My Scale Really Is Broke!

[Diva4Life 0]

MY scale IS BROKE! I know we've all thought this sometimes but mine really is! Yesterday, I had an appointment with my doc and was elated to learn I'd lost 6 pounds since my last visit. Why was I excited? Not only b/c it was after a weekend get-a-way (that I felt my band took a vacation b/c I could eat just about everything) but also because my scale said that I GAINED TWO POUNDS! I've done all the tricks...changing the battery, moving it (which then it said I gained a pound in a minute!) and making sure I weighed myself without clothes and then with exactly what I'm wearing to the docs office and it LIED TO ME! How cruel! I'm excited, but I think I'm going to throw my scale out the window! Just wanted to share a laugh and encourage someone that maybe their scale is broke too!

Banded 2/4/08 and feeling great!

[Jennie1976 1]

Mine's broken too...but the other way. It told me 207 last week. Then I weighed on a friend's scale, and it said 217. That was with clothes and stuff on though. Then, I weighed several times and the average seemed to be 214. So I'm guessing that was right. It was the end of the day so I'm usually two to three pounds heavier then. In the mornings, I was about 211 or 212. Now it says 209 and I think that's right. I need to get a new scale!!!! Good thing tomorrow is payday!

[HeatherO 7]

I have a broken scale as well. I can change several pounds in a couple of minutes just by getting back onto it. It was the expensive, top-of-the-line, digital, lithium powered supposed to last eternally . . . it does last, the numbers are just wrong :0) Before I realized it was not working correctly (can you really gain 7 pounds, or lose 4 pounds in one day????), I was very upset about the erratic weight changes. It was thrilling to be down but devastating to be up.

I bought a cheap standard scale with the little wheel for $7 bucks at Target. It works great. It never changes unless it is supposed to and seems reliable. I'm a happy camper now.