Hi All,

I was just wondering when and how often you guys hit the scales. I start my 2 week pre-op diet tomorrow and I have lost about 16lbs. in my efforts to prepare for the changes that are on the way. I will also track my actual loss on the pre-op but I don't want to be scale crazy. My DH says I already am.

I weigh once a week - Friday morning before hot tea or anything else. I used to weigh more often, but it really was driving me crazy. Good luck!! Becky

I weigh once a week, for me that is on Tuesday. That's the day I had my surgery. There are too many variables to weigh every day and then there's the going crazy part too. To give myself a jump start, I have only liquids every Monday..... juice, protein shake, soup, etc. That cleans me up a bit for weigh day. I'm not necessarily advocating this, it's just my thing.

Barbara

I weigh in once a week on Sunday mornings, after I go to the lil girls room.

I got scale crazy. I was stepping on every single day.

I've had to put myself on rations. I am forcing myself to step on only once every other week. Maybe it's because I'm at a slow point right now, but I was starting to beat myself up about my lack of progress losing weight almost as badly as I used to about putting it on.

I was starting to feel like I should start a "Scale Addicts Anonymous" group.

once a week. It goes down each time, now that I have restriction. Weighing daily is just frustrating...as long as that one morning each week is lower than the week before, i find I'm happy.

I'm a daily weigher (and always have been, I just used ot watch it go up, lol). I dont let my weight go up by more than a pound or two before I take action (apart from right before period time when I may gain 2 or 3, I am really not prone to Water retention so I know a gain is usually going to stay unless I do something about it and my fluctuations are usually very small). I can see after a big night out, oops, better get back on the wagon TODAY. If I weighed once a week and didnt know I was up a pound or two, then I can guarantee, I wouldnt get working on it.

If I'm up a bit, I know to be careful. If I'm down a bit it motivates me to keep up the good work (hey, you can always afford to be a pound or two lighter right?). If I stay the same then I know I'm on the right track. It doesnt affect me in a negative way at all.

Other people are driven nuts by the up down nature of female weight. Whatever suits, I say.

Once a day, morning only.

Really, who has time to weigh more than that???

When I was first banded I weighed constantly, multiple times a day. I knew that was not good for me, so I started weighing once a week. I found that was to infrequent for me! So I now weigh once a day first thing in the morning. I only record my weight "officially" once a week though! Weighing once a day helps me adjust my eating habits to promote loss.

lol I got my surgery on 2/16 and i weigh myself every day. Lost ten pounds. :hurray:

I have my husband hide the scale and bring it out on Sunday morning. I know I am scale crazy! And even though I know how natural it is for your weight to fluctuate in a given day, my head still plays games with me. I want to avoid "failure" thinking.

I have my husband hide the scale and bring it out on Sunday morning. I know I am scale crazy! And even though I know how natural it is for your weight to fluctuate in a given day, my head still plays games with me. I want to avoid "failure" thinking.

Thats a good idea! I am scale crazy!! I weigh every day and get so bummed if it doesn't move. So I think I'll have my hubby hide it too, lol

I weigh once a day in the morning right after I "lose":wink2: a little more in the restroom.

LOL That's so funny. I do the same!!

I would say that I fall under the category of "scale obessed"! So, for that reason, I weigh once a week only. My trash can in the bathroom sits right next to my scale, so to keep it off my mind, I set the trash can on top of the scale and therefore it is out of site and out of mind! If it gets bad, I will put it in the linen closet until weigh in day. I always weigh in the buff and after going to the ladies room!