I hate scales!!!!! Here's why!

Well, here is my problem. I have two scales at home, one digital and one regular, then there is the scale at my doctor's office and the scale at my surgeons. All tell me a DIFFERENT weight. Actually, the scales at home are only about a pound off of each other, but the scale at my surgeons office was about 10 pounds different from my home one, the nurse said that she know for a fact that it is about 6 pounds off, for the bad, so then that put's it about 4 pounds different then my home scale. Then I was at the doctors office for other issues and their scale read 250.2, which my scale at home has me at 237. And the 250.2 is way more then what the surgeon's said I was at my 2 week check up. And that was over 2 weeks ago. I don't know which one to believe. I would like to believe the one that says 237. (that would make it easier), but then there is that doubt in my head, I want to know what my actual weight loss is. I did not have the scales at home before the surgery, I wish I had, at least I could of had a pre-surgery weigh-in. That would of made it easier. Well, does anyone have this problem. I know that their is actual weight loss because my clothes tell me so and also I had to take my rings off finally because they were too big and I almost lost one in the shower. So I know that I am losing, I just wish I new exactly how much!! Maybe I shouldn't be thinking of this too much and listen to whay my body is telling me by the way my clothes are fitting me. Thanks for reading this. Laura

Hey hun! I feel your pain I have a similar problem on different scales. But you already know the most important information- you said it in the last part of your post! Listen to what your body is telling you, that its healthier and feeling better and your clothes are fitting better. My advice is to pick ONE scale, the one you weighed on first or one of your home scales- and go by that from here on out ONLY. Dont pay attention to any other scale- the one you pick may be wrong but it still measures your losses. It doesn't matter where you started from, it matters where your going and every week you can see that. Thats just my opinion hun, I wish you the best! Keep up the great work. HUGS!

I don't know if this would work, but could you maybe weigh something on your scale that you know is a certain weight...Like a 10lb weight or something? Then you could see how close your scale at home is?!? Hope this helps you Gina

i totally agree, my scale at home, the docs scale, and the NUT scale all differ majorily. I give up, I just stick to my home scale, so its consistent.

Try adjusting your scale to your surgeons so you can see what he will see.

I have the same problem where different scales read differently... but something as simple as what you are wearing and what time of day it is can make a big difference... jeans weigh more than if you weigh in say, a bathing suit or underwear... weigh in the same type of clothing first thing every morning... maybe this is TMI, but you also have to take into account if you just went to the bathroom... and if you just ate... things like that can change your reading... also, I won't go into scientific details (I remember this from a high school physics class) but if you weigh on ground level, aka first floor... and your surgeon or doctor is in a high rise hospital building or something, or vice versa, that can change your readings too... the farther you are away from gravity, the lower your scale will read. I live on the second floor of an apt building and if I take my scale downstairs to weigh, it will weigh me at a higher number.... just thought I would share the info I happened to know!