I don't think there is one woman here who has not "wroked" with her scale the way you describe!!!!!!!!! It is really funny what we do to get what we tink is a good reading. I put my new one away and now work with my old one which is sort of a Drs. scale that I bought years and years ago. It works with weights; I thought I would update myself and buy a new digital one--that almost drove me crazy since I was constantly weighing first on the old, then on the new which was ALWAYS different. Oh well, just stick to the program and you will surely do well. Good Luck