Is this normal???

I have been soooo  moody!!.   I have started my LD 05/18/08.   Its seems every other day I get irritated.   Will this get better???  Is there anything I can do, besides walking and trying to move around to get my mind off of eating and being irritable?

You are completly normal.  Yu will get through this.  Remember there is a lot of food porn around. (especially on a holiday weekend.)  Remember to drink drink drink that will get you through this.  Make sure that you are getting your proteins in too. I can't wait to hear from you.  good lucK . My thoughts and prayers are with you.

To be perfectly honest, I don't remember.  But hang in there -- the pre-surgery LD's suck but we all survive it to get to the prize at the end of it.......You're doing great~~

I spent a LOAD of time right here, on OH, pouring through profiles, before & after photos, anything and everything to reassure myself I was doing the right thing!  I also made myself look at the whole LD as a competition that I was not ABOUT to lose!  I was competing with all the food *****n tv, with the smells of the food my family was eating.  I CHALLENGED myself to deal with it!  And I knew I couldn't fail because my WLS was counting on it!   Remember, you are losing weight even now, during the LD, and that means hormones that are stored in your fat are being released into your system, further mucking up your emotions!  Just hang in there.  Read, knit, play with any pets you may have, call friends you haven't talked to in ages, just keep yourself away from temptation!   YOU ARE SO CLOSE!!!