Frequency

This morning I couldn't motivate myself to exercise. Usually it isn't a problem, I have a goal to loose 20 pounds and I really want to make this happen!! I have changed my frequency of working out, I have gone from going to  the gym once a day, every day, to going twice a day, every other day, and now I go twice a day every other day. I think the important thing is not getting yourself into a rut and always following the same routine. How often should I weigh myself when I am on a diet? I have heard some people say only do it once a week so you don't get discouraged when you don't loose weight or even if you gain a pound one day. If you follow a routine you know will work, eating reasonably and increasing the amount of calories you burn every day then shoot for how much you will loose per week and don't worry about day by day. I weigh myself every day. I am not sure if it is the best way, but that is what I do. I know if I loose one pound or stay the same weight daily, sometimes twice a day since I sometimes weigh myself in the morning and then also in the evening. Today I decided not to go to the gym any more because yesterday was the third day in a row that I didn't loose any weight, in fact I had gained some. I was ready to give up! I stayed in bed and debated, and decided to GIVE UP! I have been posting in this blog how I have been doing daily to so I can't give up. Not this time, since I have given up on trying to loose weight the past two times I have attempted. So, I drug myself out of bed late in the morning and shuffled over to the bathroom scale, one last time! I stepped on and BEHOLD, I was not only under 190, I was almost at 185. I know the bathroom scale isn't the best way to weigh myself, but I haven't been under 190 on my home scale for a couple of years, and I haven't been to 185 in at least 5 years. I walked into my bedroom and slipped on my exercise clothes, shorts given to me by my kids which always encourage me and my daughter's gift of a UCSD shirt and went and had the best exercise I have had in the past month. So, I go back to the question of how often I should weigh myself. If I didn't weigh myself every day I wouldn't have felt so depressed and ready to give up, but if I didn't weigh myself every day I wouldn't have weighed myself this morning and gotten so excited about my progress and decided NOT to give up! Anyone have any comments or suggestions?