my scale...

annieS · 06-03-2012, 01:39 AM

ahhhhhhh !!!

I wake up after a DD, rather high-ish DD. go to the bathroom and step on the scale : 59.8kg lowest in a year!! (little danse of joy involved)
I dress, start the day and go back to the bathroom... after i'm done (I know, TMI...) I think i haven't had breakfast yet so i should step once more one the scale... and then 60.4 !!! I moved the scale around the bathroom floor, tried many time but it wouldn't move....

I think my scale is mad at me, somehow ! I've always been so gently when i step on her ! (in french scale is a feminin word...)

Kissa · 06-03-2012, 02:34 AM

I am ignoring mine for a while as she didn't agree with me one day. That will teach her.

stargazer · 06-03-2012, 04:46 AM

Accurate scales are essential. The last set I had over read by 3lb most of their life and then suddenly under-read by 6 lbs. Threw them out and bought a proper set that cost a lot but are worth every penny (cent) because they weigh you to the last 0.1 of a pound and say the same thing no matter how you stand on them or where you set them down.

Cheap scales can set you on the path to serious weight gain.

adillenal · 06-03-2012, 04:57 AM

But you said you got dressed and clothes have weight.

Joyjoy · 06-03-2012, 06:21 AM

My scale and I have declared a cease fire this weekend. I have promised her not to come too close, and she has stopped calling me names from the next room. When we are both feeling a bit more cooperative and rational and calm, we'll have another go.
Know what's funny? To see how much of the stress on this board comes from the numbers on a scale. You don't see a lot of posts about, oh god, my clothes are tighter this morning, or, oh, I'm feeling worse and worse on this JUDDD diet. No way. (why? Because JUDDD seems to work for most of us.) Most of the struggling posts are about why the number is up or the same or not falling fast enough, how can I make that change, etc. Big clashes between our expectations of how it should go and how our bodies are actually doing it. Isn't that nutty?

Once again, in my dream of dreams, we'd all be doing JUDDD with no scales in sight except when a wise and friendly JUDDD fairy knows that today's number will make us swoon with happiness.
Hope you're swooning today

KeirasMom · 06-03-2012, 06:24 AM

I'm swooning.

Becky · 06-03-2012, 07:22 AM

My personal bathroom scale is a tricky little $&@*%#! in a good way....if I don't like the number I see I move the scale 3" further away from were she was sitting and presto, I lose 3 pounds!!

The scale at Weight Watchers (I still go to get weighed weekly) is a bit harder to reason with! That scale tells the hard to digest (sometimes) truth and doesn't sugar coat it either!

toomuch · 06-03-2012, 07:43 AM

I may be old school OA but I will only weigh once a month, at the same time of day on the same scale!! There is too much daily (AND hourly!) variation.

laceylady · 06-03-2012, 08:49 AM

I haven't weighed in about 2 weeks but remembered to do it this morning... down another 5!!! Thats #35 gone... into my 16s comfortably but not confident about trying the 14s. Yet!

annieS · 06-03-2012, 09:22 AM

Thank you ladies

I see everyone has issues with the scale !!! Mine is supposed to be good (it was not cheap!) but the bathroom floor is definitely not flat !! that might explain !

as JoyJoy said the funny thing is that "numbers" is the only thing we complain here about ! I forgot to tell you that i bought a pair of slim bright turquoise pants last week and they're a size 8 !! (and really strechy but who cares !!)

anyway, after the UD i'm having right now i will definitely not pay a visit to the scale (we should name it !) tomorrow !

Sheridan · 06-03-2012, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laceylady

I haven't weighed in about 2 weeks but remembered to do it this morning... down another 5!!! Thats #35 gone... into my 16s comfortably but not confident about trying the 14s. Yet!

WooHoo!!

piratejenny · 06-03-2012, 10:40 AM

I too have a scale that sometimes tells me I weigh more after I go to the bathroom!!!

If she tells me a weight I don't believe, I step on her with a 5lb weight, step off, put the weight down, and step back on.

