UP 7 pounds .......
I got some good and wise advice from this place when I was so obsessed with the weight. I was working on getting to onederland by a certain time and I just became obsessed with the scale. They told me to stop and step away from the scale. I figured out that it was going to happen when it happened and I accepted that. It happened and it didn't take as long. I would make sure I called the doctor and told them about the problem you are having and they will, I am sure, have some advice for you on what to do. But in the meantime............STOP! Turn around and step away from the scale!!! My reading that the weight went down in 5......yes! only 5.......hours is my clue that we are weighing much to much!!!!
Oh yessss Brenda I have been obsessed with that darn scale for sure since mid December! I had 4 pounds to lose to hit a Christmas Day goal. Well, I lost 2 pounds by Christmas Day. So I moved the goal to lose those 2 pounds by New Years Day. It didn't happen. So I decided to go on the stric****er regimen and get those 2 pounds off by 1/13/09. LOL ... instead I shoot up 7 pounds! The only thing I am doing differently is drinking jus****er (64 oz) daily and taking that absorption pill that the DR RXd. That is why I think it is the new med.
I do agree that it is sometimes best to relax and stay away from the scale. I have done that many times in the past. I have a tendancy to plateau for weeks at a time. Just disappointed this time since I only had 7 pounds to go to hit my goal.
Now I have 10 pounds to lose. lol
I weighed myself twice today just to verify that the weight I saw at 3:22 am was really right. I usually only weigh myself once a day.
I do agree that it is sometimes best to relax and stay away from the scale. I have done that many times in the past. I have a tendancy to plateau for weeks at a time. Just disappointed this time since I only had 7 pounds to go to hit my goal.

I weighed myself twice today just to verify that the weight I saw at 3:22 am was really right. I usually only weigh myself once a day.
Hi,
Just want to put my 2 cents in. . .
Have your tall son hide the scale. . .
I am giving you advice that I had to take myself, as at a certain point I became obssessed with weighing myself and drove myself and probably some others crazy and I was never a scale obssessed person before; so I had my roommate hide the scale in her part of the house and since I did go to the gym regularly, once a week I would get on the scale at the gym, always the same day and in the am. It helped me break the addiction to weighing myself, besides the scale does not tell the whole story. Measurements tell a much better overall story and I took my measurements on my monthly anniversary. One last thing, at your stage I would say there is no need to do a 5-day pouch test, unless you have been doing too much carbs. The pouch test is to get us back on the right track, sort of detoxifying us of any of the things we might have been having that are not in our best interest, it's not about losing weight. The weight loss slows down for some at your point, switching up foods to trick your body and changing up your exercise routine will help the weight loss kick in again, but the biggest weight loss usually is the first 6 to 9 months, at least this is what my NUT told me.
Best wishes, Laureen
Just want to put my 2 cents in. . .
Have your tall son hide the scale. . .
I am giving you advice that I had to take myself, as at a certain point I became obssessed with weighing myself and drove myself and probably some others crazy and I was never a scale obssessed person before; so I had my roommate hide the scale in her part of the house and since I did go to the gym regularly, once a week I would get on the scale at the gym, always the same day and in the am. It helped me break the addiction to weighing myself, besides the scale does not tell the whole story. Measurements tell a much better overall story and I took my measurements on my monthly anniversary. One last thing, at your stage I would say there is no need to do a 5-day pouch test, unless you have been doing too much carbs. The pouch test is to get us back on the right track, sort of detoxifying us of any of the things we might have been having that are not in our best interest, it's not about losing weight. The weight loss slows down for some at your point, switching up foods to trick your body and changing up your exercise routine will help the weight loss kick in again, but the biggest weight loss usually is the first 6 to 9 months, at least this is what my NUT told me.
Best wishes, Laureen

My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Thanks Laureen 
Yes, I hid the scales! lol. Hopefully out of site out of mind.
Physically I have been out of commission on the walking and exercising for a couple months due to plantar faciatis, ligament issues, bad ankle, and now my knee, all on the same leg! YIKES! I had 2 cortisone shot sessions (Oct & Nov) and was starting to get around better then suddenly the PF flared again. Now my knee decided to have its say early yesterday when I sat down on the toilet and screamed in pain as my knee cracked and popped really loud. I can barely get up and down off the toilet (or my chair). I have to go up and down 6 steps to get to the toilet. So I am in sad shape. My knee had been behaving itself for a long time (I have OA in all my joints). I was hoping to delay surgery on my knee as long as possible but if this goes on very long I will have to see someone about it. Very painful.
ANYWAY ... what it all boils down to is I AM NOT MOVING TO LOSE!
I wish I could!

Yes, I hid the scales! lol. Hopefully out of site out of mind.

Physically I have been out of commission on the walking and exercising for a couple months due to plantar faciatis, ligament issues, bad ankle, and now my knee, all on the same leg! YIKES! I had 2 cortisone shot sessions (Oct & Nov) and was starting to get around better then suddenly the PF flared again. Now my knee decided to have its say early yesterday when I sat down on the toilet and screamed in pain as my knee cracked and popped really loud. I can barely get up and down off the toilet (or my chair). I have to go up and down 6 steps to get to the toilet. So I am in sad shape. My knee had been behaving itself for a long time (I have OA in all my joints). I was hoping to delay surgery on my knee as long as possible but if this goes on very long I will have to see someone about it. Very painful.
ANYWAY ... what it all boils down to is I AM NOT MOVING TO LOSE!

Thanks Laureen 
Yes, I hid the scales! lol. Hopefully out of site out of mind.
Physically I have been out of commission on the walking and exercising for a couple months due to plantar faciatis, ligament issues, bad ankle, and now my knee, all on the same leg! YIKES! I had 2 cortisone shot sessions (Oct & Nov) and was starting to get around better then suddenly the PF flared again. Now my knee decided to have its say early yesterday when I sat down on the toilet and screamed in pain as my knee cracked and popped really loud. I can barely get up and down off the toilet (or my chair). I have to go up and down 6 steps to get to the toilet. So I am in sad shape. My knee had been behaving itself for a long time (I have OA in all my joints). I was hoping to delay surgery on my knee as long as possible but if this goes on very long I will have to see someone about it. Very painful.
ANYWAY ... what it all boils down to is I AM NOT MOVING TO LOSE!
I wish I could!

Yes, I hid the scales! lol. Hopefully out of site out of mind.

Physically I have been out of commission on the walking and exercising for a couple months due to plantar faciatis, ligament issues, bad ankle, and now my knee, all on the same leg! YIKES! I had 2 cortisone shot sessions (Oct & Nov) and was starting to get around better then suddenly the PF flared again. Now my knee decided to have its say early yesterday when I sat down on the toilet and screamed in pain as my knee cracked and popped really loud. I can barely get up and down off the toilet (or my chair). I have to go up and down 6 steps to get to the toilet. So I am in sad shape. My knee had been behaving itself for a long time (I have OA in all my joints). I was hoping to delay surgery on my knee as long as possible but if this goes on very long I will have to see someone about it. Very painful.
ANYWAY ... what it all boils down to is I AM NOT MOVING TO LOSE!

Marc,
You are one sick puppy. . .
You are one sick puppy. . .

My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland