Alright... the age old question... How often do you weigh? I have been weighing everyday and the ups and downs are beginning to bug me but I like to know the days I lose so I can look back through my diet/exercise plan and see what all I did the previous day. I just wondered what everyone else out there is doing and how it seems to be working for you.

I weighed daily from day-1 and three years later, though I do skip days, I pretty much still do. This truly being an age-old question here on LapBandTalk.com I know from many discussions that there are differing opinions and I came to a conclusion early on that this is very much a personal choice. If you want to weigh daily and can handle the guaranteed ups and downs, then go for it. You will fluctuate a pound or two from time-to-time, even if you have stuck to your plan 100%. I weigh the same time every day, first thing in the morning after using the bathroom. It helped/helps to keep me on track and be aware of how certain foods, my cycle or lazy days can affect my weight.

I have only been banded for 6 days, but I have decided to weigh myself every Thursday morning (which was day of surgery). I would not handle weighing my myself everyday well (with gains)...........I get to easily discouraged.

I weigh myself everyday but only record my weight every week! I wake up, use the bathroom, weigh in. On Thursday's I record it on a note in my phone.

I weigh daily but only record the downs, not the ups. So say yesterday I was down .5 but today I was up 1 pound, I just keep the lowest number I saw in my head as my current weight and any other "gain" I chalk up to water weight or a heavier meal I told my nutritionist I do this and she was amazed, she said most people can't shrug off the "gains" but it really doesn't bother me.

I weigh every day - like the others first thing in the morning after using bathroom - naked just before i get into the bath or shower (LOL). I even take out any hair scrunchies because you never know how much they weigh (double LOL!) My philosophy is for years i avoided the scale and that's how i got into this mess. Even though i am momentarily crushed when the scale is up - especially if i've done everything perfectly right the day before - i still say that weighing every day is what i HAVE to do to stay on track. BEST OF LUCK TO US ALL!!!!!!!!!

I weigh daily but only record the downs, not the ups. So say yesterday I was down .5 but today I was up 1 pound, I just keep the lowest number I saw in my head as my current weight and any other "gain" I chalk up to Water weight or a heavier meal I told my nutritionist I do this and she was amazed, she said most people can't shrug off the "gains" but it really doesn't bother me.

I do the same thing!!! Lol!!!

Every day, if I see two days in a row of constant gains I want to scream

I have been weighing every day since my surgey 2 weeks ago. But I think I am going to put the scale away for a few days. The ups & downs are not easy to see every day. I havent figured out a schedule yet.

My surgery was on a Thursday so I weigh in every Thursday, I dont think I can handle the fluctuations of weighing in everyday. On Wednesday evenings I am usually very anxious like a kid in for a test the next day and the anxiety doesnt subside untill i have weighed the next day and seen a loss.

Me too!! Every day after I get up and go to the bathroom. lol. I, also, record on Thursdays!

I weigh myself only on Saturday, I was banded July 25.

I want to jump on the scale everyday but just keep telling myself best to wait to Saturday so I do not have a big let down if by chance I am up.

I just started on solid foods this week so little nervous for Saturday.

Alright... the age old question... How often do you weigh? I have been weighing everyday and the ups and downs are beginning to bug me but I like to know the days I lose so I can look back through my diet/exercise plan and see what all I did the previous day. I just wondered what everyone else out there is doing and how it seems to be working for you.

I also weigh myself everyday as I too like to know if my weight went up or down. It's sort of a mind game I play, If my weight went up I know I probably ate something I should not have or I need to excerise more. If I lost I look back to see what I did that day to lose

Rachel: I read this answer from you on a post before I got banded last month and have adopted it as my strategy. It keeps me positive!!

I weigh daily but only record the downs, not the ups. So say yesterday I was down .5 but today I was up 1 pound, I just keep the lowest number I saw in my head as my current weight and any other "gain" I chalk up to Water weight or a heavier meal I told my nutritionist I do this and she was amazed, she said most people can't shrug off the "gains" but it really doesn't bother me.

Wow we started off at the same weight...how did you do it? I am struggling with myself. I was banded july 20 and ive only lost 8 pounds..i feel like im doing everything wrong. Im only filled 4cc and feel not much restriction.

I weighed daily from day-1 and three years later, though I do skip days, I pretty much still do. This truly being an age-old question here on LapBandTalk.com I know from many discussions that there are differing opinions and I came to a conclusion early on that this is very much a personal choice. If you want to weigh daily and can handle the guaranteed ups and downs, then go for it. You will fluctuate a pound or two from time-to-time, even if you have stuck to your plan 100%. I weigh the same time every day, first thing in the morning after using the bathroom. It helped/helps to keep me on track and be aware of how certain foods, my cycle or lazy days can affect my weight.