View Poll Results: Should I buy a new scale?
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Heck ya! What is a morning w/out a daily weigh-in?
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Dump the scale and wait for loose pants
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no opinion
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08-04-2009, 12:31 PM
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#1
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Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 144
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should I replace it?
My scale broke 4 days ago (digital). So, I'm wondering if I should replace it. Part of me wants the "tracking tool", but part of me doesn't mind not relying so heavily on a number.
So, POLL TIME!
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08-04-2009, 12:35 PM
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Back on the wagon
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Kettering, Ohio
Posts: 493
S/C/G: 205/162/125
Height: 5'1"
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i'm a numbers freak, so i can't imagine no morning weigh-in. i'd feel lost. then again, i also take my temperature, AND wear a sensewear monitor, and i'd feel a little lost without all that stuff too. now that i think about it, i'm wondering why i don't test my urine and saliva for, i dunno, something every day too.
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08-04-2009, 12:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 730
Height: 4'11"
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If you have a specific goal to reach you're most likely going to have to rely on some number-- be it pants size, measuring tape inches, miles run, calories eaten, or what the scale says. Maybe the problem is that you're letting the scale determine your success/failure or your mood. If it were me, I would replace the scale but not let it be a tyrant.
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08-04-2009, 12:55 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 896
S/C/G: 230/229/200
Height: 5'3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thinpossible
If you have a specific goal to reach you're most likely going to have to rely on some number-- be it pants size, measuring tape inches, miles run, calories eaten, or what the scale says. Maybe the problem is that you're letting the scale determine your success/failure or your mood. If it were me, I would replace the scale but not let it be a tyrant.
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Got to Agree!
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08-04-2009, 01:00 PM
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Soul Cyster
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: California
Posts: 4,487
S/C/G: 235/seeticker/135
Height: 5'3"
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I'd replace it- I only do an official weigh in once a week but sometimes I hop on just to make sure I'm not going way off track
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08-04-2009, 02:16 PM
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Waddle fast Flap hard FLY
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 5,354
S/C/G: Top 272~restart 255
Height: 5'7
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You could always try a few weeks without the scale and see how you feel about not having one.
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08-04-2009, 04:42 PM
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ending 7+ years of yoyo
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,601
S/C/G: (body fat) >34.5%/?/<25%
Height: 5' 6", small frame, "obese" body fat
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beerab
I only do an official weigh in once a week but sometimes I hop on just to make sure I'm not going way off track
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Me too! Sometimes I count the mid-week weight though if I like the number I see
Yes, replace the scale! Things can get out of hand if you go too long without checking in...
If you can, get one with the body fat analysis. I know it's not that accurate, but it can give you an estimate at least, especially if you weigh at the same time every time with ~ the same amount of hydration.... I am trying to focus on that more than the weight loss. Ha - mostly because the weight loss is so slow and I feel like I might have more control over reducing my body fat.
I don't have a body fat scale right now and I miss it
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08-04-2009, 04:49 PM
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Back in Action
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: A Nebraska Farm
Posts: 3,107
S/C/G: 213/197/140
Height: 5'6"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patchworkpenguin
You could always try a few weeks without the scale and see how you feel about not having one.
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Great idea!
Give it a shot without one if you want to try not being dependant, if you don't like not knowing, go buy one.
Last edited by Lori Bell; 08-04-2009 at 04:50 PM.
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08-04-2009, 05:40 PM
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#9
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Alabama
Posts: 58
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The scale keeps me real.
I try and fib to myself that it is going better than it really is... But that d*mn scale really doesn't let me lie.
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08-04-2009, 05:56 PM
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Closed
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,811
S/C/G: 244/165/137
Height: 5' 7"
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Numbers are relative, and the trend is what they indicate...personal choice!
I weigh only once a week at WW. I threw out my home scales...
Kira
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08-04-2009, 07:11 PM
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#11
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Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 144
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It's 22 to 3. I just bought a new scale. Resisting the urge to step on it tonight.
Must.....
wait....
till....
morning....
UGH
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08-05-2009, 09:58 AM
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#12
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Formally Diva or Roni
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 6
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I say get a new one and set a once a week or once every 2 week WI Schedule so you aren't obsessing the numbers.
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