My dietician always tells me, "You can't control the scale." And, unfortunately, it's true. What works better for me is focusing on behavior changes -- i.e. making a goal to journal every day, or drink eight glasses of water a day, or exercise so many minutes a week, etc. Timed weight loss goals don't work well for me -- I feel disappointed and cheated if I don't make them. I just keep trying to believe that if I make the changes, eventually the weight will catch up