Funny Scale Story

[Cocoabean 430]

Hello everyone!

So, I've been banded over three years. Been maintaining for over a year now. Recently my scale has gone up a few pounds and I have been in a fair bit of freak-out about it. My eating habits have been the same. So, I am thinking maybe I need a fill, but with my hunger unchanged, I really didn't think I wanted one.

My scale is a Health-O-Mether scale that has a non-digital read-out that is elevated to waist level.

So, I do enjoy some alcoholic beverages from time to time. So I stopped that. The weight was still going up ever so slowly. I also noticed that the scale wasn't zeroing out as it should be, so I wasn't totally convinced that it was accurate any longer.

My clothes have been fitting the same, which is how I normally keep track...but still. All those familiar games were coming back....oh, I had salt...oh it's TOM coming...I must be "backed up." Have I change medications? No. hhmm...not drinking enough Water? No, that is OK. Then WHY is it creeping UP???

So, after I'd put on about 5 pounds. I looked very closely at the scale. I noticed it was closer to the wall than usual. So, I decided to move it away from the wall an inch or two, I re-zeroed it and BU-BAM!!! 5 pounds gone, just like that! Apparently when DH cleaned the floor he moved it a bit.

Lesson to be learned....? scales are fallible, and not the only measure of success--which I already knew...But I could not believe that as soon as I moved it a hair away from the wall, it was fine! It was just close enough to the baseboard to mess it up!

[Cindy C 150]

OMG That's unbelievable!!!!!!!!! YOUR DH CLEANED THE FLOOR??????? No wonder it took you so long to figure it out!!

[NJGirl32 43]

OMG That's unbelievable!!!!!!!!! YOUR DH CLEANED THE FLOOR??????? No wonder it took you so long to figure it out!!

LOL!!! I think I'd faint if my DH ever cleaned the floor! That was a good day for you in more ways than one!

[Cocoabean 430]

Yes, he is amazing! He's retired, I am not. He does a lot around here.

And to think, I was ready to accuse him of sabotaging my scale.

[Jenn1214 120]

I have the same problem with my scale. Why are they so finicky? It's so annoying!