I'm going to beat my scale with a bat

RiseAndConverge
RiseAndConverge Posts: 35 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So given it's a cheap $10 scale, but it should still do it's job, right? I way myself everyday right now because I want to see how my diet the previous day affected my weight if at all. Once I have a good idea of how my body is reacting to food, I'll switch to weekly. However, that scale will give me up to a 5lb weight difference depending on where it is in my home. No lie I can stand on the scale and I'm one weight then move it a foot to the left and I'm 5lbs heavier. WTF?

So do I get a new scale, use the one at the gym only even though it's one of those obnoxious doctor's office scales, go ballistic and beat the scale with a baseball bat?

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  • diddyh
    diddyh Posts: 131 Member
    I would probably get a better quality scale if I could afford it. I would pick one spot in the house to weigh myself. Make sure its a solid surface and not carpet. You should get an accurate picture of your weight/loss trend that way.
  • diddyh
    diddyh Posts: 131 Member
    I would probably get a better quality scale if I could afford it. I would pick one spot in the house to weigh myself. Make sure its a solid surface and not carpet. You should get an accurate picture of your weight/loss trend that way.
  • Eskimovm
    Eskimovm Posts: 53 Member
    Beat the scale for me. Then tell it to go F*** it's self :flowerforyou:

    Now go get a new scale if it is important to you.

    Otherwise go buy a dress makers tape measure and go by that! :heart:
  • xXmimiXx
    xXmimiXx Posts: 564 Member
    hi! I want to beat my scale too, but because it's correct! I have been exercising and maintaing a deficit on cals and not lost a bl00dy thing!!!!!!!!! GRRR :mad:

    Beat yours with a bat and if you can afford it buy a better one. If not, use the ones at the gym I used to use the gym ones :bigsmile:
  • Living4Liz2012
    Living4Liz2012 Posts: 312
    you need a really good scale and stop with the everyday weighing believe it or not

    I got a good one for like $50 at Walmart....measures my weight,water percentage, body fat

    everything you eat,drink and do changes daily and will always throw the scale off...
  • debloves2ride
    debloves2ride Posts: 386
    go ahead and beat it with a bat! you will feel so much better. BUT - when you get your new scale, keep it in one spot, weigh at the same time of day, wearing the same thing (I prefer nothing - but that is just me). every time you move the scale you change the balance etc. especially on the ones that are less expensive. Invest in a little better scale - if you can. also weighing every day is so frustrating..... I wouldn't do that either
  • Baybbee123
    Baybbee123 Posts: 57 Member
    I would get a new scale - I bought a great one at Walmart that I believe was under $40.00 and I swear it works GREAT. It's accurate and I weigh in the same place daily (I weigh daily too for the same reasons). I even believe it's close to a doctors scale because when I weigh in at my doctors office, his is a bit more aggressive, but we also have a scale here at work and it likes to be polite to you to make you like it. The scale I have is somewhere in the middle but closer to the doctors scale end of things. I really love it.

    If you want the specs on it to see if you'd like to purchase one, feel free to send me a message.

    Good luck :) I know how frustrating it is!!!
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    My scale does the same thing. :/ I've learned to live with it cuz I haven't been able to afford a new one. Keep with it long enough and you'll at least see the number range on the scale go down! xD
  • joankpoirier
    joankpoirier Posts: 281 Member
    have at it!!!!
    go ballistic and beat the scale with a baseball bat?
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  • reka74
    reka74 Posts: 70
    You can just glue the scale to the floor so you can't move it anymore...
    I know the 'Grabbing a bat and beat the scale to death' feeling but it's unrelated to the quality of my poor scale. (Newton is dead can't beat him up)
    sorry LOL

    I think you are right: any scale should do the job regardless the price. We pay extra for extra but measuring is not extra when it's called scale... Can you return it? Or just grab a bat and let it out... $10.00 is a cheap therapy session
  • Drastiic
    Drastiic Posts: 322 Member
    Beat the scale for me. Then tell it to go F*** it's self :flowerforyou:

    ^^^ I like her answer.

    I had a similar issue with my old 20 year old scale...you know the kind that has the spring. I bought an EatSmart and found out I was actually 5 lbs heavier than what my old scale said I was. Not a good way to start a new relationship if you know what I mean. At least it was being truthful, and I didn't have to worry about accuracy. If your scale isn't accurate, buy a new one.
  • dani_1977
    dani_1977 Posts: 557 Member
    I would try to stop weighing yourself daily, because there is so much more to it that diet. Did you work out... was vigorous.. was it weights, did you ..eerrr...uuummmm.... go to the "bathroom", did you drink enough water? Your muscles swell when you work out...also if you didn't drink enough water you body will hold to to. If you cant deal with the daily ups and downs of the scale... pick one day, one time to weigh yourself.

    I even had to hide the scale from myself for a month... because I felt the number on the scale was starting constantly stress me out.

    Also... warning, buying a new scale..............sometimes means a new number and not always for the better. I purchased a new scale and gained 3 lbs. :(
  • JoolieW68
    JoolieW68 Posts: 1,879 Member
    I went thru this the other day and ranted about it:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/JoolieW68/view/the-scale-is-a-liar-big-fat-liar-262511

    Beat the damn thing into submission :wink:
  • DrG3n3
    DrG3n3 Posts: 467 Member
    I'd not worry about buying a new one. Honestly, the slightest difference in the floor, the foundation of the home, even the Earth itself (maybe there is a small hill there etc) can change the way the scale lies. You should weigh at the same time AND the same place. Just like when you weigh and go to the doctor's office the scale can be differently, so can the same scale change based on topography.
  • giselle9938
    giselle9938 Posts: 194 Member
    Today is a "Beat the $#!% out of your scale" day!!!
  • RiseAndConverge
    RiseAndConverge Posts: 35 Member
    LOL You guys are awesome. I might just beat the scale with a bat. I figure it'll be good cardio and it'll work my arms a bit!

    In reality, I'll probably just chuck it and rely on the scale at the gym.
  • ann2012evans
    ann2012evans Posts: 33
    Everybody depends so much on the scales...don't forget body measurements. My scales say I've gained a few pounds but I have lost a few inches around the waist hips and thighs. So I've toned up and that means a lot too. Scales can always cause confused messages, beware...
  • RobinvdM
    RobinvdM Posts: 634 Member
    I had a scale like that. I replaced it with a nicer model. Turns out it wasn't the old scale's fault, it was my own. Scale wants a happy, solid, flat surface that has little to no give (no linoleum, no carpeting, etc.) Scale also wants to be left in the same spot, that way you have a consistent frame of reference for weigh ins. My old scale would vary so drastically I believed it was broken, and while I love my new scale and don't regret getting it, my old scale wasn't broken. So I rehomed it to my Dad's house, who is currently trying to get himself slimmed down a few pounds. I am a daily weigh in kinda girl, every morning just before my first meal of the day I jump on my new scale (for better or worse.) I, too, like to see if and how badly my food choices effected my weight so I know fairly immediately how to modify things. I don't foresee myself ever being a weekly weigh in person in the very near future. Maybe "someday."

    At any rate, g'luck to you and your scale!

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