I found this image at Antique Haven.
Yes, folks, the scale registered 141 this morning.
My scale (which looks nothing like the one pictured above) is pretty flaky. I bought it for $5 on sale at Target almost a decade ago. It’s not the most accurate thing in the world. My husband confirmed my impression that you can change your weight easily depending on whether you put your weight mostly on your heels (less) or balls of the foot (more).
Plus, my bathroom is tiny, which means the scale has to be pushed into a corner for storage and then pulled away from the wall when it’s time to weigh in. On top of that, our wood-frame house was built around 1856, and the floors bow. So if you don’t get the scale in the exact same spot each time, your weight is going to vary.
Because of all this, my weight has been flirting with 141 for some time, except when it’s been 142, or 143, or (after a treat of French fries) 145, or back to 142, or … you get the idea.
This morning’s “heel” reading was 140, and the “ball” reading was 141. I’ll take it.
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Comment by Anna — March 20, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
Congrats! I have one of those scales too
I can lose about 10 pounds instantly by rocking back on my heels. To get an accurate reading, I have to lean forward on the front of my feet. And that’s with an adjustment on the calibration to plus 5 pounds to get it to match what I get on a medical scale at the office. Even the medical scale varies by one pound depending on whether I push the balance to the left or to the right to reach the balance point.
Comment by Bryan-oz4caster — March 20, 2008 @ 8:15 pm
Congrats! I’m a few pounds myself thanks to an involuntary fast induced by a peritonsilar abcess. I’m now trying to keep those unwanted pounds from coming back. The warmer spring weather is helping. Keep up whatever you’re doing since it’s working!
Comment by Sonagi — March 21, 2008 @ 11:35 am
Sonagi - ick! That sounds wretched. Involuntary weight loss sucks, even if you “needed” to lose the weight. I hope that you lost body fat and not muscle.
Thanks for the kudos, Anna and Bryan.
Comment by psipsina — March 21, 2008 @ 11:57 am
That’s wonderful!
I always take the lowest reading I can get. I figure, why not. As long as I do whatever it is the same way every time, it’s the most logical way to track weight change.
Every once in a while I test the scale to see if it still is accurate. I put dumbbells on it or stand on it holding the dumbbells and then put them down. The idea being, I know what they weigh, so I know what the scale should register.
Comment by Vesna — March 30, 2008 @ 8:26 am