I understand how everyone feels about scales.  Even though my wife is doing great and has lost over 20 pounds she still doesn't want to weigh herself.  I have gone through periods where I haven't wanted to weigh myself either, for the same reasons that everyone doesn't want to.   I have changed my view of the scale and I think it's important for everyone to try and do the same thing.  A scale is nothing more than a tool, a friend, tough love.   A scale is the one person who will tell you the truth whenever you are ready to hear it.  A scale is the one friend who will always be there to keep you from going over the edge.  I recently watched the TLC show my 600 pound life and I asked myself "at what point do you hit a breaking point where you just start going downhill and the weight snowballs.  At what point do you never look back at the scale until it's too late, or you feel it's too late (it's never too late).   The point for me I think was my maximum weight.  I'm honestly not sure how heavy I got because I stopped weighing myself after I hit 315.   That was the moment where if I had kept down that path the weight would have piled on, and I would have found myself weighing 600lbs.    Fortunately, I decided to change and came back to the scale.  I lost 45 pounds doing Atkins, but as soon as I stopped I put 20 pounds back on.   What saved me again was the scale.  I stopped weighing myself, until I finally said enough and weighed in at 285.   I started this Diet bet at 278 and now I'm down to 275.   Fads don't work, Atkins, quick fixes, starving, deprivation.   What works is support, consistency, small changes, and relying on your best one true friend the scale.   He/She will always be there to be honest with you and let you know (hey it's time to get back on track).  I know it's hard but we should try to change our view of the scale.   Obsessing over it is not good either.  My wife gets mad when she doesn't lose weight, or gains weight.   We have to see it for what it is, a tool and a friend.  It's not there to judge us or make us feel bad about ourselves.  It's there to remind us of where we started, where we are and where we want to be