LMAO I am in the exact opposite situation.

When I have my family over for dinner they expect me to make rice, potatoes and have bread.

When I dont I get yelled at and they say Just because you are on this diet doesnt mean that your guests are and they dont need to suffer.

I didnt know that making a roast with veggie sides and salad was considered 'suffering' lol

Families are just weird.

I think they are just trying to be helpful.

My biggest problem comes when I go to eat out with other people.

I get really uncomfortable, because I ask 101 questions and feel like it bothers everyone else on the table, and they all look at me like I am a nut.

If you were a vegetarian I dont think they would say something like let down your vegetarian guard for a while and eat some meat.

I think they just dont understand that this is for better health and see it more as a temporary diet, rather than a woe. Eventually they will probably understand. Its difficult for people who dont follow it and understand the reasoning behind it.

It sounds like you are doing great! keep it up!

I know exactly how you feel, I go through the same stuff. However, my problems with food started way before low carb. I've been allergic to dairy for most of my adult life and you cant imagine how hard it is to go to a dinner party and not become the center of attention due to not being able to eat anything. Soooo much stuff is cooked in butter its not funny. Not only does the focus of every meal turn to you, but then occasionally a host/hostess gets upset that you cant eat what they made.. like my allergy was a personal insult or something.

Now its even worse with the low carb on top of the food allergy.. I try to just joke about it and say that I'm impossible to feed so it takes pressure off everyone. I'm happy with just about anything I can eat in those situations and will occasionally cheat to not make a big issue out of things, especially when they go out of their way to make something they think I can eat but they dont realize that honey glaze isnt low carb.

I think maybe I'll start a tradition of bringing a salad to dinners so I can always have something to eat.