Scale Weirdness

[Escape_Pod 358]

For the first six months of my post-op weight loss, the scale was oddly consistent. I have a digital scale that measures to the tenth of a pound, but I never saw gradual drops - just drops of a pound, or a pound and a half. So, I'd go 3-4 days with no change at all, exactly the same weight down to a tenth of a pound, and then I'd lose a pound. Or I'd go 6 days seeing exactly the same number, than I'd drop a pound and a half. Mostly, I found it amusing. I mean .... seriously ... you'd think there'd be at least a little variation from day to day!

Now, for the past two weeks, I'm all over the place. Down 2 pounds, up a pound and a half, down .3, up .7, down .5.... I haven't been the same weight two days in a row for the whole two weeks!

Bizarre....

Nothing else has really changed, I'm more or less eating the same foods, getting the same amount of exercise, drinking the same amount of Water.

Maybe it's because I'm getting closer to goal? Oh well, at least it's more interesting....

[Lissa 2,631]

Checked the battery in the scale?

Lissa

[Escape_Pod 358]

Huh ... well, actually, no! It's worth a try!

[Lissa 2,631]

. It's all I could come up with. Maybe that will fix the weirdness.

Lissa

[Escape_Pod 358]

It's worth a shot! I'd never had a digital scale before this one, and I've only had it about 8 months (is that too new to need a new battery?) I guess I figured if the battery was running low it wouldn't display, or the display would flicker, or something....

Thanks for the suggestion!!

[Afro_Cyster 74]

Also, weigh yourself in the morning as soon as you get out of the bed. It's one of the ways I can tell my lowest weight before fluids come into play.

[Escape_Pod 358]

Yep, that's when I weigh, first thing in the morning.

[kgb 10]

My scale started acting weird (e.g., error messages) a couple of weeks ago. I changed the batteries and it still didn't fix it. i bought a new and improved scale. I hope yours is just batteries.