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10-02-2012, 09:35 AM
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Hi, I'm Lauren! :)
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Washington state
Posts: 1,253
S/C/G: SW:209 / CW:184/ GW:~160
Height: 5'4
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I could chuck my scale across the room this morning!!
Hopped on the scale this morning for my daily weigh-in, and saw 179.5! Excited, I hopped on it again for confirmation and I was back up to 181, only to have it STAY THERE for a 3rd confirmation. I got on it like 5 times and nope, right back to 181 it went. Why on earth would it tease me like that?!?!
I guess I can take it positively; this probably means that I'm gonna be seeing the 170s very very soon.
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10-02-2012, 09:44 AM
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Calorie Counter
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 1,721
S/C/G: 195/195/170
Height: 5'3"
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I could chuck my sale because it was up this morning. I know it is water weight but does not make me feel better. Still want to heave it out the window.
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10-02-2012, 09:45 AM
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Starting again
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 787
S/C/G: 289/ticker/128
Height: 5'4"
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My scale is crazy like that, too. It's maddening.
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10-02-2012, 12:09 PM
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is a persistent thistle
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 319
S/C/G: 230/see ticker/133
Height: 5'6"
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You're in good company; mine did that to me this morning too. I decided I wasn't going to let it bug me. We just need to relax and trust that we're doing the right things to get us to our goals. It'll happen when it happens. 
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10-02-2012, 01:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 248
S/C/G: 350/296/125
Height: 177cm
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Ha ha ha. I think we've all been there, done that before! I only weigh once a week for this very reason so I'm not obsessive about it. I weigh 3 times in succession and ALWAYS choose the lowest weight even if it's drastically lower. I don't know why but it makes me feel sooooo much thinner and motivates me to be really great during the week. Like this week, it said 247, then 248.2, and 251.2. I went with 247. 
I think there could be an issue with digital scales too. Is yours digital?
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10-02-2012, 01:51 PM
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*Embrace Power*
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Georgia
Posts: 1,302
S/C/G: 332/279.8/195
Height: 5'5
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Mine has pulled that crap before.  I always make it a point to weight myself at least 3 times back to back just to make sure I am getting an accurate number. I should probably invest in another one soon, I've had my current one since late 2009 but it is definitely still accurate!
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10-02-2012, 02:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 2,383
S/C/G: 274/?/175
Height: 5'8
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Mine does that too. I got an el cheapo from bed bath and beyond and it works better and more consistently than my fancypants one ever did.
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10-02-2012, 02:50 PM
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Stephanie
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 3,221
S/C/G: 236/135-140/More Fit
Height: 5'6"
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Oooooooo that makes me so mad when that happens.
I'll go out and tell my husband "well the 1st time it said xxx but then the second time it said xxy, then the 3rd time it said xyz". One time he replied "do you know how crazy you sound right now?" LOL! Usually he just said "I don't know why you insist on stepping on it again when you liked what it said the first time". I still have to though!
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10-02-2012, 02:58 PM
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Renaissance Woman
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: California, USA
Posts: 2,590
S/C/G: 363/306/185
Height: 5'10.5"
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I have plans for my scale...when I hit goal, I'm going to pack it up and ship it to the Mythbusters so they'll have something to blow up.
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10-02-2012, 02:59 PM
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Angela
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Southern California
Posts: 386
S/C/G: 155/138/126
Height: 5'6"
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I know the feeling...
Please hang in there and keep up the good work!
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10-02-2012, 03:00 PM
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Stephanie
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 3,221
S/C/G: 236/135-140/More Fit
Height: 5'6"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by geoblewis
I have plans for my scale...when I hit goal, I'm going to pack it up and ship it to the Mythbusters so they'll have something to blow up.
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Awesome!
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10-02-2012, 03:58 PM
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Hi, I'm Lauren! :)
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Washington state
Posts: 1,253
S/C/G: SW:209 / CW:184/ GW:~160
Height: 5'4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by geoblewis
I have plans for my scale...when I hit goal, I'm going to pack it up and ship it to the Mythbusters so they'll have something to blow up.
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Lol! I like this idea XD
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10-02-2012, 09:19 PM
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#13
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 312
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Scale stress!!
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10-02-2012, 09:25 PM
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(they're flowers)
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Hawaii
Posts: 386
S/C/G: 174/*ticker*/125
Height: 5'4''
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Scales are absolutely ridiculousss! I remember once, I weighed myself, did some jogging and jumping jacks right next to the scale, weighed again and I gained. I was thinking "wth?! I didn't intake anything, and nothing came out...why go up? -_____-"
Gotta kick this weighing obsession. 
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10-03-2012, 01:36 AM
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a work in progress
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: st. louis
Posts: 1,291
S/C/G: see ticker
Height: 5'6 1/2
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LockItUp
I'll go out and tell my husband "well the 1st time it said xxx but then the second time it said xxy, then the 3rd time it said xyz". One time he replied "do you know how crazy you sound right now?"!
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hahahaha. ive had this exact conversation with my boyfriend as he's wide eyed and slowly backing away from me.
i know this is a different thing, BUT, i just learned something sooooo irritating about my scale. its a WW scale.. so youd assume its for people losing weight.. but it has a *memory*. so if you're 199 one day, and the next day you're 198.5, it doesnt change. theres like a 2 or 3 lb buffer. after MANY frustrations, i figured out that i have to get someone else to use the scale to *reset* it before i weigh. why would they do that to me? i almost stabbed that thing 1000 times, id weigh with and without clothes on and get the same weight to the 0.1 of an lb. its the worst. 
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