Damn digital scale......
 

Any suggestions on how to get an accurate reading on a digital scale? When I weigh myself, I usually do it 3-5 times because my weight can fluctuate simply based on how I stand on the scale.....

Does this happen to anyone else?

I probably should go buy a traditional scale.....

Thanks!

It happens on a regular scale as well. If I lean forward I can weigh as much as 2 lbs. less.

Mine does the same. What I do is try to stand on it carefully then stand nice and tall as if your a soldier at attention. Wait a few seconds then look down.

Try not to shift your body forward or back cause it does change the numbers that show.

I do it about 4 times, whatever # I get twice is the one I keep.

Good luck,

Whatever number you get twice that is it!

Same here, I was told step on a scale in the same spots as you normally do. weight at the same time of day.
Weigh a few times, as weight can fluctuate I do this about 3-4 times.

Mine doesn't fluctuate at all. I have a 15 year old Thinner scale I bought at Brookstone long ago.

Mine doesn't fluctuate either and believe me I tried. I have a Taylor glass scale.

Hmmm, mine doesn't fluctuate at all either- unless I'm stepping on it at a different time of day- my weight varies by about 3-5 pounds depending on time of day. I go by my results first thing in the morning. I can step on it from any angle and still get the same result if I hop on it a second or moments later. The only time it's off is if it's been moved at all- then I have to do one test reading (which is enough off to warn me that it's been moved) and then stop on it again.

I bought mine at Target. Can't remember the brand name...

No fluctuation on my Tanita scale. I really like that actually, because the last digital I had did have problems with fluctuation.

I bought a new scale for that very reason - If I weighed first my husband's weight would go up, if he weighed first mine would go down and never weigh the same. I bought a $50 WW scale that weighs in .1 increments and never fluctuates - plus it has the added value (if you want to use it) of keeping track of two people's weights. I find that however silly it is, if I know the number is accurate I do not get crazy about the invariable fluctuations that occur because of water weight, TOM etc.

If you cann't trust the scale, dump it!

PecanPie

That's also the best and most accurate way I have found when using a digital scale.

That scale of mine didn't get me this time. I stepped on it slowly and stood nice and tall, looked down and BAM, it said 218. That's a 3 pound WHOOSH. I freaked and wanted to double check and stepped on it 3 more times. I got the same reading all 4 times. WHEW! I guess it was being nice to me today by not giving me a hard time.

I hate the scale! I've been trying to put it away, but since it was out this morning and I've been behaving myself, I got on it. BIG MISTAKE! It was up a pound and a half, despite the fact that I feel thinner today! :cry:

Don't worry about a pound and a half mamasara, could just be water retention.

Hang in there. Your doing great.

My scale seems to have a short term memory, I can step on it 5 times in a row and it will give me the same weight, but if I step on it just 10 minutes later, it will give me a different weight.

I'm guessing it's just as unreliable as most other digital scales, but it has that short term memory to trick you into thinking it isn't fluctuating.

Valerie