Something to be happy about!

If you've checked the plastics forum you know I've been having a pretty rough recovery from my leg lift. One of the results of this is that I haven't weighed myself since the day before surgery. My justifications for not weighing are: I'm not naked in the morning and that's the time I weigh so better to just not weigh. (I shower and garment at night, so the only time I'm naked is in the evening after a day of eating and drinking - weighing then would just add bad data to my collection. Consistency of conditions matters!

Tonight, against my better judgement, and because I was waiting for my shower assistant, I stepped on the scale after getting my garment off. I've been eating and drinking all day, so definitely not an empty stomach. I still have a lot of swelling from surgery. Clearly not my usual ideal weigh-in conditions.

But holy crap, if the scale didn't say I was down half a pound since I weighed the day before surgery. I'm floored. I was expecting to be at least 10 pounds higher due to fluid retention, etc.

Half a pound might not sound amazing to anyone else, but given the cir****tances I'm on cloud 9. I can't wait to see what the scale says once I'm more recovered in another 3 weeks or so! This is the kind of morale boost I need right now :)

Good for you Gwen I totally get the weighing naked in the morning (after using the bathroom of course). sorry you're having a slow recovery, hope you get better & stronger every day!

Thanks! Totally - weigh naked in the morning after the bathroom. For a while I went through a period where I would only weigh if I'd pooped too! Now I just say screw it and weigh regardless - but only naked in the morning post bathroom! So I felt totally stupid for stepping on the scale last night, exact opposite of normal conditions. Thank goodness the number was awesome :)

I totally get it. I have to know every day (good or bad) because a week of bad would be awful. So glad you can ease your mind!

I just really like numbers and data. Sigh. I should really be majoring in math and statistics at this point in my life :P

That's great to hear especially since we have just gotten through the Thanksgiving holiday. For me, I'm just glad my weight stayed the same, didn't lose a pound and didn't gain a pound either. Best wishes for your continued recovery.

Congrats on the stability! That's important too :)

I had to cancel Thanksgiving this year, so there was no over-indulgence on food happening. Probably for the best since I have, in the last 3 weeks, been feeding my self pity a bit - literally.

That's wonderful Gwen! I know you have been down lately, this is a positive step in the right direction!!! Congratulations!!

Thanks, Kristi! I agree. It's nice to have something to be happy about. I've been looking at my TrendWeight off and on all day and smiling.

Nice! So that probably means you are down even more due to fluid!!! Hoping you continue to recover well.