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Flute56 · 19/05/2023 11:29

7 months ago I had covid. I lost half a stone. Before covid I weighed 10 stone . I went down to 9 stone 7. Movng forward I decided to cut out eating sugar for 4 weeks and when I weighed myself at the end of the period, I had dropped some weighted and weighed in at 9 stone 4. All good or so I thought.

I had a text from my GP surgery to have my blood pressure done. Whilst I was there, the nurse said would you like me to check your height and weight and I said yes please. She checked my height and I was 5 foot 6 and asked me to get on the scales. She said the weight was in kg which I could not understand so she converted it to stones and told me I was 10 stone 2. I said that is impossible because I weighed myself this morning first thing with no clothes and no food and I weighed 9 stone 3 and I have definately lost weight since I had coved etc and my arms and face definately look thinner and my clothes are lose. She said oh these are not digital scales so she said come with me and we went to another room and I got on the digital scales and it was a difference of 2 pounds so she said I was 1 was 10 stone.

I said no I weighed myself this morning and I was half a stone lighter. She said how old are your scales and I said about 7 years old so she said they are probably too old to be accurate so buy some new scales.

Sorry but pre covid I was 10 stone and I have most definately dropped weight so I think her scales are not accurate. I weigh myself on a hard surface the same surface as the nurse weighed me in the surgery.

After I left I went to Argos and bought some new scales. They cost me £12 which I was reluctant to pay because I did not see how my ones could be so inaccurate. I will weigh myself in the morning as I did this morning, first thing, no clothes no food and with an empty bladder and if I reach the same weight as I did today then I wm taking the new scales back to Argos and getting a refund because that will prove that I do not need to buy new scales and that there is nothing wrong with the ones I have been using up to now.

ok I was wearing clothes at the surgery and had some breakfast but the nurse said it should not be too much different because I was wearing a very thin dress but it was difference of 71b

Any advce. There is NO WAY I am 10 stone

OP posts:
CC4712 · 20/05/2023 09:47

OP- Are you going to tell us what the new scales say today then?

HairyKitty · 20/05/2023 09:42

It matters because if someone has struggled with their weight and worked really hard to lose 4 or 5lbs, only to be told that they actually weigh more than they did when they started, this would be disheartening and upsetting for many people (if any of the unsupportive posters can actually put themselves in someone else’s place for 2 minutes!)

DreamItDoIt · 20/05/2023 07:57

If you have scales at home why do people get their weight and height checked at the doctors? I know I need to loose a few pounds and I don't need to be told by an often overweight nurse that I need to loose weight and then be given the frankly rubbish healthy editing advise by the NHS!

Just stick to weighing yourself at home OP, I don't think your height will change Smile so stick with what you know!

IncompleteSenten · 20/05/2023 07:25

Before you go could you at least tell us if your old scales were wrong?

Truthfully.

Sartre · 20/05/2023 07:21

10 stone is a perfect weight at your height anyway so why are you even bothered about this?

sparklefresh · 20/05/2023 07:16

This is mad. Why does the number matter? You're within a healthy range, so what's the problem?

HairyKitty · 20/05/2023 06:50

I wonder what new scales will say. Unfortunately for op I think it’s most likely somewhere between the two so like 9st 10

Beneficialchampion2 · 20/05/2023 06:29

Did you use your new scales or not?

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Flute56 · 20/05/2023 02:17

since when was if ok to bully someone for having their point of view? You do not have to agree with what someone says but to call them bonkers if a form of bullying. ok some people like to know what the numbers on the scale says. The nurse who saw me earlier just said buy some more scales. It would not have been professional of her to say something detrimental to me about the difference in weight readings. People deserve to be treated with respect whatever their failings or shortcomings are so I will leave this thread now and think twice about ever posting on mumsnet again

OP posts:
JorisBonson · 19/05/2023 21:35

FrownedUpon · 19/05/2023 11:53

You sound completely bonkers. Why does it matter so much? Just weigh yourself now on the new scales & you’ll have a good idea. I’d trust the doctors scales over your 7 year old ones anyway.

