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recidivist 01-15-2009 04:26 PM

Oh boy...I have a dilemma now.

Today was my bi-weekly weigh-in day. I got on the dial scale first, because that's what I've been using, and it is falling right on a line with no numbers near it, so it's easy to see I'm right at 190lbs. Now that's pretty incredible as that means I've just lost eight lbs in 15 days. I can only attribute that to my change in diet from 1000 calories to 1200 calories, adding mufas back into my diet everyday (which means I've increased healthy fats), and drinking a pot of black or green tea every day.

But then I got on the new digital scale and it shows 194. Four pounds higher than the dial scale? :eek:

I know I've lost the eight pounds, so what do I do now. Adjust all my previous numbers to add the four lbs so my actual loss is represented on my ticker, or delete four lbs when I weigh in on the digital scale from now on?

I don't want to give up that four pounds of motivation, as it's real weight loss.

I am going to take the digital scale with me to the doctor's office the next time I'm in town, and compare it to the doc's scale (which I know is accurate) to see if the digital scale is reading true or not. I think for now I have to add the four pounds to my previous numbers.

What would you all do?


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