Help! I hate my bathroom scale!!!

[Not so Dumbo]

Everytime I step on my scale I can get a different reading. In a matter of 3 seconds I can gain or loose 3 lbs. How can this be? It really makes me mad. I don't have a cheap scale either. It's one that we purchased from Bed's, Bath, and Beyond we paid $$$ for it. It's a digital Lithium that's supposed to last 10 years. Does anyone have a bathroom scale that they absolutely love? What kind is it? I want a new one.

I can see it now, newspaper headline: "Woman In Michigan Arrested For Scaleacide." Apparently she threw her bathroom scale out a second floor window.

 

[KerriSue]

Bathroom scales are evil spawn, I hate them.

I just suggest getting rid of it and dont worry about it. Instead use a tape measure to measure inch loss instead of weight loss.

Kerri

 

[OK!]

I got a Health O Meter body-fat monitoring scale that allows settings (height, M-F, etc.) for 4 people and can track progress toward weight-loss goals, etc. It's very cool. Found it at Wal-Mart and IIRC, it was something like $35, but well worth the money as far as I'm concerned. You see, I too have committed scaleacide, on more than one occasion.

 

[Minnie824]

I LOVE my weight watchers scale from target. Always accurate, always the same reading and it weighs to .1 pound, which is great.

 

[Ginamarie]

OK, when I read the title of this post, I mistakenly thought it said "Help I ATE my bathroom scale." Boy would that have been a problem!

 

[Stu W]

I stopped using the bathroom scales when I realised they were lying to me ALL the time

Stuart

 

[paigevz]

Go on...............throw it out the window.....................on second thought, scales are so evil, it would probably bash somebody's head in ON PURPOSE just so you'd get sued.

How does one get rid of an Evil Thing?

 

[BunsenH]

Try cleaning the rubber feet that the scale rests on. If there is a build up of gunk, it could cause the readings to change.

Try a known weight. (25# bag of dog food? barbell weight? etc)

Try a new battery.

 

[Not so Dumbo]

I'm taking my birthday money (happy birthday to me I'm starting a new decade) and to the store for a new scale. It's going to be getting rid of the old one. I wonder how much hard time I'll get?

 

[Jennifer S]

They took the scales out of the bathrooms at our YMCA because people
kept beating them up. Seriously.

I read this morning on Yahoo that people who weigh themselves every day do better at maintaining their weight. I guess you don't let your weight get out of control when you closely monitor it.

I need a new scale too. I have the same problem OP.

 

[Not so Dumbo]

They took the scales out of the bathrooms at our YMCA because people
kept beating them up. Seriously.

I read this morning on Yahoo that people who weigh themselves every day do better at maintaining their weight. I guess you don't let your weight get out of control when you closely monitor it.

I need a new scale too. I have the same problem OP.

I think your right. I have to monitor it daily. During each of my pregnancies I gained 60lbs. I'm sure it was because I couldn't accurately gage how much weight gain was too much.

Plus with the dumb thing I have now, if I only weighed myself once a week, I could get very discouraged if I got an inaccurate reading. Which is almost a sure bet.

 

[paigevz]

Try cleaning the rubber feet that the scale rests on. If there is a build up of gunk, it could cause the readings to change.

Try a known weight. (25# bag of dog food? barbell weight? etc)

Try a new battery.

Those suggestions are much too practical and absolutely no fun. I recommend a 10 lb. sledge hammer, OP.

 

[Dr.Snark]

I understand there is a STV going around.

That would be a Scale Trojan Virus.

It assimilates by creeping into unsuspecting scales, and much like a computer virus - it skews data. I think the variable is about 10 to 20 lbs over what you really weigh.

The STV is approaching epidemic proportions.

I know because my scale has it. It is posting a number at least 20# more than I know I weigh.

And my doctor's scale has also contracted it. It gave me reading far over what I weigh at my annual appointment last week.

 

[BunsenH]

Those suggestions are much too practical and absolutely no fun. I recommend a 10 lb. sledge hammer, OP.

Yeah, I know. I wasn't sure if the OP was asking for technical support or (im)moral support.

Let's start again.

Try driving onto the scale with your car. You'll find out how much 1/2 of your car weighs just before the scale breaks! Reverse and repeat as necessary to remove stress.

 

[paigevz]

Yeah, I know. I wasn't sure if the OP was asking for technical support or (im)moral support.

Let's start again.

Try driving onto the scale with your car. You'll find out how much 1/2 of your car weighs just before the scale breaks! Reverse and repeat as necessary to remove stress.

Ooooh, that's interesting! Much better.

 

[Not so Dumbo]

I understand there is a STV going around.

That would be a Scale Trojan Virus.

It assimilates by creeping into unsuspecting scales, and much like a computer virus - it skews data. I think the variable is about 10 to 20 lbs over what you really weigh.

The STV is approaching epidemic proportions.

I know because my scale has it. It is posting a number at least 20# more than I know I weigh.

And my doctor's scale has also contracted it. It gave me reading far over what I weigh at my annual appointment last week.