The Problem with Scales

For the first time in almost forever, I got on the Wii Fit balance board last night. Let's just say the results were about what I expected, which is in the "How in the Hell did I let it get this bad?" range. Which leads me to another problem. Scales. Scales suck, but not because of what they tell you  - hey, dude! You're fat! - but because they all seem to tell you something different.

When I was going to Gym A last year, they had a digital scale that seemed very reliable. It would give you your weight with either a -.0 or a 0.5. So you got your weight to the closest 1/2 pound. Cool. Now I go to Gym B, where there is no digital scale. Instead, it's a scale much like you would have at your doctors office in 1988, where they move the weights over and balance the lever. I can only hope I'm reading it properly. Moving the small weight over just a 1/4 or even 1/2 pound will still keep the lever in the middle. So who really knows what your weight is?

Then, last night I got on the Wii balance board. According to my Mii, I'm five pounds less than what I weight at Gym B. In the same day. Siiiiiiiiiigh.

For the point of accuracy, I guess it will be easier to track my weight on the Wii board, since it gives more accurate readings without a +/- margin of error than the scale at the gym.

Oh yeah, I had some soda last Friday night. It was diet. Wow. I sound like I'm pleading for forgiveness in a confessional. But Father, it was diet Mountain Dew! And let's say for the sake of argument that it was watered down mixed with other liquids. Up until then, I hadn't had any soda since January 1. So that was 10 days. Time for another 10 days. Considering I was probably on a "20 oz a day regimen," we will consider that a good improvement.