| Title: | Weight Loss and Maintenance |
| Notice: | **PLEASE** enter notes in mixed case (CAPS ARE SHOUTING)! |
| Moderator: | ASICS::LESLIE |
| Created: | Mon Jul 09 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 933 |
| Total number of notes: | 9931 |
Why is it that when you weigh yourself on Bathroom scales on a floor
without a carpet that you get a different reading from a floor with
a carpet.
Also which of these two readings is the right one ?
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| 257.1 | SKETCH::BASSETT | Design | Wed Apr 13 1988 12:47 | 6 | |
I always weigh myself on a hard floor. I find that the carpet gives
you a false reading (lighter!). It might have something to do with
it being cushioned. Actually, I have no idea.
Linda
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| 257.2 | ANGORA::ZARLENGA | Save Ferris | Wed Apr 13 1988 13:39 | 14 | |
The reason is that the scale will not sit flat on a carpet
unless you place both feet on it at the same time.
When the scale is not sitting flat, two things happen ...
1) not all your weight is supported by the springs, and 2) the mis-
alignment causes additional friction is the suspension because
part of your weight is supported by it.
You can weight yourself on idustrial carpet or indoor-outdoor
low pile carpet, as long as the scale remains flat as you step on
it.
-mike z
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