As I was riding the subway home from my meeting today (inwardly boo-hooing all melodramatically because my losses have been minuscule the past several weeks despite my staying all the way OP), I started wondering about the 2/10 of a pound thing with the WW scales.

Why 2/10 of a pound--.2, .4, .6, .8? Wouldn't quarter-pound increments make more sense? Is it because they know we get discouraged when we don't lose much, and they know we'll feel a lot better if we can see -.2 than if we don't see anything?

Congrats on staying OP....and keep doing it...you WILL lose!!

the .2 thing....never really thought about it...but I am you are right about it trying to motivate us.....also because it is more accurate?

Angie

It used to be with the analog scales the closed they could come was 1/4 pound increments. With the introduction of the good digital scales the 1/10 of a pound increments provided a better and accurate loss. Sometimes when you lost .2 with the analog scales it didn't register down.

I'd rather know I lost .1 rather than it show nothing.

Kelly, does your WW scale show 1/10 of a pound increments, then?

These new scales measure in increments only as small as two tenths of a pound. If you notice, the number to the right of the decimal is always an even number (you will never see point 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9.) And, one of the things I try to remind my members is that point 2 is NOT two ounces. A lot of people aren't realizing that we have decimalized the pound... So, for each two tenths of a pound lost, that equals 3 point 2 ounces. Here's the detail:

.2 = 3.2 ounces (almost 1/4 pound, which would be 4 ounces)
.4 = 6.4 ounces
.6 = 9.6 ounces (more than 1/2 pound)
.8 = 12.8 ounces (slightly more than a can of soda)

So, if you have any question about your weigh ins, theses are the exact equivalents.

Yes, imaleader, I realize that these are 2/10 of a pound increments, not ounces. I was asking Kelly if for some reason her WW scales went as low as 1/10 of a pound; her post seemed to imply that they did and I wondered if some centers did it differently.

Thanks for the info, though. I still think 1/4-pound increments would be easier for many folks to follow, even though losses (or gains!) of less than a 1/4 pound wouldn't register.

Yes, I agree, 1/4 pound would be easier, because that's how we know pounds, in 1/8s 1/4s etc. I wasn't implying that you didn't understand the math: it's up there for the new members who don't know that we've decimalized the pound.... which to me is similar to decimalizing the inch. In any event, as long as you're losing weight, that's all that really matters! :-)

decimals for example it shows 154.1 or 154.3 or what ever. Those are 1/10 of a pound increments.

Kelly: does your WW scale show tenths or 2 tenths increments? None of ours in NY show .1, .3, .5. Only 2/4/6/8. Interesting, if it's that different. Well, 1 tenth of a pound is one point six ounces. nice touch.

Ours does .1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .6, .7, .8, .9, and .0

Tha't nice, that you have it in one tenth increments. You get a much more accurate weigh in that way (providing, of course, you wear exactly the same thing each week!) The NY scales only measure in 2/10 increments. bummer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!