Do you own a scale?

**Michelle** · 02-25-2002, 05:32 PM

My digital scale must be broken. I weighed myself numerous times yesterday, and the readings were different each time.

I'm looking for a new one...do you have any recommendations?

**Megareader** · 02-25-2002, 08:24 PM

If you weigh yourself at different times during the day you will get a different weight each time. Food and water will affect it. What I do is to weigh myself at the same time each day, when I get up in the morning, to get a good comparison.

**justGina** · 02-25-2002, 08:44 PM

I got a Sunbeam digital at Wal-mart for $20. It works great.

**Michelle** · 02-25-2002, 08:48 PM

guess I should have been more clear in my post. I weighed myself like 12 times all within 2 minutes--not throughout the day LOL...sorry for the confusion.

When I first weighed myself, the scale read 134 (which would have been phenomenal to me!), but I knew that it had to be wrong. Soooo...I weighed myself again, and it jumped to 146...and then to 142...and then to 147....

*sigh* losing weight is hard enough without all these complications!

**milach** · 02-26-2002, 03:18 PM

You can have mine!!!! I have a Health-O Meter, got it from Wal Mart. It's a regular scale (not digital), and when I step off of it, it doesn't always go back to zero, it will stop at 3 or 4 lbs, so if I reweigh myself, it always reads 3 or 4 lbs more than the first time, so I'm always playing with the knobby thing to reset it. I wonder if your digital one is doing the same thing??? Good luck in your search!!

Laura

**Jerseygirl** · 02-27-2002, 10:08 PM

I got a cheapo digital at Bradlees when they were going out of business and so far so good--it seems to run 4lbs more than my dr's scale.

**COUNTRYBUMPKIN** · 03-07-2002, 03:44 PM

Actually...........I threw mine out because it ticked me off just one too many times! LMAO*************

**Megareader** · 03-07-2002, 06:49 PM

Now that I think about it there have been times when I weigh myself, do #2, then weigh again and get a higher number the second time. That doesn't make sense!

**wahida1** · 03-13-2002, 12:29 PM

I don't own one

and I think I never will

The reason why is that my in laws have one and when i stayed with them for a week I became so obsessed...so I decided that I'll never have one..i'll just go by how my clothes fit me...if they are tighter ..it time to cut down on snacks...if they fit me well...am ok

**mom2matty** · 03-16-2002, 12:28 AM

We got a cheap digital one at Bed Bath and Beyond a few weeks ago, dh had to have it!! My dks think it is the neatest thing and are always getting on it!! I stay away from it!

**Phaedrae** · 03-17-2002, 01:53 AM

to figure out how accurate your scale is buy a 5lb bag of sugar and weigh it. So long as the bag hasn't been opened it should come up the same every time..if it comes up with say a 3 lb difference then you know to subtract or add 3lbs...

**Michelle** · 03-17-2002, 08:46 AM

Thanks Phaedre. I'm going to try that today. Gosh I hate dieting

**wife228** · 03-17-2002, 08:16 PM

No scale in this house. They would have to send one that they weigh animals with, like cows because a regular bathroom scale wouldn't be able to hold all this.