I don’t know how many times I’ve heard a woman say she did not want to get on a scale over my lifetime, but it would be from almost every woman I know! I remember a funny story about a girl that was tall but weighed as much as me at the time. I weighed about 155 pounds and she was full-bodied… you know like a Marylin Monroe type of body. I thought she look just fine but as a 5′ 10″ woman, she thought she was fat. I just looked up 155 pounds for a 5′ 10″ person and that is not fat!
Lets look at some gender differences concerning how the sexes measure weight loss as well as how preceived weight affects women versus men. I found one funny video about a woman going to great lengths to make weight on a scale.
Now (other than the body) I resemble that video. I find myself removing clothing to make weight all the time but I have not ever tried banging my head against the wall! Now for the real issues at hand.
I like to use the scale so I can tell how I am doing as I am (hopefully) losing weight. I realize that the body's weight fluctuates by five or more pounds a day and extra wight (for guys) can just be related to the volume of food the day before the weigh-in. I still like the scale to know what is going on. If I weigh more that I hoped... I just re-double my efforts the next day. I am not expecting a straight-line drop in weight. Here is a video of a woman that is fitting into pants that have not fit in a while!
Doesn't she look happy! The body gets comfortable as you reach new lows and I find that I seemingly reach plateaus often (where I will stay the same general weight for a while). I don't really mind when that happens so long as when I re-double my efforts - I get back on track. I often will have a plateau last several weeks. Now women do not like to see the weight inching (pun intended) back on. Here is a video of a woman that has lost a lot of weight without lots of weigh-ins.
Women seem to universally not like the scale! I can see their point do a degree as getting bad news seems to affect their emotions. If guys were emotional creatures (we are all tough guys!), guys would probably not like scales either.
To be fair, women have monthly cycles that bloat them, that men do not have to deal with so maybe not being so analytical will work just as good. The bottom line is you (meaning a man or a woman) have to find a way of eating healthy and maintaining weight-loss that works for you! So… I do not think it is all that important how you measure and track the results!
So what do I really think? I think the fit is the most important thing - however it is achieved! And… the differences in how the sexes think? Viva la difference! 
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