It seems that she doesn't register changes less than a pound. If I weigh with sandals and then without, for example. But the 5-lb weight seems to make her wake up and pay attention!

I'm going to have to call her a name I really don't like, ha ha! Like a girl that an old boyfriend left me for or something like that.

Kissa · 06-03-2012, 02:33 PM

Great result LacyLady!

Annie, it think the thing we have established here is that without any doubt the scale is female.

gotitnow · 06-03-2012, 08:34 PM

Well....I am not swooning...but I am very content right now!

And......as for my scales.....I keep a "distant" relationship with her!

Sort of like some people I know!!

Phyl

Buttercup204 · 06-03-2012, 10:02 PM

My scale is testy too. I can weigh and get a great number then weigh again and it's higher, weigh again and it stays higher. Ugh. Sometimes I just stash the darn thing - out of sight out of mind! It's better than making myself crazy over it all!

OhioGuy · 06-03-2012, 11:37 PM

i posted on another thread today about this....
i trashed my walmart heath meter
and got a WW one.

that thing would weigh u and u would get back on it and u would be up a pound, then on again up another pound... like u gained two pounds in a minute and the ww doest do that at all, not ever an ounce!!

Wallee · 06-04-2012, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laceylady

I haven't weighed in about 2 weeks but remembered to do it this morning... down another 5!!! Thats #35 gone... into my 16s comfortably but not confident about trying the 14s. Yet!

Yay, you!!!! That's awesome! KUTGW!!

zipp2play · 06-04-2012, 11:04 AM

I weigh, AT MOST, once a week and then sometimes I forget to do that. I like JUDDD, and have had success. I don't enjoy the number on the scale causing me issues, so I get on there just to get a check on how things are going!

toomuch · 06-09-2012, 07:39 AM

In OA I was told to weigh ONCE a month, on the same scale at the same time of day. I'm trying to work OA/GS and after two weeks made the mistake of weighing at night, after dinner and 2 liters of H20. Boy, was I bummed when it showed I only lost 7 lbs!
Learned my lesson!

KeirasMom · 06-09-2012, 01:15 PM

What's OA and GS?

Kissa · 06-10-2012, 06:55 AM

Just what I was wondering....

piratejenny · 06-10-2012, 07:10 AM

OA=Overeaters Anonymous

GS=…???

MintQ8 · 06-11-2012, 01:57 AM

My scale is not being remotely cooperative at the moment - but you know - even though I am not (cough) being perfect with my rotations - my body is changing all the time!!

I put on a jumper (sweater?) dress that I bought a month a go and haven't had an opportunity to wear yet - well, it was tight then - it's almost too big now! Scale hasn't budged!!!!

Kissa · 06-11-2012, 06:07 AM

Nice result!

stargazer · 06-11-2012, 06:16 AM

I threw my old scales away last year and paid a lot for a proper accurate set. It's worth every penny.

At the death they were under-reading by 6 lbs!!! That's when my weight gain started. I know it's a crude approach to measuring fat loss but it's the one that gives us the discipline to stick to the plan. After learning I'd put on half a stone I sort of gave up caring.

Heather · 06-11-2012, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OhioGuy

i posted on another thread today about this....
i trashed my walmart heath meter
and got a WW one.

that thing would weigh u and u would get back on it and u would be up a pound, then on again up another pound... like u gained two pounds in a minute and the ww doest do that at all, not ever an ounce!!

My scale was bouncing up and down this morning like yours. I said, "Well bleep you!".

Remembered your post and logged on this morning to see what kind you had that bounced. Yup!!! Mine's a Walmart Health O Meter. Going out today to get a WW one or better? I bet there's one that will measure 1/10th a pound. Oh good, that will make me even crazier than I am now.

adillenal · 06-11-2012, 08:21 AM

I have a Tanita and love it. Has been worth the money since I have had it for over 8 years. Anyway it measures in 2/10ths increments which I love. 159.8 looks so much better than 160.0

Heather · 06-11-2012, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adillenal

I have a Tanita and love it. Has been worth the money since I have had it for over 8 years. Anyway it measures in 2/10ths increments which I love. 159.8 looks so much better than 160.0

Thanks Adi. Yeah, I've been looking at the online reviews of scales this morning and the Tanita HD357 has one of the highest ratings.

sorenkkg · 06-11-2012, 09:50 AM

I thought I'd just chime in here, b/c I'm rather peeved at "her" today as well. I have a tanita and usually, everything is fine, I really like it.

