This morning’s post did come off as a down in the dumps kind of post. And yes, I was feeling that way a bit. Partly, this is because I have been receiving conflicting information about my weight recently.
The other night, Pam came home from work, gave me a swat on the butt and said are those your skinny jeans? I told her yes and she asked me if they needed to be washed because they look really baggy. So my clothes aren’t getting tighter, if anything they’re getting looser. Also, my wedding ring is totally falling off my finger–I’m afraid I’m going to lose it.
Then, my sister got a scale for Christmas. When I weighed myself on that scale on 12/27 at 9:45 PM fully clothed with shoes and all, I weighed in at 191 pounds. I got scared. On Tuesday at the vet while they were working on my cat I weighed myself on the scale–again fully clothed with shoes and all. Yep, the scale said 191. I was REALLY SCARED!
This morning, after the hardest run I’ve ever completed with T, I weighed myself totally naked at the gym. The scale said 177. I didn’t think that I was 191, and I don’t think that I’m 177. But what gives here? A 14 pound difference between two scales over 2 days? It makes me wonder how accurate any scale is–no matter the quality.
Needless to say, I don’t really know what my true weight is or what my current trend is. This is going to change. I thought that I could be the guy who doesn’t worry about the number on the scale. But not worrying about the number on the scale got me up to 221 pounds and I’m not going back there.
So, I ordered my new scale today. It should be arriving early next week. It’s not a Taylor scale but a souped up fancy scale that connects to the internet and charts my weight for me–along with BMI, Fat%, and water composition. For the money it cost, it better last longer than my previous scale.
So I apologize for the whiny post this morning. And because of all your positive feedback, you get the rare double post from me today! You guys all gave me some serious food for thought–especially greenman, brigid, and Joel. In fact, I’m currently writing a post how I’m going to use some of the suggestions from each of your comments. Thanks alot!
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Connects to the internet? WTF? Dude, I’m jealous. As you may have seen, my new fancy-pants scale arrived yesterday, but it doesn’t connect to the internet. Instead, it tells me I have a “body age” of 65.
sigh
Let’s see what it says a year from now. I’m hoping it says 41. Or maybe even 40.
JD–Yep, it’s got wireless on it and automatically updates up to 8 users! I can’t wait to get it. But it was expensive
A scale that tells you your “body age.” Only in America.
Did you try weighing your clothes? It seems reasonable that there would be a significant difference in your weight clothed (with shoes) and unclothed.
That’s why I always weigh myself at the gym completely starkers… No surprises.
Aaron–No, I didn’t. Stripping down in front of my family, or at the vet’s office didn’t seem like a prudent thing for me to do. But still, 14 pounds difference? I wasn’t wearing a lead shield!
consider how much each shoe weighs. then include your jeans. then include your wallet and what ever else in your pockets. your sweater and or shirt’s and it alll weighs up. its best to always weigh yourself same time same scale in the same way for a true measure. but seriously if the SO makes a comment about the clothes getting baggy then your most likly getting skinnier.
what most people suggest is after first waking and after the morning rituals before eating weigh before getting dressed and before drinking anything. that is the true measure of your weight.
As a bit of a gadget geek, I have to say the idea of a scale that connects to the internet is definitely peaking my interest! Our current scale looks like a model very similar to the one in the picture of this post and is several years old. I wonder if I could convince my husband that we need to replace it with a cool fancy one that’ll not only tell me my weight, etc. but that will also chart it for me? Hmmmm . . .
Out of curiosity, I weighed my clothes at the gym the other day. Shoes, full pockets, etc… Came out to a full 10 lbs., and made me think about how I was weighed fully clothed at my physical last year when I was told I was gonna have to lose 30 lbs.
I think there’s something to always weighing yourself at the same time of day, or in my case the same state: always after running, unclothed, before the shower. It seems to be providing a reasonably consistant picture.