I can't stop weighing myself!!

Nicki08
on 2/18/15 11:53 pm
VSG on 09/15/14

So I've lost 90 lbs since 9/1/14...I'm at 200 lbs...I can't stop weighing in everyday...it's driving me crazy...I just want to get under 200...I keep bouncing back and forth 200 to 201...I need to stop weighing everyday...maybe twice a week...what do you all do?

    

Loser2542
on 2/19/15 12:06 am

I don't own a scale, and only weigh in once a month at the doctor's office. This works for me, because otherwise I would obsess about the number on the scale. Now I obsess about other things like how many glasses of water, how much protein, how many steps etc. :)

My plan is to get a scale if I start to go off track, or when I hit maintenance.

 

  

HW: 388 SW: 240 CW: 172      Surgery Date 11/07/2014     VSG with Dr. Chengelis

ocean4dlm
on 2/19/15 12:11 am - Liverpool, NY
VSG on 05/27/15

I'm interested to follow the responses.  I am working to break the scale's hold on me.  I weigh daily and have a hard time dealing with disappointments.  I want to weigh only once a week, but it is such a double edged habit !!!

Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!

Farmersdaughter2
on 2/19/15 12:11 am
VSG on 12/15/14

I struggle with the same compulsion to weigh myself.  The only thing I could do was ask for help from my sister.  I put my scale at her house. I can go to see her and weigh if I want but it is not as easy as just walking in my bathroom.  I am able to be content with just weighing once a week.  We now celebrate together over a cup of coffee for the pounds we lost each week.  Hope this helps.

VSG Surgery 12/15/14      HW 247,  SW 212, CW 163

LEOKAT
on 2/19/15 12:40 am

I will only weight in monrning after peeing and I was doing the same thing which drove me nuts.  I had to acutally hide my scarle or take it downstairs so I wouldn't weigh everyday.  I now have it back in upstairs bathroom but just weigh once a week, and its much easier to deal with for me.  Hope this helps for you. 

Stacy_WLS
on 2/19/15 12:45 am

I weigh everyday.  I think I will continue to weigh everyday.  I have been in maintenance essentially since early summer.  Weighing everyday has kept me honest.  The scale definitely fluctuates daily, but if I see a trend up and get to my top range, then I know I need to scale back.  

If it is making you crazy maybe weigh less, or just try to think about it differently.  I think knowing is important.  Before, when I wouldn't weigh for a while, I know my eating just got worse and worse.  I want to be able to catch myself at 3 or 5 lbs up rather than 30 lbs up.  

VSG: 12/12/13, LBL, small TL, BL/BA: 11/7/14 Twins 12/9/18 HW after Twins 260. 5'10 37 years old - Stacy_WLS (MFP)

Gwen M.
on 2/19/15 10:38 am, edited 2/19/15 10:38 am
VSG on 03/13/14

I appreciate this comment. I'm at my parents for some unknown amount of time due to my dad's newly discovered brain tumor and I figured I wouldn't bother to pull out the scale I keep here. But I will because you're right. I can see myself using this as an excuse to slip into poor habits but continuing to weigh daily will help keep me honest and on track. 

Thanks!!

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

TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)

Stacy_WLS
on 2/19/15 10:58 pm

I find it super stressful when I am away from my scale for more than a few days.  I start worrying that I am gaining tons of weight.  It actually tends to have the opposite affect -- I come home having lost some weight.  I do sometimes use scales available when I am gone, but I only trust / record my Aria scale.  

 

I hope things go well with your family.  

VSG: 12/12/13, LBL, small TL, BL/BA: 11/7/14 Twins 12/9/18 HW after Twins 260. 5'10 37 years old - Stacy_WLS (MFP)

Gwen M.
on 2/19/15 11:50 pm
VSG on 03/13/14

Thanks. 

I actually bought a Withings scale to use at my parents since their old scale was inaccurate and annoying :D

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

TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)

pineview01
on 2/19/15 12:59 pm - Davison, MI
On February 19, 2015 at 8:45 AM Pacific Time, Stacy_WLS wrote:

I weigh everyday.  I think I will continue to weigh everyday.  I have been in maintenance essentially since early summer.  Weighing everyday has kept me honest.  The scale definitely fluctuates daily, but if I see a trend up and get to my top range, then I know I need to scale back.  

If it is making you crazy maybe weigh less, or just try to think about it differently.  I think knowing is important.  Before, when I wouldn't weigh for a while, I know my eating just got worse and worse.  I want to be able to catch myself at 3 or 5 lbs up rather than 30 lbs up.  

I do the same.  I have to keep myself honest.  If I stop weighing I am gaining.  Just how I am.  I have a "red line number too"  I also recorded it daily on a site that tracks the trend which really help when I thought I wasn't losing like at 200 to 203 

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