How often do you weigh yourself after surgery?

Maureen H.
on 11/5/14 11:04 pm
VSG on 10/30/14

What is the best interval to weigh yourself after surgery? I don't want to weigh every day because I don't want to be discouraged. How often did you weigh yourself after your surgery? 

        
dccyr
on 11/5/14 11:09 pm

I weigh twice a week, Wednesdays and Sunday mornings.  Any more often would drive me insane.  I agree that I would get discouraged if I weighed every day. 

Gwen M.
on 11/5/14 11:29 pm
VSG on 03/13/14

I use TrendWeight and it's the best thing since sliced bread.  I weigh every day and never feel discouraged.  Since TrendWeight shows me the way my weight is trending, even when I have daily fluctuations or stall for a week, I know that my weight is still trending in the right direction.  For me, weighing daily and using TrendWeight is super encouraging.  I highly recommend it!

I get super obsessed, in a very unhealthy way, with numbers, so I was very worried about the whole scale thing pre-op.  I'm so grateful that I found TrendWeight because it has kept those unhealthy thought patterns from cropping up.  

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

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jastypes
on 11/5/14 11:52 pm - Croydon, PA

I weigh in once a month now.  My weight is pretty steady 7 years out.  I can remember, though, a point in this journey where I knew I was gaining, and I didn't want to get on the scale at all.  When I finally did, I was up 45 pounds.  It took some doing to get that off, but I did, plus more.  Now, I am not afraid to get on the scale, and can catch a gain at 2 pounds instead of some ridiculous amount.

 


Blessings, Jill

WLS 5/31/07.  Maintaining a weight loss of 141 pounds and feeling amazing!

Kate -True Brit
on 11/6/14 12:00 am - UK

Every time I pass a set of scales! But the fluctuations don't worry me so it's OK! I charted once a week and that is all I really took notice of. 

So I suppose the real weighing was once a week. 

Highest 290, Banded - 248   Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.

Happily banded since May 2006.  Regain of 28lbs 2013-14.  ALL GONE!

But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,

   

AngryViking
on 11/6/14 12:09 am
RNY on 07/17/14

Every Thursday morning.

   

  

  

  

Racewalker48
on 11/6/14 12:42 am
RNY on 02/17/14

I weigh myself once to twice a week (Mondays and Thursdays). My weight fluctuates as expected,  and I am okay with that.

        

TheNewT
on 11/6/14 1:29 am
VSG on 08/04/14

I didn't weigh myself until 4 weeks after surgery. Those first 4 weeks I weighed in the surgeon's office during visits. Since returning to work I weigh Monday-Friday, everyday. I plot my weight here on OH every Monday. I can not keep a scale at home because I would weigh myself several times a day and drive myself crazy.

        

GeekMonster, Insolent Hag
on 11/6/14 4:43 am - CA
VSG on 12/19/13

It's a very individual, personal choice.  If weighing yourself everyday is going to make you crazy, don't do it.

I do weigh everyday because I want to know exactly where I'm at.  Some days I'll be up, some I'll be down.  But if you're following your program, the weight will eventually come off.

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thecableguy
on 11/6/14 6:57 am

I am 2 weeks post op and I have decided on once a week so I don't drive myself crazy. I lost 30 pounds from the first day of liver reduction so far and have 100 pounds to go. hoping for a year at 2 pounds a week! everything takes time, good luck!!

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