So aggrivated!!!

I know I shouldn't weigh myself everyday, but man I just can't help myself. I had surgery July 9th and all went well and so far have lost 40 to 44 lbs. Which i know is ok but i keep hitting plateaus. This morning I was excited b/c i was down the 44lbs (after walking 2 miles) and now I am back up to just 40 lost. I have eaten my protein today and very very few carbs lots of water just to gain 4 lbs. Somebody please tell me this is happening to them also. I feel like this thing just might not work for me. I am soo aggrivated. HELP!!! Am i doing something wrong? Amy

Ok, sounds like you have a problem that I had,everytime I went on a diet way before WLS was completed.. You my friend are called what is known as a scale watcher.. I was the same way. A friend told me how to get ahold of myself and get over being this way. I took a normal piece of white paper, made a chart on it.. marked Mondays on the top of the page,adding monday dates for a month,marking lines for measurements for arms,bust,hips,thieghs,ankles,calfs. then weight. And every Monday morning I would go into the bedroom,and right after my shower while still naked,I would preform the Monday task of measuring myself and writing it on the chart and weighing myself.. What this did was encourage me in showing me what inches I had lost and how much weight loss in 1 week.. Now there were times I had not lost a pound,not even an ounce, sometimes I had gained a couple pounds however I had loss in inches!! And to occupy myself in the eating and fluid intake I took a notebook and wrote down everything I put into my body, no matter if it was water,juice,or food.. This way I could keep a record of what worked best for me.. Give this a try,I hope this works for you my friend. I turned the scales into my friend this way.. Audrey

hon, you need to quit weighing yourself. You can go mad by doing that. I only weigh myself on Sat. mornings, that way any plateau or weight gain doesn't send me running for the doctors ofice. I had my surgery on 7/7/03 and i have only lost 53 lbs, but i also weighed 315 pre-op. If you can't stay off the scale for a week at a time,..... get rid of it!!!!!!! The best way to measure wieght is by your clothes anyhow, because if your working out your gaining muscle and it weighs more than fat. So chill baby, don't worry about the weight, it's going to come off.