Hi,

My doctor's scale weighs me 10-13 pounds heavier than my scale at home!!! That's alot! A friend of mine's scale weighs me about six pounds heavier than at home (she says her doctor's scale weighs her 4 pounds heavier than her scale at home). Other scales have weighed me lighter than my scale at home.

Do you have the same experience and how will I ever know how much I really weigh??? Are doctor's scales really so accurate? How depressing that would be...

This is my cynical nature showing through, but I've often wondered if WL surgeons don't "pad" the weight on their scales - you know, like set it so that 0 pounds registers at 10 pounds...

...I can tell you that when I was weighed at my consultation and saw a number over 20 lbs higher than what I THOUGHT I weighed, it certainly didn't HURT my decision to go through with it.

So whenever I go for a fill, it's depressing. Not only does his scale weight so much higher than my home scale, but there's a ~15 lb loss (what I gained between consultation and surgery) that is never accounted for.

Oh! Yes, great point! I too have that dreaded "unaccounted for" weight that I had gained in between my consultation and surgery. It's four pounds for me. Actually my consultation had me weighing in at a different place, so my surgeon never got my official "highest" weight. But every time he says "oh you lost x amount of pounds" I correct him and say "well actually it's that plus four".

I still wish I could get an accurate reading. It's sooo depressing being in ONEderland at home but knowing I can't really Celebrate that because I could be anywhere up to 13 pounds heavier than that.