Well in the my last blog on the above I said I had gained 1.5lbs well have gained another 2lbs!
Getting really frustrated. Wont quit ww but sometimes feel like it - I have got my attitude to fitness sorted in that I have found something I like doing but why cant I be as committed to my diet?
Don't let it knock you off track! I know its really hard to get motivated again once you've put on a few pounds but you can do it!! try and find some new exciting WW recipes, that can help 
I use 'MyNetDiary' to record everything I eat - soon lets you see what to avoid, but also let's you add in any exercise so you see the benefits. Beyond that I'm afraid its down to will power - which is where I find having something to look at in black & white really helpful.
I use 'MyFitnessPal' online and as an app on my new Christmas toy.
Recording everything you eat (and I mean everything!) is a very good dieting technique because you are more aware of how many calories are getting down your throat. For instance the half packet of chicken wings (which seemed like quite a measly portion) I had for dinner last night with salad and a single spoon of coleslaw came in at over 800 calories. 700 or so just for the chicken wings! Now I know that they're all skin and bone and the skin is where the fat is, but always thought that as there's lots of bone it meant there wasn't lots of much else. It appears I was wrong! So recording it made me aware to keep them as treats rather than a couple of days a week as they're cheap and yummy.
It's just hard to keep on track, isn't it?
Don't be hard on yourself. Think of all the health benefits you are obtaining by your running.
Rome wasn't built in a day. You can do it...keep going.
Hi. Here's something you generally won't read in Dieting Daily - a lot of the fluctuation comes down to when you go to the loo. I don't see any correlation between calories in/out and weight in the short term. But by tracking every day both my calories in & my overall weight, I definitely see one. An extra few hundred cals one day will show as more weight the next day. No surprise there. But the weight hangs around for two days, then you go back to where you were. The weight is just the food going through your system. As an example, I went up by almost 1.5 lb between last Friday & Saturday. But since Saturday, I've gone down by 1.4kg or just over 3lb. The big drop coincided with a very satisfying visit to the loo (sorry, but it had to be said ??). I can't say that this explains your stats, but try weighing yourself each day (at the same time - ideally when you first get up, after going to the loo) and see how your numbers work. Last thing - avoid weighing right after exercise - it can really skew your stats. I drop just under 1lb after a run.
I too am finding it difficult to get back on my dieting track, I managed to put on 5lb over Christmas and so far I've only lost 1lb. I'm thinking of re-arranging what I eat when. the diet I follow (Tesco online diets), the meals are split equally, but what I find works sometimes when I'm having a hungry few days is to save some fruit from breakfast and lunch so that i can snack on that at my "must eat" time of day in the late afternoon.
Tracking all the food that I was eating while I was losing weight made me realise that my 'hungry' days, the days where I got the munchies and wanted to be constantly eating were the days following very low intake days. For instance if I cut the portion size down or missed a snack or something and only ate 1000 calories one day the next would be an 'I'm starving' day. By sticking to 1200 to 1500 calories I avoided this (not totally, but the extremes).
That must be very frustrating for you. Talk to your ww leader about muscle vs fat though - since I started c25k i have probably only lost around 7lb but my shape has changed, particularly my legs which are much leaner and more toned than they were. A friend commented that she'd been told that muscle weighs more - although I admit to not really understanding this because isn't a pound a pound...? whether it's fat or muscle...? *iz confused*
Anyway, don't despair - keep going, because you are fitter and healthier than you were, and you will do this
Annie
"A friend commented that she'd been told that muscle weighs more - although I admit to not really understanding this because isn't a pound a pound...? whether it's fat or muscle...?"
A layer of fat on your body which increases your size by an inch will not weigh as much as a layer of muscle which increases your size by the same amount.
A pound of fat is physically bigger than a pound of muscle even though they weigh the same.
Thanks, Beads! I've always wondered
Imagine 10 pounds of cotton verses 10 pounds of bricks. The bring brick pile will be dense and take up less space. I agree, its all very frustrating and confusing! Gayle
I guess I prefer just not to think about it, Gayle 
The new ww diet is weird, I'm doing it and its taken a while to work out how to use my weekly extra points to my benefit. I wrigh in on a Friday morning so get my new lot of points on Friday, I used to blow all of them on Friday and Saturday night on food, treats and wine, but then I would have none left for Sun to thurs, meaning I was totally starving the rest of the week, my body also did not like this, I think it thought I was starving myself and struggled to let go of all the weight from the fri and sat and I never lost weight, sometimes gained. So I started being sensible on Fri and sat, id use some of the weeklies, but made sure I had at least 4 extra a day for Sun to Wed (dont use any the say before weigh in). This meant I could eat more and Im not trying to loose all the crap I used to eat at the weekend, and I loose weight! It's odd thinking that eating more (of the right things) makes me loose weight, but it works!
Ps How do you 'spend' your weeklies? Are you tracking everything? X
I follow WW and try not to 'spend' my weeklies, and try to keep them 'behind my ear' for emergencies. I just try to stick within my daily allowance each day. Same with additional points gained from exercise - I don't spend them. I've lost nearly 6st so I can confirm that it works.
Jax
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I am a ww member and I do what jax does. Are you eating processed/higher sodium foods? I had a 1.5 pound gain overnight when I stayed on plan. I ate very high sodium foods yesterday. I am not losing weight so much since I started running, but I am more toned and dropped a clothing size or two. Try not to get frustrated...as long as your cutting back and exercising, you will become fitter. Muscle also retains fluid when used. I'm noticing a trend of a weight gain on the scale the day after a run. Gayle
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