Hahha, this is such a great question....yes I too have to hide the scale away or I step on and off like a yoyo.
I too remember my mother being a slave to the scale all of her life. It's a terrible shame that it had to be like that back then, but all of the diets of the time were like that - all obsessed with weight loss and not inches.
I normally do ad tcastro does and measure and weigh on a weekly basis, this way it's easier to get excited when you can see some real losses!