I was on my support board and Auntie Ruthie posted this and it was just hysterical to me.

Some Reasons for a Gain

1. Overeating.
2. Under eating.
3. Salt.
4. Lack of salt.
5. TOM (time of the month)
6. Not-TOM
7. You are wearing green.
8. You are not wearing green.
9. Exercise.
10. Lack of exercise.
11. It’s Thursday, Tuesday, Monday, Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday.
12. Pre-menopause.
13. Post-menopause.
14. You’re having a good hair day.
15. You’re having a bad hair day.
16. You used more hairspray/gel/mousse than normal.
17. You don’t even have hair.
18. You have tennis shoes on instead of sandals.
19. You have sandals on instead of tennis shoes.
20. You forgot to take your shoes off.
21. The sun is shining.
22. It’s raining.
23. You forgot to use your turn signal when you were turning into the parking lot at your meeting.
24. You don’t even drive.
25. Because the sky was blue and you ate a cookie.
26. The sky wasn’t blue and there were no cookies.
27. Too little sleep.
28. Too much sleep.
29. Heavy clothes
30. Light clothes
31. Heavy wig
32. Heavy dentures
33. No teeth at all.
34. Lint in pockets
35. No pockets
36. Chewing gum in your mouth
37. A bag of M&M in your pants.
38. You didn’t take your glasses off your head.
39. You don’t even wear glasses.
40. Because you bought a charm to celebrate your 10-lb loss the week before.
41. And it apparently weighs 2.6 lbs.
42. Because you’re wearing jeans.
43. Because you had to eat dinner before you weighed in.
44. You haven’t eaten in a week.
45. You were wearing flared pants.
46. There were serious solar flares causing minute fluctuations in the gravitational pull of the earth.
47. When it’s too hot, your weight gain is because your body’s holding on to the water.
48. After all, it needs to hydrate itself, doesn’t it?
49. When it’s cold, your weight gain is because your body is holding on to food to use as heat.
50. When the temperature is just right, your weight gain is because of … ummmmm…. uhhhhh…Alien invasion!!

Remember, it’s not what you did, it’s what’s you’re going to do next. Keep plugging away.

We are not sure the author of this wonderful list, but if you know, would you please email me and let me know so that I can give proper credit?