Hi, ladies. Down to 154 today, another .5 gone. Had the usual weekend running errands, grocery shopping, laundry and housecleaning.

DH seems to be doing a little better - scared me to death this morning because he came downstairs at 5:30 am while I was reading the paper...announced he had been wanting a cup of coffee since 2 am...he hasn't drunk cofee in months! Gave him his coffee - then he ate an orange, 2 donuts, 2 eggs, 2 slices of toast and 2 sausage links. I was amazed. He's been doing better eating but this was the most he's eaten in days. Now, if they could just get his foot better...going to the dr. tomorrow for that.

TUESDAY: Today is Target Tuesday and our target this week is veggies. If you have limited experience with eating a variety of vegetables, start being a little more adventurous. Try some spaghetti squash, some fresh spinach, add a variety of bell peppers to your meals, etc. Most of us don't eat much dark green vegetables and they hold a lot of benefits for us.

Susan: How wonderful that he came down on his own accord and ate such a good hearty breakfast. Like you say, you have to take the successes where you can get them. Congrats on the lb loss too!

LeeAnn: You have children that are too little to be going here and there. They get tired and bored easily and I am sure it wore on you so I know you are glad to be back home. Oh and that pic is one of my dd, sil and grandson and I whacked off the two of them and scanned it in. You should see some of the other professional pics from this gal. She did a wonderful job with them in natural environment. For Christmas, my dd made me a huge collage of pics of him and drawings he did for my dining room wall. I love to look at them.

Amanda: I know when your depression hits you hide, but you need to be around friends so don't avoid coming here. You are doing so fabulous and I am so proud of you with what you have accomplished.


have a good day gals

Faye

WEDNESDAY: Today is Wednesday's woes so you can gripe all you want about anything!

Faye

Bad news at the doctor yesterday. They did a sonagram. The surgery that put 5 stents in my dh's leg to restore circulation was a complete failure. In fact, it is worse that before the surgery. He now only has 25% circulation which is considered critical. Dr will try to do a bypass on the leg IF he has enough artery below the blockage and enough good veins to do it. If not, he will definitely have to have his foot amputated. Now the really bad part. We can't do anything until he has the intestinal surgery. Thank God approval for that came last week. I'm calling that surgeon today and telling him dr we saw yesterday wants him to consider scheduling it as an emergency so we can get it over. While he's still in the hospital from that, vascular surgeon will determine if they can do the bypass. If the bypass can be done, it will be scheduled as soon as he recovers from other surgery...supposing gangrene doesn't set in during the waiting time. DH is taking everything in stride and keeping a positive outlook. I'm in a daze but know I have to be strong and take chage and I'll get the job done. I'm just scared at this point.

Please keep him in your prayers.

I really enjoy the SBD. It's so easy and the cravings have all disappeared. I get my DH anything he wants - donuts, pie, if he'll eat it, I get it just trying to keep weight on him (he does eat good meals as well) and it doesn't even appeal to me and I have no desire to eat it. And it's not difficult to eat out.

I guess everyone is busy hiding their Easter eggs so maybe we'll hear more from the rest of you after the holiday.

Morning All ... I have not been in for a while, been busy, but I am still doing well on my plan, my exercise has been lacking though.

DH went to the Dr this morning as he has messed up his ankles with doing the treadmill on the highest incline, dr said he tells all his patients to never use the incline on the treadmill, he says it is too hard on the tendons, he gave my dh some anti-inflammatory drugs and told him no cardio for 2-3 weeks. His ankles are so swollen... Keep him in your prayers he says it is quite a bit of pain. I guess this is my Weds woe.

Susan - I am sorry to hear about what your dh is going through ( and you ), I will keep you both in my prayers, I know all will go well. I know alot of people who like SBD, good job for keeping it up even with sweets in the house, I know I sure couldnt do it.

Amanda - I know how it is with the depression, thank God for meds! In my case anyway...take care!!

Faye - That is a cute picture, he has a great smile.

Julie and Leann - Hello !!!

Hey ladies. I'm sitting on the horns of a dilemma and I need as much input as possible. (Even from you ladies who are not moms!)

Stay at home mom vs. working mom vs. work at home mom vs. stay at home dad

All right ladies, we all have an opinion. I have less than two days to make the decision to either be a stay at home mom or to go to work, but I feel like I am no further than when I started almost 2 years ago when we moved to NY.

April 25th is the start of some online (quadruple checked out) college classes for the purpose of returning to work after the kids are in school. My choice is: go to school online and come away with a job catching degree or start gearing up for home schooling the children. We have the capability to do either. I'm concerned about a few things specifically...

-- Staying at home generally has little feeling of accomplishment but a lot of loneliness. When I worked, I felt that I was missing my children too much and being selfish.
-- Do I put up with the general scorn towards "bon bon eating airheads" (possibly including my own husband) or do I decide deal with the guilt and depression of letting paid strangers raise my children for me?
-- How do I deal with not helping to put food on the table? or how do I deal with not being there for my children?

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I've been searching for an answer online doing web searches for parenting sights and statistical analysis based on research papers and scientific study online. I've found tons, but I just can't make up my mind on this. I'm so torn.

-Lee Ann
(At least my appetite has been gone for a while... except for that stress Ben and Jerry binge I had... guilty. )