Shoes Are Surprisingly Heavy

[jayfurr]

I just barely made my 180-pound weight goal on January 3, the day I headed out of town for a multi-week training and support engagement in Massachusetts. I haven't weighed myself since then, and while I've tried to eat sensibly, the fact is that since I'm not currently actively trying to drop any further I was worried that my weight might actually have crept back up.

So on Monday I found myself in an unoccupied diagnostic area on a patient floor of the hospital I'm working in this week and said "Hey, what the heck" and quickly stepped onto the precision scale used for taking patients' vitals.

188.1.

I just about had heart failure. I said "There is NO WAY all my clothing weighs any 8 pounds, not even if you include shoes and stuff."

Well, apparently shoes are surprisingly heavy. After glooming all week over my unexpected weight gain, I decided to try again. I took off my black wingtip shoes, loaded all my pocket stuff (keys, wallet, etc) into the pockets of the red fleece vest I've been wearing to identify me as a member of the go-live team, took the vest off, and stepped onto a similar scale in a similar hospital back room area.

Still fully dressed in pants, shirt, underwear, and socks, I weighed 181.1. And I know my clothing's got to weigh at least 1.1 pounds.

So I hereby declare that I'm fine and not a backslider after all. Yay me.

Comments

[flaviarassen.livejournal.com]

I have noticed just how much heavier men's shoes are than women's.
I used to joke that this was to equalize the handicaps we get with
the stupid high heels.
But then I realized that it's simply the same old ideas at work: men
will not buy shoddy, flimsy crap like we will every six months when
They (tm) tell us which of their 15 year old boyfriends we're
supposed to look like.

[lehser.livejournal.com]

Did you check the zeroing of that first scale? The ones at my doctor's office are *always* (and REALLY ANNOYINGLY) out of true in a way that means you have to add extra weight to get a balance. Which doesn't look so good...

[jayfurr.livejournal.com]

Didn't think to check the zeroing and calibration of either scale, really. Both could be off, for all I know.