Workin' out

I've been working out regularly for a few months now.  I joined the local Crossfit.  I'm both loving it and feeling frustrated most days. 
I haven't been seeing much change in the scale.  I lost about 10 pounds right off, but that has stalled.  BUT... I have been getting compliments.  People say my face looks thinner.  One man told me he could really see a difference in my arms (and I don't see this person very often, so that was pretty telling to me).  And a woman at my office told me my *butt* looks good!  Wow! 
Those are all little victories that make me smile.  But what really makes me feel good are the non-scale victories that make me stop in my tracks and say "how long have I been able to do THAT?".  For instance, I skipped down the steps at the school the other day.  Straight down, without holding the rail.  Usually it's early when I'm there and I'm not all warmed up for the day and I haven't had my coffee yet so I move like an elderly lady.  I turn my body sideways to go down the steps and hold onto the railing with a fear of slipping (they are a little steep).  Now I just go straight down the middle and bounce all the way! 
Yesterday I walked up a flight of stairs without losing my breath.  I just walked right up!  I was tempted to go to the elevator, but chided myself for that. "It's only one flight of stairs, not 6!" And it was easy!
And today I am wearing a pair of pants I avoided all summer because they didn't fit. 

So the scale isn't moving.  I know that muscle weighs more than fat. I'm replacing one for the other.  It's frustrating to not be losing weight.  It would be nice to see a change in the scale, but I'm seeing other changes that, surprisingly, mean more to me.  They are harder to measure.  But they are real.