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Old 07-07-2007, 06:28 PM   #1  
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I'm really confused. When I weigh myself with slippers ON it actually gives me a lower weight than it does when I weigh myself while I'm barefoot. Which one is more accurate? And why does it do this? I've tried this several different times, on different days, and I have the same problem. If it helps at all, it's a glass digital scale.
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Old 07-07-2007, 09:52 PM   #2  
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Wow! I'd better run get my slippers and weigh. I have a glass digital scale, too. I think the most important thing is to be consistant. Either weigh with slippers or without. Pick one! In the meantime, I will try to remember to experiment with mine.
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Scales tend to have a more accurate relationship with bare skin. Weighing with slippers is a little like putting your scales on carpet - not as reliable.

But I agree with the above poster - as long as you weigh yourself under consistent conditions, you'll get a good picture of how your weight loss is going.

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I have the rubber bottom type slippers, so I didn't think it would really make a difference (they're very light as well) but what shocks me, is it can vary from a 1-3 pound difference with and without the slippers!
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Wow! I'd better run get my slippers and weigh. I have a glass digital scale, too. I think the most important thing is to be consistant. Either weigh with slippers or without. Pick one! In the meantime, I will try to remember to experiment with mine.
If you don't mind, could you tell me if yours does the same if you do try it, that is.
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Old 07-07-2007, 10:20 PM   #6  
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I weigh exactly one pound less without the slippers. I don't think the slippers weigh a pound, but, whatever. Like I said, I think being consistent is the important thing.

I have had this scale mess up before. It weighed me like fifteen pounds more than I really weigh. It just did it once, though. Thank goodness!!!!
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I think being consistent is the best idea too, but that is very strange!
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Good morning!

Some of the newer digital scales actually have to have contact with bare skin in order to work correctly. That's true with my Tanita scale--it also reads body fat % and total water %. But barefoot is necessary.

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