How Often Do You Weight Yourself?

[Cindi_Augustine 102]

I'm 4 years post-op with the sleeve, and like most post-ops, I'm anxious about re-gain, naturally.

I have a 5lb comfort zone, which accommodates Water weight and occasional indulgent periods. I weigh myself a few times a week. If I hit that top number, I go back to basics and can usually get back to the bottom number. I don't think my body really likes that lowest number much because it sure pushes back up easily and fast. ::sigh:: Some days I get frustrated, even at 4 years out, and I certainly don't want to get so anxious I develop an eating disorder. I have to remind myself that this is just part of being an adult in a culture that has access to excess.

I'd like to try just weighing myself once a week or eventually maybe monthly, so I don't become obsessed with the scale. It's a slippery slope.

How often do you weigh yourself, and did you do it differently at different post-op stages?

[lmart133 68]

I am 10 months post-op and I weigh myself 2x a week and will probably continue to do so. More than that will make me too critical over the numbers on the scale. In my 10 months I have not gained any weight, thank you Jesus. I work out at the gym regularly and at the weight room at work. I've cheated only once and didn't even enjoy the food, which really surprised me. I worked and fought really hard to get approved for my wls so i really wasnt ever thinking about cheating. Anyway I slipped one day but went right back to fighting the next.

[Julie norton 2,850]

I am 10 years post banded and I try to weigh myself every Friday am. If I miss, I often wait until the following Friday.
Like many, my body has a new set point it likes... I can fight it and get down 5-7 lbs with much effort, but it does seem to like to revert back rather quickly .... I am just happy with my 100 lb loss maintained. Not perfect, but NOTHING. Is!
Size 12. Sometimes 10. Seems to be for me and I'm good with that. 272 was not
A good life for me.

[jerz_gurl15 103]

I am 3 months out and down 43lbs i weigh myself once a week, every Sunday it works well for me keeps me less frustrated [emoji849] and i work extra hard during the week so i have no room for disappointment...at first i would weigh myself every morning and my weight was yo-yo'n [emoji52][emoji4]

[bodyslmmn 86]

I'm 2.5 months out and check my weight every morning. I've been stalled for several weeks. I've lost 30 lbs so far. Hoping to start losing again soon.

[MowryRocks 679]

Every dang day. Always have (since pre-op), always will. It doesn't make me manic, it just helps me to understand my natural, hormonal ebb and flow.

[Dairymary 533]

I'm a little over 6 years out and have been maintaining within 5 pounds of my lowest weight since I reached it at 18 months.

I weighed once about every 3-4 weeks in the beginning. After reaching goal I would step on the scale weekly but that got boring.....just the same old numbers. For the last two years I might step on the scale once/month or if I perceive my pants are getting snug or even loose. After all this time I can how much I weigh within a couple pounds just by how my clothes fit.

Guess I never worried too much about what the scale said. I measured my progress with NSVS and account for maintenance by how I feel and what I see in the mirror.

[_Kate_ 2,224]

Now once a week or once a fortnight. I used to weigh myself every day but I just couldn't keep that up long term. It would have driven me bonkers

Kate

[Torriluv87 300]

I weigh once a week now, 4 almost 5 months out. It was all over the place. In the beginning before approval i only weighed at my docs appointments. After surgery still weighed at the docs until i got a scale. Then i started weighing more often. Now its evening out to once or twice a week. I like to weigh on Mondays to see if the weekend had an impact good or bad so i can reflect on what i did and see if i should stop or continue certain activities. And Friday is my main weigh day. Even if i see a loss on Monday i don't record anything until Friday morning. It keeps me sane. That way i know if the number on Monday was the real thing. Sounds stupid but it's helped me keep my head.

[Cindi_Augustine 102]

On 2/20/2017 at 6:26 AM, Dairymary said:

For the last two years I might step on the scale once/month or if I perceive my pants are getting snug or even loose. After all this time I can how much I weigh within a couple pounds just by how my clothes fit.

It's funny how 5lbs makes such a difference in clothes, isn't it. That's the benefit to wearing clothes that fir well, and are not baggy. I definitely know where I am on the range by how jeans and skirts fit. I carry most of my extra weight in my bottom. Maybe I should try trusting that more.

[Dairymary 533]

12 hours ago, Cindi_Augustine said:

It's funny how 5lbs makes such a difference in clothes, isn't it. That's the benefit to wearing clothes that fir well, and are not baggy. I definitely know where I am on the range by how jeans and skirts fit. I carry most of my extra weight in my bottom. Maybe I should try trusting that more.

Yes, 5 pounds was negligible at 200+ pounds. It was annoying when the thin folks would wail about the 5 pounds they gained on vacation. Now I get it. At lower weights, 5 pounds can be the a whole pant size difference depending on where it goes.