losing weight like crazy and then it started trending up for no reason and then it started giving me numbers all over the place (being as far as 2 pounds different). Figured out this morning, I think, that the issue wasn't a devil in the scale :devil: but just that the batteries needed to be changed!! :laugh:

Ive come to the same realization that the scale is NOT my friend. Im learning to gauge my progress in more important ways, mostly measurement and feeling. With that being said Im TOSSING my scale out of a moving vehicle LOL :laugh:

I literally threw mine away on Tuesday. I was cleaning...I had been meaning to do it for quite some time...and I spur of the moment thought "Today is the day."

I have always struggled with my weight. I've been working with MFP since October and in between breaks, just started again last week. I want to re-focus this time. I want to work on inches and feeling good - not the # on the scale.

I literally said outloud as I threw it in the trash can, "I am fine the way I am." I am, but I want to improve. But this was very freeing to do. Kudos to all of you who throw it away - it's not easy to not rely on the scale!

What I do, is look in the mirror and judge by that.

For example, I looked bigger after the holidays and I stood on the scale and it said that I had gained 8-10lbs. So, the scale did verify what I saw in the mirror.

Now that I have lost those holiday pounds, I am back to the mirror. My scale has not moved for the past couple of weeks. Just going back and forth on 1lb, but my clothes fit great and I think I am losing some butt cellulite!!!

I sort of hate those fat calipers too, because i have to enter my age and that increases my bf!! So, with this exact same body, at age 31, I have 19% at age 41 I am 21%!!

I bought the Accu-Measure fat caliper test and use it. It has not gone down, but it has not gone up either...so all is good!!