Onwards And Downwards Continues In December 2013

[AB Editor]

Hello all,

Welcome to this month's Onwards & Downwards. We welcome anyone serious about losing weight and we offer support and kind thoughts - not magic fixes, just sensible help.

Ok so we had to get them in eventually, warming winter soups. Such a great way to have a filling meal with fewer calories.

Let's have your best recipes.

Plus the debate on whether it is OK to have some tasty bready item to go with or does this push the calories too high?


Don't forget your weekly weigh on Wednesday and remember we don't judge!

Here is last months thread

[Old_Geezer]

Most digital scales have a switch to swop from imperial or metric. Unsure if one can easily get metric only, but given the internet it's easy enough to buy from outside the UK anyway. Not sure about analogue scales.

Meanwhile I'm up from this week's low point. Dropped just ⅜lbs Wed to Wed.

[Old_Geezer]

Ok having read rather than skimmed today's posts so far :-) I can say I don't keep much in the way of latest information on scales but have learnt this much.

Consistency seems a general problem, one can only go by the reviews that say one scale is good or not.

I know putting them on a carpet doesn't help, but even a hard surface is no guarantee on consistency.

I did discover that there are (at least) 2 types of mechanism. I wish I could find the reference I had on it but the purely mechanical kind is more prone to problems. Then there was some kind of compression system that was better. If I can find the details I'll post them, chances are I mentioned it in a previous month's O&D thread.

Not sure what else to say, save that I look at the public reviews, and have yet to find anything I'm happy/confident to buy.

[xstitcher]

Mine is a SOEHNLE which I think is a German make and it seems to be very good.....too right about only using them on a hard surface floors OG.

[Tilly2]

Thank you for that OG. I have had my scales for some years and they are a bit outdated I think.
There is a dial and the arrow moves around it. I can be 9st. 2lbs one day, then 9st. 6lb the next. The next day it might be back to 9st.2lb. Very irritating.

[Maydup]

There's me thinking its my weight that yo yo's when it could actually be the scales..... I have always used them on the carpet and moved them quite often so maybe i should take them to a tiled floor in future. Mine are also the old fashioned type with a dial. I have never really been able to get more than a rough idea!

[Maydup]

PS....they still know however, that I have a long way to go yet!

[xstitcher]

Let us know what happens when you use them on a hard surface Maydup.

[Marijn]

Hello again, well done to all who have lost! I'm stuck at the same weight but quite pleased that I haven't gone up, after some of the treats I've been having. (Lucky escape) My scales are Salter digital scales and can measure to tenths of a pound. They can also measure your fat, muscle and water content, but only roughly.

[xstitcher]

Oh boy marijn....you and OG can really sit down and have a talk about your scales.......lol

[Marijn]

Lol, yes... I'm very happy with my scales when they say I've gone down by a tenth of a pound cos at least that's something. :-)

[Old_Geezer]

:-D
Exactly !

[Old_Geezer]

I'm unsure if the is the report I found last time I looked http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/is/papers/bathroom_scales.pdf but it seems the mechanism I was trying to think of might be "strain guage" ? Possibly worth looking for in the spec., when buying new.

[xstitcher]

Like your new avatar OG how did you do it? That was a good article ....thanks

[Old_Geezer]

Searched for santa icons on the Net, downloaded a .png I liked, then uploaded it to gravatar, selected it for my e-mail address, and voila ! Was hoping to get one similar to my usual one but this one is fine.

[Marijn]

You look quite at bit smarter now OG. :-)

[xstitcher]

I agree with you marijn, very smart indeed.

[wendilla]

Can I be the fairy and sit on your lap OG .

[Old_Geezer]

:-)
Sounds wonderful, but don't poke my eye out with your wings !

[xstitcher]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I can just see it....

[Maydup]

Scrubbed up well Old G, like the new you!