The S and F words (Scale and Fat!)

We just bought a new scale.

I thought that it was about time, considering that the scale we were using was a cheap one that I bought at Walmart when I was headed to college.

This is the one that we got:

I picked this one because it also tells body fat percentage.

The first day that we got it I asked Josh if he would put the battery in it and set it all up. It has a setting to save your height, age, and other information. Josh pulled it out and entered both our information. He decided to step on to make sure that it was working right.

I heard this big gasp. I looked around the corner and Josh said, "There is no way that is right! Let me try again." and he stepped on the scale again. Again he said, "I don't think that is right."

I asked "Is it off? Here let me try" and I stepped on. The scale told me the exact same (too high!) number as the doctor's office scale had said earlier in the day.

Josh replied, "I think the weight part is right. But the body fat percentage has to be off." I told him that I didn't think so. Of course I wished that my percentage was lower, but it seemed to be right, judging from what the machine at the gym told me a few months ago.

Then I asked him how much his was.

In a disgusted voice he said, "It told me that I had 14% body fat!!!!!"

I laughed and said "And? Why are you upset about that?" He then went on and on about how he has always been around 8%. Now he is fat!

Yes, he has really let himself go!