I'm NOT a Slave to the Scale

I've decided that I'm only going to weigh myself once a month. I see so many posts on the main message board about people freakin' out about their weight loss (or lack thereof) that I think some of them must weigh themselves more than once a day! My commitment is to NOT become a slave to the scale. I'm having this surgery because I want good health. If I follow my food and exercise plan post-op, I can't help but be successful at this goal. If I only weigh once a month, I'm sure to see fantastic results and I won't get discouraged because there may have been a week or two that I didn't lose. Okay, so I'm sharing this with you just 'cuz I want to. Thanks for listening (or reading in this case). Caboose T-8

I'm with you Rob!!!! I promised myself not to weigh until the 12th of each month...Well, I've broken it one time and thats all hubbys fault! Now I vow to keep my promise. I will not be a slave to my scale! I will only see him once a month!!!!! Kelley

All righty then Kelley. BTW, it's nice to see you back and it sounds like you're recuperting well. It just seems like yesterday that you were saying "x number of days and a wake up" Caboose

Yes it does seem like that. I myself can't believe that I am already 11 days post op. I'm am finally just about feeling back to "normal". Things are going great. The liquid diet sucks but I'll be ok, lol. 8 more days for you. WOOHOO! I'm so excited for you!!!!!! You are going to do great! Talk to you later you soon to be LOSER! Kelley

I agree with your theory, Rob. Although I am curious about the weight I have lost in these first 2 weeks after surgery, I am more concerned with being fully committed to changing my lifestyle to incorporate daily exercise (an unbelievable concept to me a few short weeks ago!), and healthy, moderate eating -- that is whenever I am allowed food again! I want the quality of my life to change and in order to do that, I must lose weight -- a lot of it. But checking my weight loss obsessively will thwart my efforts in the end -- always has, always will. Thanks for your thoughtful post. Best, Maureen

Okay...you shared it with us 'cuz you wanted to. Okay...I read it 'cuz I wanted to. And as I wrote in the previous posts somewhere, I'm doing the same thing...will only weigh once a month, I'm not concentrating on the pounds, I'm concentrating on the health improvement. I'm a bit of an oddity, I think, 'cuz I didn't DO this for a 'svelte look', I did it for a freaky illness I have, in hopes the symptoms will subside (they already have!). Then I found out I was stroke-bait 'cuz my triglycerides and cholesterols were "off the charts" (all those pre-op tests were WELL worth it), and then it became a VERY necessary procedure. So I'll only weigh monthly, but will probably have labs pulled more often than that (I'm a glutton for being drained of blood). So....take THAT! Kimmer Queen of the Niners, Instigator to All Marchers, High Priestess of Giggles

Whoo - the Queen is Feisty Today!!! Runnin' for cover

Or you could do what I did -- buy a fancy electronic scale and lose the directions. I can't get it to work. This has protected me. Heh. Gano

That's even better Gano.

You are so right, O Wise One. But it was such fun weighing every morning as long as the scales dropped every day! In spite of my earlier post, I really can handle the ups and downs and stalls. I always look at sort of a rolling average. In my past, weighing was a sign that I was watching what I ate. Not weighing was a sign that I didn't care and inevitably resulted in a weight gain. So for me, I try to use it just to help me maintain focus. I'm well aware that weight loss is not a straight line function, whether from diet or WLS, and I also know that the number on the scale does not represent my value. The main issue in the past was to not eat my way through gain depressions or to eat my way through loss celebrations! Just my perspective. Joy