My wife is pregnant right now so that is hard. She is trying to be helpful to me in regards to her cravings.

But today all she could think about was pizza. This is funny because I can't really ever remembering her seeking out pizza like a guided missle before.

Anyway we invited some friends over (2 bonuses, good times and people to help polish off the junk food so you don't). I had a couple of slices and it's off to the next thing.

I just hope she doesn't have any uncontrollable Ben&Jerry's cravings anytime soon.

I admit I have had my share of resentments when I was trying so hard to stay on my plan and my husband would eat snacks in front of me. Worse, when I can smell the aroma's of his treat foods. But I am not his diet police and I don't want him to police me either, so we talked it out several times and came to terms with what it means to each of us. Just this morning we had to talk about how restaurant eating is just not a good thing for me right now and he said we could stop going for now. That was so very supportive. Sometimes we have to define to our spouses/family what we need. I cannot stop my husband from eating in front of me, but I can ask him to try and understand that I need support at times and exactly what that means.

Some men are a bit insecure when their ladies start losing weight. If she was heavy when he married her, he might not want her to change. Kind of like a man who marries a slim woman and then complains when she puts on weight, except in reverse.

Somewhere in his head, he might think she'll leave him for another man once she slims down. I don't know why they think that, but some of them do. That's what happened to my mother. She lost around 50 pounds back in the 1970's, and my (then) step-father accused her of losing weight so she could run around with other men. He was a drunk, abusive, SOB in the first place; this was typical of a statement he might make.

My first husband (another drunk, abusive SOB) used to put me down for my weight and then immediately (I mean within minutes) go out and get a gallon of ice cream and get very angry if I didn't join him in it. And sometimes it wasn't only ice cream. It was ice cream, topped with whipped cream, crumbled up candy, and chocolate syrup! After he just got done telling me how fat I was, I'm going to sit there and eat that with him? I don't think so!

A great tip is to put them in the freezer. Then, even if you do succumb to temptation it'll take you about an hour to eat one. Then, at least, it's a treat you can enjoy for longer than 30 seconds.


My SO snacks and eats far more than me a lot of the time. He seems to have been blessed by mother nature as he has amazing muscles for no reason (I'm not complaining ). I think these days he does tend to choose snacks that he knows I don't like, which does ease the jealousy. Although it's quite hard when I'm eating a bowl of veggie soup with no bread and he goes through a whole French stick with his bowl!!

Freezing them is a great idea, I've never even eaten them that way before.

But I have lost over 40 lbs, and there is no way in heck I am gonna let a little bit of chocolate fluff derail me on my track to health. I'm almost halfway there.

But I'll tell you what, once I'm back to my 'normal' size, I am looking forward to good things like that in moderation. Certainly not a half dozen of the darn things lol.