When I got on the scale yesterday, it informed me I had gained 1 1/2 pounds. I knew that regardless of weight, I have lost fat but I was frustrated and disappointed nonetheless.

A casual acquaintance just asked me, without any prompting on my part, if I had lost weight. So ha ha on you, dumb scale. YOU'RE WRONG.

Nice! No one around here has noticed yet, but that's not stopping me

Congrats!

I've had to start taking measurements as regularly as I get on the scale. I seem to be losing almost nothing, but since I'm building muscle as I lose fat they're canceling each other out! Frustrating to see a scale gain but it's good that you can remind yourself it's not your only measure of success!