avoiding the scales, don't want to be disappointed,

Lots of people weigh in weekly and it works just fine for them.

When I first started, I weighed in every morning and every night, and I learned a lot about how what I ate was affecting my weight. I don't do that anymore, because I don't need to.

Good luck on your journey!

weekly is great

one thing I would like to suggest is considering logging gains. Sometimes you do well, really well! then you have a snag and you gain a little. It helps me to log these gains so that months later when it happens again, I see it in my check in history and tell myself 'well, I got through that gain and lost more afterwards! I will log this gain too and look forward to getting rid of it quickly like the other time'

Weekly is fine. But be prepared to be disappointed for a whole week if you eat a high sodium meal within a couple of days of weigh-in day. To me, the fact that a whole week's worth of work can be skewed by something that stupid put me off ever weighing weekly, and the idea of being able to understand my daily fluctuations and understand why x days before TOM my weight goes up, how long it stays up after alcohol/heavy exercise/sodium makes it ok when I see a higher number randomly for a day. So I would actually say that unless you don't mind seeing a higher unexplained number, weigh whenever you like and get used to understanding your body. It is a healthier way of doing it. Eg imagine if this happened over 2 weeks

Mon 150
Tue 149.5
Wed 149.5
Thu 149.5
Fri 149
Sat 149 (have a Saturday night takeaway high in sodium)
Sun 152
Mon 151 <- looks like you have gained, but you're on a downward trend
Tue 149
Wed 148
Thu 148
Fri 148 (TOM hits you)
Sat 151
Sun 152
Mon 151 <- looks like you haven't lost, but ditto downward trend

Actually here you probably lost 3lb over 2 weeks but you would think you gained 1lb. I hope that makes sense.

Weekly is fine. But be prepared to be disappointed for a whole week if you eat a high sodium meal within a couple of days of weigh-in day. To me, the fact that a whole week's worth of work can be skewed by something that stupid put me off ever weighing weekly, and the idea of being able to understand my daily fluctuations and understand why x days before TOM my weight goes up, how long it stays up after alcohol/heavy exercise/sodium makes it ok when I see a higher number randomly for a day. So I would actually say that unless you don't mind seeing a higher unexplained number, weigh whenever you like and get used to understanding your body. It is a healthier way of doing it. Eg imagine if this happened over 2 weeks

Mon 150
Tue 149.5
Wed 149.5
Thu 149.5
Fri 149
Sat 149 (have a Saturday night takeaway high in sodium)
Sun 152
Mon 151 <- looks like you have gained, but you're on a downward trend
Tue 149
Wed 148
Thu 148
Fri 148 (TOM hits you)
Sat 151
Sun 152
Mon 151 <- looks like you haven't lost, but ditto downward trend

Actually here you probably lost 3lb over 2 weeks but you would think you gained 1lb. I hope that makes sense.

This is why I weigh daily.
I like to see the gains and losses. It really helps to understand your body, and what one day of high sodium or high sugar can do. Also helps to track TOM because the weight goes up right before for no reason.
As long as you don't beat yourself up over higher numbers and learn from them as a natural fluctuation of water and waste, then it's fine.
Only people who obsess about it and will starve themselves if they see a higher number should avoid this tactic, for them it's not healthy. They should do once a month.

Also helps to track TOM...

what is TOM???

Weekly is perfectly acceptable. But I don't allow myself not to weigh for fear I'll be disappointed. That's how I gained all this weight in the first place. I didn't want to see that higher number. Yet I deluded myself into believing it wasn't really all that high. Until I finally did weigh, and it was. No more. But that's what works for me. Some people are better off weekly or maybe even monthly.

JUST REMEMBER, the scale is just ONE (1) gauge of how you're doing

and it can be VERY PMSy, so DON'T allow it to dictate your mood/feelings if it's UP

How you're feeling, how your clothes are fitting, and if you can keep track of your body fat/BMI

as well as lab work for improved blood work ( IF things like Total cholesterol/triglycerides/blood sugar, etc. might be factors too?)

are ALSO gauges- and give you the OVERALL picture of what's going on w/ your health.

( I keep preaching that to myself cuz I get discouraged too sometimes if the scales UP one week)

GOOD idea to weigh yourself approx same time each week, in the AM, before you eat and after you use the bathroom w/ little or no clothes on.