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kimberb    323

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Hi there, if you haven't seen one of my posts from today. I need to let you know I had my surgery 2/9.

So I've weighed myself every day for a long time. It's a habit or an addiction. You pick. So today when I got up I almost weighed myself. I stopped in time. I do believe I got the shakes and broke out in a sweat. Lol

I've sworn to only weighing once a week. My weigh in day will be Thursday's. That's 4 long days away. I sure hope I can stick with it. Hubby may have to hide it from me. So if some strange lady knocks on your door asking if she can weigh herself on your scale, nicely tell her it's not Thursday yet. Lol

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Lol, it's good to start weighing weekly after a certain amount of time out of surgery. I used to weigh daily and would have driven myself crazy carrying on doing that once I was maintaining. Be strong !!! :P

Kate

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Berry78    4,259

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Some people get rid of their scale, and just use the one at their gym or what have you.

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kimberb    323

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3 more days till weigh in day. I can do this. Lol

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kimberb    323

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Well I found where my hubby hid the scale. Yes I weighed :(
I was 219 day of surgery 2/9. Today I was 213.8. I'm not going to weigh myself again till Thursday.

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Lol!

If it makes you feel better, I read an account of someone that was like 5-10 years out and is maintaining because she weighed everyday. She had a range to stay within, and changed things up if she went over or under the range by a pound.

But, I'm sure that worked for her because she looked at the scale with her head, not heart. (So when seeing a higher #, it is... ok I need to do xyz! rather than see the #, and start seeing herself as a failure).

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If you can weigh daily and understand that there are going to be fluctuations and not let it ruin your day, by all means weigh daily. Sometimes it is better to weigh less frequently in the weight loss phase so you don't see the stalls or freak out about any normal fluctuations.

For me in the maintenence phase, weighing daily is imortant for accountability purposes. Avoiding the scale is what got me to the point of needing WLS.

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My surgery was also on the 9th, and I haven't weighed myself since then since I'm currently staying in a hotel and have no access to a scale! I don't arrive. back to Japan until Saturday, so that helps. I'm hoping to only weigh myself twice a week - on Mondays and Thursdays. I think that will help keep the obsession at bay,

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LOL, I weigh once a week every Tuesday. It has helped me focus when I don't feel like exercising [emoji3]

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kimberb    323

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Weighing daily has been something I've done for years. I wanted to wait at least a week after surgery because of swelling. Didn't make it. Lol weighing daily is what kept me from gaining all of the weight I lost in 2012 back. I like weighing daily because it keeps me in check.
By the way. I didn't listen to the scale as it called my name this morning. Lol that thing sure is persistent.

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I absolutely have to weigh every day, it keeps me honest. I find if I get up in the morning and don't want to weigh, I'm probably guilty of eating something I shouldn't have!!
I am guilty of letting it effect my mood if it's not a good weigh in though :/ but I try really hard to just roll with it, we all know how that goes!

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gjb2017    71

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Lol!

If it makes you feel better, I read an account of someone that was like 5-10 years out and is maintaining because she weighed everyday. She had a range to stay within, and changed things up if she went over or under the range by a pound.

But, I'm sure that worked for her because she looked at the scale with her head, not heart. (So when seeing a higher #, it is... ok I need to do xyz! rather than see the #, and start seeing herself as a failure).

I'm not scheduled fo r vsg till July, but I use the scale religiously every day. I helps me keep focused.

For so long in my life I have avoided taking care of myself, that I am afraid to not look at the scale.

That slippery slope of not looking for one or two days can let me not see when the slippery slope of not eating mindfully has begun.

But this is how I use my tools. It may change later, but it works for me now. [emoji12]



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