I'm with them... Don't be afraid of the scale. I weigh myself every sunday morning about 6ish after my workout and shower. The scale goes in the same place each time. If I lose, I'm happy. If I gain, I try to figure out if something happened to make me gain. Honestly, to me it's just a number. It's all about feeling better and being around for my kids. Of course, at 5'8", I'm pretty sure I'll never be under 200# simply because of the way I'm built, yet all the charts say I'm supposed to be 176.