Weighing

[lalajade 20]

I had my surgery on 2/29. I will not be weighing in until returning to my doctor. I have a nice scale at home but have not replaced the batteries because I'm afraid I will become an "obsessive weigher" if that makes any sense. So I guess my question for everybody is how often do u weigh and are u obsessive over the scale?

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

This is a great strategy. When I was newly sleeved I only weighed at doctors appointments. Now that I am further out I try not to weigh more than once a week.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

I weigh daily (in the morning after peeing, stark naked, just once) and don't think I'm obsessive.

But I'm a data-freak and love having all that data to look at.

I will say that the most important weight stat to me (when I was losing weight) was my monthly weight loss.

However, you don't have to weigh daily -- or weekly or monthly. You could just weigh at your doctor's office when you see him/her. It's totally up to you.

BTW, I love the idea of taking out the batteries. Simple solution for those who are bothered by weight fluctuations.

[sbg224 318]

I weigh daily and always have, 7 months out. It really has helped me keep a check on what I am eating. If there is no weight loss I try to up the Protein, even though I try for 100gms a day, and up the exercise. I thankfully either stay the same, up maybe 2 ounces or lose, so I do not think I am obsessive either. Once in AM before anything in mouth.

[Wendyfm 494]

I also weigh in every day, it helps keep me honest.

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[kickinit 13]

I weigh in every am!! Keeps me motivated.

[dhrguru 1,238]

I had my surgery on 2/29. I will not be weighing in until returning to my doctor. I have a nice scale at home but have not replaced the batteries because I'm afraid I will become an "obsessive weigher" if that makes any sense. So I guess my question for everybody is how often do u weigh and are u obsessive over the scale?

Early on I did like you, stayed off the scale totally until my post op appointment. After it, I weighed weekly for a few months. I started daily weighing when I joined a weight loss study. I'm glad I weigh daily now, but I couldn't have appreciated the fluctuations just after surgery- it would have driven me crazy!

[Kindle 8,667]

I don't own a scale. I weighed at the doctors office only for the first 3 months. After that I Stepped on the scale at work 2-3 times/month just to have something I could put on my ticker.

I've found using a scale much more helpful in maintenance than while I was losing. If you stick to your plan, you WILL lose weight, with or without a scale. But once at goal, weighing after a holiday binge or carby weekend has helped me keep things in check and nip any small regains in the bud.

To weigh or not to weigh I think depends on your attitude towards the numbers. Some people have a disfunctional relationship with their scale. They fret over the numbers and make themselves miserable because they aren't "losing fast enough". (They need to stay off the scale). And others have a healthy relationship with their scale. They like to see the numbers but accept the fact there will be stalls and even gains along the way and they don't let the numbers upset them. In my case, I just didn't care. I had no relationship with my scale (kinda how I am with relationships in general). The fit of my clothes and NSVs were enough to tell me I was losing.