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When you Track or weigh yourself do you go by your scale or your Drs? they tend to vary by a few lbs .

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I use my own scale and I measure each Sunday on my rest day from exercise. I don't see my surgeon much and I like to at least know where I'm at.

My scale from home and my doctor is usually a 2-3lb change, due to having clothes on and food in my stomach.

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My scale. I don't see the doctor very often and I need to know how I'm doing. Also, I always weigh in naked and at 7am. I don't want to do that in the hall at the office!

Cindy

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I got weighed in at my docs office...went home weighed myself again made a minor adjustment so I now know that both scales are in sync!!

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My scale - like previous posters, I don't see my surgeon every week so I go by mine. It's a 3 pound difference (clothes, etc)

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I use mine because I only see my surgeon every six weeks or so--and that will drop down in frequency very soon.

My scale is really consistent--it always weighs me exactly a pound less than my doctor's does. (And that is the weight of the clothes I wear for weigh-ins at his office. Yes, I am ridiculously superstitious; I wear the same clothes for each weigh-in.)

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I use the dr's, since I don't own a scale. It's been a little tough, since I went about once a month, and I didn't know how much I've lost.

I bought a balance board for the Wii, so I used that last week. I'll wait til I go to dr on Monday and then use the balance board to see the diff btwn the two, so I can estimate loss better.

I don't want to get obsessive and weigh myself constantly, so I'll do it once a week.

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I think my PCP got their scale recalibrated. I weigh myself fully dressed before going there and the doctors scale used to be 1 pound less then mine. Today they were exactly the same. My surgeons scale is one pound more. I did notice one time that at the PCP they deducted 2 pounds for clothing in their notes. I don't think the surgeon does though.

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Slightly off topic. I normally weigh myself in the morning in my PJ's. Since my summer PJ's are not that heavy it measures less than when I am fully dressed. Which do you carry in your head as your current weight pajamas/nude or fully dressed doctors scale reading. I only ask becuase for me it's usually several pounds more.

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My scale, which I've used for years and is exactly two pounds lighter than the doc's scale.

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I go by my scale. My scale and the hospitals scale were exact, but my surgeon's scale is about 2 annoying pounds more.

I also started measuring because I'm down 33 pounds and have not dropped one stinking size, but have lost inches galore. Quite annoying really.

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I use the scale at one of my workplaces which is in a Dr. Office. I was using my home scale but have discovered that it is a sucky scale- at least for my purposes- it is in the ballpark but you can measure your self 30 seconds apart and come up with different numbers. (+/-.5-2lb)... Unfortunately the scale at my work was weighing me about 8 lbs higher so it appears that I haven't lost a pound recently on my ticker but I am letting it catch up. I don't use my surgeons because depending on who weighs you in some take off for clothes and some don't and its hard to keep track- although the number when I step on is usually consistent with my work scale.

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I use my scale at home. Like others have said, doctor visits aren't often enough and that weight includes clothes and whatever may be in your stomach. I weigh in once or maybe twice a week- record it every sunday. I always weigh in the morning, after using the bathroom, in my underwear.

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I use mine because I only see my surgeon every six weeks or so--and that will drop down in frequency very soon.

My scale is really consistent--it always weighs me exactly a pound less than my doctor's does. (And that is the weight of the clothes I wear for weigh-ins at his office. Yes, I am ridiculously superstitious; I wear the same clothes for each weigh-in.)

:biggrin: How much twine/string/belt do you need to keep it all together? They have to be getting pretty big on you by now! LOL!:thumbup:

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I use my scale at home. I keep a 35 pound hand weight next to the scale and weight it first before I weigh myself. I NEED to know my exact weight.

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