10 Jul
My Scale Is A Big Fat Jerk
I think our scale is possessed! At the least, it has a really bad sense of humor. We have one of these fancy digital scales that records weight losses and gains for up to four people. For the the last three weeks our scale has been messing with my head. After pressing the person two button, I step on the scale and rejoice at the massive weight loss. Then I think to myself, “There is no way I lost 7 pounds again this week.” So, I step off the scale, rezero it and step back on, only to be smacked in the eyeballs with disappointment as the real weight is revealed. I can almost hear those little circuits laughing.
Last week the scale said 257 when I first stepped on. For a brief moment tears of joy started to well in my eyes… and then I remembered, stepped off the scale, took a deep breath and tried again.
The biggest problem with this whole scenario is it makes my very respectable losses of two and three pounds initially disappointing because I have been tricked into the false hope that I am some sort of super loser.
Curse you, you mean old scale.
Man I hope my scale doesn’t read this. It might get ticked off and really start messing with me.
Tony
7/10: 262.2 lbs.
Goal: 220 lbs.
42.2 lbs. to go
Posted by Lady Rose on 10.07.07 at 7:58 am
I wonder if you can find a scale exorcist in the yellow pages? As if weighing in isn’t stressful enough sometimes - you definitely don’t need a possessed scale.
Posted by Gretch-A-Sketch on 10.07.07 at 7:58 am
Oh my godness! I am laughing so hard. (Not at you!!) My scale hates me too. The little circuits point and laugh at me. Sometimes I think I hear them before I step on..”haha, here she comes…lets do it again!” lol
Gretchin
Posted by Kimberly on 10.07.07 at 7:58 am
I have one of those scales. I have found after independant experimentation, sorry if that is all spelled wrong, that my scale is off by 4 pounds. So whatever the number is on the scale, I can drop 4 from that to have my actual weight. If you do find that scale exocist, let me know.
Posted by Rick on 10.07.07 at 7:58 am
One thing I’ve found out is that most home scales are off by as much as 5%, depending on who you believe. One thing that helps out is depending on a reasonably accurate scale on a consistent basis, such as Weight Watchers or even your own health care provider. Also–and this has really helped me–it’s important to remember that it’s just a number. It goes up or down according to factors that we don’t even know sometimes.
So don’t lose heart. The general direction of your weight loss is going down, and that’s a good thing. Thanks for checking in.