[Joil]

I'm a little tired of the scale and the dissapointment I feel every week. Well almost every week. In fact I've noticed that my biggest enemy is the scale! If the number is not what I want it to be I feel like binging or just giving up! I don't think I can to this if I weigh myself every week. I need to see a substantial change to help me go on! So I will weigh myself August 1st, and from then on once a month. It will be hard but not as hard as what I'm going through now. Wish me luck!!!

[IanG]

You've lost seven pounds, which is great. You need to use the previous losses to motivate you not to give up and to dig deeper.

I weigh daily and that might be something you consider as well. On most days my weight goes down (by a small amount) but once or twice a week it goes up. Five or six downs outweighs one or two ups. Just an idea if week-to-week is too much for you to deal with. Else go longer as you suggest.

[Katie816]

Good luck!

I would also suggest taking your measurements once a month to measure your progress if you're getting discouraged with the scale.

[Changergirl]

That's a great decision. I know I was a daily weigher and it was great when I was seeing progress 4-5 times a week. However as I've gotten further into this journey and the weight is coming off slower I definitely agree with you that the scale became my enemy. I still am weighing myself once a week. My official weigh-in days were always Thursday and it's hard to give that up after 7.5 months.

Just like Katie816 said I'd recommend taking measurements. I do it once every 4 weeks and even when the scale isn't great the measurements are. I only lost 1.5 pounds between my last two sets of measurements (4 weeks on plan!) but I lost inches everywhere which is so much more satisfying.