Why do new post-ops get weighed too often???

I've been a contributing member to the Q&A forum here at Obesityhelp.com for well over a year now and the question that I see most often is about plateaus from new posties. And these new posties are weighing themselves every week or even every day and they get highly discouraged when they don't see a weight loss. <p> Even during times weight loss, a person's weight can vary from day-to-day depending on your diet and (for women) the time of the month. And the losses that you are seeing when you weigh yourself so often are going to be small differences. <p> Would you much rather weigh yourself once a month and see a BIG weight loss than weigh yourself once a week and see three smaller weight losses (and maybe a small gain during one week for women)? Or weighing yourself every day and seeing maybe 18 days where you lost weight, 8 where you kept the same weight and 4 where you put on weight??? <p> I am convinced that daily/weekly weighing is the newbie's worst enemy (and it's not too good for further out either). So, ladies and germs, it's time to PUT THE SCALE AWAY!!! The weight's going to come off whethr you weigh yourself or not...JR (open RNY 07/17/02 -180 pounds)

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