Birthday suit or fully clothed

jspurple
on 4/30/12 2:57 pm - fairburn, GA

VSG on 04/11/12 with

So, I started weighing myself daily before showering and I love the dwindling numbers. I had my two week follow up appointment last Tuesday and was weighed fully clothed( of course),but I was appalled at the difference. Yes, my weight loss was 9 lbs since surgery date, but I like the naked weight better!!!

So my question to everyone is......do you weigh yourself naked or fully clothed? and which one matters the most to you?

Jaybee766
on 4/30/12 3:04 pm - Silver Spring, MD

VSG on 02/27/12 with

I weigh myself in the morning when I wake up in my pj's. I completely ignore the scale at my doctors office and just stick with mine at home. I try not to weigh everyday and definitely don't log my weight more than once a week at most. Hang in there and know that you're doing great.

Jeanne

Height 5'7" HW: 314 SW: 293

acbbrown
on 4/30/12 3:11 pm - Lancaster, CA

VSG on 06/10/11 with

I weigh before my shower - same time everyday, same conditions, before i eat/drink. It's mot
About a specific number, just the downward trend.

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HW 420/ SW 335 /CW 202 85 lbs lost pre-op / 133 since surgery (lowest weight post op: 188)

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pinkpeonies
on 4/30/12 3:15 pm

VSG on 04/23/12 with

I weigh in the morning, with nuthin' on and that's what I go with. It's the most consistent weight I can get--no having to account for the weight of one nightshirt over the full pjs etc. or having just consumed a "meal" or anything. My home scale is new, has a new battery, and has been consistently in line with what other scales (surgeon, PCP) have read so I'm happy with that for now. These days I'm weighing every day. Not sure if I'll stick with that plan forever. I've seen posts from people who weigh daily and some from those who don't. I'll take each day as it comes for now and figure out what makes sense when I get through to maintenance. :)

4'11" tall * 46 years old * Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching? :)

deactivated member
on 4/30/12 3:36 pm

WLS on 12/08/11 with

totally nude

j45p3r
on 4/30/12 3:41 pm

VSG on 05/10/12 with

Boxers or nekid, depending on my mood. Figure the boxers won't add anything.

HW: 360, Pre-Op Diet W: 334.6, SW: 316.6, CW: 245.4

califsleevin
on 4/30/12 4:33 pm

VSG on 05/09/11 with

You know that you're getting desperate for that last pound when you try it again without the boxers to see if that will make enough difference!

califsleevin
on 4/30/12 4:32 pm

VSG on 05/09/11 with

Nekked - need to be barefoot anyway for the body comp measurements, so may as well. The surgeon's scale has a 2 lb correction for clothes factored in (barefoot measurement also,) but my clothes less shoes are typically 3lb, so I give them the extra pound. PCP's scale doesn't do any correction, so it always weighs the addtiional 5 lb of clothes - I can always tell them ahead of time what it will read within a pound - but at least it is consistent for their records.

Jennifer B.
on 4/30/12 4:55 pm - GA

VSG on 04/13/12 with

JS so I have the same doc as you, as you know and I was also appalled at the difference between the scale in the offce and my scale at home! I usually have clothes on and weigh myself on the way out the door in the AM. The difference between my scale and the Dr at my 2 weeks was about 4 lbs give or take. Maybe we should tell them the scales broken lol.

GAFROMVA
on 4/30/12 4:58 pm - Alexandria, VA

VSG on 12/08/10 with

naked like the day I was born :)

Glen
The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

HW: 565, Surgery Day: 486 CW: 319

rhearob
on 4/30/12 5:17 pm - TN

VSG on 11/02/11 with

I weigh in the morning just before the shower after completing all of the morning voidings. My NUT said that was the most accurate number. As acbbrown mentioned, its really all about the trend.

My clothes typically add about 2-3 lbs at the doctors office. When I was bigger it was about 5. I take my shoes off on their scale though.

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VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy: Planned for 2013

nilesmama08
on 4/30/12 5:46 pm - Atlanta , GA

VSG on 09/14/11 with

Macik's scale makes me crazy!

I am usually 4 pounds heavier on his scale. That's fine though. I weigh myself each morning in the nude after using the restroom.

I met my initial goal of 160!

sunshine_08
on 4/30/12 6:30 pm - GA

VSG on 06/06/12 with

I noticed that too about Dr. Macik's scale.

jspurple
on 4/30/12 6:36 pm - fairburn, GA

VSG on 04/11/12 with

Nilesmama,

I'm glad that I am not the only one. My little bubble was busted when I got on his scale!! Then to add to it, he tells me when he sees me at the end of May, I should have a total of 30 lbs lost...........I may have to strip in the hallway!!

ND2BTHN
on 4/30/12 6:40 pm - Canada

VSG on 01/16/12 with

Each morning after my morning business, totally nude. Most consistant number. I only record if there is a loss or every Saturday, as the official weight.

HW: 235 SW:227 Preopw:218 GW:120 HT:5'3

ruggie
on 4/30/12 7:16 pm - Sacramento, CA

VSG on 07/06/11 with

Naked!

I wake up, poop, weigh, shower.

Aren't you glad you know that about me now?

For some reason only known to tax accountants, all weight-loss patients are 5-10 pounds heavier in their doctor's office just to annoy us.

Heaviest weight: 310 pounds (Male, 5'10")

frisco
on 4/30/12 7:48 pm, edited 4/30/12 7:49 pm

VSG on 09/30/09 with

Last time I weighed at Dr.C's office...... he was in the room while his girl was weighing me......

Started taking my Levis off..... and he goes..... "Whatta ya Doin!" (in a surprised laughing kinda way)

I said, this is how I been doing it here..... we want consistency right !!!

What he doesn't know is that I have pre weighed my socks, undies and tee shirt on a gram scale and have picked out my lightest wears for the Doctors scale !!!!!

They normally give you 3lbs. for clothes.......and I was coming out ahead !!!! After I stripped down and weighed, the girl only gave me one..... which was cool with me cause it was dead on to the weight on my home scale......

frisco

SW 338lbs. GW 175lbs. Goal in 11 months. CW 148lbs. WL 190lbs.

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ruggie
on 4/30/12 7:53 pm - Sacramento, CA

VSG on 07/06/11 with

Ha ha!

Next time I'm going to do this, and I'm going to call it "The Frisco Method".

Heaviest weight: 310 pounds (Male, 5'10")

Mom78
on 4/30/12 7:41 pm

VSG on 02/10/12 with

Just out the shower, nothing on. That's what I go by, not the docs!

SW: 227 GW: 150 HT: 5'6"

KathyA999
on 4/30/12 8:06 pm

VSG on 08/09/10 with

Right after my morning pee, panties only because that's what I sleep in. (I used to sleep in a t-shirt, but the wrinkled-up fabric under me started really bugging until I began sleeping nearly nude and realized it was my ribs!)

And that's the weight I go with. I'm always at least 4 lbs heavier at the docs, even without shoes and jacket or sweater.

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