So I go to the doctor today and I'm ALWAYS weighed before they do the bp, temp, etc. and I weigh the same on their scale fully dressed and after breakfast as I did the other day in my birthday suit on my scale!!

Have you ever heard of the doctor's scale showing you less than you weigh at home!?! I asked them if it had been calibrated recently

That was the craziest darn thing -- Makes me optimistic for the weekly weigh-in in a few days and motivated me to stay on plan.

Had to share

M

Yes, I've even had a "preference" for a certain scale at the doctors office because one will consistently weigh less than the others (they're less than a 2 lbs difference, but hey, when it's being written down, I want the benefit of the doubt).

Reliability is alot more important than accuracy. If your scale is off by a tiny percentage or by a pound or two, it really doesn't matter as much as long as it is consistent. That's why it's very important not to get hung up on a single number, but to have a goal "range" in mind. You don't want to be obsessing over a couple pounds that might actually be "imaginary."

I used to work at a small animal hospital where they had digital medical scales to weigh the animals, that's what I would step on every day to weigh myself and it read the same as my scale at home. Then I went to the doctor and got on their sliding scale and it read 8 lbs. lighter! Not sure why such the big difference but it was nice to see. However I stuck the the numbers on my regular scale so it would atleast be consistent.

My doctor's scale always shows me about 5-6 pounds heavier than my scale at home. Sometimes more. My scale at home shows me at 133. My doctor's scale, just last week, had me at 141. However, I don't pay much attention to it because I did a little test - I got out my scale, turned it on, picked up a 25-pound weight and set it on my scale. 25 pounds exactly. I wanted to make sure my scale was correct.

Then there are other things I take into consideration; by the time I get to the doctor, which is usually afternoon, I've eaten by then, I've drank lots of water by then and I'm fully clothed, including shoes, because I don't bother taking my shoes off to get weighed at the doctor.

Doctors scales are often on carpet, which makes them weigh in less, than on say tiles. My scales at home weigh about 3lbs less when I put them on the carpet as opposed to the tiles.