How many people take their measurements instead of focusing on the scale?

Cooter N.
on 1/29/15 10:44 am

After I was banded in 2006, i would get frustrated at the scale. I started taking my measurements weekly and the weeks that I didn't lose, those seemed to be the weeks that I lost the most inches....I was wondering who all tracks their measurements since I have not seem much posted about it. 

      Surgery 2/3/15 Band to RNY Hw:272 CW:262   

Gwen M.
on 1/29/15 11:02 am
VSG on 03/13/14

I do both.  I weigh myself daily and only pay attention to TrendWeight and then I take my measurements on the first of every month.    

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

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The Salty Hag
on 1/29/15 4:49 pm
RNY on 05/20/13

I take my measurements every few months. I think it's good to do both, especially when the scale seems stuck. It's pretty cool to see the numbers getting smaller and smaller, isn't it? I think it makes the weight loss seem even more a reality than just tracking weight. 

 

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Tom Petty

(deactivated member)
on 1/29/15 9:06 pm

I don't measure. But I do go by NSVs. I do get on the scale daily. I wished I did measure myself. I measure right before surgery and I can't find my measurements. So it was hard to figure out how much I lost in inches. 

I think doing both is a good thing. Sometimes we don't lose on the scale but we lose inches. 

Grim_Traveller
on 1/29/15 9:26 pm
RNY on 08/21/12

I measured while I was losing, but haven't since. I find measuring to be very innacurate. You can measure three times and get three different numbers. If you want to be smaller, you'll pull the tape a little tighter, unconsciously. The scale never lies.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

Karen M.
on 1/29/15 10:59 pm - Mississauga, Canada

So true - excellent point!

 

Karen

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White Dove
on 1/29/15 10:27 pm - Warren, OH

I have a very dependable scale.  Like Grim said, it is too easy to cheat with a tape measure.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

kayleystar
on 1/29/15 11:58 pm
RNY on 01/06/15

I measure, but like others have said, it can be quite inaccurate. I have the measurements, so that at the end, I can say I've lost "around" so and so many inches. 

I weigh once per week. I don't like to obsess about the scale/numbers too much. 

Highest Weight: 412 | Day of Surgery: 385 | Current: 341
Surgery Date: 1/6/2015 

    

  

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