My Poor Little Man

Ethan is still so very sick, and there's not a whole heck of a lot we can do for him. We are giving him all the meds that the pediatrician prescribed, and we're just waiting for them to do their job. In the meantime, he is miserable. He has so much junk in his chest and throat that he gags when I try to feed him his baby food. He has a hard time breathing when he tries to suck his thumb, and then he gets mad. Joe and I are hoping he feels better tomorrow or else we won't be able to take him out to the restaurant. Then Joe and I will be eating TV dinners for Ethan's first Thanksgiving Day! LOL To make matters worse, after 9 full months of no teeth, his bottom two decide that they must come up while he is sick with a terrible cold. The tops of both of them have just poked through, and that is making him cranky too. I just put him to bed so now I can have some "me" time. Joe stayed home with him all day so I could go to work, so he just ran out to Walmart to get out of the house.

My menu for today:

Breakfast: skim milk and South Beach Diet cereal
Snack: celery with peanut butter
Lunch: Tossed salad with crab cakes on it
Snack: string cheese
Dinner: South Beach Diet frozen dinner (what can I say...I'm lazy tonight!!)
Snack: Sugar-free fudgsicle

I am a little nervous about eating at the restaurant tomorrow since it's a buffet and they will have PLENTY of good stuff. I do have a plan though and I am going to try to stick to it. A little bit of everything that I love, but nothing that I can live without. Do I really need to have a roll or stuffing? No, but I do need to have some mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. Hopefully, I still see some weight loss at Monday's weigh-in because I still have 25 more pounds to lose!

Happy Thanksgiving!