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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?

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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

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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.

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

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