Lost in Translation

My mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been staying with us since mid-October. They came to stay to help with the baby. It has been awesome to have them around to help out with the house and the kids. They are from South America and don't speak English and I don't speak Spanish so communicating is hard and I am pretty dependent on my husband translating.

Well, in starting to count points, I bought a few low point options for myself while buying regular for the rest of the family. This includes light bread and carb balance tortillas. These are quite a bit more expensive and with feeding two extra adults, I felt justified in this. One of the reasons that these items are lower in points is that they have more fiber than their original counterparts.

The morning after I bought them, I noticed that everyone was using it for toast when I came down in the morning and the already shrunken loaf was half gone. I was frustrated but also knew that I never explained the difference so had no right to be mad. I asked my husband to kindly explain to his mother that it was my bread and she was welcome to the other loaf at a later time so she didn't think that I was mad at her. He told me to write my name on it, but I don't think I should have to do that because I am no longer in college and I am in my own home. He didn't know how to bring it up until the opportunity presented itself yesterday afternoon.

For Sunday dinner I made black bean enchiladas. These are delicious and one of my favorites. I will have to post the recipe here. They are made with flour tortillas and so I made a small loaf pan for me with the carb balance tortillas and made a large pyrex full for the rest of the family. Of course everyone wanted to empty the small pan first so that we could clear the dish and I had to tell my husband to explain that they were made with different tortillas and that those were mine. I explained that the tortillas had more fiber and I was trying to add fiber to my diet. Also, to stay away from my bread. (I haven't mentioned WW to them. They are both under 100 lbs so weight is not really something we have in common.) My husband translated to them. They looked and me an started giggling. I asked him what he said. He said something to the effect that I needed to eat those ones because they had extra fiber and that I was trying to get extra fiber because I was constipated.

NICE HONEY!!!

Not really the reason that I am looking for high fiber items. More along the lines that they are more filling and lower the points on standard things.

OH WELL!!!

Well, now they know to not eat my stuff and maybe I can hide out in the bathroom to read a book or something and they won't suspect I am just ditching out. They will think the fiber is working its magic.