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I use my scale at home. I keep a 35 pound hand weight next to the scale and weight it first before I weigh myself. I NEED to know my exact weight.

Oh that's a good Idea . I never thought of that. I'll try that one day.

I don't trust Dr's scales because they weigh everyone on those same scales and who's to say when or if they're ever calibrated?

I go by my home scale which I think is very accurate, I'll know better when I do the above trick.

Not weighing myself right now. I'm just banded and don't want to get on that "I'm not losing" rollercoaster.

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My home scale is one pound more, so I know where I stand. I weigh myself excessively. I hate that you can gain 3-4 pounds in a day. I know it evens out overnight but I get so upset at night!

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I use the Dr's scale as my official weight. But I can tell when and how much I have lost with my scale at home. I weigh at home naked just before I jump in the shower, which is usually about 4 lbs less than Dr's. Atleast the dr's scale does get calibrated every now and then.

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I use the one at home. If it seems off, I'll take a 5lb weight and see how close it is. Usually it is very close.

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I love the weight idea so i weighed my 2 lb weight and its right on!!!!

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Keep in mind, the more weight on a scale, the greater margin of error. 35 lb weight is good.

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