weight scale

Has anyone found an accurate scale? I bought a Weigh****chers one thinking it would be adequate but according to that damn thing I can gain 1 1/2 pounds just by taking a shower. I've been on a plateau for some time now and I sure don't need a scale giving me a hard time.

Doug, I'm afraid I have no recommendations, only commiseration. I can gain and (very rarely) lose 1-1.5 lbs by just getting on and off of my EverWeigh scale! If I weigh 3 or 4 times in 30 seconds, I usually get at least two different weights. Still, it's good enough and many days I can get the same weight two or three times in a row! (Yahoo!) So I usually just weigh once and accept that figure for the day. I've been told, but can't vouch for the notion, that right after the shower we're "wetter" (skin absorption, etc.) and so heavier. Also, there's the issue of "bodily stuff" being retained, barometric pressure, football scores, sun spots, who knows what. I go by the trend-over-time theory. So far, it's downward. But the daily wobble is annoying. More annoying is how much my mood responds to .5 lbs. Bizarre considering how many years I did not respond to gaining tens and twenties of pounds per year, 100s per decade. I guess I really was a fathead--or fat brain. Good luck getting more useful responses from the other guys. I'll be interested to learn about good scales myself.

My Wal-Mart Healthometer body fat scale seems rather accurate on weight; it produces identical results hours apart if I haven't eaten, etc.  But I'd caution that you really can "gain" or "lose" 1.5 pounds by taking a shower.  A hot shower can make you sweat and lose weight.  It can also open your pores up a lot, so that if you get out into a steamer or humid room, you'll suck up water fast and gain weight over the next 15-30 minutes. For these reasons, I always weigh at about the same time of day, right after drying off out of the shower.  This also produces the most reliable body fat percentage (my thick feet prevent a reading when too dry, though soaking wet isn't reliable either).

Perhaps the real issue here is, Should I even take a shower?

You're right,.....could be that hard or sof****er thing playing with your head!! I'd skip it.  Get a maid to sponge bath you.............

http://www.amazon.com/Tanita-HD351-Digital-Memory-Function/d p/B000EF54NE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1195165266&sr =8-2 The above link is to the scales that I bought. Some one here recomended them. They are the same brand that my surgeon uses. They are the only scale that I have had that will give me the same weight twice. I have two or three other digital ones that aren't worth crap. When I bought these they were $60.00. It looks like they have went up in the last year. With what I paid for the other ones they would have been cheaper in the long run. pan head

I have a Healthometer also.  It's the only scale I've ever had that gives me the same weight if I get on more than once. I do make sure to always weigh at the same time, my weight will vary throughout the day, I seem to be lightest in the morning but will weigh a little more even 1 hour later.  I guess the thing is so accurate it picks up on different amounts of of water/food/what-ever that is in your system. The body fat indicator varies all the time - I can't put much stake in that. Good luck

Doug,

I have a weigh****chers digital scale and it seems to be pretty accurate. When you use your's are you putting it on a hard flat floor or on carpet? That can make a difference, the scale should be on a hard flat floor.

 

Dan