Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Received the new weight recorders books today from TOPS. Enclosed in the envelope was a TOPS Club digital scale order form, featuring Tanita scales. Does anyone belong to a chapter that uses a digital scale? If so, how do they register - 1/4 lb., 1/2 lb., 1/10 lb. etc.? I've seen some people mention their weight in 1/10 th lbs. How does this work for the wt. recorder? Do you raise or lower it to the nearest 1/4 lb.? Also, how accurate do they appear to be? Any problems? Hugs, Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 We use a Weight Watchers scale that measures in /14 lb increments as well as 1/10th pound increments. Our ladies prefer using the 1/10th increments so that even a very small weight loss will show up. We changed our method of weight fines when we switched to this scale. We now charge 10 cents for every 1/10 pound gain with a maximum fine of $1. At first the treasurer was very resisant to this since change since she didn't understand how easy it was to figure the fine. If you gain 1/10th of a pound it is 10 cents, if you gain 7/10ths you pay 70 cents. Just multiply the gain by 10 and you have your fine. Like I said, our maximum fine is $1 no matter how much you gain. If you gain 2 and 1/2 pounds, the fine is still only $1. Some of our ladies thought this new method would cost us more money in fines, but it doesn't. Previously it was 25 cents for 1/4 pound gain. Our new method works out to be the same fine, just that it is figured in tenths rather than quarter pounds. One fourth pound can be written as 1/4 or 0.25 (which is two tenths and 5 one- hundredth of a pound). Have I confused everyone? The new scale just drops the " hundredths " off the weights. Our scale can be used either in tenths or quarter pounds. Like I said, our chapter preferred the 1/10 pound increment readings. Although the scale can measure in either, your chapter has to choose one method over the other. Either the quarter pounds or the tenths. I think it appears to be accurate. We don't have any wild fluctuations anyway. According to the official weight recorder rules, you cannot weigh in more than once at a meeting. But when we got the new scale I wanted to make sure it was accurate. I " tested " it several times by re-weighing a few times. I kept getting the same weight. Years ago when the digital scales first came out (I'm talking about 20 years ago) you were supposed to weigh yourself three times then take the average of those weights to determine what your " real " weight was! I ask you, how accurate could that have possibly been? Not very, in my not-so-humble opinion. I think some of us old-timers may be remembering those old digital scales and that's where some of our scepticism is coming from. I don't know. Our new scale seems to be accurate and we only paid about $50 for it online. I don't think it matters all that much as long as you're using the same scale every week. If we were in a medical setting with a serious condition, then yes, I'd want to make very sure it was a quality scale of the highest standards. But for our weekly TOPS weigh-ins or " progress reports " , I think the $50 scale is perfectly acceptable. I think ours goes to 400 or 450 pounds. I don't care what we use so long as I show a loss! Kathleen Deanna wrote: > Received the new weight recorders books today from TOPS. Enclosed in > the envelope was a TOPS Club digital scale order form, featuring > Tanita scales. Does anyone belong to a chapter that uses a digital > scale? If so, how do they register - 1/4 lb., 1/2 lb., 1/10 lb. etc.? > I've seen some people mention their weight in 1/10 th lbs. How does > this work for the wt. recorder? Do you raise or lower it to the > nearest 1/4 lb.? Also, how accurate do they appear to be? Any > problems? > > Hugs, > Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 We use a Weight Watchers scale that measures in /14 lb increments as well as 1/10th pound increments. Our ladies prefer using the 1/10th increments so that even a very small weight loss will show up. We changed our method of weight fines when we switched to this scale. We now charge 10 cents for every 1/10 pound gain with a maximum fine of $1. At first the treasurer was very resisant to this since change since she didn't understand how easy it was to figure the fine. If you gain 1/10th of a pound it is 10 cents, if you gain 7/10ths you pay 70 cents. Just multiply the gain by 10 and you have your fine. Like I said, our maximum fine is $1 no matter how much you gain. If you gain 2 and 1/2 pounds, the fine is still only $1. Some of our ladies thought this new method would cost us more money in fines, but it doesn't. Previously it was 25 cents for 1/4 pound gain. Our new method works out to be the same fine, just that it is figured in tenths rather than quarter pounds. One fourth pound can be written as 1/4 or 0.25 (which is two tenths and 5 one- hundredth of a pound). Have I confused everyone? The new scale just drops the " hundredths " off the weights. Our scale can be used either in tenths or quarter pounds. Like I said, our chapter preferred the 1/10 pound increment readings. Although the scale can measure in either, your chapter has to choose one method over the