While at Bed Bath and Beyond yesterday I decided to look at digital scales. Can weighing on a concrete floor change things? The scale had me 25-30 pounds over my home scale!!! I've weighed other things on my home scale and it seems accurate within a few pounds but 3 different digital ones had me at +25. Can the surface you put the scale on make that much difference?
Ceramic tile at home. I knew I'd gained 5 or so the last few weeks (really not been eating enough and not exercising-rough couple weeks) but to have the scale read over 200 pounds really put a dent in my day. All of my clothes still fit...but I'm wondering if my home scale is just really low and I really am over 200 lbs, seems like they wouldn't all just not be calibrated properly at the store, and the same level of non-callibration.
I've heard that your weight will differ depending on where you weigh yourself - I get two different weights in my bedroom and my bathroom so I always weigh myself in the same place every morning.
As far as I know you should never weigh yourself on carpet. Scales can even read wrong on tile/ceramic floors due to how level they are...because I too get different numbers in my bathroom than I do in my bedroom, and my dining room. My wii fit also weighs me differently than the scale, and I usually like its number much better lol.
Maybe I'll try the wii fit scale tomorrow, lol see if I like that # better. I just find it hard to believe I've gained 20-30 lbs and not noticed it in clothing or anything but to have 3 scales say it makes me wonder...
I used to work there. And we didn't call it the **** hole for nothing . On a more serious note, were you testing the display? Because lots of people do the same thing and they tend to get out of whack after a while. You might've just stepped on a screwy one.
clickit - No. The force of gravity acting upon you is still the same (well, if you want to get technical, there is a slight variation but would only affect you if you were measuring out to a ridiculous amount of siginificant digits...like to the .000000001 accuracy.).
aliquot - Thanks! I was kinda worried that I had been tricking myself that I lost the weight that I have lost. I'm paranoid like that, and I know it was a stupid question but thanks for clearing that up.
Yikes!
. On a more serious note, were you testing the display? Because lots of people do the same thing and they tend to get out of whack after a while. You might've just stepped on a screwy one.
