Bathroom scales

Question
I have a Taylor mechanical scale at home, and the other day i weighed myself, because I had gone to a vegetarian diet, and knew I had lost weight.The scale said i was 178 lbs(I was 195), so i was very pleased.Two days later, i had to go to the doctor for severe poison ivy, and they weighed me, on one of those tall ones with the weights that you move, and they said I was 192! Of course I had all my clothes on at the office, but how can there be that much of a discrepancy? Is my scale not accurate? Or is theirs not? It looks about 100 years old! Thanks!

Answer
Hello Susan!

   Thank you for your nutrition question. I would recheck your home scale by putting a 10lb bag of sugar to make sure it is working correctly.  The doctors office scale should be the most accurate but they can be off at times too.   
 For more answers to your nutrition questions check out "Ask the Nutritionists" by George Rapitis at www.authorhouse.com or your favorite bookstore.

-George Rapitis, Bsc. Nutritionist
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