Okay - I lost, but I'm not getting attached....

I'm not claiming it "forever" because I have such a foul taste in my mouth that I will gain it back tomorrow. However, that being said, I have lost down to 306.5. I was 308 yesterday but had been 307.5 just prior to that. Anyway, I guess maybe getting worked up over my weightloss did something for me.......FOR NOW. Dina

Dina...STOP THE WEIGHING!! You are driving yourself NUTS!!! Stop Stop Stop lol...if you have to throw the scale out!! Bethany AKA Da Offishal Riddler and Bertha 33 Days into NewPouch and feeling great! -35 lbs!!!! Yayyyy A riddle a day will keep the Marchers pounds AWAY!

I can't do it! I just can't do it!!! ::sob:: Guess y'all will have to have an intervention!

I agree with Bethany. You are weighing yourself too much. You will only drive yourself . I started doing the same thing the first week home from the hospital. Then I made a deal with myself - I will only weigh myself 2x a week. So Tuesday (surgery anniversary) and Friday's are it for me. I have snuck in an extra weigh in here and there, typically after a BM - for some reason it makes me feel lighter and I just need to see if it's true - well, it isn't! mgm lap RNY 3/16/04 330/311/289/130

I am 13 days post op and haven't weighed yet. My doc asked me to wait until my check up (april 7) to weigh at his office. My mother swears I have lost atleast 20 lbs... we will see Wednesday! I have been tempted to jump on my scales, but when I promise something I stick to it. I agree with everyone else, stop torturing yourself and weigh at only scheduled times, like once a week You deserve happiness and a positive experience! jody

If you can't stop the weighing, stop the obsessing over it. Realize that day to day fluctuation is normal, but the direction you are going is PERMANENT. So, if you MUST weigh, take the lowest number you see and realize that if you see it once, you will see it again, just maybe not the next day. Report that until you see a new low. The important thing is the direction the line is moving, even if it is jagged. You are NOT going to regain this time, even though you have in the past. And, you are not going to stop losing for a long period of time, but there will be weeks that seem like you have. This is a new life. You are not the same ol Dina. You are a skinny person now, who inherited a chubby body. But you will naturally lose down to your REAL self. Whether you weigh or not, you must believe that this is working. (No, you are not the only person in the universe who it does not work for!!!! It is working!) And you are losing much faster than the years it took us to gain all of this! Hang in there sis. The fun is just starting! Joy

Oh you guys - I know you all speak wisdom and I know it in my head. These things I know and have been telling myself for over several months now. I really can't stop weighing, and normally it doesn't freak me out, but after such a long stall it does tend to wear you down. Mentally I know I will continue to lose. I know that the stall is temporary. I know I won't be the one person this surgery doesn't work for. I know I know I know. But my heart at some point just couldn't cope with the constant stall. I think I was okay up to the 7 day mark thinking things would change for me and when that didn't happen I started getting neurotic. It is true for me though - the scale keeps me true. If I gain a pound I look at what I ate and re-evaluate to see if it was jus****er retention or if I blew it on something I didn't realize I was splurging so much on. That's why I can't not weigh. I need to have it - it's my crutch. Maybe that will change with time, but my old MO was that I would weigh every day and I would be fine. If I missed a day or two that means my mind was wandering away from the straight and narrow and I wasn't wanting to know about the damage. When I finally would weigh, there would be the inevitible gain. I guess old habits die hard.... Dina