I know that if you live by the scale, you die (figuratively) by the scale too-- so, as Kristin said above, I think I'll take a 1 week cease fire/truce, and see if we're feeling more like agreeing next week

S.

Kissa · 06-11-2012, 09:53 AM

Lol, I haven't peeked for a couple of days. Had so much salt it has got to show.

06-03-2012, 01:39 AM	#1
annieS Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Paris, France (>forgive my bad english !) Posts: 474 Gallery: annieS WOE: vegetarian/JUDDD Start Date: january to march 2011 / 2nd start 16 feb 2012	my scale... ahhhhhhh !!! I wake up after a DD, rather high-ish DD. go to the bathroom and step on the scale : 59.8kg lowest in a year!! (little danse of joy involved) I dress, start the day and go back to the bathroom... after i'm done (I know, TMI...) I think i haven't had breakfast yet so i should step once more one the scale... and then 60.4 !!! I moved the scale around the bathroom floor, tried many time but it wouldn't move.... I think my scale is mad at me, somehow ! I've always been so gently when i step on her ! (in french scale is a feminin word...) __________________ * frenchy-veggy-JUDDDer * 64.5kg/142lbs>64>63.5>63>62.5>62>61.5>>61>60.5>60>59.5>5 9>58.5>58>57.5>57kg/125lbs Last edited by annieS; 06-03-2012 at 01:41 AM..

06-03-2012, 06:21 AM	#5
Joyjoy Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 1,691 Gallery: Joyjoy Stats: 150?/134/136 5'8" 50 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: 4-19-12	My scale and I have declared a cease fire this weekend. I have promised her not to come too close, and she has stopped calling me names from the next room. When we are both feeling a bit more cooperative and rational and calm, we'll have another go. Know what's funny? To see how much of the stress on this board comes from the numbers on a scale. You don't see a lot of posts about, oh god, my clothes are tighter this morning, or, oh, I'm feeling worse and worse on this JUDDD diet. No way. (why? Because JUDDD seems to work for most of us.) Most of the struggling posts are about why the number is up or the same or not falling fast enough, how can I make that change, etc. Big clashes between our expectations of how it should go and how our bodies are actually doing it. Isn't that nutty? Once again, in my dream of dreams, we'd all be doing JUDDD with no scales in sight except when a wise and friendly JUDDD fairy knows that today's number will make us swoon with happiness. Hope you're swooning today __________________ Kristin "Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order." Samuel Beckett If you'd like a dose of love and sanity over the holidays, we do that at Dr.KristinShepherd on Facebook. (hope this doesn't break any rules here)

06-03-2012, 10:40 AM	#12
piratejenny Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,690 Gallery: piratejenny Stats: 293/285/<160 (5'7") WOE: LC/JUDDD/Fast5/Diabetes Miracle 2010-12 Start Date: 2013: IDK!	I too have a scale that sometimes tells me I weigh more after I go to the bathroom!!! If she tells me a weight I don't believe, I step on her with a 5lb weight, step off, put the weight down, and step back on. It seems that she doesn't register changes less than a pound. If I weigh with sandals and then without, for example. But the 5-lb weight seems to make her wake up and pay attention! I'm going to have to call her a name I really don't like, ha ha! Like a girl that an old boyfriend left me for or something like that. __________________ "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast." --Ace Rimmer "Really, how is eating a piece of cake bad? Being bad is murdering someone. That's bad. Don't do that." --Sarah Michelle Gellar ****************************************

06-10-2012, 07:10 AM	#22
piratejenny Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,690 Gallery: piratejenny Stats: 293/285/<160 (5'7") WOE: LC/JUDDD/Fast5/Diabetes Miracle 2010-12 Start Date: 2013: IDK!	OA=Overeaters Anonymous GS=…??? Last edited by piratejenny; 06-10-2012 at 07:13 AM..

