Starting weight question

NCwarriorchick
on 1/17/12 6:17 am

What do you use as your starting weight the doctor's scale or home scale?

Giovanna_Morton
on 1/17/12 6:26 am

Well, i'm a newbie here, but I have always kept track of any weight loss/gain on my own scale, but always have used my doctors scale as the "end all and be all".

Just my thoughts.

Good luck!

dori M.
on 1/17/12 6:29 am - MD

RNY on 10/24/11

I'm not sure it really matters. There shouldn't be a big difference anyway. I chose to use my scale at home because that's the scale I weigh myself on more often. Now that I am post-op I've only seen the surgeon 2x (plus an upcoming visit next week) then I won't see him again for 3mths.

azreggie
on 1/17/12 6:30 am - Tucson, AZ

RNY on 04/04/08

Use whichever weight is highest.

Reggie

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 1/17/12 6:31 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Why would it matter? Use whichever one is higher or use whichever one you are going to use to weight yourself most often.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Keeves
on 1/17/12 7:14 am - Elizabeth, NJ

RNY on 12/12/11

It doesn't really matter. You're probably lost the same amount on each, or something pretty close.

I don't see it as a big deal if I move from 267 to 218 on one scale, and 271 to 219 on the other. It's about 50 pounds either way. I refuse to quibble over such details.

WhoIWantToBe *.
on 1/17/12 7:39 am

RNY on 01/10/12

They didn't weigh me at the hospital. I had weighed myself that morning at home, so that's my "official" starting weight.

I gained 6 pounds in the hospital after 3 days on IV fluids, and finally got back to that starting weight today (one week post-op.)

Mary Ledoux
on 1/17/12 8:24 am - Londonderry, NH

RNY on 01/10/12

I weighed myself that same morning, then when I came home 3 days later, I was 22 pounds heavier!! Talk about havng your bubble burst!

WhoIWantToBe *.
on 1/17/12 9:04 am

RNY on 01/10/12

Whoa Nelly! TWENTY-TWO? How much has come off since then?

Mary Ledoux
on 1/17/12 8:40 pm - Londonderry, NH

RNY on 01/10/12

Yes, TWENTY-TWO! Now you know my reaction! I am happy to say as of today, 8 days post-op I have lost the TWENTY-TWO....so today is surgery weight day... :)