Different scale readings

Wildly fluctuating readings from scale to scale bum me out. According to my surgeon's scale I'm 226; according to my home scale I'm 223; and according to the gym scale I'm 219 carrying my heavy coat and duffel. That's a 7 pound difference! I'll just take my home scale reading and ignore the rest.

It can be as simple as the surface the scale is sitting on. If it's on a hard flat even surface as opposed to an uneven tile, or something with a pad under it, you will get big differences in the readings. Also, we do weigh more at at different times of day. Best bet is as you said, settle on one scale and go by it

My scales (one is digital and one is the old-fashioned, large, moving weights across the bar kind of physician scale) are within a pound of each other and about the same as my PCP's old-fashioned scale, but my surgeon's digital scale is ALWAYS exactly three pounds higher.  A number of people have mentioned it, and they said they had it checked... so I just KNOW it is 3 pounds higher and I subtract the 3 pounds and don't stress about it.

Lora

yea my doctor scale is always about 4 pounds more than my scales. so I go by my scales too

You're missing the point. The actual number doesn't matter. The questions you should be asking are:

What does the surgeon's scale say compared to last time?
What does the home scale say compared to last time?
What does the gym scale say compared to last time?

Never really thought about it like that, just so numbers go down on whatever scale you get on-- good point :)

 Exactly my thoughts....plus don't get hung up on the numbers !!

 My scale is five pounds lighter than my surgeon's office.  But I don't really care. My jeans are down a size and are getting way loose. LOL.... .wooohoooooo

i have a digital scale and i do NOT know what i'm doing wrong, but that bad boy varies wildly from itself - from moment to moment - i might way 10 lbs less or more every single time i step on it - or 12 or 13 or 3 or 4 pounds - ... i think i need a new scale

Yes. I've gone through a few scales like that. A good one doesn't have to cost a lot, but don't get the very cheapest you find.