Hiya... I know this topic has been discussed, but I couldn't find an answer to my particular question regarding a digital scale vs a cheapie scale. So, here we go:
I started this WOL with a very cheap (and I do mean about $6 from K-Mart!!!) scale. It seemed fairly consistent, although I had to re-zero it a lot. I always put it in the exact same spot (along my kitchen floor tiles) to weigh, and only sometimes would it give me 1-2 lb variations. Whenever it did that, I just estimated myself a half-pound between those weights.
Yesterday morning the cheap scale weighed me in at 185.5. My new scale weighed me in at 181.6 this morning!!!! So of COURSE I hopped on the cheap scale to see if I had REALLY just lost that weight (though I am too smart to believe that!
), and it'd dropped to 184.5. So we're talking about a 3lb difference!
I re-weighed myself on both scales probably four times each. They both seem fairly "accurate" (as far as scales go), but there is still that 3lb difference.
So what I want to know is... WHICH ONE IS RIGHT?!
I've decided that since I started out with the cheap scale, I'll use that for my Sunday weigh-ins (how I guage my progress from the beginning). But I'll be using the digital scale for morning weigh-ins to make my weekly averages (since it measures to the .1 or something like that.
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Anyone else run into this?
But I'm most confused about whether I should redo my start weight to the 3 pounds... or what? Or change my goal weight?
I originally based my goal weight on the last time I felt confidently slim. I knew I was somewhere around 170-175 (with no love handles on my back, most importantly!) and that weight came off of a bathroom scale and kind of a cheapie. So should I base my weight on the cheap one I already have?
Also I read on the bottom of the scale to have damp feet to do the body fat percentage function. I never tried it with damp feet and get 31% every time. My husband thinks I am a kook for believing a little box can measure my bodyfat, but I actually did a few different kinds of body fat calculators online and they came out to 31% also!
= Meagan