I'm going to come clean and be completely honest about how i eat on Fridays. Which i already know is not correct but i'm to the point where something has to give! I usually eat about 1/2 if not a little more of my weeklies on the weekend of my Sat morning weigh in.
So by Friday, i'm so panic stricken that i'm not going to lose that i only eat unsalted and VERY low point foods. Such as a day may be, Chobani for breakfast, Salad with oil and vinegar with 1 hard boiled egg at lunch and maybe another yogurt or salad for dinner. I retain from salt SO badly and could literally cry if they tell me I'm up on Sat morning! I've been at a plateau for several weeks now and i'm disappointed after doing SO well for SO long.
I want to know if anyone else does this the day before weigh in or if anyone has any suggestions to help me
It sounds like you aren't eating enough on Fridays. I try to treat my WI day like any other day of the week and I don't do any special tricks to make my weight lower. If you are weighing in at the same time/day every week your weight will go down under those conditions as much as it would if you were weighing first thing in the morning (you'll just be starting from a higher number).
On days when I don't eat enough my weight is often a little higher the next day. Just something to think about. I think avoiding high sodium foods is fine, I'd make an extra effort to get your water in, but also make sure you eat your points and meet your GHG. I could never live on two yogurts and a salad a day.
Maybe if you posted what you normally eat or what your workout routine is or what GHG you have trouble meeting some people here would have some suggestions that might help you through this plateau so you don't feel the need to restrict your food so severely.
Also, maybe you're extra hungry on Saturday and go through more of the weekly points because you drastically underate on Friday. Maybe with a more even routine you'd still use some of the weekly points on the weekend but then have more to spread out the rest of the week. I try to not eat out on Friday nights before weighing in on Saturday mornings, just because I know I add a few pounds of water because of the sodium, but if we do, then I am careful on my choices.
Good luck! Don't let it get into mind games to where you completely revamp for that weigh-in.
I know what you mean, and i know it's not right, just seems i weigh in heavy every Saturday morning and by Saturday at noon, i'm down like 2. It's frustrating! Here's a day this past week:
Those meals look very carb heavy and protein light. I'd add chicken or shrimp to the salad and maybe use less or no feta (very salty cheese.)
Add more veggies and protein to dinner and either have pasta or the english muffin, not both. Maybe meatballs in the sauce and some roasted or steamed broccoli, asparagus or some nice greens like collards or kale.
It might be helpful to increase your fruit/veg/protein intake and decrease the carbs a bit. I don't practice a low carb lifestyle by any stretch of the imagination but maybe instead of having an english muffin with your spaghetti you could maybe have a side of vegetables or a salad instead? I like to include vegetable-based soups (I usually will have 2 cups of soup with crackers or 1 cup of soup with a sandwich or something else), I feel fuller and get more vegetables in without a lot of extra calories/points.
It looks like you're doing great with oil and dairy. How many points do you get per day and how many points did you use this day?
The first few times I would weigh in on Saturday morning and I wouldn't eat much Friday either. Now on Fridays I eat most of my daily points but watch the salt and I exercise, It's been working for me so far.
Now imagine if we weighed in at night during the week? I would starve myself all day
I agree with seagirl. Carb heavy and protein light, it could be your are up from the carbs and not the salt. I would try to cut the carbs and add more protein. Focus on less breads, pasta and add more meats, seafood and lower carb veggies
Great ideas! This was a 29 pt day and I get 29 pts. I sometimes (most times) add more fruit! i'm a "crunch" person so sometimes i'll get ff chips or salt free chips. I also think i'm going to change my weigh in's to Friday morning before work as i want to enjoy my weekend without adding stress to myself and my bf is now off every friday i'm going to go with the more protien!
I've always been a chip, popcorn, nuts, carby kind of gal, that's why i think the previous plan failed for me
Sidenote: i don't even want to eat anything high in points, just want to relax after a long week on a Friday and have a drink and a Greek salad or chicken salad without fear of retention lol!!! Does that make sense or am i a nut job lol
I agree with everyone else that you should try to have more protein instead of starch. One thing I absolutely love about ww is the carbs because I am not willing to live without them. However, when I was at a plateau I decided to leave out bread/pasta for the week and go walking as many days as I could. That seemed to really work for me! The next week I continued walking a few miles 5x a week but allowed myself bread/pasta again and the weight didn't come back. Sometimes your body just needs a change in the routine.
For lunch today i had a large tossed salad with oil and vinegar and 2 hard boiled eggs to hold me over, no breads ladies i think that's a great idea to switch it up.....did you still eat fruits (with carbs), just not breads and pastas?
Sidenote: i don't even want to eat anything high in points, just want to relax after a long week on a Friday and have a drink and a Greek salad or chicken salad without fear of retention lol!!! Does that make sense or am i a nut job lol
Why not just eat those things? If they are within your plan and you want them, eat them. You are going to drive yourself crazy trying to outwit the scale. It will do what it will do, and even if you are retaining a little water, the scale will go down as you lose weight.
The Dreaded Fridays.....
i'm going to go with the more protien! 
