My theory is I hated them forever, they have never been good to me, so I do NOT own one. I figure don't make things harder and more frustrating. I'm just 6 weeks post op and I have a follow up today. Have not weighed since the two week follow up. Am I crazy?

I bought my scale 2 months prior to surgery and unless we are out of town, I weigh every single morning. Surgery was four years ago and the scale, although I use to hate/dread stepping on one, now, it's my companion. It keeps me in the know of what is going on, up a pound or two, down a pound or two. I can nip anything in the bud and turn it around. Going six weeks without weighing, I cannot imagine, I know HOW FAST I can put on eight or ten pound, and unlike two or three, that would be overwhelming. I've been maintaining for 3.5 years, I can never become complacent.

You're not crazy, you 're smart! I don't own one, either. I don't have any doctor follow-ups so I weigh myself on the dog scale at work a couple times/month (fulling clothed with shoes on) so I have something to put on my ticker.

Edited June 26, 201412 yr by Kindle

I hate the scale.It never controlled my life when I was fluffy and does not control my life now...It is a good one I own..One of those hospital ones that tell the truth...I did not use it all the time I was losing. Only weighed myself at Dr. appointments by staff.

Never had a stall and never had a gain and was always happy at weigh in. Look we have enough addictive habits already. Why turn in a new one....

I think everyone should take a sledge hammer to them so that they can be happy all the time and not obsess about lbs. verses good health and well being!

i dont own one either. I weigh once a month at the doctors office. I figure if its not there at home I wont get disgusted for not losing from day to day.

Me - but I work in a facility that is responsible for weighing product to the thousandth of a pound if necessary, so I do weigh myself - but infrequently. I also adjust the scale to the +/- 2 lbs mark, to be easy on myself.

You are not crazy! but consider weighing at the same time each month, to at least gauge all is well. There is another aspect to weighing regularly. Really drastic weight fluctuation can also be signs of illness, and out bodies are adjusting to so many things that we may not notice other things that, without the surgery, would have been more noticeable warning signs.

Keep a food log, note your exercise and compare to your weight. That way if it is ever a question of too sudden a gain or loss, you have history for the doctor to reference.

Maybe it's not important to weigh yourself often in the quick losing phase but you will probably want to weigh fairly regularly when you hit maintenance and want to make sure you're not gaining. I'm still losing well but I weigh myself once a week as a precaution.

I weigh weekly at work, not at home. Otherwise I become obsessed with it. I even missed last week and it didn't bother me. The scale owned me for too many years.

-MM