How often do you weigh?

Maincat · 01-19-2008, 11:44 AM

I weigh myself twice a week - Saturday and Wednesday, first thing in the morning. I then enter the details in to an Excel spreadsheet (how sad is that?). I measure Stones, Pounds, Kilos lost and how many % I am to target. I also measure BMI. I even have hyperlinks in Excel to images of me at certain weights. It's quite interesting to see the data over the months.

citygirl4616 · 01-19-2008, 04:17 PM

I have been weighing myself every morning because I was only banded 10 days ago and I am still losing pretty quickly. It is amazing to actually see the scale go down on a daily basis!

Of course, this is only temporary. I am guessing by six weeks (or sooner), when my weight loss slows down, I will start weighing myself once a week, maybe twice.

greeneyez · 01-19-2008, 05:09 PM

Ok, I am obsessed. I have to move the scales from the bathroom - every time I am in there, I always jump on. Which at the moment with my liquid diet is all the time! I only record my weight each Tues since my band was placed but I just can't help seeing the numbers drop!

Fanny Adams · 01-19-2008, 07:00 PM

I go from the every day obsession to the once-a-week recording and back again every week. I work on a remote mine site on an 8 day on/6 days off shift and when I'm home, I weigh myself every morning without fail and often several times a day (only the lowest counts!!). That is a continuing source of frustration as my weight does fluctuate a couple of pounds a day due to fluids, etc. When I'm away on site, I don't have access to scales, so have to just tough it out till I get home. It's a great feeling when I get home and can see the results of a week in one go. I wish I could just make do with once a week, even when I'm home, but I just can resist it on a daily basis when I'm there.

josiebies · 01-19-2008, 07:37 PM

when i stopped weighing myself everyday and went to once a month...i started to lose more weight. i started focusing more on setting up my day with healthier eating and exercising instead of obsessing over the scale (which i did for years).

i find when i weigh myself alot i usually am cheating and trying to see if i can "beat the scale"

i also measure myself once a month because during my LAP-BAND® journey....i sometimes lost inches over weight....

ConnieC · 01-19-2008, 08:13 PM

Hi Steph...
I weigh once a week every Monday Morning totaly naked after I use the bathroom and wash my Face!! ( what a ritual right!!). And I keep a Journal/Chart of the date and weight and what I am feeling at the time. I was banded 10/29/07 and have lost 33.5 lbs. I still have not got to my perfect feeling FILL. I go monday 01/21/08 for my 3 rd fill. I'm keeping my fingers crossed this will be the one.
Good luck to you!!
Connie

Carrot06 · 01-19-2008, 09:48 PM

I weigh every morning when I wake up- after I pee, naked before my shower. And if for some reason I end up taking a second bath or shower after a evening workout or something- I weigh again.

vamaillady · 01-19-2008, 10:43 PM

hello i was banded by dr elliott also at richmond surgical group... i am from south hill va near the nc border..

katiebug · 01-20-2008, 04:08 PM

I like to weight myself only if I feel like I have lost some weight.

Longhorn · 01-20-2008, 10:09 PM

The discussion on this thread has helped me decide how to handle weighing. Initially, I wanted to only weigh at the doctor's office but I'm just not patient enough to wait for four or five weeks at a time. And I couldn't seem to stop myself from weighing daily.

So now I'm going to weigh each morning and only record the new low weight. A weight that is higher than that is merely a fluctuation (though some fluctuations have been known to last for a week or two, at least in the past.)

But I think this approach is better for my psyche.

Fanny Adams · 01-21-2008, 12:21 AM

Hehehe - I have a similar approach when home. When I hit that plateau/regain phase in the post-op, I REFUSED to update my ticker until I could show that it had moved down again. It took from 14 Dec to 3 Jan before I could update it, but I wasn't going to update it UPwards!

Longhorn · 01-21-2008, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Fanny Adams

Hehehe - I have a similar approach when home. When I hit that plateau/regain phase in the post-op, I REFUSED to update my ticker until I could show that it had moved down again. It took from 14 Dec to 3 Jan before I could update it, but I wasn't going to update it UPwards!

My body seems to "try on" a new weight and then waits awhile before it buys it. Maybe it's on a layaway plan.

Twilight · 01-29-2008, 05:10 PM

You all have been awesome! Great reasons for weighing...including obsession. I completely understand.

I think I have decided to try the every few days plan. Once a week is just too infrequent and once a day is driving me nuts. So....on Friday I decided I wasn't going to look at the scale until Monday....and then on I went on Saturday. So now, I promised I wasn't crawling on until Friday. I'm out of town tonight so won't have an opportunity until Thursday.....oh the willpower!

I weight myself after shower, before dressing. My eyes aren't open enough before shower. Hell, somedays I don't even bother turning on a light to shower....let alone read a scale :)

Thanks for all your input

Fanny Adams · 01-29-2008, 11:40 PM

LOL - I couldn't do that! I have long hair and wash it every day. Weighing after the shower would include all that wet hair and water weighs a lot, as we all know!! Hehehe!

PhotoEgor · 01-31-2008, 12:26 PM

I weigh only once a week. More often and I get frustrated with the daily fluctuations.