Your weight flucuates about 5 pounds per day, depending on how much water you drink/don't drink, sodium intake, etc. In our weight range, it may even be a little more, since we have more water and therefor more room for dramatic swings. There are times because of my medical problems, that I have to weigh myself morning & night daily- its amazing to see how much the numbers can jump around in just 12 hours. If I don't get enough water, I can see it in the scales as my body starts conserving all the water it can and my weight goes up a couple pounds. When I up my intake again, it goes back down pretty quickly, which is the opposite of what most people would think.

As far as weight loss tracking, its probably best to pick one day/time a week that will be your official weigh in- like with your Weight Watchers meeting, even if you weigh yourself daily. Some people suggest that if you weigh every day, then you should take the average of the weights as your 'official' weight for the week, which makes sense. Losign weight is not a race, its not a steady downward path- it takes time and you will see ups & downs within your weight, even over just a few days. Personally, I do tend to weigh myself most days- I don't neccessarily write it down or anything, but just watch that I don't go more then 4-5 pounds above my lowest number...if I do, then I know I'm not doing something right and need to get back on track. I know for me that if I start avoiding the scale that I'm probably off track and in denial. The scale helps keep me focused and on program, but I don't let the number on the scale ruin my day- its just a number that can help guide me.

well see what im trying to do though is get out of joining weight watchers. I am going to go to a few meetings just to see how their scales match up with mine. Then from then on i want to do it at home. I have tried going to meetings before and i have never gotten anything out of them. They bore me to death. So i figured once i get down below 380 i can use the ww scales i bought. Thing is its not adding up to what the official ww scales at their office is. I weighed on sat. and i am actually going to make my official weigh in day on wed because thats my day off. So wed i will actually join ww for a few weeks, so i will be weighing then. I am hoping that its below 380 so that i can compare with the scales i have. Even though the scales i have already say im 377. Im so confused. <<< pulls hair out >>> there should be a few pounds lighter now..lol

Also- I know when I weigh myself at home, I don't tend to have much on at all...and for some reason they frown on that at WW If you had heavy winter clothes and shoes, it can make a big difference too. The best way to compare scales is to weigh yourself wearing the same clothes/shoes right before you leave or as soon as you get home- and try to not eat, drink, use the bathroom, etc between the two weigh ins. I've done that in the past to see how accurate my scales are compared to my doctors office- and they are pretty good. Its also helped me to realize its okay that if the doctors scales say I weigh 4#'s more then what I weighed this morning at home, because I probably do by that time in the day with all my clothes on.

Most digitial scales will give you the big ol' EEE if you're over their weight limit. You could try holding something that weighs 5 pounds or so, just to see if yours do. A gallon of milk or water weighs about 8 pounds- that should do it. I find my digital scales are pretty accurate, even when I'm in the 'danger zone' of close to 330- and mine were a cheap set I bought a few years ago when I did WW. I did the same thing- I joined for a short period of time, until I had all the basic info, then I did it on my own. One of my issues at the time was between my job and grad school (which were 150 miles appart- I lived in the middle), I couldn't go to the same meeting two week in a row so I never got to really know anyone feel like I belonged. And they all used different types of scales, so I questioned how acurate my weigh ins were. I think the whole Points program is a great system- I still use it to put a value on food to this day, though at this point I have to monitor more things so I am using FitDay.

Thank you so much christineu. I appreciate your feedback. I started my ww back following the plan officially on wednesday. So technically this wed will be my official weigh in day. I basically went and weighed Sat because i wanted to know where i stood. So i will go straight and weigh and come straight home and see what happens. Either that or take them with me and do it there..lol wont i look like an idiot..lol

http://www.balances.com/seca/beam-balance-scale.html

This is not digital, but it is a great scale.