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re: Why does the doctors office weigh you with shoes and clothes on?

Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:18 am to
Posted by Hangover Haven
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Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:18 am to
I’ve always taken off my shoes...

And made sure I took a big dump just before...Old wrestling thing I guess.
Posted by BK Lounge
Member since Nov 2021
3456 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:19 am to
Yep.. had to go to Urgent Care this week, and the second-worst part was being surrounded by Covid patients hacking up a lung… But the worst part was getting on a scale for the first time in over two years.. Was definitely a wake up call; but when they weighed me i had on a heavy winter jacket, heavy boots, had my cellphone and my work cellphone (#humblebrag) in my pockets, as well as some other stuff… so after my appt, on the way out, i snuck back into the room with the scale, took all that shite off and i weighed 7 lbs less.. made me feel a little less like a lazy fatass, i guess .
Posted by Gaggle
Member since Oct 2021
5619 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:20 am to
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16 pounds. And on the wall in their exam room is was a printed paper sign that suggested you ask them about their "Weight loss shots". What the hell?
They leave it on and have old and obese people slipping on and off all day. The nurse needs to re-zero the scale periodically
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164137 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:21 am to
Full disclosure… I still go to my pediatrician
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:21 am to
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They leave it on and have old and obese people slipping on and off all day. The nurse needs to re-zero the scale periodically

Maybe they'll figure it out before the next time I go and I will look good having lost 16+ pounds.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
68277 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:21 am to
Because the shoes are on the ground already so they don't contribute to the weight.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54286 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:22 am to
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Full disclosure… I still go to my pediatrician

You still get the bubble gum flavored liquid antibiotic?
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90630 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:23 am to
If clothes make that much difference between the weight saying you’re obese or not, then you’re fat and need to shed some lbs
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164137 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:23 am to
I felt like the doctor scale was a little juiced too. Even with all my clothes on it was 5 pounds heavier than the home test I just did.
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
11506 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:23 am to
Weight change can be an indicator of onset of many medical conditions. They are tracking weight change and there is a negligible difference in the weight of your attire each time. The hospital bed scales are adjusted for the "stuff" on the bed and they SHOULD take any extra pillows, blankets, etc off the bed when they use it but I only have seen it done with the most fragile that they are really tracking weight on.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164137 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:24 am to
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If clothes make that much difference between the weight saying you’re obese or not, then you’re fat and need to shed some lbs


Let’s use our brains. Is 6 a bigger percentage of a high number or a low number. 6 pounds makes more of a difference if you’re a healthy weight.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:25 am to
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Why does the doctors office weigh you with shoes and clothes on?
I get buck nekkid at my doctors office. Go in like I’m weighing in for a fight
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
16505 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:25 am to
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Let’s use our brains. Is 6 a bigger percentage of a high number or a low number. 6 pounds makes more of a difference if you’re a healthy weight.



That's the second comment in here like that
Posted by oleheat
Sportsman's Paradise
Member since Mar 2007
13457 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:25 am to
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they subtract 2 bro


quote:

The weight on my chart was my fully clothed weight


Same here. I doubt the average support personnel is going to put that much thought into it, honestly.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164137 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:27 am to
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That's the second comment in here like that

Probably fatties trying to feel like they’re not the only fatties here.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:30 am to
v.dad-bod/Boat, all worried about 6lbs would never be able to pull red headed, milky skin, ghost-nippled hammers like Jet12
Posted by Gaggle
Member since Oct 2021
5619 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:31 am to
The weird thing is OB during pregnancy. They track weight obsessively but don't say anything about it. That's literally what our OB told us. "We're gonna weigh you constantly but we're not gonna talk about it. I don't discuss weight during pregnancy unless there's a very serious problem."
Posted by MizunoDude
Member since May 2020
725 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:35 am to
Irrelevant. Just another billable service
This post was edited on 1/21/22 at 11:35 am
Posted by Crimson Wraith
Member since Jan 2014
24754 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:35 am to
So they can say your BMI is too high.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15144 posts
Posted on 1/21/22 at 11:45 am to
What the hell did you have on that weighed 6 lbs.?

And don't trust your home scale against one in a Drs. office. My home scale always weighs light. Not only for me but for the wife too, and it's always around 5-6 lbs. difference.
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