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Today has been a very very long day.
Apr. 21st, 2002 12:14 amGood and bad. I was hoping to go help mom at a show this afternoon, but that never happened.
Got up, did some stuff around the house, answered emails, etc. +Kyle woke up around 11 or so, and we talked about some stuff. He was still in that mindset from last night, so he didn't want to talk about that much. He needed a hand with some stuff on the table saw, so we worked on that together, then came inside and did our own thing for awhile.
He ended up deciding that he did want to go after all, and then we got into a rather large fight. I tend to get confused when we're having an argument, and whenever that happens, we end up having a fight. He broke the wall and threatened to call a lawyer on Monday. -_- I got a kitchen knife and went into the bathroom. (I'm leaving a LOT of detail out...be glad...) Nothing happened much, and we ended up both collapsing in tears and made up. THANK GOD. I hate it when we fight. I know he does too, but so help me...he's wound tighter than a Swiss watch, and I don't think I could have said the right thing no matter what I said.
So anyway...we have to fix the wall now. But we are ok! We actually talked more about the WW program before going out to get sheetrock and stuff. He went for a pudding cup (The PW just gave us more) and noticed they were Fat Free.
Him: You know these Jello cups are the fat free kind, right?
Me: Yes, and they are SO good!
He downed one and I looked for something to munch on. Found some mini Oreo cookies, so I went for my point finder while he ate a small bag of the chocolate filled ones (yuck!).
Him: What are you doing?
Me: Deciding whether or not these are worth eating.
Him: Ahhh....okaaaaayyy.... (I'm going for milk) Does that count?
Me: Yeah, everything counts.
Him: Well, you said veggies don't count.
Me: Well, many veggies don't. Some have a high enough fiber content to make a point difference. But other than that, everything else counts. It's really not about picking what foods you can and can't eat, it's a matter of *how much* of the foods you eat.
Him: (showing mild interest, but munching away. Meanwhile, I've found that 9 mini cookies costs 3 points, so I get 5 of them and 4 oz. of milk.) Somehow that milk
Me: So, someone of my weight can eat between 22 and 27 points of food per day (in order to lose weight). It doesn't matter too much what you eat, as long as you stay within your range.
Him: So you can have like 5 points here and 5 points there?
Me: Yeah. I prefer to have more lower point foods throughout the day - 2 or 3 points here and there - because it lets me feel like I'm getting away with something.
He laughed a little bit, and seemed relieved to know that I wasn't out and out starving myself. Quite the contrary.
More to come...but for now I'm very tired.
Got up, did some stuff around the house, answered emails, etc. +Kyle woke up around 11 or so, and we talked about some stuff. He was still in that mindset from last night, so he didn't want to talk about that much. He needed a hand with some stuff on the table saw, so we worked on that together, then came inside and did our own thing for awhile.
He ended up deciding that he did want to go after all, and then we got into a rather large fight. I tend to get confused when we're having an argument, and whenever that happens, we end up having a fight. He broke the wall and threatened to call a lawyer on Monday. -_- I got a kitchen knife and went into the bathroom. (I'm leaving a LOT of detail out...be glad...) Nothing happened much, and we ended up both collapsing in tears and made up. THANK GOD. I hate it when we fight. I know he does too, but so help me...he's wound tighter than a Swiss watch, and I don't think I could have said the right thing no matter what I said.
So anyway...we have to fix the wall now. But we are ok! We actually talked more about the WW program before going out to get sheetrock and stuff. He went for a pudding cup (The PW just gave us more) and noticed they were Fat Free.
Him: You know these Jello cups are the fat free kind, right?
Me: Yes, and they are SO good!
He downed one and I looked for something to munch on. Found some mini Oreo cookies, so I went for my point finder while he ate a small bag of the chocolate filled ones (yuck!).
Him: What are you doing?
Me: Deciding whether or not these are worth eating.
Him: Ahhh....okaaaaayyy.... (I'm going for milk) Does that count?
Me: Yeah, everything counts.
Him: Well, you said veggies don't count.
Me: Well, many veggies don't. Some have a high enough fiber content to make a point difference. But other than that, everything else counts. It's really not about picking what foods you can and can't eat, it's a matter of *how much* of the foods you eat.
Him: (showing mild interest, but munching away. Meanwhile, I've found that 9 mini cookies costs 3 points, so I get 5 of them and 4 oz. of milk.) Somehow that milk
Me: So, someone of my weight can eat between 22 and 27 points of food per day (in order to lose weight). It doesn't matter too much what you eat, as long as you stay within your range.
Him: So you can have like 5 points here and 5 points there?
Me: Yeah. I prefer to have more lower point foods throughout the day - 2 or 3 points here and there - because it lets me feel like I'm getting away with something.
He laughed a little bit, and seemed relieved to know that I wasn't out and out starving myself. Quite the contrary.
More to come...but for now I'm very tired.
