@Philtex, good question. I wrestled with what time interval made the most sense for waiting to look at the scale. When I'm doing things we'll, I tend to lose slowly (according to the scale) for a few weeks then get a nice catch-up weigh-in at week three or four. I picked six weeks to eliminate the let-down of a small loss (or no loss) or the euphoria of a larger than expected loss. I also recognize that any given weigh-in can be influenced by the previous nights intake/output, so I tried to pick an interval long enough to eliminate that variable.

I should also mention that I'm trying not to focus on "How much weight can I lose in six weeks?" That's a different trap my brain would like to fall into. But to your point, I may need to have a safety net that if I think my behaviors aren't what I think they need to be during this experiment that I get on the scale in three weeks. Thanks for making me think a bit more about the interval.

For anyone interested in following this experiment, I'm planning to give a four-week update throughout.

Four week synopsis: I confirmed via a WW Studio weigh-in that I've lost at least 2.5 pounds (more on that below.) I didn't feel super "diety" or deprived the past four weeks. It was easy and calming not to step on the scale weekly. I tracked everything every day. Thirty-one day streak, baby!!

Details:
I'm aiming to eat between 1200-1300 calories per day. I averaged 1336 over four weeks. I'm not feeling the need to tighten that up a lot at the moment.

I'm aiming to eat only between 300-500 calories of junk food/alcohol per week. My totals each week were 520, 2635, 586 and 2229. This is an area that needs work. I had eighteen alcoholic drinks over four werks. I'm mainly a social drinker and typically have two drinks per week. I frequently go a couple weeks without any alcohol. There were a lot of events and travel the past month and there's a lot on the horizon between now and the end of the year. I need to draw harder lines here to meet my stated goals. There were eleven days with no junk food.

I decided I would want a monthly weigh-in as a reference point at the end of the experiment, so I stopped by a WW studio on Saturday to weigh in. I'll go every four weeks. I explained to the person doing the weigh-ins what I'm doing and told her I didn't want to know my weight. After weighing me, she smiled and commented, "I'd be ecstatic." So I asked if I'd lost at least 1.5 pounds, and she very cheerfully said, "Yes, would you like to know more?" So I asked if I'd lost at least two pounds, and she smiled and said, "Yes, would you like to know more?" I told her that was all I needed to know. I haven't felt "thinner" or noticed any difference in my clothes, so I was happy to confirm that I'd lost at least a half pound per week. I haven't achieved that since March/April which is why I picked the 1.5 pound reference point. I got in my car then turned the car around because I realized she might have been comparing that days weight to my original WW starting weight. THAT difference would make me "ecstatic." So I went back in and confirmed that she was comparing to my 9/13 weigh-in.

So, I'm happy with the decision to give up the scale for a while. I think getting into the weeds of my weekly calories will help me better navigate the end of the year which is a time I always struggle with . . . so says my weight tracker.

Twelve pounds seems to be what I need (without exercise) to move down a size. I think I usually feel a 4-5 pound loss, so I don't think I'm there. I also wonder if I've unconsciously done lower carb recently with my weight loss efforts. I think I feel low carb losses more easily because of the rapid water weight loss. The past month definitely hasn't been low carb. But I tried on a pair of jeans today that I haven't worn in awhile, and they were perhaps more comfortable. Dunno.

I mainly care that I've tracked for 31 days and that the 1300 calories seems to be enough of a deficit, for now, to lose. I'm way more satisfied/satiated at that level. Ooh, and I care that I'm not constantly thinking, "I wonder how much I weigh/what I'll weigh on Friday."