Why would the doctor’s scales show six pounds less than mine?

[PerkyOchrePeer]

I waited myself at home first thing in the morning without eating and was eight 8 stone 12
At the doctors surgery an hour later , I was weighed again , and I was lower and I had lost six pounds. I think the doctor's scales were not accurate because I weigh myself regularly and I am regularly the higher weight

Never weigh myself from the carpet. And I think some people give the impression that I don't know what I'm doing. I know exactly what I'm because I never weigh myself with clothes and always on a hard flat surface. 😯

How tall are you, OP?

Have you been losing weight?

If so, is it intentional?

I am 5 foot 5 and a half. I have lost sone weight andi have a thyroid issue. My thyroid issue caused me to shed sone weight. Tge dr is trying to get my thyroid normal

Well even if the GP’s scales are correct, that puts your BMI at 21, which is within the healthy range. So while BMI not an infallible indicator on the individual level, it’s not low enough to be a red flag. They don’t need to hospitalise you to feed you up or anything,

Once the thyroid is sorted, you will probably return to your previous weight without conscious effort, assuming you were a slim but stable healthy weight before the thyroid issue.

Did you have a massive dump in between?

Were there many there?

Ive always been slim eve. Before thyroid issue. Ive never been overweight

The moment I saw the thread title I knew it would be you, OP. You’ve also repeatedly complained about people not measuring your height to your satisfaction, and about all manner of other tiny things that don’t matter.

Like almost everything you get irate about and question, it is inconsequential. And you don’t need to worry about it. There are a million reasons why one set of scales might give a different reading to another set. Provided you track your weight using your own scales, you don’t need to worry about what the doctor’s scales say. And vice versa.

Surely if you are monitoring for weight changes, the key factor here is the variation from one weigh in to the next on the same scale. If both sets were showing massive changes in that way, that is one thing but they will likely show the same in terms of lbs lost or gained.

I thought people generally expected that weight will vary somewhat between scales but the bigger indicator here is seeing the difference on each set of scale independently. So if one set show you at 8 12 and you go down to 8 10 and then the other scales show you as 8 6 and then you go down to 8 4, the key takeaway here is a 2lb loss, irrelevant of the variation in scales. You will still be able to get the same data from the scales being slightly off.

here is one for Ludwig… however the boring answer is both scales are correct. You possibly had a wee or the other, took some item of clothing off between your weight and the GP which made a difference of a Pound, and medical scales are set at 5 ib 2.5ish KG under weight to account for clothing as we can’t strip you off, we also make you take your shoes off.

Same.

The OP’s obsession with herself is off the charts.

A wee or pair of shoes would not account for that much difference!

From what you have written above your scales are wrong. Your clothes do not weigh 2 pounds. I assume you are naked when weighing yourself at home? Just because you do not like analogue scale, it doesn't make them wrong.

You again OP