You guys were right

So I had my 3 month post op appointment a couple weeks ago. Met with my dietitian and therapist. Both told me I shouldn't be weighing myself daily.....surprise surprise. I was told that even though my weight is right on track as to what I should be losing, that it's about to slow down and weighing daily is only going to discourage me.

Well I have hit a stall. I'll be up a pound one day, down a pound the next, but mostly I'm just sitting right around the same number without any significant change and it's driving me nuts. And yes, I have gotten discouraged. I am really going to try to stop weighing daily this week though. It's just been such a struggle. It's as if I'm obsessed with it and it's controlling me. I know I need to stop though before it consumes me if it hasn't already. In some strange way I guess I felt like if I weigh daily I'll be better able to get a handle on my weight should it start going up. I know that's silly. I am going to try and fight the urge though.

How often do you guys weigh?

I used to weigh myself every day. Right when I got up and after i went to the bathroom. Now that i'm a year and 9 months and 5 lbs from goal. I only weigh myself once a week. I started out at 325 and I'm now sitting at 155. And there were times I would go a month to a month and a half with a stall only for my weight to start going back down again. So give it time, your body is adjusting and you will get to your goal :)

I know that some people weigh daily and make a log and then take the weekly average as their number. Other folks have a weigh day once a week and no matter what their weight is any other day of the week, that is the official number.

When I was in the losing phase, I admit that I weighed every day and sometimes more than once. I was truly obsessed with the number on the scale and it made me crazy and certainly wasn't helpful.

Thank you! I think I'm going to take baby steps. Start weighing every other day, then every two days and so forth until I get to once a week. I just don't think I can go to once a week cold turkey like that. So we shall see.

I weigh myself daily but only record my weight on Wednesdays (the day I had my surgery almost four years ago). HOWEVER, fluctuations don't USUALLY bother me (depends on the day, though! There have been times that they have, esp when my weight is up!!). If I was really bothered by them, then I'd probably only weigh myself once a week. That's probably often enough to keep on top of trends...

Just keep in mind that stalls are normal and even needed. Your body is going through a lot of changes and sometimes, it needs to take a break to readjust. Remember, it's not just the "outside" of your body that is changing. So no need to be discouraged. Weight loss will resume shortly. I do think, during the weight loss stage, weighing weekly is better and less discouraging. But as I said, stalls are normal. Take a breath and breathe!

don't be discouraged. Also, did you ask what the expected slow down is? I lost a pretty steady 12 lbs a month for the first 9 months, had one really slow month (2-week stall, I think) and then about 12 lbs for a few more months. So, you won't necessarily slow down that much. That being said, I was "scaleaphobic" for a long time. I weighed once a week, by design and the night before I intended to weigh, I'd be so nervous. Then this past October, I did a weigh every day challenge (I was pretty close to my goal weight, probably in the 140s) and I saw the fluctuations and for awhile they bothered me. In the end, weighing daily desensitized me from my "scaleaphobia". I now, do weigh daily and if I'm up a bit, I'm fine. My initial goal weight was 130 which I changed to 140 as I got closer. I generally stay 130 to 134 but if I go over 140, I will know I'm doing something wrong and will be able to get a handle on regain.

I hit a stall for almost 3 weeks. It bothered me so much! Then I read up and realized that I had been slowing down on my water intake. I wasn't drinking as much as I should. Well I started making sure I was drinking at least 100oz daily and within two days I started losing again pretty consistently. The stall happened when I went off protein shakes and was getting my protein in with food alone. In any case, I'm back to losing fairly consistently.

I weigh myself a couple times a week.

During the losing stages, I weighed once a week -on Sunday mornings...nekkid...then my DH would take the scale, and hide it (my request)

Once I was comfortably in Maintenance, and not such a Scale Ho, I could be trusted again, I got my scale back.Now I weigh once a day, and can be happy, with whatever the *****in-the-box says, because I know WHO is in control !!!

I have always weighed daily. The first couple of years I recorded it every Wednesday. I would also record the month-to-month weight loss. This helped me focus on the trend rather than the individual day.

I personally like daily weighing- I feel it gives me an opportunity to reflect on what I am doing while it is still fresh in my mind. You do have to separate yourself emotionally.

But as Gina said - you are in control not the *****in-a-box.

Thanks all! This is all very helpful. I can definitely see the pros and cons of daily weighing. I like weighing daily because I feel it keeps me on track, but I also think it might be best if I don't weigh daily at least for right now so I don't get too discouraged when stalls happen.

I saw a good friend I used to work with yesterday for the first time in about 6 months. She told me she had to do a double take to make sure it was me as I looked so different. She went on to say how great I looked. That made me feel not so discouraged. To know that people are actually noticing a difference. I just need to not get so hung up on the number on the scale.