Today WeightWatchers told me they'd noticed I'd had a bit of a [weight] gain. For the record, my scales say I haven't gained any weight this week. I haven't lost any either, but that's a different matter entirely.

Every week I weigh myself, at the same time, under the same conditions, and enter my weight into the weight tracker. It's rare that the tracker has anything positive to say. If I've lost weight the site usually feels it's too much in one go. If I gain weight it'll happily tell me, it must be my fault and I must be doing something wrong. If there's no change, again I must be doing something wrong. I'm not measuring portions properly is the stock excuse. I need to go back and reassess. Apparently there's no reason the plan shouldn't work exactly as expected, and the results, well they're expected as well. If my progress doesn't meet expectations, well that's my fault. And as for today's apparent gain, well there must be am explanation, and it's probably my fault.

What the site doesn't take into account is that these comments aren't always helpful. When every day is a struggle just to eat at the right time, regardless of sticking to the plan, every bit of encouragement is more than welcome. I don't need to be told I'm doing something wrong, I know I am. If I wasn't, I wouldn't be struggling like this. What I really need is congratulations on the small successes, even if it's only maintaining my weight when I've had a bad week. What I really need is some support.