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The majority of home scales are NOT very consistent, and when you're on P2 this can drive you nuts. Check to see if your scale is consistent- if it's not, you might want to think about getting another one. BUT, make sure you check the new one as well. If it doesn't pass the test, take it back.

1) Weigh yourself (any time of day) 5x in a row. If there is more than a .4 difference, that's a bad sign. If it's more than .6, you already know it's not consistent.

2) If your scale passes the first test, get off of it and weigh something that much difference in weight- a child, heavy plant, your husband, etc.

3) After that weight "settles" (on a digital scale), get off of it and get yourself back on. If your weight is more than .4# different than it was the first time, it's also not consistent.

We all get a bit scale phobic on P2- we're only human, after all! So if your scale is not consistent, do yourself a favor and invest in one that is.

If you haven't checked your scale but your weight is bouncing all over the place- losing 2# one day (after the first week), then gaining a pound, losing 3, etc., you pretty much know your scale is not consistent.

Also- don't worry about gaining .2 or .4#- that is an insignificant blip. Women retain water for all kinds of reasons, and it's not at all unusual for them to settle into a pattern of losing nothing for a couple of days, and then losing between 1 and 2#.