My Scale is driving me nuts!

[septbride2002]

I might ask DH if I can use some extra money to buy a new scale. Mine stinks. It keeps saying I've actually gained 3 lbs this week rather then lost. Any other time I think I would have believed it but then not even 60 seconds later I get on the scale and it says 163, then 165, then 167, then back down to 161 - should I take the average? I'm wondering if I'm even in the 160's at this point, especially since I feel so thin and everyone keeps noticing.

Thanks for letting me vent.

~Amanda

 

[LisaTx]

Our old scale was like that. It was like it was possessed or something.

We finally went and bought a Tanita and don't have that problem anymore.

 

[mowsie dreamer]

My scale has been pretty unreliable lately, too. It drives you nuts, doesn't it? I think we both need to invest in new ones, Amanda!

 

[Samandmom]

When I first started WW back in October, I decided to buy a new scale. I had a cheap analog scale. I told myself I was going to do this the right way. So I went bought a digital scale. I had weighed myself on the old one and then jumped on the new. The old one said I weighed 4-5lbs more. Can you guess where the old one went? Yep the garbage.

 

[geetey]

Toss it, Amanda! Like Lisa I have a Tanita that I absolutely love! I guess scales simply aren't made to hang around in bathrooms for years and years.... I know mine wasn't!

 

[Robinrs]

That's why I use the doctor's scale at my gym. Home scales usually have springs and they can be very inaccurate and unpredictable...not to mention they can RUIN your day!