When is a good time to hop on the scale post TT?

Pinkchickadee
on 10/9/15 6:36 pm

I know weight is sort of all over the place for the first little bit and I am a bit of a number freak. When does your weight stabilize postop? I am only on Post op day 3 so I won't be getting on soon. But what was your experience post TT?

Starting Weight:275 CW:189 SW:?? Goal:169

Karen518
on 10/10/15 2:37 pm

I get on the scale daily, and didn't really notice a big difference. Lost a bit due to skin removal. Didn't have a lot of swelling.

MissNexxie
on 10/10/15 5:11 pm

VSG on 04/30/14

I waited 10 days. Had quite a bit of swelling, too. If the numbers are super important try to wait a month otherwise you might not be happy. It's a matter of remembering you'll be full oif fluid and swelling so the scale is deceitful the first while.

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!

Pinkchickadee
on 10/10/15 5:36 pm

Thanks so much. I wish the numbers didn't matter as much but I am still stuck on them. I can definitely wait a month. :)

Starting Weight:275 CW:189 SW:?? Goal:169

Laura in Texas
on 10/11/15 6:28 am

RNY on 09/17/08

I am a numbers geek so I got on immediately. I gained 10 immediately post-op but lost them within a week.

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

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Tracy D.
on 10/12/15 10:57 am - Papillion, NE

VSG on 05/24/13

I waited until one-week post-op and my scale went down from the pre-surgery weight.

Tracy 5'3" HW: 235 SW: 218 CW: 132 M1: -22 M2: -13 M3: -12 M4: -9 M5: -8 M6: -10 M7: -4

Goal reached in 7 months and 1 week!

Lower Body Lift w/Dr. Barnthouse 7-8-15

Cassie W.
on 10/15/15 2:32 pm

RNY on 09/14/06

I am post-op day 9 after TT and hernia repair and have just started to shed the excess fluid weight from surgery.

Cassie

"Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer."

cmego
on 10/19/15 1:47 pm

Lap Band on 04/01/08

I am so glad you asked this question! I was wondering the same thing.