Last weekend, I bought my first scale ever. I have always counted on sneaking in a view of my weight in the locker room at work, the one in the hall near the gym, or the scary views at the occasional visits to the doctor’s office. None are consistent and except for the one in the locker room, none allow myself to take that true, naked weight.

I purchased a Conair brand Weight Watcher’s WW52 model on sale at Target. Not only do I get weight, but it adds pounds of body fat, calculates body fat percentage, bone density, pounds of body water, and finally, the dreaded BMI. Of course, I had to set up my age and height so it could perform the appropriate calculations. There is room for four profiles but is likely I’ll be the only one to set myself up for regular calculations. The scale is set up in the basement bathroom, the one used for my daily showers and prep, and the one with ceramic tile to provide a nice and level platform for consistent daily measurements.

After setting up my profile, I have been weighing myself daily and recording each of the available metrics shown. While I won’t keep this daily ritual up for long, it allows me to look at the variables to see if time of day or other items make a difference to get accurate readings. Over the first week, I don’t have many findings, but the initial readings have shown that my weight can vary by as much as 1.5 pounds during the day (morning and afternoon measurements today). It will be interesting to see what I can learn after the full 28 days of February.

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