How often do you weigh???

Lynn5707
on 4/16/12 5:24 am - IN

Hi,

I think I am driving myself crazy!!! I weigh at least once a day - maybe more - sometimes even before I go to bed.

I have my official weekly weigh in at Weigh****chers so I have one weight to count on and see progress. This past week at home, I weighed anywhere from 135.5 to 138. It seems like how much fluid I've taken in (usually if I don't have at least 64+ oz, I will weigh more & be puffy), sodium and if I'm constipated (sorry TMI) certainly plays a part in my weigh-ins (I know that's all common sense).

I just wondered if it is good/bad to weigh in so much? What do you all do?

Thanks for your input!

Lynn

southernlady5464
on 4/16/12 7:07 am

DS on 01/24/11 with

On April 16, 2012 at 5:24 AM Pacific Time, Lynn5707 wrote:

Hi,

I think I am driving myself crazy!!! I weigh at least once a day - maybe more - sometimes even before I go to bed.

I have my official weekly weigh in at Weigh****chers so I have one weight to count on and see progress. This past week at home, I weighed anywhere from 135.5 to 138. It seems like how much fluid I've taken in (usually if I don't have at least 64+ oz, I will weigh more & be puffy), sodium and if I'm constipated (sorry TMI) certainly plays a part in my weigh-ins (I know that's all common sense).

I just wondered if it is good/bad to weigh in so much? What do you all do?

Thanks for your input!

Lynn

You can make yourself NUTS weighing every day...but I weigh almost every day as well. Just remember to count ONLY the weekly or monthly weigh ins you do as that is a better predictor of trend. You can go up and down day to day and still keep losing weight overall.

You need to find a way to handle the constipation...and get regular. Maybe add fiber to your daily regimine. I used fiber pills when I stayed constipated...was taking as many as 3 a day but it helped keep me going. It's a fine balance on that between too little and too much. Now, I don't take any fiber pills at all, I just eat LOTS more fat. :)

Liz

Roz !!!!
on 4/16/12 7:14 am - Butler, PA

RNY on 10/15/08 with

Getting weighed is not a stressful thing for me or I probably wouldn't do it. I weigh myself every morning in my nightgown as soon as I go to the Bathroom. I'm usually always within a 3 pound range but I don't get upset if I go over a day occassionally. I don't think I could handle weighing myself once a week or month.

Roz

God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!

Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119

Caitlyn_Cat
on 4/16/12 7:38 am

VSG on 03/24/11 with

Every morning like clockwork, although I only chart the Saturday morning weight on my spreadsheet.

Height: 5'5" / HW: 223 / SW: 196 / GW: 125 reached 12/22/2011 / CW: 121

Price S.
on 4/16/12 7:58 am - Mills River, NC

RNY on 09/09/10 with

Every morning and every evening. I expect to go up and down but I like knowing where I am. It drove me crazy to not know for a whole week when I was on vacaton.

64 yrs young, 4'11" hw 220, goal 115, met at 12 months, cw 123 learning Maintainance

lerkhart
on 4/16/12 9:08 am

RNY on 08/03/09 with

I weigh every morning as soon as I get up(after bathroom). Sometimes I will weigh at night, but not very often.

If it bothered me, I would limit it. I like knowing where I am everyday. Part of my problem in the past was I would stop weighing and then WOW I would be up 20-30-40 pounds before I knew what happened. I don't want that to happen to me again so I really need the accountability.

I love the weekly weigh in that we do here so I can keep a comparasion to the prior week and that is my official weigh in to make sure I'm under my goal.

Linda

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

determineddanni
on 4/16/12 10:31 am

DS on 12/19/11 with

I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOVE.

IF YOU ARE DISTRESSED BY THE SCALE NUMBERS THEN LIMIT YOUR WEIGH-IN'S. WEIGHT BOUNCES UP AND DOWN A LOT ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN.

I DO IT WEEKLY AND SOMETIMES I HOP ON IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS WELL FOR CURIOUSITY SAKE. BUT I DON'T TAKE IT TO SERIOUSLY, I ONLY LOG MY SUNDAY WEIGH-IN'S.

