I'm 4 days post op and haven't gotten on the scale yet. I'm kind of scared. They weighed me in the hospital the day after surgery and I was up 4 lbs - which I know is common after the surgery. I think I'm going to wait until 1 week post op and maybe weigh myself only every week....i don't want to get too caught up in the numbers but i'm anxious to see them come down.

what do you do or what is your plan?

I think the way you're going about it is perfect, especially right now when you need to worry more about getting your liquids and protein in instead of the numbers on the scale. I used to weigh once a day, but I am one of those that freaks out when I go up and down as you tend to do daily. I also stall a lot, so I made a decision early on to weigh once a week, every Monday right after my morning tinkle. That way I'm not seeing the everyday fluctuation that happens without going into a tizzy But that's just me

When I was in the losing phase I weighed twice a week. Now that I am trying to learn to maintain I weigh everyday. I feel if I do that I can keep a better handle on it. Good luck!

I'm big on the idea of weighing everyday. I wake up, go the bathroom, get naked, and get on the scale, and I have for every single day since surgery (and most of my adult life). This way I know immediately if I am gaining and I can make changes right away, whereas if I only weighed once a week, it would be far more upsetting to see I gained 4 pounds instead of only gaining two one day and then making changes the next day to bring me back to where I was. I weighed myself after my plastics surgery, when I was like 10 pounds heavier from all of the fluids, and even on really bad days where I am dreading the scale, I hop on it, and write the number down. This way I can see trends quickly and fix my issues.

As an example, yesterday I decided it was a good idea to eat too much Brie. Pretty much everything that tastes good makes me sick so the fact that cheese dipped fruit was something my stomach tolerated led to me being a bit of a pig. I woke up 1.2 pounds heavier, and today I tossed out the leftover Brie and got back to business. Tomorrow I will likely be where I was before the Brie binge. Had I not weighed myself, I would have found an excuse to eat it all weekend, and maybe part of next week and I can only imagine how much I would have gained and then had to work to lose if I didn't have the daily reality check of the cold, mean, scale.

Good luck to you!

I have weighed every day since surgery. I think it keeps me on track, and I don't flip out about a little fluctuation. I track it daily, compare week to week, and use a monthly average to make sure I'm on track in maintenance.

I never even bought a scale. I weighed maybe 7 times the first 4 months postop, mostly at my doctors office. Since then I've weighed about once/week on the dog/cat scale at work so I have something to post on the challenges on here....fully clothed with shoes or boots and after breakfast.

I weigh every single morning and many times at night, just for the heck of it. I LOVE seeing my weight on the scale. When I start maintenance I will continue to weigh daily. No way I'm going to wake up 20 pounds heavier one day!

I too weigh daily, but am maintaining so I like to make sure I keep an eye on my normal fluctuation.

Someone taught me to weigh every day, then at the end of the week average the weights to get closest to your real weight. That way I don't panic over little fluctuations.

I also weigh daily and write it down to track it. This is something I started after my first check in with my surgeon at 2 1/2 weeks post op because he asked me to. I usually only used to weigh in once a week in the past.

At my last docs appt I asked if I should continue with the daily weigh ins and the doc said sure as long as I didn't let it rule me. I like knowing where I am everyday and so far (I will be 4 months post op tomorrow) I have not had a gain yet. KNOCK ON WOOD!!!

I also take my measurements and pictures every month.