I had lapband 6/12/12 at 255. I am now 180. I have done great and feel great but I am obsessed with the scale. I have started snacking on crap the past few days. I was sick and had no appetite except for salt and carbs (bad) I have stayed under my calorie goal but I know this is BAD and not the nutrition I need. I started working out 5-6 days a week and my weight loss slowed down. Of course, inches are great to but I really have a number obsession. I cant be alone here, right? I gained 2 lbs while sick and can not get it off. It is depressing me so bad.... its dumb I know. I know I can get past this because I have done great until now-but its really discouraging when you say no to bad foods yet still gain:(

Also, I do not have restriction but I can go 5 hours without being hungry. Should I have another fill to gain some restriction or base it of the timeline between hunger? I dont want to be too tight either.

Having a little pity party:(

Doesnt help that we are trying to conceive and I know the numbers will not continue to go down.

75 lbs is awesome. I wouldn't sweat gaining a few lbs over the Holidays. Just hit it hard come January 2nd and get back on track. You already know what you have to do but don't beat yourself up. Most all of us have a setback here and there. Very few here who lost weight continuously month over month to their goal.

And I'm obsessed with my scale too. I weigh myself twice a day, morning and night. No harm, no foul.

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I'm obsessed with the scale. If I see it in the bathroom I step on it. I can't help it.

I am a number maniac. I am on the scale twice a day. When I am traveling i use a tape measure to just check that I didnt gain 100 lbs In a day...lol.

Before banding I used an excel spreadsheet to guestimate how much weight I would lose by so and so date.... Trust me I was obsessed.

In fact I had tummy tuck and breast lift and augmentation surgery last week and I made the nurse weigh the skin they removed and the implants they put in..... I was up a few pounds after surgery from all the fluids I am guessing and I about had a heart attack.

As for to fill or not to fill... If you are staying satisfied for 5 hrs that's usually a sign you don't Need a fill but no harm in discussing it with your dr since you aren't losing.

I would say that for nearly 20 years the numbers on the scale had the power to affect how i felt about myself each day. Now though, I think i'm so much more than the number on the scale--or the number on anything else for that matter (i'm so much more than my age, my height, my income, my shoe size, or my dress size!) For me personally, I find that obsessing about anything does not feel good to me--especially obsessing about the numbers on the scale. I try not to weigh more than once a week and I remind myself that it takes 3500 calories to gain one true pound of fat. If the scale shows a two pound weight gain from one day to the next, does that mean I ate an extra 7000 calories?! No. Water weighs a lot...those two pounds are more than likely water retention. I think bodies are tricky things to try to control...they sometimes have their own agenda/wisdom. If you're exercising and eating right, then eventually the mathematics of what you're doing right will show up on the scale or on the tape measure. Best of luck.