The scale is not going to move every minute of every day

[cheryl2586 3,053]

I see a lot of post here about being discouraged, the scale wont move, I want to give up. Weight loss with or without surgery is a process. Some will lose fast others will lose slowly. If you have an ugly attitude towards your scale, you are setting yourself up for failure. Lap band patients can expect to lose 1 to 2 lbs a week. If you lose more then that is a plus. You did not get to 300lbs over night but over years. It is work. Having a positive attitude in this process is everything. If you are constantly disappointed because the scale goes up or stays the same, then you will be the one who will give up and say to hell with it. Stop weighing yourself every day, get rid of your scale and get weighed on your post op visits. You will be surprised. Some of you that are starting out you will find that after a time your weight will stall. It may stall for a few weeks or a few months and these times you have to keep doing what you are doing. Everyone is not going to lose 100lbs in their first year. Some do but most don't. It took me three years to lose 120lbs. Stop cheating yourself by being upset about the scale. Get rid of it, have your husband hide it but in any case stop weighing yourself constantly. The scale is the root of all evil for us. I can weigh myself twice a day but not get upset about it. I know when I am retaining Water. There are things that keep you from losing weight. Not sleeping, not moving your bowels daily, Water retention, stress are just to name a few and if you are stressing over the scale then guess what? You are making your self at risk for slower weight loss. Do the right thing and in time you will get to where you want to be.

[Debbie3sons 1,936]

THANK YOU Cheryl as my weight didn't seem to move for a month but I had to buy smaller pants and a new smaller shirt for work and they fit wich I didn't even know I was a smaller size till the clerk went and got a smaller size for me , so the weight is going down and my doc made a comment the last tie I went in he said pretty soon you will be at your goal it just takes tie and not to push it and that I was doing good so I will keep on track.

[steph2012 252]

Good post Cheryl! Everything said is true ... from my experience too!

[lisacaron 5,075]

I agree. I have found the same to be true for me. There are times when I have not fallen off the bandwagon, but know that there are things in my routine I could tweak and be more consistent in. When I take the time to do that the weight moves again.

This is not a sprint for me but a marathon I am going to be running for the rest of my life. No need to exhaust myself now, when I plan to have years and years and even more years to live a banded life. I'll reach my goal, and I will not give in or give up! WE have all come too far for that!

[readysetg070113 1,476]

Great post. That's what I tell myself I am doing it and if I hit a plateau like in currently in I just keep doing what I'm doing and it will work out. I have not loss weight but hearing more compliments on how great I look and his much have I lost in the past month and I chuckle cause I gauged 2 lbs but I'll take it. I'm changing my lifestyle day by day and I am human and will have slip ups and stumbles but the band won't let me have dusters of my doing. Looking forward to my fill which will force a liquid diet for a while to rid my snacking lol

[HealthyNewMe 1,935]

Just remember...... If your husband "hides" the scale, you may never find it!!!!!! I'm living proof of that.

BTW, I only weigh at the Doc's..... about every five to six weeks. I was one of the above mentioned people who let the scale dictate my feeling and mood for the day..... Thank God, I'm free of that addiction!