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Alright sooo My sister has a digital scale which tells me I am at 201.8 lbs but then My dad's scale which is not digital and it is on the "zero" tells me I am 195!! ! of course I picked my dad's hahaha but I want to know which scale is best to give you the closest to your weight as possible? digital or not? I need to buy one
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highest 230 ---- started atkins------current 175 lbs
July 2009 ---------12/20/2009 ---------03/18/2010
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I started atkins in late november but every other week just sort of fell off the wagon and was not working out..late december I started to really follow it and added the gym from november to december I only lost like 7 lbs not following it right..from december to march 18 I lost 50 lbs give or take depending what mood my scale is on lol. -
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I just read an article about scales and very few are accurate. Digitals seem to be the best and closest, but only a few of them are right on.
41 pounds down and counting
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Doesn't really matter...Pick one and base your weight loss on the same one all of the time. The scale at my boyfriend's house reads about 2 pounds less than mine...both are digital...his is a $30 model and mine was a $100 model (tanita scale which also measures fat percentage, but I never use that feature LOL!!!). When I go to the doctor's office with the old fashioned scales, mine is right on...F44yrs young 5'7" SW172/CW152/GW140
restart date december 08, 2009!
1st mini-goal: 160 lbs - reached Jan 05, 2010
2nd mini-goal: 155 lbs - reached Feb 02, 2010
3rd mini-goal: 150 lbs
4th mini-goal: 145 lbs
GOAL : 140 lbs :chillpill:dancingba:dancing:
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I have digital now, but I keep the "oldie" right next to it, in case the batteries die.
I have 2 eight pound dumbells that I used to use to make sure the "oldie" was starting out correctly. For mine that was at about 2 lbs, instead of 0.Michelle
48yr / 5'4"
5/24/09 start
228/178/145
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Scales are way overrated!! i wouldn't spend lots of money on one just find one that you like and only weigh yourself going forward on that scale. when u have to make a trip to the dr weigh yourself on your scale before u go and then u will know if your dr scale is wrong!!
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Do you weigh yourself on both scales one moment after the next?J.
"Your life will never change until you change your choices."
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Weight loss will be the same no matter which scale you use, so pick the one you like best and go for it! You're not going to just pick a weight that you want to attain anyway, you'll go by how you feel once you get to a desired one. You'll think - hey, I feel like I could still lose a few more pounds, or you could say hmm...this doesn't feel right, I think I need to be a few pounds heavier.
Either way - the scale is there to give you a visual progress report. You can also use measurements - those shouldn't change though depending on the measuring tape you use, lol.
Mini Goals:
Goal 1 - 10% (September 13th, 2009)
Goal 2 - Pre-Pregnancy Weight with 2nd Child (September 27th, 2009)
Goal 3 - 50 lbs down (December 1st, 2009)
Goal 4 - Highest Pregnancy Weight with 1st right before c-section (February 20, 2010)
Goal 5 - Lowest weight reached on WW after having 1st child
Goal 6 - 100 lbs down
Goal 7 - Pre-pregnancy weight with 1st
Goal 8 - Weight I met my husband
Goal 9 - 150 lbs down
Goal 10 - Weight in Grade 8
Goal 11 - Weight in Grade 6Comment
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Yeah my sister and dad lives next to each other, SO I got on her scale and then I wanted to show my step mother how much I lost I got up on hers and it was less!Originally posted by atkinsgal08 View Posthighest 230 ---- started atkins------current 175 lbs
July 2009 ---------12/20/2009 ---------03/18/2010
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I started atkins in late november but every other week just sort of fell off the wagon and was not working out..late december I started to really follow it and added the gym from november to december I only lost like 7 lbs not following it right..from december to march 18 I lost 50 lbs give or take depending what mood my scale is on lol.Comment
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digital scales are not always a good choice my freind says hes got one and when ever he steps on it it says error cause hes too heavy
then when you get a normal scale and your too heavy it go's way past the max weight mark but atleast it shows something rather than errorComment
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Weighing yourself on two different scales should show you that different scales will give you different results.
That's why it's best to 1) use the same scale, and 2) realize the number is relative!J.
"Your life will never change until you change your choices."
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Ok, so when I read this post I IMMEDIATELY ran into the other bathroom and pulled out the "oldie" scale. I have been using a digital scale. I was shocked to see that I after I calibrated the scale and all, I am 8 pounds lighter on that scale than with the digital scale! I know it's not really accurate, but it DID stroke my ego for about a minute...lol..."My goals minus my fears equal my reality"
"I may not be able to see the finish line yet, but at least I've started the race!"
SW:331/CW:289/GW:160
Stats: Female/Atlanta Ga./5' 7"
Start Date/ 01-08-2010
Currently on: OWL
Mini Goal 1: Get out of the 320's/ met 1/27/10
Mini Goal 2: Get out of the 300's/ met 3/27/10
Mini Goal 3: Reach 260
Mini Goal 4: Reach 230
Mini Goal 5: ONEDERLAND!!!
Mini Goal 6: GOAL WEIGHT!!! 160!!!
The "real" me, here I come!!!!
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LOL, firstlady!!!!Michelle
48yr / 5'4"
5/24/09 start
228/178/145
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Mine is a ten-dollar Walmart special, and it weighs you ten pounds light. I found out by going to the doctor and getting weighed...apparantly I gained 10 pounds in the 4 miles from my house
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I once had 2 doctors' appts back to back, and I weighed 5 pounds less on the endocrinologist's digital than on the gynocologist's old-fashioned sliding scale.Comment
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Personally, I pick one scale to consistently weigh myself and stick to that one. I don't know that even my doctor's scale is spot-on, but it's the one scale my doctor's office uses to weigh patients.
If I want to measure my success accurately, I use the tape measure. Clothes can shrink and stretch. Scales can fail. The tape measure doesn't lie.Comment
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Originally posted by Suzanne_H View Post
I know what you mean my neck, arms bust whatever is shrinking according to the tape measurement but the stomach still the same! sucks.
highest 230 ---- started atkins------current 175 lbs
July 2009 ---------12/20/2009 ---------03/18/2010
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I started atkins in late november but every other week just sort of fell off the wagon and was not working out..late december I started to really follow it and added the gym from november to december I only lost like 7 lbs not following it right..from december to march 18 I lost 50 lbs give or take depending what mood my scale is on lol.Comment
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