So scared to step on the scale.....

Awe, you should never be nervous before getting on the scale. If you have worked hard all week long then you deserve to see the numbers drop. Weighing yourself every week makes you accountable and pushes you to work harder. Getting on that scale is the first step, by owning how much you weigh you are already making a healthy, lifelong, decision.

I am hearing every part of what you say

I do plenty of exercise. I'd reached a bit of a plateau and it dawned on me that it's possibly to do with my diet, so I joined MFP yesterday.

I weigh in at a local clinic every Friday. I'm both looking forward to and dreading this Friday. What if this hasn't worked? What do I do then?

I've been adjusting my diet and making changes due to what I see when logging my food and exercise diary - I'm taking it seriously.

Let's just both have faith this week? Then re-assess if it hasn't worked? :happy:

Don't do it. I went 2.5 weeks with out looking at one and got to see a 6 lb drop the other day! Weigh once a month, than you're GUARANTEED to lose something!

Don't worry much about the weight, watch the measurement of your waist. As you exercise and become more active, you can gain and lose weight based on how much muscle mass you gain and fat lost. Just stay positive with your healthy diet and the inches will melt off.

I am going to start weighing once a month....I Have lost about 43 lbs so far and the first 30 came off fairly quickly and now it is slow going as ever!! I destroyed my other scales in a fit of scale hating rage....so instead of wasting my money yet again....I will hide mine and only get on once a month.....but the night before i get terrible jitters!!!

according to a weight loss study I am involved in, it is more beneficial to use your scale as a tool. By weighing yourself every day you are able to make quick adjustments to your food and exercise choices. Yes your weight fluctuates every day, but try to look at the scale as a tool. Also try not to look at your "number" as good or bad. Just a way to see how your choices affect your body. Remember this is a long term venture.
My blog goes in to more detail on this ( I only have one post but it just so happens to be about this exact subject )

best of luck!

((((Hugs)))) Look at it this way...the scale is a way to judge if what you are doing is working or not. You yourself saw that when you weren't losing weight through exercise alone. What you were doing wasn't working, so you've now added another element to your weight loss efforts. You wouldn't have known that without the scale. So does it ever really give a bad answer?

It's just information. Just like the size of your pants, or your bra size, or your waist measurement, or how many situps you can do. It gives you a small piece of the puzzle, but doesn't really show you the whole picture.

I'd definitely take before pictures. You don't even have to look at them if you don't want to - just save them somewhere you can find them later on. Take measurements and track those monthly. Only step on the scale once a month if that's easier, or not at all.

Personally, I like knowing where I am every day. It helps keep me on track, and I'm just curious. I know that my weight fluctuates, and everytime I reach a new low number, the scale tends to go back up for a week or so before I see it again. Mine also measures body fat (I know it's not all that accurate, but it's close enough to what my trainer gets using calipers, and I just look for a general downward trend). For me, it works. For others, weighing daily would drive them crazy. Figure out what works for you - what motivates you - and do it!

Good luck!