The process mentality to losing fat

You're doing something right when you check your weight and see no change (or even a slight increase) and immediately think, "Has my nutrition been consistent enough to where a loss should have been realized? If no, what can I modify to make the plan more realistically and consistently applicable? If yes, what modifications can I test out over the next block of weeks to get things dialed in?"

Your body's not going to give up fat when you're not consistent with your plan. Caloric deficits paired intermittently with caloric surpluses (typically binges) tend to net out to caloric equilibrium. Hence the need for consistency.

And if your plan's not dialed in, no amount of consistency and effort is going to earn you forward progress.

For this reason, a logical system of tweaking based on the line of questioning I presented above will win out - long term - over the emotionally driven approach.

I'm sure you know the approach I'm referring to... where you see that slight uptick on the scale, pout about a lack of progress, and then go find some insta-pleasure in a box of cookies to get you over this hump of self loathing.

Your body doesn't owe you losses simply because you believe they're deserved.