mad at myself - up 5lbs pre-op

I'm super pissed at myself.. I weighed here at work this morning and I'm up 5 frickin pounds. I don't know if I'm just carrying water or overeating at Mother's day tomorrow or a combo of the two did this or what. I just know I can't gain weight before surgery and I need to do the LD for 2 weeks before surgery to shed at least 10 lbs..  I'm so mad..

Probably alot of water weight.  You couldn't have eaten 17,500 calories yesterday, that's the extra amount needed to net you a 5 lb gain. (Assuming 3,500 calories = 1LB)  Don't let the apparent gain keep you from eating healthy today.  Get yourself back on track now, and I bet all or most of that 5 will be off in a day or so.

You will easily lose the 10 pounds on the LD pre-op!  Don't beat yourself up!  Jus****ch what you're doing and it'll be fine!  Have you called, yet?

Hey there - don't beat yourself up darnit!  Just get back on the wagon.  There are a lot of reasons for this!  Please only weigh yourself once a week!  Also - I had to lose 10lbs before surgery as well and I gained 3 from the time of meeting the surgery to the pre-op class.  I did 21 days of the LD just to make sure and I lost a total of 17.  You can do this keep your chin up!
Sal

Stacy:

There will be good food days and bad food days on this journey.  You have to learn to forgive yourself the bad days and move on.  The key is to not let a bunch of bad days accumulate into a "screw it, I am a failure anyway" attitude and way of life.  The fact that you care about the 5 lbs is a clear indication that you can get back on track .  So, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and carry on like you already know how to do.

RP

LOL Kristy...  Thank you for the reality check that I didn't eat 17K+ cals.. I LOVE IT!!! 

Thanks for the pep talk.. I really needed it. I got so discouraged this morning when I saw that 5 lbs.. I was like what the F$#%$!!!  And yes.. I'm eating more healthy today.. and I ahve my planned protein and veggies waiting for me at home..

Oh and Therese .. I just called.. THey told me that they officially got the approval claim in their system 5/5/09, and 14 business days to make a decision. THat puts me at either Fri 22nd or Tues 26th if it takes them that long to determine. I'm really pissed at my office for faxing the claim and not following up to make sure they recieved it. If I hadn't called who knows how long it would have taken to realize they didn't have it. They put me a whole week behind on approval time because of it.. GRRRRR!!!