May 30, 2008 11:59 PM GMT
Anyone have any thoughts on how to get the most accurate reading of your weight on a scale? Any times of day of ways of weighing that are best, etc?
I started keeping careful track of my weight earlier this year, using the doctor's office-type scale at my gym. Then they took that scale away, which bummed me out because it was consistent. So i then used the electronic scale at the gym, but the numbers would be wildly inconsistent -- sometimes it would give me all zeroes, or it would tell me i was like 280 on monday then tuesday i'd be 288 then wednesday i'd be 277. So i bought a home scale, for like $60 and i was happy for awhile, but recently its been going goofy, too. For instance, on wednesday it said i was 282, then thursday night i was 280, then this morning i was 276. I did not lose six pounds in three days!
I know some may be inclined to say you shouldn't pay as much attention weight as you do how your clothes fit, etc., and i know that's true, but i love playing with numbers, like making charts, etc., and i think losing a pound or a pound and a half just makes me feel good about my working out and diet.
[btw, i don't know if it matters, but i do take protein drinks on the days i work out, as well as a creatine/glutamine mix when i lift, which is about 3 to 4 days a week.]
I started keeping careful track of my weight earlier this year, using the doctor's office-type scale at my gym. Then they took that scale away, which bummed me out because it was consistent. So i then used the electronic scale at the gym, but the numbers would be wildly inconsistent -- sometimes it would give me all zeroes, or it would tell me i was like 280 on monday then tuesday i'd be 288 then wednesday i'd be 277. So i bought a home scale, for like $60 and i was happy for awhile, but recently its been going goofy, too. For instance, on wednesday it said i was 282, then thursday night i was 280, then this morning i was 276. I did not lose six pounds in three days!
I know some may be inclined to say you shouldn't pay as much attention weight as you do how your clothes fit, etc., and i know that's true, but i love playing with numbers, like making charts, etc., and i think losing a pound or a pound and a half just makes me feel good about my working out and diet.
[btw, i don't know if it matters, but i do take protein drinks on the days i work out, as well as a creatine/glutamine mix when i lift, which is about 3 to 4 days a week.]