Wednesday Weigh-In #14: NEW SCALE
Posted by sbd4sbp on July 30, 2008
I am so depressed right now.
Last night, I came to realize that my scale was broken. I got on it just to check things out and get a little preview for the morning, and it said 180 lbs. And then the numbers started going up. And then they started going down. And Hubbo got on and it said he was in the 140s, which he’s not, and then it said he was in the 150s, which he’s also not.
We bought a new scale – a fancy one that claims to tell you your body fat and water weight percentage. It also tells me that I am not as light as I thought I was.
The thing is that I don’t know when my other scale started to go crazy. How long have I been deluding myself? Did I ever really hit my goal of 191 lbs? I’m not sure if the scale was broken the whole time or if it just happens to register less weight on it in general. It’s so frustrating not to know!
But because I don’t know, I can’t adjust any of my prior records. And so this week will show up as a gain on my track record because, although I’m fairly certain that I didn’t gain weight, the new scale shows a bigger number than the old scale.
So here’s the bitter truth (as told by new scale):
Starting Weight: 226.5 lbs
Last Weigh-In: 192.5
Current Weight: 194.4 lbs
Weight Lost This Week: gained 1.9 lbs
Total Weight Lost: 32.1 lbs
Starting Waist: 45 in
Last Weigh-In: 36.5
Current Waist: 36.5 in
Inches Lost This Week: 0 in
Total Inches Lost: 8.5 in
Starting Hips: 47 in
Last Weigh-In: 42.75 in
Current Hips: 42
Inches Lost This Week: 0.75 in
Total Inches Lost: 5 in
Barbi said
I recently had the exact same thing occurr to me. Although it is a reality check you need to get the numbers out of you head. the numbers are an empirical method of tracking your progress. however, they are rarely the reason we diet. I hope you saved some of your pre diet clothes. Try walking around your house in your pre diet pants. You have come a long way! This is just a reminder that so much of dieting is mental and not physical. as for the BMI scale, don’t even get me started.
That’s true… The inches that have come off don’t lie. Thanks for the encouragement! — Sarah (FF)
Joe Average said
Ouch! That bites. I’m glad you figured out that the scale was on the fritz. I’d rather have the painful truth than be deceived by a broken machine. I love Sarah’s suggestion. Walk around in the old clothes!
I’ve been blogging about the mental part of fitness, since it can make us or break us. Shrug it off, keep doing what has taken off those inches. That’s progress that you can verify quite easily.
Now that you have a new scale, you may or may not find useful a tool that was brough to my attention.
Best wishes.