I need a bathroom scale I can trust

[lxskllr]

:^S

 

[highland145]

Got 2 more months.

 

[lxskllr]

Yea, that's probably about right, but that gets me into the angry days. When you KNOW it should be decent out, but it's still 80 fucking degrees. That's almost worse than the 90°+ days of July. Almost, but not quite. By 13-14 weeks, it should be consistently nice out. Sucks when you get old, and time flies already, but all you want is for it to go faster to get through a bunch of bullshit weather.

 

[highland145]

Ha, I'm in SC so 3 more but I've grown to love it if I'm in that mode....biking, yard work. 100 or less. 95 here today, sweated my ass off on the bike. Dressed for work, 70 or less, please.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I need a scale I can trust too - I think mine is becoming fat-phobic because it keeps non verbally body shaming me with higher numbers.

 

[highland145]

I need a scale I can trust too - I think mine is becoming fat-phobic because it keeps non verbally body shaming me with higher numbers.

Racist, definitely. Kneel on it.

 

[JEDI]

The Best Bathroom Scales

After stepping on and off a total of 23 scales and more than 750 weigh-ins, we've settled on the 3 best bathroom scales.

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-KeithP

how much is a used scale that's usually in doctor's offices?

 

[Muse]

I've been using my scale in the bathroom lately since my doctor; the higi health station at the grocery store is STILL closed. I have no idea what I weigh. I can shift my weight around on the scale, and it changes 5-10 pounds. I also have a hard time seeing that far(really need to get new glasses). I appear to be 207-212#, but who knows?!

I was having this problem (I appear to be X#, but who knows?!), so shopped.
Can you see an optometrist? With an Rx you can order glasses online cheap. Don't get crap frames, though. Even cheap frames can be robust and look good. My distance frames have garnered me dozens and dozens of compliments, from Zenni:

Frame #270524 $15.95 green/purple/black/translucent/blue/orange (a best seller)

Totally fine frame, plastic. I have lots of that frame and none have failed but the color that gets the compliments are the blue color. Doesn't look blue to me, more like grey, I am color blind, though.

Buy a digital scale. Plenty of ideas here. The Etekcity EB9380H is $20 or so, and I'm pretty confident it gets my weight within a pound every time.

Yea, that's probably about right, but that gets me into the angry days. When you KNOW it should be decent out, but it's still 80 fucking degrees. That's almost worse than the 90°+ days of July. Almost, but not quite. By 13-14 weeks, it should be consistently nice out. Sucks when you get old, and time flies already, but all you want is for it to go faster to get through a bunch of bullshit weather.

Attitude adjustment?

 

[lxskllr]

Attitude adjustment

Moving would be better. Heat encourages slow thinking, and sloth. It's no accident the world's been driven by northerners, or to be more accurate, anti equatorians.

 

[Muse]

Moving would be better. Heat encourages slow thinking, and sloth. It's no accident the world's been driven by northerners, or to be more accurate, anti equatorians.

Yes! On all counts. My weather here's been pretty damn great most of the time. I sure can't complain these days. It's expensive here but I'm ssssssooooooooooooooooooo used to that, I also have more money now. And I can get a lot out of a buck.

Global warming is making the anti equatorian effect more pronounced. Migrations are in the offing, just part of the burgeoning crisis.

 

[nakedfrog]

how much is a used scale that's usually in doctor's offices?

I saw an old balance beam scale (I don't see them in doctor's offices anymore, they all use digital now) at the thrift store recently for like $20-30. I can't see any reason to need that level of precision for my day-to-day weight tracking, plus my current scale automatically logs the data to my phone (and China probably knows how much I weigh too, good luck making use of that data I suppose?)

 

[RPD]

I've been using my scale in the bathroom lately since my doctor; the higi health station at the grocery store is STILL closed. I have no idea what I weigh. I can shift my weight around on the scale, and it changes 5-10 pounds. I also have a hard time seeing that far(really need to get new glasses). I appear to be 207-212#, but who knows?!

Are you asking or stating why shifting yourself on a scale changes the weight it outputs? ....

 

[lxskllr]

Are you asking or stating why shifting yourself on a scale changes the weight it outputs? ....

I'm stating. Depending on where you stand on the scale, it displays a different weight, and I don't mean standing in some retarded position. Weight shifted a little forward displays differently than weight shifted back, but all within the platform, with an acceptable amount of whitespace around my feet.

 

[RPD]

I'm stating. Depending on where you stand on the scale, it displays a different weight, and I don't mean standing in some retarded position. Weight shifted a little forward displays differently than weight shifted back, but all within the platform, with an acceptable amount of whitespace around my feet.

So if you know this, you know the limits of the scale and obviously it has a smaller than what appears as the measuring part of the scale.

 

[lxskllr]

and obviously it has a smaller than what appears as the measuring part of the scale.

I have no idea what's going on here. By any chance, do you build scales? :^D

 

[nakedfrog]

I think every scale I've ever owned showed a different weight if I shifted around on it...

 

[pmv]

I've been using my scale in the bathroom lately since my doctor; the higi health station at the grocery store is STILL closed. I have no idea what I weigh. I can shift my weight around on the scale, and it changes 5-10 pounds. I also have a hard time seeing that far(really need to get new glasses). I appear to be 207-212#, but who knows?!

That's why people put on weight in middle-age. Your eyes deteriorate, so you can't read the calorie and fat information on the food packaging ("hmmm, sausages...calories and fat per 100g...blurry smudge...indecipherable microscopic print...blurry squiggles...ah, I'm sure it's fine, into the basket they go"), nor can you read the readout on the bathroom scales.

 

[nakedfrog]

a piece of advice, just don't trust those smart scales

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