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What weight scale do you guys recommend that works good but isnt to expensive?
I bought a scale and i think it doesn't work good because i weight 150 and i tried excersizing and eating healthy it was kind of on and of the whole week but i don't think it was enough to lose anything and apparently the scale says i lost 5 lbs which i dont think is possible becauae people always talk about how hard it is to even loose 1 pound so i think the scale does not work any recommendation on a better but not to expensive one
4 Answers
- ?Lv 712 months ago
I bought a cheap, generic digital scale on eBay. I think it was $24.00. It works great. Same weight on my friend's scale as that one shows.
- Andy CLv 712 months ago
NONE. Since weight is not a metric of health and not a good metric for fat content, no scale is the best scale.
That way, it can't unnecessarily depress you.
To prove that I am not just some condescending dick, here's how to get healthy and permanent lose most body fat:
Source(s): "Fat Chance..." by Dr. Robert Lustig M.D. - ?Lv 712 months ago
The scale may not be off as much as you think it is. However there's a fairly simple and easy way to test the accuracy of your scales. Take a known weight, such as a one hundred pound weight, set it on the scale, and see if it shows the weight as one hundred pounds. If it shows that's the weight, then the scales aren't off as much as you may think they are. If you have access to two one hundred pound weights, that'll tell you even more, as most weight scales goes well over two hundred pounds.
Some of the better bathroom scales that are mechanical, will even have an adjustment on them, on the underside of the scale, that will allow you to correct them with. So if your current scales are within a pound, using a known weight of something that weighs a total of two hundred pounds, and they're off by a pound or two, then you can mentally correct the amount that they're off, from the weight shown on them.If your scales however are digital scales, and if you have the owners manual, there maybe directions on how to adjust them to show more accurately how much you weigh. I'd start there first before running off and buying a new set of weight scales. Then if there is an adjustment, to correct the weight shown to a more accurate weight, However if there's not, then I'd suggest yes getting a new set, but preferably the old fashioned spring loaded scales, that has an adjustment on the bottom. A good set of scales can range from about fourty dollars to fifty dollars. However personally I prefer the old fashioned spring loaded scales, with an adjustment on the bottom, as they can be adjusted to correct for being off, where as most digital scales I've seen that wasn't possible.
