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So I have a bad habit of weighing myself every day... and for some reason at the doctor a week ago I was 255, the next day I was 253 and then I got down to 252. I weighed myself the day after that and I was back up to 255 then I was back down to 253 now I'm back to 255.... is this normal? Is it a stall? Lol

I am 3.5 months post op by the way. Thank you!

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Yeah, I do that when I stall.

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It's very normal. Your weight is going to fluctuate day to day and even throughout a single day. Think of this. We are supposed to be drinking 64 oz. of Water a day. That's 4 POUNDS of water. If retain any portion of that due to high sodium, hormones, bloating, whatever... that can have a pretty big impact on the scale. But it's only temporary. It's not "real" weight in the sense that it's not fat being stored on your body. If you are going to weigh every day, you are going to have to accept these fluctuations that are about water retention and not actual fat loss/gain.

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Maybe you should only weigh once a week. It seems that weighing everyday is not a positive for you. My home scale is always different from the doc's scale.

I usually weigh myself before going into doc's office in whatever I'm going to wear. Then when I weigh at the office I know how much difference there is between the 2. For myself I always go by my home scale because that is the one I use daily.

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Yeah, I do that when I stall.

Awesome! Thank goodness I was worried

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Maybe you should only weigh once a week. It seems that weighing everyday is not a positive for you. My home scale is always different from the doc's scale.

I usually weigh myself before going into doc's office in whatever I'm going to wear. Then when I weigh at the office I know how much difference there is between the 2. For myself I always go by my home scale because that is the one I use daily.

Yeah I need to kick the bad habit lol thanks!

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Yeah, all kinds of little things can affect your weight. When did you last eat? When did you last have a BM? Are you retaining Water? How much have you had to drink?

I also weigh myself every day, because I just can't HELP myself. :C But I try to always weigh myself at the same time of day: first thing in the AM, before eating, before showering, after peeing lol. That helps even SOME of the variables out. And if it goes up a little...well, it happens. Take a look at how little you're eating. Tally up how many calories you're consuming. You'll realize there's basically no way you CAN'T be losing, whether it be pounds or inches!

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I weigh obsessively too. And it seems like it just stays the same for four or five days then BOOM I'm down another 3-5 pounds. Don't weigh yourself too often if it worries you. Or, if you're like me and can't stop... weigh at the same time every day in roughly the same clothes (I weigh in the morning in my underwear)... your weight fluctuates a lot during the day due to food and Fluid intake so weighing in the morning before you've eaten or drank helps give you a more accurate base line. And.... focus on the long-term trends rather than the day to day fluctuations, those are natural :-)

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