Weighing with reason daily ...

[SusinMichigan 76]

I'm scheduled for surgery July 1, with all the pre-op stuff on June 17. I know one of the most common things said is to stay off the scale. I weigh every single morning because I can gain 8 or so pounds in one day. I have a Lasix to take for those days and it'll help get the Water weight under control.

I have to know what my weight was so I know what it is when I start to puff up and how much I have gained. How is this going to affect things after surgery? Anyone else go through this? Or will I just not puff up anymore (feet swelling, leg swelling, etc.)?

Anyone? Thanks so much!

[joatsaint 2,814]

It was after I'd lost about 60lbs that I noticed that my feet stopped swelling. The more weight I dropped the less frequent I noticed it happening, along with a reduction in the random pains in my knees and ankles.

I believe that people are most often told to stay off the scale because they get frustrated when the scale isn't continuously going down. Weight loss isn't a going to be a steady downward path. The body is going to figure out at some point that calories have been decreased and start trying to conserve it's food reserves, but eventually weight loss will begin again.

I never had an issue weighing myself several times a day. It was just something to do and I wanted to see how much I weighed before and after eating, before and after peeing and pooping. I know, I'm weird... but I'm not the only one!

Check out my blog post - How often do you weigh yourself?

If start out with the attitude that there are going to be days when the scale isn't going to move and promise you'll be patient till the weight loss starts again, then you shouldn't be afraid to weigh yourself as often as you want.