Maintainers, How Often Do You Weigh Yourself?

Ladytazz
on 6/23/11 7:01 am

I was just checking my records and it looks like I have officially been on maintenance for about 5 weeks. My weight has flucuated from 120 to 117. Right now it is 119. While I was losing I didn't really flucuate. My weight would stay stable to the ounce and then I would have a drop and then it would stay stable again. I rarely had a gain. Now it is up and down. I don't want to make myself crazy. I am thinking of just weighing myself once a week on Sundays. How often do you weigh after you are done losing weight?

WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010

High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.

MajorMom
on 6/23/11 7:08 am - VA

DS on 08/09/07

I still weigh every day.

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paranoidmother21
on 6/23/11 8:31 am - Lake Zurich, IL

RNY on 12/16/09

I'm still an every day (sometimes twice a day) weigher, BUT I only count my weekly average weight to figure out if I'm maintaining or moving.

since I'm a data geek, it works for me but not for a lot of others.

Rebecca
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Jody ***
on 6/23/11 9:32 am - Brighton, MI

RNY on 10/21/08 with

When I was maintaining at 123 it was everyday. Since I've gained some, its every few days or once a week. I don't obsess about it like I used to. Of course when you don't like the number you're seeing, you don't want to see it as often.

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Ladytazz
on 6/23/11 9:41 am

That is exactly what I am afraid of. I used to weigh myself every day after my first surgery but when I started gaining I started avoiding the scale.
I think I am going to continue to weigh myself daily and keep track that way. Since my eating is pretty consistent I shouldn't get any surprises but I know how things have a way of sneaking in there so I will continue to monitor.

WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010

High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.

Happy_Camper
on 6/23/11 11:38 am

RNY on 03/02/10

I weigh myself 3 - 4 times a week. I was one of those scale obsessed people when I was in the actively loosing stage. It was BAD!!!! I was weighing myself multiple times a day..... even at night..... the middle of the night when I would go on a potty run lol. Congrats on making it to the maintenance stage! Cindy

Surgery March 2, 2010 - 5' 9" - HW 278 / SW 260 / CW 139 / GW 150

Roz !!!!
on 6/23/11 11:41 am - Butler, PA

The way I lost sounds exactly like you. I never gained the whole time I was losing and I never lost big amounts in a day. The scales just moved down steadily but once I hit maintenance I started bouncing within 3 pounds on any given day.

I weigh every morning and if I rush off and forget then it just gets missed that day. I never weigh myself any other time during the day. Some people like to know their afternoon weight but no me.

I also have gained a couple of pounds since I've gotten further out but I'm not going to stop weighing because I think that would be a big mistake for me. I'm trying so hard to figure out what's going to work for me since they honeymoon period is definitely over.

Roz

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RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance

MacMadame
on 6/23/11 4:39 pm - Northern, CA

VSG on 09/24/08

Every day.

Except a couple of times a month, I forget.

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lerkhart
on 6/24/11 12:27 am

RNY on 08/03/09

Well, I guess I'm saying I'm officially maintaining now. I weigh everyday still unless I forget or I am out of town. I do much better if I keep a really close eye on it. When I start slipping, I stop weighing every day so I want to watch it pretty closely.
Linda

14.5 lost pre-surgery 5'1 1/2"