Scale Fluctuation Q (Scale Issue, not salt or water or anything!)
Hey ladies,
I've got a question about scales. I've got a fancy new Weight Watchers scale but I can get several different measurements in the same morning. I'm not talking the regular day-to-day water retention/sodium/normal body fluctuations, but fluctuations in the scale itself.
I know I need to weigh on a flat surface, but I find depending on where the scale is in the bathroom, I get a different reading up to a pound!
I know I could just leave it one spot! I am just wondering- does this mean my scale is ****? I do live in a slanted trailer in the Arctic that is on stilts...lol so maybe it's just uneven??
My WW scale did the same thing, so I bought a better quality scale XD no offense to WW's but I find their scales terrible for older homes and I figure trailers are just as slanted as older homes. This new one weighs me the same wherever I put it and if I smack my foot off the side or bump it with something it wont weight me 5lbs diff up or down cause of it
My WW scale annoys me because it doesn't fluctuate, even when it's supposed to. If I weigh myself then pick up my 5lb kitten and weigh again, there will be no difference. Pretty sure it has a short term memory and if it's close enough to the first weight, it'll just show the first weight. I hate it. My fiance didn't believe that happens so I had to prove it to him lol.
Most scales don't like to be moved around. So, pick a spot and keep it there. Even so, you might bounce around a bit. I sometimes take three readings and take the middle one (if it doesn't land on the same one).
I keep my scale in the living room because I don't have room in the bathroom either! The kitchen may also work for a scale. No one says a scale has to be in the bathroom.
I keep my scale in my bedroom by the nightstand (hardwood floors, whew!) since our bathroom is small. I use a WW scale (the glassy one) and it doesn't give me different readings at all if I step on it a few times in 5 minutes or anything like that. Although it tends to give me lower #s than the other one I have (homedics, I think.) Haha, I step on the WW scale if I'm feeling down or I want a lower number that day.
I've never used a WW scale. However, I have noticed on my scales that my weight depends on where I actually stand on the scale. I try to place my feet in the very centre of the scale, but I can still get varying weights each time I weight myself at one time.
I saw someone say that they weight themselves a few times and pick the middle one, which is what I would advise.