Weight Loss

I've been following the plan pretty faithfully for over a month now.  According to my (admittedly cheap, $5) scale, I go back and forth, first losing, then gaining back, then back to 0, etc.  According to EVERY PIECE OF CLOTHING THAT I OWN, I have to be losing something because I'm no longer struggling with buttons and trying to mask my flabbiest areas.  So why no difference on the scale?  Should I buy a new one? 

simple! muscle weights more then fat! I don't remember what the ratio is but.  For the fat you are losing you are gaining Muscle and toning. that is why your pants fit better! You're doing a great job! If i have learned anything Its don't worry about the scale as much as your worried about the things that are going in and how you feel in your clothes and body!  Keep Going

I would believe that theory, except that I'm allergic to exercise.  I simply don't do it.  Granted, I have more energy these days, but that doesn't mean I'm heading out to the gym with it.  I'm lucky to get off of the couch.  That's why I'm saying it makes no sense.

You could try out a few other scales, maybe go in 2x this week and see if any give you a better read. But since the clothes are fitting differently, that's a good sign. Maybe the $5 version is just not working.

omg... this is exactly what I'm going through right now.  I threw away my $5 scale about a month ago because I was sick of weighing myself and thought that maybe it was wrong.  Since then I have started noticing my jeans fitting me right out of the dryer and not having to fight with my shirts to fit me right, my body just FEELS and I believe, LOOKS slimmer.  So today I decided to go buy a better quality scale because I figured the number would not be too scary since I have been feeling so much better about my body.  Well I got on that damn $30 scale and it told me the same fricken thing the old one was! I, too, don't do weight training and such so I'm pretty sure it's not muscle that has kept me at the same exact weight, as my body is always muscular no matter how much I weigh.

I'm with ya!  Help us, everyone!

Well, the proof is in your clothing and how you feel ... I'd buy a new scale, if I were you. I had a similar situation. My piece o' crap scale, which was only 6 months old, was giving me completely inaccurate and schizophrenic readings. Like fate stepping in, it broke and I was forced to buy a new one. I spent $35 on a good digital one and have been happy since. I'm kinda cheap .... um, FRUGAL ... so I've always spent no more than $10 on a scale and now I know you really do get what you pay for! Buy a new scale, spend a little more than you normally would (if you can) and you won't be disappointed.

lol.... Mine was $30.  I was disappoined.

Original Post by gennysaurus:

lol.... Mine was $30. I was disappoined.

I generally find that scales that cost a little more tend to be more accurate. Perhaps the two scales read the same numbers because, when you were weighing yourself with the $5 scale, you actually weighed MORE than that to the new scale. I would keep the $30 one and see what happens if you're still trying to lose more weight. =)

I know that my mother's scale, which is a cheap one compared to mine, weighs me a good 5lbs heavier than my current one. However, on my mother's scale I "lose" weight slower on it than I do my own scale.

Are you using a digital scale, or a dial scale? That's where I find the most discrepancies, lol.

I just bought my first scale ever!  It was $25.00 at Wal-mart and it measures weight, body fat, and water percentage.  It seemed pretty accurate until my weight changed one pound within minutes last night!  It is so frustrating!  I wish there were a more accurate way :(.

that's a good point, armandaleg.  I guess I hadn't thought of that, probably because I didn't want to think I was 5 lbs heavier then :-p.

I tested my new scale, which is digital, by drinking 16 ounces of water, and it weighed me up higher a pound.  Every time I peed I would weigh again and it went down, respectively.  Also I weighed some boxes that I was going to ship with it, and the post office confirmed the weight I had gotten.

I guess I just have to start working harder and making better choices and stop blaming my scale