Hey everyone I'm a Newbie, had surgery Nov 22, 2013 I feel better,but think the weight is coming off slow. But I'm patient because I'm losing inches. I try my best to keep off that beast the scale. I feel better and look better, which Is a blessing it self. started at 257, day of surgery 237, now 204. It can b hard some days getting my Water in when it's busy, and I lost track. But I got a handle on that.

My nut told me to put my scale in the trunk of my car!! I had RNY on nov 18.. With 3 stalls I was weighing everyday! Making. Me nutso...lol

Much happier now.. 19" off.. Feeling great and down 51# at the ripe old age of 64 ????

Congrats on your surgery and welcome to the group:)

a good way to track your Water and Protein is a app called my fitness pal...

2nd try not to drive your self crazy with numbers. 52 lbs so far is great, and more weight will come off too....when I started my journey my kids hid the scale and I really was happy they did. I figured I did the surgery, I will follow my program and my pouch will do its job.

I would say weigh in every 2 weeks so you can see a difference instead of everyday....losing inches is great too....

i have been through so many stalls through my journey it does get frustrating but hey its okay...slow and steady it will come off...good luck:)

Congrats on all the success so far. I agree that jumping on the scale too often can drive you nuts. I use to weigh myself every day. Now I only do it once a week, and pretty soon only every two weeks. I would like to train myself to focus on inches and body fat percentage, not the number on the scale. Great job so far and best of luck to you!!

Ok, I'm so glad I read this post. I feel like I'm driving myself crazy with the scale...It's the first thing I do every morning and everyday I step on it in fear that the weight is not going to come off. I had my surgery Dec. 17 and as of today I'm down 34 lbs. How often should I weight myself? Weekly?

Ok, I'm so glad I read this post. I feel like I'm driving myself crazy with the scale...It's the first thing I do every morning and everyday I step on it in fear that the weight is not going to come off. I had my surgery Dec. 17 and as of today I'm down 34 lbs. How often should I weight myself? Weekly?

I made a chart from the day of surgery to one year. I track my weight on this chart every week from the day of surgery so my weigh in day is on Mondays as I had my surgery on a Monday. It keeps me on track and I can track my one year post op journey. I do sometimes weigh during the week but I only record my weight on my designated weigh in day. I'm 9 1/2 months post op and I've lost 105 pounds. The scale can be a friend or foe just try to follow the doctors plan and I would say weigh once a week. Good luck!

Ok, I'm so glad I read this post. I feel like I'm driving myself crazy with the scale...It's the first thing I do every morning and everyday I step on it in fear that the weight is not going to come off. I had my surgery Dec. 17 and as of today I'm down 34 lbs. How often should I weight myself? Weekly?

My surgeon said weekly but I honestly can't stick to it. I like to weigh every morning just to see where I am at. I find it helps me stay on track to know where I am at. I think it is fine as long as you dont obsess about it! I am 8 months out and down 135 total; 98 from surgery. Good luck to you!

I made a chart from the day of surgery to one year. I track my weight on this chart every week from the day of surgery so my weigh in day is on Mondays as I had my surgery on a Monday. It keeps me on track and I can track my one year post op journey. I do sometimes weigh during the week but I only record my weight on my designated weigh in day. I'm 9 1/2 months post op and I've lost 105 pounds. The scale can be a friend or foe just try to follow the doctors plan and I would say weigh once a week. Good luck!

I do the same as you. I weigh weekly on Wednesday because that was my surgery day. I am 7 months out and the value of having those documented in my notebook is I can see patterns. I had scale 'issues' several years ago where I was obsessing and even getting on multiple times in a day. It was way out od hand and the scale was dictating my feelings and lufe. My then fiance took it away and said no more scales. I am now 17 years married to that wonderful man and swore when I started this journey I wouldn't let the scake define me or the progress I make. I weigh faithfully on wednesday. Some weeks it goes dow sometimes ir stays the same but ultimately it is just one measurement I use for my success.

Moral of the story is whatever you decide in terms of how often you weigh yourself, just make sure it is a healthy relationship with the scale. You own it not the other way around.