OP's posts are exclusively bonkers and argumentative.

LivC19 · 19/05/2023 20:43

YouOKHun · 19/05/2023 15:43

I weight 8st 1lb first thing in the morning and by 10.00am I am 11st 6lb. I am wondering if it’s the concrete cornflakes I’m having for breakfast?

Seriously OP, whatever various scales read it’s all with in the healthy range. The best thing you could do is chuck out the scales and don’t buy new ones.

I’m like this! I identify as an 8 stone 1 person personally. 😁 And don’t let any doctor’s scales say otherwise!

FannythePinkFlamingo · 19/05/2023 20:24

It’s just a number OP. If you’re happy with the way you look and your clothes fit then what is the issue?

TorringtonDean · 19/05/2023 20:20

Most people only worry about their weight for health reasons. Your BMI must be OK. So what’s the fuss about the GP’s scales? I don’t get it. Most people are not like Kate Middleton!

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Flute56 · 19/05/2023 20:00

I an ok with how I look.

Look at people like Kate Middleton. Whenever she is photographed people say she is too thin and need to eat more. What would you say about that. I also work with one woman who is quite tall probably about 5 foot 9 and she is very thin. I would say she is a size 10 and also look at Twiggy when she was first modelling. She was so thin she looked anorexic but she said she eat healthily and it was just her shape which she could do nothing about

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Hedonism · 19/05/2023 16:57

Maybe your scales have always been a few lb out, and you were 10.5stone before covid and now you are 10stone.

What difference does it make which scales are right? Are you a boxer or a racing jockey maybe?
Does anyone else care? (hint: no)
Do your clothes still fit?

Landndialamrhf · 19/05/2023 16:47

You know you’ve lost weight
you were happy with how you looked and you are presumably healthy,
why does it matter what the number on the scale says
why are you going around telling everyone your new weight? And why does that matter that you’ve done that? Also surely you’d weigh yourself now to compare, not in the morning.

if your scales are out by 2-3lbs, and you had breakfast and a coffee and water, then put on clothes and shoes, that could easily make up the difference. But I think you are unhealthily worried about this.

midgemadgemodge · 19/05/2023 16:40

Doesn't matter anyway as both are healthy

midgemadgemodge · 19/05/2023 16:39

Clothes

Cup of tea ?

ActDottie · 19/05/2023 16:27

Your thread reads as someone who is unhealthily obsessed with their weight

Beneficialchampion2 · 19/05/2023 16:16

Staying here for when the penny drops and you weigh yourself and the doctor is right.

Chances of two sets of scales being wrong in a GP surgery are slim.

You are in denial, weigh yourself again at home on both new and old scales on a solid level surface.

MintJulia · 19/05/2023 15:48

What does it matter? Surgery scales are checked regularly so if they say you at 10 stone, then you are.

But if you are healthy, comfortable and your clothes fit, it doesn't really matter, does it !

YouOKHun · 19/05/2023 15:43

I weight 8st 1lb first thing in the morning and by 10.00am I am 11st 6lb. I am wondering if it’s the concrete cornflakes I’m having for breakfast?

Seriously OP, whatever various scales read it’s all with in the healthy range. The best thing you could do is chuck out the scales and don’t buy new ones.

Lottle · 19/05/2023 15:36

I can lose half a stone if I put my scales on carpet

MrsDoylesDoily · 19/05/2023 15:13

I'm trying to think of the last time I thought someone's bladder must be empty because they look so slim 🤔

LivC19 · 19/05/2023 15:11

gamerchick · 19/05/2023 15:09

As much as I love an indignant post in the afternoon. Throw the scales out OP and use a tape measure. Scales are a stupid idea and can easily get obsessed by them.

God no! OP will obsess over the individual measurements instead!

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