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UK bathroom scales
« on: May 02, 2005, 10:49:49 AM »
What kind of scale do you have? I just bought one recently at Ikea..just a cheapy one. Im totally against the scale thing anyway but since starting SBD I decided I better buy one. Anyway I really HATE the way everything is measured in stones and Kg. I know there are 14 stone on a pound so when you get on your scale sometimes it can take two weeks to see a ONE LINE difference. So depressing! Should I invest in an electronic scale and if so can anyone recommend one? Lola? Anyone?


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Re: UK bathroom scales
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2005, 10:54:06 AM »
I'm interested in hearing recommendations too. I'm on my 2nd new bathroom scale since moving here and am still not happy. The first ones I bought were digital and could be set to read in pounds instead of stone. That part was good. However, every time I stood on the damn thing, I weighed a different amount. Once it said I weighed 103 lbs and we KNOW that's wrong! Next, I invested in a more expensive traditional (non-digital) scale. This one only does kg and stone and I'm finding that too hard to measure weight loss. I'm not at home right now so I don't have the brand names of either of the ones I've tried, but I will post them after I'm home again on Thursday.
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Re: UK bathroom scales
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2005, 11:04:16 AM »
I'm interested in hearing recommendations too. I'm on my 2nd new bathroom scale since moving here and am still not happy. The first ones I bought were digital and could be set to read in pounds instead of stone. That part was good. However, every time I stood on the damn thing, I weighed a different amount. Once it said I weighed 103 lbs and we KNOW that's wrong! Next, I invested in a more expensive traditional (non-digital) scale. This one only does kg and stone and I'm finding that too hard to measure weight loss. I'm not at home right now so I don't have the brand names of either of the ones I've tried, but I will post them after I'm home again on Thursday.

Wow, me too!  On the electric one.  Bought ours in IKEA (Though it cost an arm and a leg for IKEA!!!) just sucked always different!  Then bought a Stone and KG one on Ebay, but like you all, it's hard to see the difference!  Might get one in the US and bring it back!


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Re: UK bathroom scales
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2005, 01:25:58 PM »
We have a regular one from Asda, I think for about 5 pounds.  That one's in stones with a small marker for pounds.  I rely on that one the most since we've had it the longest.

Our digital one we got from House of Fraser for about 35 pounds.  I want to say that the brand is Silva...I'll have a check later on when I go upstairs.  It's silver with circular "dents" where your feet go.  It measures in kilos, stones, and pounds (you just flip a little switch on the back).  I use that one to see if I'm at a fraction of a weight (like if I've lost 1.25 pounds....I like 1.25 pounds lost better than 1 pound lost!).

Edit:  my digital scale is a Salter, not a Silva  ::)
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Re: UK bathroom scales
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2005, 02:18:19 PM »
no scale yet.. investing in a tape measure  one day..hopefully soon..  ::)
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