Tink you poor thing. *virtual hugs*
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend's son and everything that happened. But please don't despair - that 5lbs is probably water weight from intaking more sodium than you normally do. There's no way you could gain 5lbs of fat in that short span of time! Relax sweetpea and give yourself a break! Stress also impedes weight loss and it sounds like you've had more than your share.
I found this post on another forum (sorry Terry, Nancy!) but thought it may help to keep you focused. I wish you all the VERY best and to your friend and her son too.
~Alisha
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Falling Off The Diet Wagon
by Jonathan Bowden, M. A.
"One of the most discouraging aspects of weight loss are the inevitable slips. Everyone has them. For some people, an occasional slip engenders an all out binge...followed by guilt, self-recrimination, a sense of powerlessness, and a feeling of "What's the use?"
Sound familiar?
I call it "falling off the diet wagon," and if you can change how you think about it, you don't need to be victimized by it anymore.
Let's start by looking at a simple children's game called "Chutes and Ladders." Here is how it works: you use a spinner to advance from space to space toward the winner's spot. Along the way there are ladders-which leapfrog you over a lot of spaces-as well as chutes-which send you back in the opposite direction.
Some kids play this game with a laissez-faire, "whatever" attitude, taking life as it comes with all its ups and downs, pitfalls and triumphs. They learn the wonderful moral of Chutes and Ladders-half the secret of life is just showing up. Keep playing the game, and eventually you will get where you are going.
Some kids, however, get very upset when they land on a chute. They are ready to quit the game, pick up their proverbial marbles and go home. For some reason, they believe that life isn't supposed to have any chutes. When they land on them, they are very disappointed and feel like giving up.
Weight loss is like a huge game of Chutes and Ladders.
In dealing with hundreds of clients over the years, I've discovered that the biggest difference between the winners and the losers in the weight loss war isn't whether or not people have "slips" and go off their program. It's not really a question of "if" they have them, it is a question of "when."
What really makes the difference is how you deal with the slips when they happen.
Her's an example. You have been absolutely wonderful on your plan for three weeks. You've been sticking to your exercise routine and feeling pretty terrific. You go to your best friend's wedding and have a glass of wine. Before you know it, soemone is insisting that you try those delicious little canapes, and before the wedding singer can say "Tanta Elka Cuts The Cake," you've managed to down about 4,000 calories from stuff you wouldn't have been caught dead looking at during the past few weeks...pates, desserts, breads, stuffings, you name it.
Most people think that's where the action stops. Actually, it's where the real action begins.
First, a reality check. Have you done a lot of damage? Not really. You may have put on a pound or two. Big deal. You can knock it off in no time, and go right back to work on yourself.
So what's the problem?
The problem isn't what we did, but what we make it "mean." We tell ourselves that our "transgression" means that we have no willpower, that we will never succeed, that our efforts are in vain.
Let me suggest something more empowering.
Suppose, instead, that we learn to see life's occasional "chutes" as just that-stumbling blocks that everyone hits on their personal path to personal power, nothing to be afraid of and certainly nothing to give a lot of meaning to.
So you had a chute. On your next spin you might hit a ladder.
Most important of all, you can't win the game unless you keep on playing.
And every minute gives you a new chance for another spin. Take it.
And don't look back.
I did manage to find some veggies/meat some of the time and ate what I could of those as well as some skim milk. I drank tons of water. I thought I had remembered we could substitute that for a MF meal? Anyway it was really really hard and I weighed this morning and was up almost 5 pounds!!! 
I am so upset because of this and I honestly didn't eat that bad but I am sure those foods even while looking somewhat healthy were loaded with fat and butter added to make those veggies taste better. I was starving and was up for days it seemed without sleep. I just felt so out of sorts because my routine was broken with my MF and I had no access to a PC I left without my laptop too! I couldn't get here for any support it is was horrible. I have been 6 weeks compliant and now it is all messed up. I am back at work today and have all my MF with me ... I missed it sooo very much. I am going to get right back on program today of course but I feel lousy! I apologize this is such a down in the dumps post because typically I am much more positive. I guess this set back although I didn't do it on purpose was a real blow to me. I put some MF in my car in case something like this should ever happen again (which I hope never EVER does)!!
they are hard to come by these days.. so hold your head up and start new today.. Just your words tell us you wouldn't have slipped if you could have helped it anyother way.. I know this doesn't help you feel any better but sometimes we have no control over situtations like this.. keeping a few products in the car is a rally good idea.. i do it all the time(for the same reasons)
You sound as if you have a plan and are going to carry though on it.. I admire you for that.. have a great evening--Martha
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