Can You Weigh Yourself On Carpet

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Can you weigh yourself on carpet.

Unless your carpet is tightly knitted you are going to have fluctuation in the scale because the floor is uneven. Same day each week wearing the. When you do weigh yourself on a scale blatner says you strive for sameness. Same time of day on the.

Focus on that your health the inches lost. Clothes can weigh as much as 4 kilos 8 8 pounds so weighing yourself in the buff is the preferred option for accuracy. A flat hard surface is ideal for. For consistency and your sanity you may just want to keep weighing yourself on that bathmat until you reach your goal.

You re weighing yourself after you shower. If you go to the doctor they normally have laminate floors. David mackay a physicist at the university of cambridge heard about the strange effect after a chance. You really do weigh more if you put your scales on the carpet.

December 30 2012 1 32am. When you re wearing hiking boots. If a scale is on carpet uneven tile or wood it can also appear to be calibrated poorly says kantor. Place your heavy object large book bowling ball potted plant on the board and let it sit for 2 to 3 weeks or until the carpet fibers appear to be well mashed down.

When you weight yourself on the carpet the readings can be much more than you actually weigh which can obviously be alarming if you re trying to lose weight. This is mainly due to the imbalance that carpets cause because the scale needs a non compressible surface underneath. I weigh on tiled floor laminate or what ever. And now we know why.

A lot of weight measurement is about consistency same time same day s same clothing same scale. Weigh yourself at the. This is mainly due to the imbalance that carpets cause. Yes the number can vary wildly if you move the scale to another room but if you are consistently weighing yourself on carpet then you will be able to track your loss.

And if you take that scale and put it on more cushier carpet you will weigh lighter. I would suggest the scale in the bathroom if it is not carpeted and i do it in the nude or underwear at home.