On Tue, 1 May 2001, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> -- Ronn! :)
>
> who still has one of the old scales with springs and a dial.
>
> (No more often than it's used, why spend money on a fancier one?)
We had one of those at one point, and something broke on it, and when we
went to buy a new one, the electronic readout one was what they had at the
store we went to. It's lasted reasonably well so far....
> Hey! Just had a thought! When is someone going to market a scale
> with an electronic read-out that also can be connected to your PC so
> fanatic dieters can have their daily weight automatically entered into
> a file for future reference?
Lower-tech solution: Have the scale in the room closest to the computer
where it'll work (having a bathroom with vinyl flooring right next to the
room with the computer works nicely) and then WALK the few steps to the
computer after the morning weight check, and enter it in the spreadsheet
chart that also has all sorts of OTHER information that you might not be
able to feed directly into the computer, such as what you eat that day,
how bad allergies are that day, any medication taken (prescription or
over-the-counter), what exercise you do, etc. so you can compile a more
total picture of what factors are affecting your health and well-being
once you have a couple of years' worth of data. :)
(And that's one reason why a certain someone would flip out if I immersed
the bathroom scale under water.)
Julia
