How long did you wait to weigh yourself after vsg?

[robga999 129]

Hi all,just got sleeved 0ct 6th and feeling pretty good.doc started me on pureed foods day after surgery.im doing good with Water and Protein Shakes and 1 pureed chicken salad.2oz,more then enough!just wondering howlong everyone waited to weigh themselves after surgery.im so full of gas I don't feel that ive lost anything yet!i know 4 days isn't long enough and im really going to hold out until my doc apt at 10 days post up.but just wondering if anyone lost right away!

[Sleevarilla 169]

Weight fluctuates a *lot* after surgery, so I did not weigh myself until my 2 week appointment with my surgeon.

[bikrchk 1,313]

I waited until my first post op appointment with my surgeon. About a week and 1/2 as it got moved up so I could return to work early. Best thing I could have done for myself... to start out NOT focused on the scale. Since then I've weighed once per week, every week, and no more. Do yourself a favor and focus on your habits. Set measurable goals you can control like exercise x minutes per day, get x Protein per day or 64 oz of Water per day. You'll find that your body is going to do what it's going to do it its own time. When you stall, and you will stall, you want to be focused on something other than the scale. When you get to maintenance, if your main motivation has been watching that number go down you'll have lost your main motivator. Try to focus on something else and you'll enjoy the journey more!

Edited October 10, 2014 by bikrchk

[Bufflehead 6,358]

Not until my 4 week post op appointment. I did have a 2 week post op appointment as well but my team doesn't weigh people at that one as they feel that weight at 2 weeks out is meaningless and apt to make people either unfairly depressed (if they are still retaining Fluid from surgery) or overly optimistic about how easy it is going to be to lose weight, if they happen to drop a lot of weight quickly, right before they are bound to hit the three week stall!

[lmaher718 38]

I waited till first post op appointment.. I was sleeved oct 1.. And saw doctor Tuesday oct 7.. Lost 15lbs.. Not even full week.:

Wow your doctor started right away on puréed food.. I'm dying for that.. So tired of the full liquid..

Yeah I purposely don't have a scale yet.. Will get one at one month post op.. ???????????????????????? Lauren

[motherof5 364]

Hello and welcome to the loser's side. I am 6 weeks out and only weigh myself during my post op visits. Even if you do not see it on the scale, you will notice it in inches.

Later loser!

[AlanaRN 419]

I would hold off. I'm 11 days post op and I'm weighing myself every morning and getting extremely upset and frustrated. My weight is fluctuating a lot. I'm avoiding the scale. I go back to the doctor on Tuesday and I'm sure I will get weighed then. The scale has really put a damper on my spirits so I would avoid making the same mistake.

[lmaher718 38]

That's why I don't have a scale.. My doctor told me if I had one get rid it and if I don't have one not to get one till one month post op

I may wait longer

[robga999 129]

totally holding off on weighing myself.i will be 11 days post op for first dr vsit.then I go back 4 weeks post up.that will be the day before Disney world for a week!then I pack everyone on the plane home and im going down to ft Lauderdale for a week to relax on the beach!!yep all about me now!!!

[robga999 129]

I waited till first post op appointment.. I was sleeved oct 1.. And saw doctor Tuesday oct 7.. Lost 15lbs.. Not even full week.:

Wow your doctor started right away on puréed food.. I'm dying for that.. So tired of the full liquid..

Yeah I purposely don't have a scale yet.. Will get one at one month post op.. Lauren

my dr starts you on pureed foods day after surgery as long as leak test is good.trust me Water and Protein shakes are much more consuming then 2oz of tuna!!!I had to do a 2 week pre op all liquids and I don't even miss food right now!!!