do you all weigh everything you eat?
on 10/25/14 1:07 pm
I'm 6 months out and still weigh just about everything at home on my food scale. For liquids I use measuring cups and for things like meat and cheese slices (pre-portioned items) I go off the nutritional info on the packaging, but still weigh it to ensure correctness.
Surgery: April 30, 2014: HW: 288 SW: 250 Achieved Goal 149 lbs: April 8, 2015 CW: 158 lbs (working on losing 65 lb regain as of June 1, 2021. Weight was at 215 lbs). Fighting every darn day!
I weighed everything religiously until I was about 7 months out. I haven't used my scale since then. I'm like 11 months out now and I'm just eyeballing everything, but I kinda feel like I'm slacking off. For you, I'd say to weigh everything just to be sure you aren't damaging your sleeve. It only takes two seconds if you have a scale right in the kitchen :)
I will be a year out next week and I STILL weigh and log everything I consume every day. I have a mini scale in my purse that I drag with me to restaurants/friends homes. I refuse to "eyeball" anything. While I am very, very good at eyeballing now, it is extremely important to me to always be precise in what I consume...whether I am at home or out at a restaurant/home of a friend. I also consistently under eat my sleeve.
VSG on 10/30/13 Surgeon: Erik Throop "There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them." ~ Ralph Marston
HW: 447 YIKES!!!! SW: 293 CW: 140 GW:140? 100% on Plan -100% of the time!!!
Losses by Months: (5' 1") WL Pre-Op-154 M1-28, M2-12, M3-18, M4-15, M5-14.5, M6-13.5, M7-10, M8-13, M9-14, M10-10, M11-1 (What the heck??) M12-4as of today's date
I weigh my dense protein on a food scale. But I also make a lot of casseroles and mixed dishes, and then I calculate the protein, carbs and calories per serving and then divide the casserole into that number of servings. Those I don't weigh. Also, I don't weigh my healthy veggies. I just determine the veggie serving size by eye, but healthy, low carb veggies don't have a lot of calories so its not so critical.
I'm 18 months out and I am in maintenance and I'm still weighing my food.
Carol
Surgery May 1, 2013. Starting Weight 385, Surgery Weight 333, Current Weight 160. At GOAL!
Weight loss Pre-op 1-20 2-17 3-15 Post-op 1-20 2-18 3-15 4-14 5-16 6-11 7-12 8-8
9-11 10-7 11-7 12-7 13-8 14-6 15-3 16-7 17-3 18-3
Liquids, its easier to measure in measuring cups. Solids go on the scale.
I still use my scale regularly at home, because I want to keep reminding myself of portion sizes so I don't eat too much when I'm out. Plus, it reminds everyone else in the house that I'm still being accountable.