When is the first time I should check scale??

I just had surgery Tuesday and have been following the full liquid diet my surgeon recommends. I so want to get on the scale and see a weight loss, but I am afraid with surgery, swelling, and water retention I could step on a not see a weight loss and get upset. So when is a good time to step on that scale for the first time?

When you're prepared to be disappointed with what it says. Almost always, it'll be less than you'd hoped for.

I waited till my one week post op visit.

I gained 11 pounds from surgery. It took me a full week just to get back down to my day of surgery weight.

It will probably take a week or two to lose the fluids from surgery. I noticed you have lost a lot already. People who lose a lot pre-op tend to lose slower post-op, so be aware of that. Just keep following your plan and you will lose the weight.

Congrats on your success so far! Keep it up!!

During the WL period, I only weighed at the doctors office and once a month on my monthly surgiversary. That way I wasn't freaked out by stalls or daily fluctuations. I started weighing daily once in maintenance.

I wish I had this self control with the scale. LOL!

I tried to wait two weeks post-op, I made it one week.

And, yes, be prepared to be disappointed with the initial scale number!

My nurse got me out of bed a few hours after surgery. We walked down the hall to the scale. I had gained 19 pounds. Next morning I asked the surgeon why. He laughed and said for me to go home and pee it out

At least one week after surgery. For me - I saw loss a 2 weeks post op. At one week - I was still swollen and slowly losing water weight.

I am a chronic scale stepper. I've finally moved the scale from my bathroom to under my bed, so I'm not as tempted. I've actually not even gotten on it in the past 3 days. I usually weigh myself every day, but I don't "record" in my notes on my phone until Wednesday's which is the day my surgery was on. I weighed for the first time a week and half after my surgery and was down 12#.