When should I weigh?

[ASBgirl 53]

I know that right after surgery I will weigh more because of the fluids. How long before that goes away? How long should I wait after my surgery to get on the scale?

[Foxbins 625]

I got on the scale five days afer surgery but I was prepared to see a gain from the IV fluids (I didn't.). I think it depends on your temperament--if you are likely to freak out over a gain, then wait longer. Personally, ignoring the scale is partly what got me to the obese state I was in before surgery. Now I weigh myself every morning and chart my weight on Thursdays.

[Heatherr 149]

Yeah, agree, whatever you're comfortable with. Me, personally, I'd be weighing right away and then having a mental cheer session every time I went pee for the next 3 days, but I'm a dork that way.

[iegal 460]

I agree with other posters...how often you weigh in is a personal choice. I only weighed in once a week since I flucuated in weight week by week due to female hormones. I did not want to sabatoge myself, so I thought of it as like a WW weigh in. I was motivated by big losses and more motivated by smaller losses.

Love my sleeve - congrats on your surgery!

[Rootman 1,101]

I weighed myself one the third day after surgery and pretty much daily from that time forward till just a few weeks ago when I broke past 250 pounds. At this point I weigh weekly on Sunday mornings. You probably shouldn't do this as you can get very discouraged during stalls and weight gains. I know I did. Now I just have a real sense of accomplishment and feel and look really good and consider myself in the home stretch and am not as concerned.

[sleeve 4 me 910]

I would wait 1 week, if you can ...good things come to those who wait.

[EJStorm 13]

I had my husband remove the scale from the bathroom and I will weigh one month out from surgery. I may keep that up for a few months. I don't want to have to deal with fluctuations.

[ATLGirl 134]

I waited a week. And I now weeigh myself on Weds and Saturday mid mornings only.