A 5-pound gap between your home scale and the doctor's is normal. Here are the variables that account for it — none of them fat.
Clothing and shoes: 1–3 lbs. Time of day: 2–4 lbs added by afternoon vs first thing.
Recent meals and fluids: 1–3 lbs. Scale calibration: 1–2 lbs difference between devices.
Pick one scale for tracking (yours), weigh at the same time and conditions, and use the weekly average.
Focus on the trend, not one reading.
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