Does anyone not weigh themselves post-op?

I have been thinking of losing my scale and relying on the doctor's appointments for my weights. When I lost a ton of weight before I became so scale obsessed as well as exercise obsessed. I was losing 1-1/2 lbs per day and found myself weighing at least once a day. I want to try and keep these issues in check after surgery. For me success will be any amount fo weight lost because I will be healthier. I will be able to tell how I am doing by the way my closthes will get looser. I'm just afraid if I allow the scale back into my house things will be the same again. I want to get to a point that I know my body and know when I have not done right by it and use that knowledge to get back on track. Numbers on a scale can be a wonderful and disappointing thing. I want to focus only on the positives of this new life I will have. If I never reach some weight published in some book but still lose a bunch of weight I will be happy. If I am able to take 2-4 mile walks, and bike 15 miles and do whatever I want then I will be happy. I can maybe see once I've reached the low end maybe checking my weight once a month or so, to keep things in check but I'm afraid on the way down it might not be so good for me. Maybe I should give my scale to my counselor and when I see her monthly weigh myself then. Anybody else struggle with this issue?

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