[JanH]

Budgetmom, I don't think it is wrong for you to be concerned about your DH's health. I went through the same thing when my Hubby ended up with high blood pressure. It was job related. However, we did modify diet and I do encourage him whenever I can. I do bug him when he works too many hours on too many days in a row. He says he appreciates me reigning him in or he'd ruin his health cos he's a workaholic. He doesn't consider it nagging, he considers it caring about how he feels and about his overall health. Recently, he was on some medicine that made him feel awful. I finally told him I thought he needed to reevaluate this med and his doctor took him off. He feels much better and has thanked me several times. I think trying to find ways to fulfill your DH's food needs while trying to maintain your household accounts is admirable. I'm sure you do the same thing when taking care of your own needs. Weighing what you need to do with what the budget says. I'm just learning to cook again, and we only have two people right now. So I am not much help on the food issue. But maybe if you cut back a smidge each meal, then he'd get used to less and it will still fill him? My Hubby did that on a year long job he did on his own. He ate less at meals since he had to fix them and got used to it. Now I fix him too much and he doesn't eat it.