The scale however, is neither good nor bad. Nor does it matter how often you do or don’t weigh yourself. Rather, it is what you do with the resulting information that really matters. It can be used in either a useful, or a non-useful manner. Useful would be to consider your current weight in conjunction with other information and measures, as giving a general indication of progress. Not useful on the other hand would be making simplistic over-generalizations about whole-sale success or failure based only on what the scale says on any given day. Even worse would be over-generalizing to your own global sense of self worth. What typically happens in the latter scenarios is that a person gets upset when they see what the scale says. Unfortunately these are often the same people that use food to self-soothe, which ultimately triggers a spiraling, self-fulfilling prophecy. The reality is that the scale is not the most accurate measure of progress – perhaps because there are too many variables involved (some of which we don’t understand yet or even know about). If you consistently exercise and eat appropriately, then your belt buckle or dress size will change much more predictably than your weight. Strange then, that it is kilograms which our society has become so obsessed with. I suppose it might have to do with the ease with which we can measure ourselves in this way. Ultimately, whether or not you weigh yourself is a personal choice. But if you do decide to weigh yourself regularly, make sure that you do not give the scale the power to influence your decision-making on a day-to-day basis. That privilege should stay strictly reserved for your longer-term goals.