WTF is going on with my scales? I am obviously stupid. Please help me.

[slipslipslippy]

I have bought new digital scales last week.

I have switched them to the 'ST' setting.

They show your weight as four digits so; 10.32 which I assume would be 10st 3lb.

I weighed myself on Wednesday and was 11.3 (can't remember the fourth digit) so I thought I was 11st 3lb.

On Thursday I was 10.9 How did I drop 6lb in one day?
On Friday I was 11.3 again.
Yesterday I was 11
Today I am 10.9 again.

WTF is going on.

Its like the scales don't show 10st 10lb/11lb/12lb/13lb.

They just jump from 10st 10lb to 11 stone.

I keep weighing dd2 and dd1 to check the scales and their weight hasn't fluctuated.

What the hell is going on???

[slipslipslippy]

No that didn't help sleepwhenIdie. I do appreciate the effort though.

What do I do about the fourth digit when x14

[StormyBrid]

Multiply just the same. 10.32? Do 0.32 x 14.

[Slipslipslippy]

So 10.83 = 10st 11lb?

[StormyBrid]

Thereabouts, yes, though I haven't a calculator to hand to check. I'm tempted to write you out a handy conversion chart to stick on the wall next to your scales.

[Slipslipslippy]

That would be handy!

I can't tell you how disappointed I am that I weigh more than I thought. That's saddened me more than the realisation that I am shockingly bad at maths.

[StormyBrid]

Too much effort on a phone. Give me a couple of hours to persuade the creaky old desktop to boot up.

[hamptoncourt]

OMG!!!! Runs upstairs to check scales. I think I have been assuming I am 11 stone 3 lbs when actually I am 11.3.0 stone ( which is a bit more)

Very Unhappy.

[StormyBrid]

Right.

10.00 = 10st 0lbs
10.07 = 10st 1lb
10.14 = 10st 2lbs
10.21 = 10st 3lbs
10.29 = 10st 4lbs
10.36 = 10st 5lbs
10.43 = 10st 6lbs
10.50 = 10st 7lbs
10.57 = 10st 8lbs
10.64 = 10st 9lbs
10.71 = 10st 10lbs
10.79 = 10st 11lbs
10.86 = 10st 12lbs
10.93 = 10st 13lbs
11.00 = 11st 0lbs

Hope that helps!

[Slipslipslippy]

Stormy you are amazing. Thank you so much

I will write it out to keep with my scales

[Slipslipslippy]

If my weight falls between those figures what do I do?

[StormyBrid]

Round up or down, unless it's about halfway between.

[JohnrRoberts]

The only way I figured out to check my scales was to take them to my doctor's at my last appointment and asked him to weigh me with his accurate slidey-weights scales. Then I weighed myself on my scales. They were surprisingly close.

[Bambi224]

My scales are the same my are saying last week I was 12st12. And this week it's saying I am 12st42 what even does that mean

[BeyondMyWits]

My scales have a little (bloody invisible) button on the bottom that you press....

1. Kilograms
2. Pounds
3. Stones and pounds
4. Stones metric ... so like OP... 15.5 = 15st7lb

Check your manual (usually available online) to see if you can change it.