Is It Better To Weigh Yourself On Carpet Or Tile

I didn t weigh my self for a while then what with the stress of moving and when i did i saw i d put on 5kg.

Is it better to weigh yourself on carpet or tile.

When your weekly weigh in rolls around don t hop on the scale after drinking a bottle of water or eating a meal. Suddenly i ve dropped 6 5 kg. If a scale is on carpet uneven tile or wood it can also appear to be calibrated poorly says kantor. My brother did a test between carpet and tile just to see the difference and the difference was about 30 lbs lighter than his actual weight.

The right way to weigh yourself. Carpet isn t a great place for your scale. Hard wood flooring concrete or level ceramic tile would be a good location for your scale. Now i thought the carpet would of added like 1kg so i carried on weighing myself in my room.

Carpet is really inaccurate and the best reading will be on a tile wood flat surface also the evenness of the floor plays a role in the reading as well. Cut back on the chow mein for a. For the most accurate weight weigh yourself first thing in the morning. Then this morning i thought i should just see what the difference was in the bathroom.

The manufacturers calibrate the scales on a hard surface not a carpet.