HW 259 SW 256 CW 145 GW 150...now to 145

dasie
on 4/16/12 11:16 am - TX

RNY on 11/17/09 with

Prior to maintenance, I tried to weigh no more than 1 time per month...at most 1 time every 3 weeks. Now that I am in maintenance, I weigh every single day for accountability.

Mama477
on 4/16/12 11:26 am

VSG on 04/28/11 with

I'm a daily weighed. Nekkid before my shower!

Meg

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HW 236 / SW 224 / CW 164/ GW 135

Mandy R.
on 4/16/12 1:04 pm, edited 4/16/12 1:04 pm - Callahan, FL

RNY on 11/07/11 with

I also weigh several times throughout the day, scale is in the BR so when I go-I weigh LOL
I only count the weight on Monday mornings :)
I agree that it was when I didn't weight, before surgery, I had no idea how big I had gotten until it was "too late" :(
Mandy

HW-298 SW-251 Loss/Month post RNY(1)-23.5,(2)-23.3,(3)-9.9,(4)-10.6,(5)-8.9,(6)-7.7,(7)-4.2,(8)-7.5,(9)-1.7,(10)-10.8*first goal reached*,(11)-6,(12)-1.3,(13)-0.3,(14)+2.9,(15)-*changed scales that weigh 2lbs heavier*

loverofcats
on 4/16/12 1:45 pm

VSG on 08/30/10 with

First thing every morning. The weight fluctuates during the week, but I take my weekly weight on Sunday's. I always mark it on a calendar, so I can see trends developing, and can take action early.

Gail

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southernlady5464
on 4/16/12 3:29 pm

DS on 01/24/11 with

On April 16, 2012 at 1:45 PM Pacific Time, loverofcats wrote:

First thing every morning. The weight fluctuates during the week, but I take my weekly weight on Sunday's. I always mark it on a calendar, so I can see trends developing, and can take action early.

Gail

I use an iPhone app to track mine...and the DS Lab Rat Data site (that one is monthly).

Liz

Jody ***
on 4/16/12 3:45 pm - Brighton, MI

RNY on 10/21/08 with

Hardly at all - because I don't like the number I see.

Used to be a scale ***** - weighed at least every day - sometimes more.

But - I DO think the scale keeps us accountable - how did we get to the point we did to need surgery? By ignoring what the scale said (or avoiding it).

Its not bad - if you need to do it emotionally through this journey - do it. I do think after you hit maintenance and are comfy where you're at, you'll be less obsessed by it.

HW-218/SW-208/CW-135/ Lowest Weight-121/Goal-125 - hit 8/23/09/Height-5'3"
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Ladytazz
on 4/16/12 6:26 pm

I am a twice a day weigher, have been since the beginning. I record it every day, along with my body fat %. I like being able to look and see how much I weighed a year ago. I try not to get emotionally involved with the numbers unless it is a big jump up. Those freak me out but I need to know what I weigh so I know if I am doing okay with my food, if I need to change anything and so I don't go back into denial like I did when I started regaining the last time. Truthfully, if I am honest about what I am eating there is no real surprise. I don't want to stick my head in the sand again.

Revision 7/23/2010 HW 240 SW 220 CW 105
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MacMadame
on 4/16/12 7:11 pm - Northern, CA

VSG on 09/24/08 with

I weigh every day.

Lynn5707
on 4/16/12 7:33 pm - IN

VSG on 07/06/11 with

Thanks for all the input. Seems like most of us weigh daily. I think I will keep doing what I'm doing.

Thanks!

Tonya499
on 4/16/12 10:06 pm - Riverton, UT

I weigh myself every day but I don't get upset if Ive gained a pound or two. I know it's jus****er. You have to eat 3600 calories ( or something like that) to gain a pound. I am averaging 800-1000 calories a day so I just keep that in mind.

Start weight 226. Surgery weight 218 on 1/6/12

Christina.in.Onederla
nd
on 4/17/12 7:46 am - CO

RNY on 01/23/12 with

Every day here too. I've been told I'm a "slow loser" by my team, however I don't let the numbers get to me. I see so many other changes physically (health) that the slow movement doesn't bother me most days. I like to track my weight daily to establish a pattern of how my body loses. Right now, I seem to fluctuate a pound or three until one morning it will drop a pound below the lowest & the cycle starts all over again.

I tried weighing once a week & it drove me bonkers!

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