ryker

It's me again.

I have a bit of a problem. I HAVE a digital scale... but I am fairly certain it's not accurate (i.e. it's showing me as 15lbs lighter yesterday than I was at the doctor's office less than a week ago).

I was just wondering, what kind of scale did everyone use to monitor their weight loss pre and post op, or did you just wait until the doctor weighed you? And did you find the scale to be consistently accurate?

Sorry to be such a bother. :P Thanks!

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366: Highest
341: Day Of
270: Current
96: Lost
150: Goal
144: To Go

Insurance Approved: April 17, 2007
Surgery Date: June 25, 2007 (Lap Roux-En-Y)
Dr. Amir Moazzez (www.metrobariatrics.com)
TT Gym rat club member #13

LisaM

I think everyone does their own thing. For me, I use the same scale now that I did before the surgery. What I've decided, since every scale I weigh on weighs me differently, is that, while I may not be able to trust the actual weight, that I can trust the difference. My scale showed me at 303 pounds the morning I had the surgery. It now shows me at 138 pounds. While those numbers may not be exactly accurate, I believe that the 165 pound loss that it shows IS accurate. Make sense?

Whatever works for you - just don't stress yourself out on it. We really encourage people not to weigh themselves daily post-op. Monthly would be best, weekly is OK, but getting obsessed with that number on a daily basis means you're living life by that number, instead of getting on with the weight loss. It's not a straight line down, even so. My first post on this forum was because I gained a pound over the course of my fourth week out from surgery. Totally freaked me out. Now I know it's normal.

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Lisa M

Lap RNY - 9/26/05
surgery/lowest/goal
Weight: 303/137/150
BMI: 56/25.1/27.4
Now in maintenance stage, with desired weight range: 150-153 pounds
Current weight: 143 Updated 7/16/08

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein

Cinerbelle

I'm with Lisa on this one. I don't care what ANYONE'S scale says but mine. I say put your trust into one scale and go with it. My scale read 329lbs. the morning of surgery and now it reads 189lbs...and it doesn't like to move down as fast as it used to.

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Luna Lurker

If you like to use your home scale in between the doctors office visits, take a 5lb. un-openned bag of flour or (gasp) sugar. Place it on the scale and adjust as needed. Personally, I rely on my surgeons scale and how my clothes feel.

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Judy
Lap RNY 10/16/06

If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds.


312/ 290/ 190/ 144
Highest/Pre-op/Current/My goal
ONEDERLAND - 10/16/07

rainrain

mine is digital and it has been with me pre and post op. It is right on with my docs scales.

It is made by Taylor and says Superbrite near the screen. I have had it for probably 4 years.

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Rain

12-27-04 Dr. Callery (Open RNY)
296 before pre-op
285/170/155 5'7"1/2
PRE-OP/CURRENT/GOAL???

Hernia Repair/ Abdominalplasty/ Partial Body Lift 3-13-06
Contouring lower back 5-30-08
my amazing plasic surgeon......tell him Rain sent you...lol
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LisaBoston

I initially used the one at work only. I have since bought a weight watchers digital scale and keep it in my kitchen. Its decimal and keeps me on track daily.

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Lisa
aka....Canadian Bear and her Canadian Bear Cubs!
Open RNY - Jan 30, 2006
Tummy Tuck - June 4, 2007
314/152-157/180
start/now/goal
BMI 45.7/22.1-24/26.2

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Overweight Club - Oct 19, 2006
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Below Goal - Jan 30, 2007 - Anniversary Date!
Holding Below Goal - 2 year surgery anniversary!

Dyann

I had an expensive digitial scale and I could get on and off three times with three different reads. I got sick of it and I bought a good doctor's scale which is accurate to 1/8 of a pound and reproducible. That is the scale I go by.

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DYANN

Lap RNY 1/4/06....
46/19.8/23.5 BMI's 167.9 pounds gone forever as of 9/12/07 116.3%to goal

294.4/126.5/150
5' 7''
Jupiter, Florida
Dr. Jefferson Vaughan: GBP
Dr. P Duddly Giles: Plastic surgeon TT/BL 03.20.2007

tim5ny

I still have to get weighed on a truck scale I'm ashamed to say, but hopefully someday I'll get to try the ones that most humans use.