Scale-Mania

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Registered: 01-05-2007
Scale-Mania
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Mon, 01-08-2007 - 4:13pm

A PERSON WHO IS ACTIVE WILL NOT THROW SCALES--

What a paranoid day I've had! I found my bathroom scale that I thought I'd lost during the last move. I stepped on it, and with its evil digitial sticks, it started blinking 306:306:306:306. Now, this is impossible ladies and gentlemen, because last time I went to weight watchers in November, I was 260 even, and there is no way that I could have gained 40 pounds the way I've been eating and exercising. Maybe 2 or 3 over the holidays, but not 40. Not me.

Scene Change: I'm in the car driving to my mothers house, about 10 minutes away. She's not home: of course she's not home, NORMAL people have jobs and work during the day. I go to her work, another 10 minutes, and get her key. Back I go. I step on the scale anxiously, knowing that if it says 300 or more, I'm going into mums kitchen and obliterating her supply of cheetos. 220... 220...220...

By now, I've wasted half an hour. Defeated, and figuring “whatever, I'll buy a new one next pay...”, I go home. I dig into my giant bottle of water and a bowl of all bran (because theres a 70 year old woman who lives inside me from time to time), and internally debate over which scale was right; rage.
I go upstairs to my room, and right as I'm about to toss the scale out my window, I see it. My 10lbs weight. I put the scale on the ground and tap it on. I put the weight where I usually put my feet and leave it there, the scale wavers 12-19-5, and lands on 25. Stupid contraption!!! Out the window it goes!!!

The lesson for today: One womans broken scale is another womans lawn ornament.

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Registered: 06-16-2003
Mon, 01-08-2007 - 6:55pm

Hee! I'll bet it felt wonderful to throw that vile machine out the window! I enjoy reading your posts, Evelyn.

Mary #3

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Registered: 12-29-2006
Mon, 01-08-2007 - 7:24pm
I had my own scale episode yesterday. I feel for you!

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Registered: 01-25-2006
Mon, 01-08-2007 - 7:53pm
you are hilarious, Now that you know the truth, you gotta laugh at the whole situation right??

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Angela

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Registered: 05-08-2006
Mon, 01-08-2007 - 8:56pm

I am thinking that there is some astrological event causing scales all over the world to lose their balance!

You know 'the full moon is in Libra, and since the moon is made of green cheese...'

I haven't thrown my broken scale out the window (or even out) but I've tried three consecutive days to see if it magically fixed itself while sitting on the bathroom floor- guess if I'm going to pray for a miracle I should focus on world peace instead of self healing scales!

Perhaps we can get a group rate on new ones!

SJ
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Registered: 02-06-2006
Tue, 01-09-2007 - 8:29am
OMG you're so funny!! Thanks for the great laugh

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Registered: 01-06-2007
Tue, 01-09-2007 - 10:46am

That's the most awesome story that I've heard all day :) Scales suck....

We have a digital one and our kids think it's the most fun thing in the world to get on it. So when they do we tell them how much they weight (They are 3 1/2 and 2). Well our daughter just recently reached 40 lb.s and that was a big deal because she got a new car seat. So I got on the scale the other day and she starts clapping saying "Mommy, you're 40 lbs." I was thinking yeah....40 lbs. overweight :)

Oh well..they adore me no matter how chunky I am :)




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