I've lost 70 lbs in 2 months. I thought that was great, but now I'm anxious about the scale.

Before having the surgery, I didn't even a scale because I didn't want to know. Now, I've been told I have to monitor it.

I get anxiety now every time I gain 1 or 2 lbs! Is that normal?

Makes me feel like I'm not doing something correctly. [emoji53]

Congratulations on your weight loss!

People fluctuate all day every day.

Weigh yourself less. I weigh myself every Monday (my surgery day) Then you don't see the fluctuations, you only see the loss.

Edited November 11, 20223 yr by kcuster83

Thank you so much. This is my first post. I'm sort of an introvert. I appreciate your advice. I'll definitely weigh myself less. ☺️

Those gains aren't anything to worry about as our bodies always gain and lose weight depending on all kinds of things, and it's almost always water. Some weeks I can go up 6lbs in water weight. Which is why I think it's best to check once a week, and if you have a gain which keeps trending up over a month+, chat with your dietician.

Congratulations on your fantastic loss!! I only weigh once a week.

70 lbs in two months is a PHENOMENAL loss - way more than most people And the others are right - a pound or two here and there is likely just water, not true weight. Just weigh once or twice a week - then you'll just see the downward trends and not the day-to-day fluctuations.

I used to weight myself every day... that was a huge mistake and a huge disappointment, now I only do it every 10-14 days, just to make sure I am staying on track.

Like kcuster83 said, we all fluctuate, especially women, so don't stress yourself out.

70 pounds in 2 months is Awesome.

2 hours ago, SmolGojira said:

Those gains aren't anything to worry about as our bodies always gain and lose weight depending on all kinds of things, and it's almost always Water. Some weeks I can go up 6lbs in water weight. Which is why I think it's best to check once a week, and if you have a gain which keeps trending up over a month+, chat with your dietician.

Ahhh. Water weight. I'd forgotten about even thinking about that. Thank you!

1 hour ago, MountainClover said:

Congratulations on your fantastic loss!! I only weigh once a week.

Thank you so much!

1 hour ago, SuziDavis said:

I used to weight myself every day... that was a huge mistake and a huge disappointment, now I only do it every 10-14 days, just to make sure I am staying on track.

Like kcuster83 said, we all fluctuate, especially women, so don't stress yourself out.

70 pounds in 2 months is Awesome.

Thanks! I'm glad to know I'm not stressing unnecessarily. I don't even want to weigh myself anymore. Lol

Edited November 11, 20223 yr by Icey

3 hours ago, Icey said:

You guys are bloody fantastic.

Edited November 11, 20223 yr by Icey

You’ve done amazingly well so far. Congratulations.

Ok, breathe. Weight loss is never a straight downward line. It goes up & down, plateaus, goes faster at times, slower at others. As long as your general trend is downward you’re golden. We all have a natural fluctuation too from hormonal changes, water retention, constipation/diarrhoea. It’s just how our bodies function.

Don’t let the scales rule your life. You know best how to manage it - weigh every day or less frequently. I weighed every day until I stabilised now I weigh every second or third day but that’s what I need to keep myself honest & on track.

Don’t forget to that what you weigh on your scales will likely be different to your doctors. Different scales, you’re weighed at different times, after eating/not eating, dressed or not, etc. Also scales are not 100% accurate all the time.

A few weeks ago my scales said I weighed 136.2kg & that was after I changed the batteries. It initially read 151kg - about three times my weight. Yes I did have heart palpitations for a second or two. Since it wasn’t the batteries, it may have been the days of extremely high humidity or that it was just time they went to God. I bought a new set … which weigh about a pound heavier than the old ones. ☹️

2 hours ago, Arabesque said:

You’ve done amazingly well so far. Congratulations.

Ok, breathe. Weight loss is never a straight downward line. It goes up & down, plateaus, goes faster at times, slower at others. As long as your general trend is downward you’re golden. We all have a natural fluctuation too from hormonal changes, Water retention, constipation/diarrhoea. It’s just how our bodies function.

Don’t let the scales rule your life. You know best how to manage it - weigh every day or less frequently. I weighed every day until I stabilised now I weigh every second or third day but that’s what I need to keep myself honest & on track.

Don’t forget to that what you weigh on your scales will likely be different to your doctors. Different scales, you’re weighed at different times, after eating/not eating, dressed or not, etc. Also scales are not 100% accurate all the time.

A few weeks ago my scales said I weighed 136.2kg & that was after I changed the batteries. It initially read 151kg - about three times my weight. Yes I did have heart palpitations for a second or two. Since it wasn’t the batteries, it may have been the days of extremely high humidity or that it was just time they went to God. I bought a new set … which weigh about a pound heavier than the old ones. ☹️

? Your post was both hilarious and relatable. I'd glanced at the scale and it said I'd gained almost a stone! I panicked and almost threw the scale. I don't quite have the hang of this "monitoring my weight" thing as of yet, and I don't want to. However, I know it's a necessary evil. This is a fancy, schmancy electronic scale that you cannot put on the carpet (or it'll be inaccurate), and that connects with an app on my phone to tell me my BMI and keeps track of my weight loss/gain.

Evil thing, indeed.

Thank you for everything!