Weighing

[Farzan]

How do I weigh myself, if I don't have a scale at home and not going to a gym (where there is always one), any ideas? Coem on people!

[Algenon]

Can you buy one?  I have digital one at home....I know fitbit has a scale as well....

[whome]

Local drugstore? CVS or Walgreens almost alway have one. My closest grocery store has a pharmacy that has a BP machine and a scale, also.

Good luck

[mimjoy]

the dr always  waighs me  but the chemist has one also. my son brought a fitbit one  back from newyork which is what got me  on here. that is  good for  this sight. 

[carl669]

from google (with a couple of modifications):

First way:

Your bathtub can tell you. This will only work if you are a floater, not a sinker. Pour in enough water, that you know you'll be able to float in. Mark the the level in the tub. Jump in,lie down and float. Mark off the new water level. Do a little math to work out the volume of water in the tub that occupies the space between the two marks. A US gallon of water weighs in at 8.33 pounds. The weight of the volume of water you displaced is equal to your own weight. For example, if you displaced 20 US gallons, then 8.33X20= 166.6 pounds. 

The second way: 
One US gallon of water weighs in at 8.33 pounds. Set up a perfectly balanced see saw ,teeter totter as some call them ( or use one), plasitc garbage pail one side, use a gallon water jug to fill the pail and after each dump, see if you balance out. When it gets close, just add a bit of water at a time. When you achieve equilibrium, take the number of gallons multiply by 8.33 and the fraction you used in the last gallon. It won't be exact, due to factors like evaporation, spillage and the unknown weight of the plastic garbage can. 

Third way:

don't be cheap.  go buy a scale. they're less than 20 bucks.  🙂

[Farzan]

Thanks Carl. I will definetly look into the first two methods that you suggested. It is not being cheap. It just not easy to find a good scale which could consistently show the accurate weigh. I do not believe a $20 scale last long but thanks for the thrid methos too!

[Farzan]

By Chmist you mean the pharmesist and here in North America there is barely any scale in the pharmecies, at least I have not seen one to date.

[Farzan]

I meant how to weigh myself without buying one. 

[Farzan]

Exactly that is the point. I can buy one but simply would like to know what other options are available. 

[whome]

If you weren't looking for one in the pharmacy you probably wouldn't find one. Also, if the only pharmacy you have to go to is not new, it may very well be without. However, many new chain pharmacies in the USA - i.e. CVS or Walgreens - have one, and it may be built into the BP machine bench so you don't know it is there unless you look.

If you have a second hand/thrift store - e.g. Goodwill or Salvation Army - that might be a source. I bought a second hand Tanita brand digital scale that does Body Fat % also for 7 USD and it has been fine for my purposes, after all, accuracy is not as important as consistancy of error. lol

Good luck