I had to share this because it was funny to me.

I weighed myself last Sunday and I was 229, down 21lbs since surgery 11/5/03.

Yesterday, after having a bought with stomach flu and diarrhea for two days I weighed myself. To my absolute dismay I was at 240! Oh how heartbroken was I...thinking have I drank my Water...gosh I haven't been eating alot...maybe that handful of tortilla chips...EESH! I chocked it up to water weight and immediately ran to grab my Nalgene bottle and start sipping.

Later in the day I was cleaning my bathroom and noticed my very posh glass see through scale was quite dusty. I picked it up to clean and when I looked at the dial it was on 10lbs.

I was so happy to see that my scale was off by 10lbs to the positive and quickly readjusted the dial and stepped on it....back to 229!

Moral of this story is...if you don't have a digital make sure the scale is taired to zero before you flip out you've gained!

What a total relief that had to be. I've heard of water retention but that's scary!

Even my digital scale varies, so i weigh myself a few times and go with the average. Maybe i am wearing the poor thing out, since i weigh myself everytime i use the bathroom!