A major thing I've learnt is to not focus on daily weighing. I weigh daily but record weekly, because day to day it fluctuates massively, even weekly, particularly as a woman it can be out of control. I lost 0.4lb last week because shark week. This week so far I have lost 3.8 and have genuinely done nothing different!

I don't own a scale and in the 6 months I've been dieting (super close to 40 lbs lost so far) I've maybe taken my weight 3 times. Inconvenient? Yes. Incredibly helpful to your sanity? Hell-fucking-yes!

I'm not constantly weighing myself like I would have in the past, getting hung up on the weight fluctuation, or getting irrationally impatient that it's not happening fast enough. Insignificant gains is a thing I hear friends trying to lose weight complain about all the time. Seeing the scale go up, even slightly freaks people out and for those without willpower, will be an excuse to eat bad since they're gaining weight eating "right".

Seeing the scale go from 157.7 in June to 149 in July to 136.8 this October has been really satisfying.