what to do when your scale lies to you

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i have been having lots of troubles with dishonest scales. you know the type: they tell you something different all the time. my first scale i broke after he lied to me one time too many. so i figured: ahh...the problem must be he's digital. i'll go analog and get an honest scale this time. so i brought him home. homedics was his name. he was my new best friend. he told me good news every day for 2 weeks. every day he said there was less and less of me there. til one day he goes NUTS and shows his true colors. all of a sudden i am UP 20 pounds! inexplicably in a day. i know this can't be true. bah! so i decide to break him into little pieces so he can never lie to anyone again! then it dawns on me: scales are like 40 bucks each! you can't kill a scale every time it lies. so i went out an bought a partner for my first scale. we'll call him "second opinion". he's digital and a real slick feller to boot. now what i do is get a second opinion and average the two. thats what i decided to do with my dishonest scale. anyone else have this sort of trouble?

rotflmao That is some funny stuff there BigBoy!! :lol:

Bigboy -- do you remember the movie Labyrinth with David Bowie? Well, there are two doors, "One of us tells the truth and one of us always lies." "Oh, that's a lie!" That's what your scales remind me of!

Thats a great idea. You'll have to update us how that is working for you. How much have you lost so far?

:lol: Great stuff. And I'm sorry to hear about the death of some of your scales. My home scale just bounces a lot - sometimes as much as 6 pounds. So I usually take the high and low numbers and average them. ;) My work scale is the one I hate - it says I weigh 20-25 pounds more than my home scale! 8O However, I only trust my home scale. For days that my weight does go up, I attribute it to day-to-day fluctuation and don't worry. Of course, my weight may go up a pound or two - not 20! I think I'd kill my scale if it said that as well (as if stepping on the poor thing isn't killing it enough already). :wink:

don't let that bouncing scale bounce too much. he's liable to think he can get away with it!

my scale must always be dishonest.one day i am 167,then another i am 159,another day is 164 then 166...it is always different..or is it just me?

BigBoy, your scale reminds me of my ex-husbands!

some funny stuff here.. you guys crack me up!!

No point in listening to what a scale says. You're better off paying attention to how your clothes fit and how you feel. If you workout and lose weight it makes the scale move a little slower because of the gain in muscle mass (which weighs more than fat).

i agree nancy41. in theory. but i always end up paying attention to the scale anyway.

I aggree with Nancy, don't worry about what the scale has to say. Worry more about how your clothes fit. When you have to change your belt to a new one because it has become to big. then you can be proud and say you have lost some weight. That is how I determine if I have lost weight or not.. Good luck :lol:

I hate scales! :evil: Yesterday, I stepped on my home scale [i:4353756d67]au natural[/i:4353756d67] before eating. The scale dipped to a new low - 248 pounds! Now, I don't think this is my "real" weight, as my scale bounces, but I was happy to finally see the scale dip that low. Because when the scale dips that low, the upper weight (on my bouncing scale) is about 5 pounds higher, meaning the average weight is in the middle. Therefore, I had lost a few more pounds! Yay me! :D Later that day, I was at "Bed, Bath and Beyond" looking for some items (didn't find them). They had a few scales, so I stepped on one. It read 285!!! 8O Now, I realized I was fully dressed, with my jeans, sweater, jacket, bulky wallet, keys, hat, heavy shoes, etc. And it was later in the day, after I had eaten. So let's say I take off as much as 15 pounds for all of that - that puts me at 270. So which is it? 250 or 270? It reminds me of my work scale... Am I really 20 pounds heavier than my home scale?? If so, that means I have another 20 pounds to lose. Sigh...