Staying Positive About Positive Results

So, I did my highly anticipated weigh-in this morning! And....spent the entire day moping around because I was only down 2.5 pounds in the last 3 weeks. All day all I could think about was the birthday and baby shower cake I ate this weekend, the soda I had last Thursday, the bread I ate a couple times last week, and all my other little "splurges" I'd had.

If only I had exercised more restraint, maybe the scale would have been more considerate to me this morning.

After that got me absolutely nowhere, I manually shifted my focus into the progress gear. Instead of making my slow journey the star of the day, why not hone in on the positive? Instead of drilling in on the fact that the scale is moving at an almost unmeasurable speed, I should make my focal point be the positive:

* As an average, I have lost almost 1 pound a week for the last 9 weeks! That sounds better...not any other way I had put it throughout the day.

* My belt now automatically goes to three holes tighter from when I started.

* It is time for some smaller jeans and tighter work-out pants - down one size!

* I have worked out consistently for the last 60 days, missing Sundays and an occasional day here and there due to circumstances out of my control (aka not just being lazy).

* I have had 3 people comment on my success to date (probably the best encouragement of all).

Even though I was hoping to just watch the pounds fly off after I had built my muscles up a bit, I am going to be encouraged by the fact that I am not getting negative results. I am going to stay positive about my positive results!