Contrary to popular belief the scale is your friend especially if you are a bariatric patient

I recently posted about a stall in weight reduction. many folks replied and told me to stay off the scale. People the scale is your friend do not worry over stalls and weight gain but always look for progress. Those who hate the scale will never see the significance of the fact that it is just like the tool in your stomach. Gage your progress by it, write in yourjournal about it and figure out new ways to make it say what you want it to( by exercise and diet of course)... A small victory is not a defeat and a set back does not take you back to where you were instead it should give you the drive to fight for what you have begun this battle for. If you get discouraged because you gained three pounds just think back to what you weighed before the surgery. If you look in the mirror and dont see the one everyone else say's is losing weight then get out an old picture and think back of how you felt then and how much healthier you feel now.  Never address one of your tools as useless or painful. It all gets better from here on out...

I think its different for everyone. to some it may be a tool. Others may see it as a curse! I like the scale and I dont mind seeing it stop moving, go up, or lose. It's the same to me. Though I like to see my progress, having no change doesn't bother me. But it's not the same for all. If seeing the scale not move, or go up bothers you, then yeah, I suggest STAY OFF THE SCALE!

I rarely weighed myself when I was in weight loss freefall and it's why I'll swear up and down that I NEVER had a stall

However, now I weigh most days because I give myself a 3-5lb weight margin before I amend my food intake and to be honest, I'll bet I can tell you within a pound or two how much I am going to weigh on any given day by what I ate the previous one!   I am way more obsessed now than I ever was for the first 3 or 4 years - because I KNOW how easy it is to get a regain!

Personally I would recommend that early honeymooners (first six months) don't get on the scale more than once a week - it would save them a whole lot of "stall" "waterweight" "PMS gain" worries!!!!

Your tool is my torture device.

I weigh but not very often. Otherwise, I know what I need to know from my body. But the scale is the ONE thing that can take me from feeling like the hottest thing walking to the lowest of the low.

So I leave that *itch alone and she leaves me alone and all God's children are happy :)

I personally don't think ANYONE should get on the scale more than once a week (but especially not those who are still actively losing). Weighing everyday, for most people (but not all) places their focus too much on the number on the scale instead of just on living a healthy lifestyle, only a SMALL PART of which is what the scale says.

I weigh myself only once a week, and have a 5-pound regain limit (I weigh again a couple of days later to be sure it was not jus****er weight) before I cut the non-essential carbs until those 5 pounds drop off. My weight is no more important than my blood pressure or my bank balance or when my next massage is.

Lora

I get on once a month.  

I do a lot of working out.  I go by how my clothes fit.

I think it is different for everyone.

I say weigh every day. If you see a problem over the period of a week or so, do something about it. Otherwise you could have a rude awakening when your clothes get tight, and you didn't see it coming!

I like the way you think...

I weigh everyday but I know I'm going to fluctuate. I know there are days I will weigh a pound more than I did yesterday. It doesn't bother me, and it certainly does not dictate my self-esteem. I remember stepping on the scale and seeing 275 and thinking that was an OK number. I know I gain weight due to water retention and *gasps* alcohol intake, but a day or two later that weight is gone and an even lower number comes up. I'm always amazed how the weight just comes off in chunks. I don't hate my scale in fact I quite like it. It is important to not let the number get you down.