Gaining

So, I live with my parents, which is tough when you're a gainer. They don't really mention my weight much. They can tell I've gotten a lot bigger recently but seem to keep quiet about it (at least to my face). Problem is, I love the scales. An extra pound makes my day. Haven't weighed myself in a while but I did today and the screen went blank. Turns out, the limit is 20.5 stone (287lbs which I was at last time I weighed in before Christmas!). I need one that can handle more weight, but the scale is fine for them as they weigh far less than me. Any ideas on what to do? Thanks!

Drop something heavy on it... like a barbell. Contrive a reason to take it outside to weigh something and then drop a cinder block on it.

Well what I have dome the last few years is go to the machines that measure your height/weight, blood pressure etc. Like you I'm from Northern Ireland, so there should be some in shopping centres, close to the toilets (thankfully the one I use is in a quieter shopping centre). That prints out a receipt of all your details. I find this helps, as I eclipsed the 20 stone Mark a couple of years ago. These machines are in most chemists too, you probably know about them, but it handier than buying your own scale. Although i saw one in my workplace which goes up to over 28 stone!! (It was a Weight watchers one)

At my local doctors, they offer a machine for free which takes things like weight and blood pressure.

It's obviously meant for before going to see the nurse/doctor but there's no restrictions AFAIK.

The only other thing I can think of is if you plan to go on holiday and you want to use the scales for weighing luggage.

Out of curiosity, which shopping centres have you used? The only ones I can think of would be big ones and be pretty busy!