How often do you weigh?

[MustangMama 2]

Alright... the age old question... How often do you weigh? I have been weighing everyday and the ups and downs are beginning to bug me but I like to know the days I lose so I can look back through my diet/exercise plan and see what all I did the previous day. I just wondered what everyone else out there is doing and how it seems to be working for you.

[Jodi_620 37]

I weighed daily from day-1 and three years later, though I do skip days, I pretty much still do. This truly being an age-old question here on LapBandTalk.com I know from many discussions that there are differing opinions and I came to a conclusion early on that this is very much a personal choice. If you want to weigh daily and can handle the guaranteed ups and downs, then go for it. You will fluctuate a pound or two from time-to-time, even if you have stuck to your plan 100%. I weigh the same time every day, first thing in the morning after using the bathroom. It helped/helps to keep me on track and be aware of how certain foods, my cycle or lazy days can affect my weight.

[ms.lady 3]

I have only been banded for 6 days, but I have decided to weigh myself every Thursday morning (which was day of surgery). I would not handle weighing my myself everyday well (with gains)...........I get to easily discouraged.

[TracieR 88]

I weigh myself everyday but only record my weight every week! I wake up, use the bathroom, weigh in. On Thursday's I record it on a note in my phone.

[Rachel412 116]

I weigh daily but only record the downs, not the ups. So say yesterday I was down .5 but today I was up 1 pound, I just keep the lowest number I saw in my head as my current weight and any other "gain" I chalk up to Water weight or a heavier meal I told my nutritionist I do this and she was amazed, she said most people can't shrug off the "gains" but it really doesn't bother me.

[Allison0927 329]

I weigh every day - like the others first thing in the morning after using bathroom - naked just before i get into the bath or shower (LOL). I even take out any hair scrunchies because you never know how much they weigh (double LOL!) My philosophy is for years i avoided the scale and that's how i got into this mess. Even though i am momentarily crushed when the scale is up - especially if i've done everything perfectly right the day before - i still say that weighing every day is what i HAVE to do to stay on track. BEST OF LUCK TO US ALL!!!!!!!!!

[Kimmypoo38 5]

I weigh daily but only record the downs, not the ups. So say yesterday I was down .5 but today I was up 1 pound, I just keep the lowest number I saw in my head as my current weight and any other "gain" I chalk up to Water weight or a heavier meal I told my nutritionist I do this and she was amazed, she said most people can't shrug off the "gains" but it really doesn't bother me.

I do the same thing!!! Lol!!!

[asksdf 5]

Every day, if I see two days in a row of constant gains I want to scream

[sandiburn 23]

I have been weighing every day since my surgey 2 weeks ago. But I think I am going to put the scale away for a few days. The ups & downs are not easy to see every day. I havent figured out a schedule yet.

[kkf1979 10]

My surgery was on a Thursday so I weigh in every Thursday, I dont think I can handle the fluctuations of weighing in everyday. On Wednesday evenings I am usually very anxious like a kid in for a test the next day and the anxiety doesnt subside untill i have weighed the next day and seen a loss.

[kaydin81 8]

Me too!! Every day after I get up and go to the bathroom. lol. I, also, record on Thursdays!

[marymcd54 10]

I weigh myself only on Saturday, I was banded July 25.

I want to jump on the scale everyday but just keep telling myself best to wait to Saturday so I do not have a big let down if by chance I am up.

I just started on solid foods this week so little nervous for Saturday.

[SANDRA12 0]

Alright... the age old question... How often do you weigh? I have been weighing everyday and the ups and downs are beginning to bug me but I like to know the days I lose so I can look back through my diet/exercise plan and see what all I did the previous day. I just wondered what everyone else out there is doing and how it seems to be working for you.

[SANDRA12 0]

I also weigh myself everyday as I too like to know if my weight went up or down. It's sort of a mind game I play, If my weight went up I know I probably ate something I should not have or I need to excerise more. If I lost I look back to see what I did that day to lose

[lizzy2150 3]

Rachel: I read this answer from you on a post before I got banded last month and have adopted it as my strategy. It keeps me positive!!

I weigh daily but only record the downs, not the ups. So say yesterday I was down .5 but today I was up 1 pound, I just keep the lowest number I saw in my head as my current weight and any other "gain" I chalk up to Water weight or a heavier meal I told my nutritionist I do this and she was amazed, she said most people can't shrug off the "gains" but it really doesn't bother me.