I've been working my band (following all of the lapband rules), exercising like I used to, and drinking my water all of this week. One of my first thoughts when I woke up today was, "I wonder how much weight I've lost?!"--some of my clothes are already feeling a little less snug. Then, that thought was followed by "What if it was very little? Then what?" I know myself enough to know that that would be discouraging. Then, I thought, "What if it was a lot?". "So what difference does it make? A lot? A little? Are you going to do something different?". I'm thinking, now, that if I'm using the band like it was designed, then what difference does it make how much/little the scale moved? Maybe checking in with the scale is still holding on to the "I'm on a diet" mentality? Just thinking...

So, yesterday, I thought, "Oh just get on the scale. It won't hurt and you'll get an idea of how you're doing." stepped on the scale and nothing happened--my husband had taken out the battery to use in something else! Message received and heard! Haha! .

I'm weighing myself weekly and love seeing the results! Daily was too discouraging because of how I fluctuate. Now I look forward to Tuesdays!

Depends. Right now I weigh myself every morning. From times past, I know that as this new life style becomes less novel I will switch to twice a week. During longer plateaus I will give the scale to my wife and tell her to only give it to me once a week. When I plateau, the number never changing starts to frustrate me, and then I start to wonder why I am doing this when I am showing no results. so it is banished.

So, the answer is "It depends", the scale is a tool, when it stops being a useful tool I don't use it for a while.

I weigh in every morning first thing, feed the cats & get weighed.lol

I don't let the numbers bother me one way or the other.

I'm like the rest of the daily weighers, every time I didn't weigh, I had gained a lot of weight. I guess it is a head game and maybe I'll get over it or maybe not.