maintenance is a whole new world...I like losing better...who knew

 So I got back from skiing...the scale is 140...all week this week the scale is 143...I am furious...I am trying to keep calories low...liquids..protein etc...I am doing a pretty good job...the scale won't move..I am frustrated...feel hungry all the time...not stomach hunger but that hunger that's in your head but still really strong....anyhow....it was a miserable week because I stressed about the weight...I am in a  new place and can't stand to see the scale go up...anyhow this morning I get my period...it's irregular now and only every eight or nine weeks or so...so I never know when it's coming...so now I understand the scale...BUT...I allowed myself to suffer and stress...I don't want this to be my life...but I hate it when the scale goes up...I am SURE I am not alone in this and of course KNOW that this happens normally with water...salt and all of that BUT I can give advice all day long but struggle to take my own....that's all I have to say today...but thought I'd let you know where I was at...imagine stressing about gaining a pound or two...eight months ago I had 70 to lose...how fast we change our prespective...SEAVIEW

No - you're NOT alone! 

I obsess with the scale all the time, and right now its UP!  But- you're still in your honeymoon phase - use it t your advantage.  I could tell when ine went away...

Don't stress - I betcha you're going to lose even more too!

You are definitely NOT ALONE. 

This board is great & I come out every day.  But, you might want to check out the VSG Maintenance discussion group as well.  See below for information.

omggggggg Seaview,
i am def the same way im driving myself nuts not to mention my family. but then i say " but i feel thinner when i look in the mirror i see thinner. i love the way that i look in clothes so what the hell is the problem ????? whyyyyyyy cuz that friggin thing says im up a pd? paleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
im so close to throwing it out and forget about ever weighing again. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 thanks so much for the feedback guys....we still need to weigh ourselves regularly and deal with it...because without the scale we go into DENIAL...I know....Denial got me 70 pounds heavier...
but I have to deal with my feelings about going up and down....I am going to go visit the maintenance board and I think that will be VERY helpful....In the meantime I keep on keepin/ on...
my doctor said it would take a year and a half to get used to maintenance...so I realize it's a journey all on it's own and actually a greater learning opportunity since I have NEVER been able to maintain and not binge and diet....so I will begin to work on this whole journey as well....40 years of binge eating will not be cured in a day or a week...or 8 months....soooo...on to a new beginning...SEAVIEW

I agree we need to face those scales on a regular basis.  I weigh every day and write it on the calendar.  Writing it down helps.  it has been almost six years for me and I still struggle.  Hang in there, the struggle and crazy thoughts are worth it.
Ruby
RNY  3/11/2005
262/125/131
hi/lo/today
 

 I am a little scared to get to goal because of the maintenance. 
When I lost 120 pounds 5 years ago it was a "breeze" to lose it but then maintenance came. Up and down and up and down some more. I probably lost and gained 300 pounds in the time that I hit goal and my surgery.
This how I ended up with a sleeve. I really hope it will be easier this time around!
I'm sure those pounds will come of very easy by being back in your old routine though.
Hang in there and don't stress because that will want you to want "it" even more!!

You are not alone!!  I can sit here and say this all I want, but only you can control it.....Don't let the Scale rule you!!!!!!

In the beginning I got on the scale EVERY day.  But I didn't let it rule me.  If it went down I was excited, if it didn't move I was like ok, if it went up...I was o k.  I didn't like to see it go up, but I wasn't in control of that scale.  I did everything that I had to do.  I wanted to lose as much as I could in the beginning!!  Once I hit my goal, I wanted to go lower.  My goal was 130, I got to 127 and wanted to go lower!!!  It never did.  It started to slowly creep back up.  I decided to step off!  I would only get on every few days.  I was in a size 4.  I didn't want to have to get a new wardrobe!!  I had some size 2's that I really wanted to wear....what that wasn't to happen.  The scale kept going up.  I stay off it now!!!  I'm still a size 4.  I was weighed at my Dr Fri...it said 142.  Up 15 lbs from my lowest, but still the same size!!!!  So I'm kinda OK with that.  I go by how my clothes fit, if they start to get a bit tight, I cut back on the stuff I shouldn't be eating and focus more on what I should!  So far it seems to be working!!!!  I posted recently my issue...body dysmopha (sp)!!  That is my down fall!  WE all have our little quirks! 

You will figure out this maintenance thing and everything will be just fine!!  Good luck!!  We're here to listen and help!

Thanks for all of your replies...I am happier when the scale is where I want it to be...I don't like it to go up...but it does go down again..so I am slowly going to learn to trust it and myself most of all...
I am back to 141 and working to get to 140...just because that's the number in my head that I like...and feel best at....what a JOURNEY ....SEAVIEW