other. Either the quarter pounds or the tenths. I think it appears to be accurate. We don't have any wild fluctuations anyway. According to the official weight recorder rules, you cannot weigh in more than once at a meeting. But when we got the new scale I wanted to make sure it was accurate. I " tested " it several times by re-weighing a few times. I kept getting the same weight. Years ago when the digital scales first came out (I'm talking about 20 years ago) you were supposed to weigh yourself three times then take the average of those weights to determine what your " real " weight was! I ask you, how accurate could that have possibly been? Not very, in my not-so-humble opinion. I think some of us old-timers may be remembering those old digital scales and that's where some of our scepticism is coming from. I don't know. Our new scale seems to be accurate and we only paid about $50 for it online. I don't think it matters all that much as long as you're using the same scale every week. If we were in a medical setting with a serious condition, then yes, I'd want to make very sure it was a quality scale of the highest standards. But for our weekly TOPS weigh-ins or " progress reports " , I think the $50 scale is perfectly acceptable. I think ours goes to 400 or 450 pounds. I don't care what we use so long as I show a loss! Kathleen Deanna wrote: > Received the new weight recorders books today from TOPS. Enclosed in > the envelope was a TOPS Club digital scale order form, featuring > Tanita scales. Does anyone belong to a chapter that uses a digital > scale? If so, how do they register - 1/4 lb., 1/2 lb., 1/10 lb. etc.? > I've seen some people mention their weight in 1/10 th lbs. How does > this work for the wt. recorder? Do you raise or lower it to the > nearest 1/4 lb.? Also, how accurate do they appear to be? Any > problems? > > Hugs, > Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 We use a Weight Watchers scale that measures in /14 lb increments as well as 1/10th pound increments. Our ladies prefer using the 1/10th increments so that even a very small weight loss will show up. We changed our method of weight fines when we switched to this scale. We now charge 10 cents for every 1/10 pound gain with a maximum fine of $1. At first the treasurer was very resisant to this since change since she didn't understand how easy it was to figure the fine. If you gain 1/10th of a pound it is 10 cents, if you gain 7/10ths you pay 70 cents. Just multiply the gain by 10 and you have your fine. Like I said, our maximum fine is $1 no matter how much you gain. If you gain 2 and 1/2 pounds, the fine is still only $1. Some of our ladies thought this new method would cost us more money in fines, but it doesn't. Previously it was 25 cents for 1/4 pound gain. Our new method works out to be the same fine, just that it is figured in tenths rather than quarter pounds. One fourth pound can be written as 1/4 or 0.25 (which is two tenths and 5 one- hundredth of a pound). Have I confused everyone? The new scale just drops the " hundredths " off the weights. Our scale can be used either in tenths or quarter pounds. Like I said, our chapter preferred the 1/10 pound increment readings. Although the scale can measure in either, your chapter has to choose one method over the other. Either the quarter pounds or the tenths. I think it appears to be accurate. We don't have any wild fluctuations anyway. According to the official weight recorder rules, you cannot weigh in more than once at a meeting. But when we got the new scale I wanted to make sure it was accurate. I " tested " it several times by re-weighing a few times. I kept getting the same weight. Years ago when the digital scales first came out (I'm talking about 20 years ago) you were supposed to weigh yourself three times then take the average of those weights to determine what your " real " weight was! I ask you, how accurate could that have possibly been? Not very, in my not-so-humble opinion. I think some of us old-timers may be remembering those old digital scales and that's where some of our scepticism is coming from. I don't know. Our new scale seems to be accurate and we only paid about $50 for it online. I don't think it matters all that much as long as you're using the same scale every week. If we were in a medical setting with a serious condition, then yes, I'd want to make very sure it was a quality scale of the highest standards. But for our weekly TOPS weigh-ins or " progress reports " , I think the $50 scale is perfectly acceptable. I think ours goes to 400 or 450 pounds. I don't care what we use so long as I show a loss! Kathleen Deanna wrote: > Received the new weight recorders books today from TOPS. Enclosed in > the envelope was a TOPS Club digital scale order form, featuring > Tanita scales. Does anyone belong to a chapter that uses a digital > scale? If so, how do they register - 1/4 lb., 1/2 lb., 1/10 lb. etc.? > I've seen some people mention their weight in 1/10 th lbs. How does > this work for the wt. recorder? Do you raise or lower it to the > nearest 1/4 lb.? Also, how accurate do they appear to be? Any > problems? > > Hugs, > Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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