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06-03-2012, 02:34 AM	#2
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,678 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	I am ignoring mine for a while as she didn't agree with me one day. That will teach her.

06-03-2012, 04:46 AM	#3
stargazer Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Oxford (UK) Posts: 289 Gallery: stargazer Stats: 190/166/147 5' 10" WOE: Juddd/ Dukan Start Date: March 2012	Accurate scales are essential. The last set I had over read by 3lb most of their life and then suddenly under-read by 6 lbs. Threw them out and bought a proper set that cost a lot but are worth every penny (cent) because they weigh you to the last 0.1 of a pound and say the same thing no matter how you stand on them or where you set them down. Cheap scales can set you on the path to serious weight gain.

06-03-2012, 04:57 AM	#4
adillenal Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 7,188 Gallery: adillenal	But you said you got dressed and clothes have weight.

06-03-2012, 06:24 AM	#6
KeirasMom Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 7,599 Gallery: KeirasMom Stats: 277.6/152.6/145, 5'9", 40 y.o., Hypothyroid WOE: JUDDD Start Date: 6/4/13 Back to WLM for a few more pounds	I'm swooning.

06-03-2012, 07:22 AM	#7
Becky Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: MA Posts: 2,899 Gallery: Becky Stats: 175/166/140...47 years old WOE: Trying LC/WW combined...again... Start Date: Start date: June 10, 2013	My personal bathroom scale is a tricky little $&@*%#! in a good way....if I don't like the number I see I move the scale 3" further away from were she was sitting and presto, I lose 3 pounds!! The scale at Weight Watchers (I still go to get weighed weekly) is a bit harder to reason with! That scale tells the hard to digest (sometimes) truth and doesn't sugar coat it either!

06-03-2012, 07:43 AM	#8
toomuch Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: East Coast Posts: 4 Gallery: toomuch Stats: 225/119 WOE: just (re)starting GS. Start Date: 5/26/12	I may be old school OA but I will only weigh once a month, at the same time of day on the same scale!! There is too much daily (AND hourly!) variation.

06-03-2012, 08:49 AM	#9
laceylady Major LCF Poster! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Lacey, WA Posts: 1,389 Gallery: laceylady Stats: 16w(190)/size 14/size 12(145?) WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Jan 2012/restart May 2013	I haven't weighed in about 2 weeks but remembered to do it this morning... down another 5!!! Thats #35 gone... into my 16s comfortably but not confident about trying the 14s. Yet!

06-03-2012, 09:22 AM	#10
annieS Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Paris, France (>forgive my bad english !) Posts: 474 Gallery: annieS WOE: vegetarian/JUDDD Start Date: january to march 2011 / 2nd start 16 feb 2012	Thank you ladies I see everyone has issues with the scale !!! Mine is supposed to be good (it was not cheap!) but the bathroom floor is definitely not flat !! that might explain ! as JoyJoy said the funny thing is that "numbers" is the only thing we complain here about ! I forgot to tell you that i bought a pair of slim bright turquoise pants last week and they're a size 8 !! (and really strechy but who cares !!) anyway, after the UD i'm having right now i will definitely not pay a visit to the scale (we should name it !) tomorrow !

06-03-2012, 02:33 PM	#13
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,678 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Great result LacyLady! Annie, it think the thing we have established here is that without any doubt the scale is female.

06-03-2012, 08:34 PM	#14
gotitnow Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 824 Gallery: gotitnow WOE: JUDDD	Well....I am not swooning...but I am very content right now! And......as for my scales.....I keep a "distant" relationship with her! Sort of like some people I know!! Phyl

06-03-2012, 10:02 PM	#15
Buttercup204 Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Nevada Posts: 129 Gallery: Buttercup204 Stats: 204/195/165 WOE: Atkins/JUDDD	My scale is testy too. I can weigh and get a great number then weigh again and it's higher, weigh again and it stays higher. Ugh. Sometimes I just stash the darn thing - out of sight out of mind! It's better than making myself crazy over it all!

