Wedding Forum - It DOES matter where you wiegh yourself!!!!...

good tip. il bare that in mind. xx

that is a big difference!

u should allways get weighed on same scales aswell x

different surfaces change my weight

I weighed myself last week in my living room where it is carpet and in two location in that room I dropped another 6 lbs but this morning I weighed myself on flat hard floor and since I've started paying attention to what I eat (9 weeks) I have lost about 9 lbs, so very happy as I have until beginning of January 2012 to lose about 45 lbs :)

I've noticed though that you can leave them in the same place, step on, step off and when you step back on a few minutes later they can read differently too. I ended up getting rid of my old ones and getting a more expensive one that doesn't do it so much. Then again I like the reading now as it is saying I've lost 3lbs over the last week since I started my diet! Yay!

i weighed my self in boots once (about 3 mths ago) .... i was apparently 11 stone 4lbs.... got home about 2 hrs later after shopping weighed my self in my bathroom in the normal spot... 9st 13 lbs....

that must of been some shopping trip for me to bur that much weight!!!!

= O can't even believe that about boots! My Mum has been losing weight pretty much all of my life after having 4 children, she is gorgeously slim now and we can share clothes! But every week I would walk to boots with her and see her get so upset because her weight wasn't what she wanted, I'm actually furious! People put their heart and soul into losing weight, how can they do that? I can't wait to ring my mum and tell her this! Thanks for the tip! = ) xxx

its not illegal to have the scales next to a display of slimming products,its just a selling tactic........as long as you always get weighed on the smae scales you will have an accurate reading .....i weigh differently on my scales to my mothers

I've found since i've been losing weight my mums scales weigh 2-4lb less than the place i get weighed at....i decided to stick to where i get weighed at since they're the ones who are recording it all down lol.

Legal? I don't know. Taking advantage of women in a vulnerable position? Heck yes they are!

The thing that gets it for me is... there are so many young girls who are already super skinny that i see using the things. Surely that doesn't help the process of thought that leads to anorexia.

I agree modmother

I think its about time people stopped looking at scales and looked in the mirror. They should go on body shape not weight. I know I need to lose weight by looking at myself but there is no way on this earth I could ever be 10 stone as I would look ill yet to say 10 stone to some women they would think you were obese.

I always weigh myself on a Monday morning, same spot in the bathroom and just before I have a shower. I think it's important to try and keep everything the same, so that if the scales do go up then the only person to blame is me!! Doing well so far though, lost 1st 2lbs since January :-) Keeping it going is hard though, think this is the longest I've ever really stuck to a 'diet' - although haven't been really strict and I think that's whats helping me keep going, that and the exercise!

That makes sense, I weigh myself in the bathroom in the morning and it says the same thing most of the time, but when I weigh myself on the Wii in the living room I am lighter, so I go with the Wii, lol. Still can't shift more than a couple of pounds though no matter where and when I weigh myself, oh well, can't give up, not long left now to be defeatist! :) x

putting slimming stuff next to scales, like lala said..its a selling tactic

you never noticed they put condoms next to pregnancy tests?

I have got to the point i dont weigh myself i look at my trousers if there lose good if there tight well i have to watch what i am eating i am going on a diet 100 days before the wedding to fit into my dress perfectly but i want be doing it by pounds and stones its how i look and fell xxx

I was a slimming consultant years ago after dropping 4 1/2 stone in just over 6 months ( no faddy diet just eating properly) The rules on weighing yourself are simple - it doesnt matter what scales you use or where you weigh yourself because if all your weigh ins are from the same scales/place you will see how much weigh you have lost. Carpets do make a difference but if thats where you first measured yourself that becomes your starting weight. The second most important thing is to only weigh yourself once a week and at the same time. During a day your weight can fluctuate up to 6 lbs and although you are desperate to lose it weighing yourself once a week gives you an accurate picture. You should also take your measurements - bust / hips / waist plus upper arms and thighs and then every month re measure as sometimes you may not lose much in pounds but in inches. For those either starting to eat more healthily or who need to kick start a diet a food diary really helps, put down anything and everything as you would be amazed how much you "forget" putting passed your lips.

i only weigh myself once a week on a tuesday evening when i go to slimming world. i always thought i wanted to get to a certain weight but i know i am ok with my weigh when i can get a pair of trousers on for work and a pair of jeans. i have had them a few years now but they got to tight but they fit again now and i am happy.

I think it is hard to say you want to get to a certain size though as all clothes vary. some all my tops are a 10 and fit fine but my trousers vary from an 8 which fit fine to a 12 which also fit fine! i think it is so strange but i am only just starting to realise that it doensnt matter what size the labels say! xx