Linda - have you put those foods in a tracker (or counted the carbs/calories) so you know how much you're getting? A tracker (like FitDay or SparksPeople) would also tell you proteins, fats, and certain nutrients.
Lisa - We've been on food stamps since January. :\ We only get $60 a month which is hardly worth it but is helping some for now. We were getting $200 til dgd left. But, we also use the checkbook to fill in and he worked around what we'd spend at the store. It's going to be rough for me since the fs amount has gone down so much AND I'll be paying more on bills, most likely. What it does is keeps him from spending or charging more so I can get stuff paid down. We get $800 a month (so $860 with food stamps). From what I have down so far, we have 9 bills to pay OFF and 9 that are regular monthly bills. That does include Netflix which can be cut but the rest are non-negotiable unless we get REALLY tight and then life insurance would have to go.
CLW - I'm not too worried about maintenance at this point. But, dh is talking to me about what foods *I* think are my problems and he's learning about carbs/fats/proteins. ehhehe He asked me if you get protein out of the fat on meat and I said no. He was surprised and saddened.
I think he'll mostly listen to me but he'll keep me accountable. He even bro't me home a dark chocolate bar to eat at "my discretion" (or when I'm grumpy).
I'd say this is the first time in our 40 years that I would even hand the reins of MY eating over to dh. He doesn't want to disallow any particular foods except the ones I've told him I have a hard time not over-eating.