Frustration turned motivation

I originally started writing the following post in a private healthy living group that I manage and then when I got to the end and had completely changed my own state of mind, I decided it needed to be something that everyone reads!  Happy New Year!  

So after not getting on the scale for a full month (I have scale obsession issues) and working out 4-5 days a week, eating clean and healthy and 90% of the time completely within my calories.....I've only lost .6 while a loss is a loss, that's sure not much and not the 2lbs a week I was hoping for.  

That being said the workouts I have been doing are very strength based which is building muscle and my numbers and strength are going up every single week.  My clothes aren't necessarily looser, but they definitely look better on this body of mine.  My body may not be getting much lighter, but the shape of it is definitely changing.

So what's my point?  I'm not really 100% sure.  I think I just needed to talk this out and while I'm dealing with a little frustration on the scale end of things this morning, I'm trying really really hard to stay positive and focus on the things that ARE improving.  I'm trying to talk to myself as if I was one of my own friends with the same issue.  Would I say "yup, you suck, just give up!" or "wow, all that working out, all that logging, all those healthy choices sure we're a waste!"  ABSOLUTELY NOT!  I would never talk to anyone, especially a friend, so why in the world would I talk to myself that way?  Today, on New Years Eve 2015, I'm going to choose to be my own best friend and I'm going to choose to say "remember, you've been doing a lot of strength training and your body is changing for the better regardless of the number on the scale".  I would say "you're moving and you weren't before" and "you are improving your health with the food choices you're making no matter what that stupid scale tells you" and "I have noticed a huge beautiful change in the shape of your body.  Your face, legs, butt, and most importantly, your smile.  When you make healthy food choices and exercise, that smile I love gets bigger and I know my best friend is feeling healthier and more confident with every bite and every lift" and the one thing I would say to my best friend if I were her is "don't give up!  Whatever you do, just keep doing what you're doing, because it's making you better than you were before in so many ways"

2015 is going to be my year and I refuse to let a stupid scale tell me anything different!