I can't understand this

[abstibus]

I really pigged over Christmas and New Year and feel fatter, especially round the middle.
I was seriously thinking of rejoining SW to shift it. However, I weighed myself this morning for the first time in 3 weeks and found that I have lost 1 lb.
Can weight migrate from your feet to your waist? My shoes are looser!!!

[rowanwitch]

no but if you have splurged on carbs you might hold some extra fluid round your middle despite losing fat over all

[pastafreak]

Weight can fluctuate not just day-to-day,but also morning and night. Weigh again this evening,and then tomorrow morning-you may have a better idea of your daily pattern then.
Also-the body will burn carbs before it burns fat...if you eat more carbs than fat-fat is stored.

[factor-fiction]

Over the last month I've been running 3 miles a day but I've definitely put an inch on my waist over Chrsitmas. I don't have a set of working scales so haven't weighed myself but I don't feel any heavier and certainly feel a lot fitter

[cazzz1975]

refined carbs are notorious for causing bloating, once you get back to normal food eating you may find that you lose the extra fat.

[abstibus]

Hi, everyone
Thank you for your kind answers - they are very encouraging. I am sure it must have been the carbs that did the damage - Thornton's chocolates, Turkish Delight, Christmas cake - I won't go on.
The odd thing is that until I weighed myself this morning, I felt fat, frumpy, negative and rather 'down'. I wouldn't even wear the new dress I'd bought for New Year.
Now I fee ljust great (but I'd look a bit stupid going to the shops in an evening dress).
Have a big sirloin steak ready to cook this evening - no carbs but lots of chilli and garlic. PLEASE don't tell me it's unhealthy.

[rowanwitch]

well the chilli and garlic are good for you...

[jomifl]

Water is denser than fat so if you replace fat with an equal volume of water then you will be heavier.