Scale or No Scale? XPost

Still struggling with the maintenance thing. Such a mind f**k. I want to gain some weight. I just don't want to watch while it happens. I have put on a few pounds in the last few weeks and while I want that to happen I still hate to see the scale go up.
What I have realized is that I have never watched myself gain weight. Except when I was pregnant and for some reason that was okay, but other then that when I knew I was going to gain weight I avoided the scale and therefore could act shocked when I did finally weigh myself and see the number going up. I swear when I regained the last time, 70 lbs, it was a surprise, not that I had gained of course but how much. I really thought when I got on the scale at my doctor's office it was going to say something like 190, not 220.
So, do I hide the scales (yes, I have 2) and go by my clothes? Or do I keep weighing myself daily, because I tell myself I want to see if what I am doing is working?
What do successful maintainers do?

difficult question. I was there one time. 
really wanted to gain.. but was obsessed with the scale. I put it away.  I wanted to gain 10 lbs. Few months later I was up 25 lbs... It took me forever to lose the 10. And may get rid of the 5... or not. I do feel better now... but the scale is calling my name..

But I would go for day to day by clothes, but weigh weekly...or monthly,  to make sure the scale is going up. But  not too much up.

You cannot judge what you are doing as a success or failure by daily weight fluctuations.  Weigh only once a week, same time, same scale.  Track your weight.  And watch the trend.  You'll know if it is working.

Change the way you think.
While you were losing weight, you thought about how each pound was making you healthy.
Well now that you are unhealthily thin, you need to think about how each pound you GAIN is making you healthy.
Stay focused on your goal weight.

oh, boy, daily weighing sure seems like the road to hell. If we're up even an ounce, we take it as a sign to panic. If we're down even an ounce, that's a sign to rejoice.   What about weighing yourself at a scale outside your house such as your doc's office? Weigh once a week so you can track.

I have a scale at home, but I do not weigh every day. I would drive myself bananas.

I always worry when I see people say they are TRYING to gain weight at the 2-3 year mark. Most of us are a little too thin at that point - I know I was and I really believe that our body eventually learns that this bottom weight is NOT where it wants to be and voila! Bounceback! I always knew in my head that 100lbs was what I need to lose, so losing 120lbs did make me too thin - I had no ass, my face was gaunt and while I looked fab in skinny jeans, I was neither healthy nor healthy looking!

I think you should just do what you need to do to be healthy and not worry about what the scale says per se. Eat how you are supposed to, supplement your protein if you are not eating enough for good health, take your vitamins and make sure you get some exercise every day. Log what you eat every day to make sure you are following your programme and weigh yourself weekly. Your body will find where it is supposed to be.

Those *****gain a lot DON'T follow the programme - they go back to eating simple carbs, grazing, and restart all the bad habits. As long as you don't do these things, and you of all people KNOW better than that - your body will find a weight it (and you) are happy with.

I can't answer the questions you have. Only you can.

BUT I will say I don't own a scale. I weigh every Thursday at the Y. For the record, my body won't budge. I run, I jump, I Zumba. I eat less, I eat more, I eat more protein, I eat more veggies, nothing. At four years out I am the weight that I am.

I see the purpose in that in the grand scheme of MY process. It forced me into self acceptance. It strongarmed me into having to admit that if I never lost another pound, I'm not bad off at all.

But it is maddening.

While I can't say I can empathize with your point of view (I've never been in the position of needing or wanting to gain weight) I can attest that the scale can have a very toxic affect in our lives. I hope you come to a decision that leaves you at peace.