I'm 4 days out, and kinda wanna weigh in but on the other hand, I'm still so bloated that it will be higher than I want! What did you do???

I weighed my self as soon as I got home. I was 12 pounds more than surgery day the day before. I was stunned. It took me 5 days to get back to the weight I was on 5he day of surgery. I know now it was all the fluids they gave me the day before. But no one I warned me!

I waited about a week and was still the same as surgery day. Still full of fluid. I'm about 6 weeks out now and have lost 22 pounds since surgery day. Give yourself some time before jumping on the scale

Warning! Do not get on the scale. Lol. I got on the scale and gained 8 pounds I was depressed the whole day! Really though it is the IV fluids and whatever else it could be, but no one warned me either, I think they should have.

Thx all!!! I figured! I feel bloated as hell!! Esp when they said to bring loose fitting clothes to the hospital to go home with and I put them on and they were soooooo tight!!!

I weighed 7 days postop and was still 5 pounds up from surgery day. I think I weighed again at 17 days but don't even remember what that number was. I've always been a big advocate of NOT weighing everyday. I just read too many posts on here about people all freaked out and depressed over the stupid numbers on the scale. Just follow the plan and you will lose. And you will be a lot happier without the obsessive weighing.

Congrats on your surgery and good luck!

I weighed on Day 4.

Here's my suggestion...do not relinquish power to the scale during this journey. The scale is not your friend, especially early on. So many WLS patients get hung up on the number on the scale - I did and, if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't weigh every day. You will have daily fluctuations in your weight - you can lose or gain 3-5 pounds in Water weight alone. Stalls - they will happen - will seem like an eternity.

I went so far as to have my husband hide the scale from me and he brought it out once per week.

If you're following your doctor's and NUT's plan, you will lose weight. So many of us love the days when we lose 1-2 pounds overnight (you didn't lose 1-2 pounds of fat), then we go into a depression when that 1-2 pounds come back (you didn't gain 1-2 pounds of fat).

For me, this journey has become so much more than the number on he scale. I have gained self confidence, a renewed relationship with my husband and son, and hours of my life back every day I don't have to take a nap to get thru the day. I am now an active participant in my own life. I can wear my original wedding ring again. I no longer have health issues associated with my weight. All of those things have nothing to do with the number on the scale. They are rewards for the hard work I've done - the hours at the gym, the focus on my diet and sacrifices I have made.

I can only control what I put in my mouth and how I move my body - if my body decides to release the weight and the scale reflects that, great. The scale no longer defines me, no longer has power over me and does not value me as a person!

Edited September 7, 201412 yr by McButterpants

I waited 4 weeks after surgery.

Soon as I got home was 10 pounds down

I waited until my first post op appointment, about 10 days, I think. Then once per week and no more every week at home after that which I continue in maintenance.

I always weighed every day even pre op. I record once a week. Depends on what you can handle. I liked seeing how it would fluctuate and I learned to manage my eating/ exercise better.

That said I recorded my weight every week on Fridays because I had my surgery on a Friday.