The first couple of weeks after surgery, I was obsessive about getting on the scale. Why not, it was GREAT to see the numbers go down EVERY DAY! Then around my 16th day, the scale went UP! I got so obsessive about the weighing - I did it about 4 times a day. My Dad told me that he was going to take the scale away - because I was making myself crazy. I was concentrating on weight loss and not on the healing process. Then the hunger came, and I started to eat - sensibly, and of course my restriction is not what it was the first 15 days either. So now, I have not weighed myself in nearly two weeks. I'm afraid to - b/c I don't want to see any weight gain.

Is this a smart thing to do at this point? I don't feel like I've lost, though the clothes are fitting much better.

Should I get the scale back and weigh in once a week, or wait until after my first fill - Around March 15? Because it's not until after I start getting fills that I can have restriction, eat less - and of course expect some weight loss.

Opinions??

I can stretch that measuring tape. If I stretch it far enough, I will have a 25 inch waist again before it snaps. :girl_hug:

I have to stay off the scale. One day after I stepped on it and saw that plateau mark, I went off the deep end and have not gotten back on track since.

Unless you have the scale with low batteries that says you have lost 20 lbs overnight, you don't need to weigh. DOWN WITH GRAVITY!!! If I were on another planet I would see what I wanted to on the scale I am sure. (***wonder if anyone thinks I am from another planet for making the statement***)

Unfortunately, I have too many head issues to deal with a number on a scale. The number I see will depress me or make me happy, but either way I console myself with food or Celebrate with an ice cream cone. DOH!!