Scared to stand on the scale!!!

I have found the best time to weigh myself is the first thing in the morning after using the bathroom and prior to eating and drinking anything. If you get a starting point weight, you know what you are leaving behind and it is easier to see your goal. If you don't lose anything immediately, don't worry. We all gained weight a little at a time, not overnight. It usually leaves that way, too.

The scale is a mere, imperfect tool to help assess a trend. It you got on the scale 4 different time in a day each time you'd likely weigh something different. The number on the scale WILL fluctuate.. And the closer and closer you get to GW the less it will move, down... Fluctuations, stalling out/plateauing are all totally normal.
Dont let the scale scare you. Whether you get on the scale or not, you will still weight whatever it is you weigh that particular day and time. The difference will be if you know that number or not. I say get on the scale. Knowledge is power. The number on the scale can help you assess if what you're doing is supporting or impeding your goal to loose fat (not just weight).
I recall over the past holiday deciding i was going to just eat what i wanted for thee special occasion events over 4 days. I weighed myself the morning before event number one. I kept on my same weighing schedule of twice per week. After my 4th day i contemplated not getting on the scale as I KNEW i had put on a few pounds. But, i decided it was important to see how my body handled certain situations such as this and how long it would take me to lose anything i may have gained. I got on the scale totally prepared to see a 3-4 pound weight gain... Instead it was 10 pounds!, yes TEN in 4 days! I got on and off the scale several times thinking something had to be wrong.. It wasn't, it was right. Oddly, my clothes still fit and despite feeling a bit bloated i looked and felt the same.
The next day i returned to my healthier eating and working out. I got back on the scale another 4 days later.. And guess what? Te entire 10 pounds was gone... GONE... All of it, not even a 1/10 of a pound was hanging around.
That was a great learning experience for me. It helped me not freak out about small scale fluctuations, helped me learn how my body responds to over eating and how quickly my body will regulate itself once i return back to my healthier lifestyle..
I hope you remember your scale and the number on it is just ONE number ... It does not define you, confine you or determine if you are a success or a failure... Good luck!

Here's the thing. I waited a couple weeks at the very beginning of my weight loss journey too, because I also was scared to look on the scale, but I really regret it now because I've come so far that I wish I knew where my REAL "beginning weight" was and could tell people exactly how much I've lost.

Now I weigh myself every morning after peeing and before doing anything else. I know other people don't recommend this, but it's what works for me. I keep a graph up on the wall with dates in the left hand column, and the following rows: Weight - Diet? - H2O? - Exercise? ...Every morning, then, I put in my weight for that day, and checks or minuses for whether I kept to my diet, drank enough water, and/or exercised the day before. Doing this over time keeps me accountable, I get to see what things have the biggest impact (I've found that consistent diet and water have a bigger impact than exercise, but all 3 play a part), I don't get bogged down by small day-to-day fluctuations, and I can keep myself accountable long-term.

To date, I've lost 41 pounds from the weight that I was when I really did step on the scale the first time. If I'd stepped on the scale at the very beginning, I really think that number would be higher, but I'll never know. I guess what I'm saying is: the farther you have to go in the beginning, the farther you'll have come in the end, which you can be proud of.