catywompus

I've been hard restricting for three weeks and finally broke and realized I needed some real food. I weighed out a tilapia filet on a plate on my scale, then went about cooking. Felt real proud of myself because everything smelled good and I actually wanted to eat it (for once). I put my cooked fish on a small plate so I could work on plating my husband's meal. I like taking the time to really present a pretty plate for others so I was definitely distracted. After he was set, I took the rest of the green beans and a tiny taste of sweet potatoes for myself and scooped them straight onto my raw fish plate on the scale so I could calc the calories. You read that right...I was so focused on the

At two separate hospitals and a few doctor's offices on opposite sides of my state, my husband and I have encountered nurses making fun when doing a comprehensive assessment of his health and they get to the portion about spousal abuse, asking if I 'beat him' - they laugh, they ask in mocking tones, and they never request I leave the room when they do this. If I was abusive to my husband, why would he be honest with them under these circumstances?

Even more troubling, one nurse was male...making it even more difficult for my husband to feel that he would answer honestly if he were being abused. My husband and I make it a point to address it when it happens, and the nurses have all been very

My two year-old lab mix has developed a pesky habit of refusing to eat her food unless I'm home. I typically go to work at 3am and my husband gets up around 5-6am, takes the dog for a nice hunger-inducing walk, fills her food bowl, and leaves at 7ish. She will not eat until I get home at 1pm, and will sometimes ignore the food bowl as though she doesn't see the kibble until I point to it and tell her to eat (and she eats her dinner around 5pm, so that's a long time on an empty belly). If I work until the evening, it's the same deal with dinner. Sometimes she'll leave her breakfast all day until I get home at 5, which is 24 hours without eating her easily-available food.

She seems to love he

My 1 year old female Lab/Chow mix follows me around the house, is always at my feet, and generally sticks close to me as much as possible. She's a relatively good dog (who needs more training), but here's our biggest problem: She alternates between completely ignoring or running from my husband (who has never mistreated her in the least, he's just tall and lanky with a deep voice). He's getting frustrated because he sees how loving and playful she is with me, but she is barely interested in doing anything with him.

Early on, she played with him regularly but she had knee surgery a few weeks ago so she's limited to snuggles and gentle play, and they used to run and fetch like crazy. She doe