06-03-2012, 11:37 PM	#16
OhioGuy Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NW OH Posts: 453 Gallery: OhioGuy Stats: 6'2'' 370 atkins to 355 then JUDDD WOE: Good bye LC, Hello Juddd Start Date: 3/5/2012 atkins intro JUDDD 3/29/12	i posted on another thread today about this.... i trashed my walmart heath meter and got a WW one. that thing would weigh u and u would get back on it and u would be up a pound, then on again up another pound... like u gained two pounds in a minute and the ww doest do that at all, not ever an ounce!!

06-04-2012, 11:04 AM	#18
zipp2play Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: May 2011 Location: Kansas Posts: 7,126 Gallery: zipp2play Stats: 206/167/164 5'8" WOE: JUDDD	I weigh, AT MOST, once a week and then sometimes I forget to do that. I like JUDDD, and have had success. I don't enjoy the number on the scale causing me issues, so I get on there just to get a check on how things are going!

06-09-2012, 07:39 AM	#19
toomuch Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: East Coast Posts: 4 Gallery: toomuch Stats: 225/119 WOE: just (re)starting GS. Start Date: 5/26/12	In OA I was told to weigh ONCE a month, on the same scale at the same time of day. I'm trying to work OA/GS and after two weeks made the mistake of weighing at night, after dinner and 2 liters of H20. Boy, was I bummed when it showed I only lost 7 lbs! Learned my lesson!

06-09-2012, 01:15 PM	#20
KeirasMom Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 7,599 Gallery: KeirasMom Stats: 277.6/152.6/145, 5'9", 40 y.o., Hypothyroid WOE: JUDDD Start Date: 6/4/13 Back to WLM for a few more pounds	What's OA and GS?

06-10-2012, 06:55 AM	#21
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,678 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Just what I was wondering....

06-11-2012, 01:57 AM	#23
MintQ8 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gold Coast, the Land Down Under Posts: 4,201 Gallery: MintQ8 Stats: 264.6/220.2/140 WOE: Paul McKenna's Hypnotic Gastric Bypass Start Date: 23 February 2013	My scale is not being remotely cooperative at the moment - but you know - even though I am not (cough) being perfect with my rotations - my body is changing all the time!! I put on a jumper (sweater?) dress that I bought a month a go and haven't had an opportunity to wear yet - well, it was tight then - it's almost too big now! Scale hasn't budged!!!!

06-11-2012, 06:07 AM	#24
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,678 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Nice result!

06-11-2012, 06:16 AM	#25
stargazer Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Oxford (UK) Posts: 289 Gallery: stargazer Stats: 190/166/147 5' 10" WOE: Juddd/ Dukan Start Date: March 2012	I threw my old scales away last year and paid a lot for a proper accurate set. It's worth every penny. At the death they were under-reading by 6 lbs!!! That's when my weight gain started. I know it's a crude approach to measuring fat loss but it's the one that gives us the discipline to stick to the plan. After learning I'd put on half a stone I sort of gave up caring.

06-11-2012, 08:21 AM	#27
adillenal Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 7,188 Gallery: adillenal	I have a Tanita and love it. Has been worth the money since I have had it for over 8 years. Anyway it measures in 2/10ths increments which I love. 159.8 looks so much better than 160.0

06-11-2012, 09:50 AM	#29
sorenkkg Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mississauga, ON Posts: 3,629 Gallery: sorenkkg Stats: 2013: 253.4/236.8/160 WOE: JUDDD 2174/435 Start Date: LC Jan 2003 restart Jan 2012- JUDDD start 04/2012	I thought I'd just chime in here, b/c I'm rather peeved at "her" today as well. I have a tanita and usually, everything is fine, I really like it. I know that if you live by the scale, you die (figuratively) by the scale too-- so, as Kristin said above, I think I'll take a 1 week cease fire/truce, and see if we're feeling more like agreeing next week S.

06-11-2012, 09:53 AM	#30
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,678 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Lol, I haven't peeked for a couple of days. Had so much salt it has got to show.