Hi Guys,

Not been around for a long while 4yrs.. Fell off the wagon with a big thud.
now back to 18st

I remember how i did it lastr time (4.5st loss in 18 months )
but dont know how to get back on... last time there was just me and my wife..
now 2 young children (3yrs & 1yr)

how do you manage your diet along side theirs..

Oh, this has been a HUGE learning experience for me. I have a family of 6 at home now. Two children are on their own but come home for dinner alot too. So 8 people at times with children ranging from 25 to 3. (Don't ask)

Anyway, I was killing myself trying not to "cheat" them while following my diet and then I realized that when they were choosing their own snacks they were generally eating all of MY food items. It then occurred to me that what I was doing by continuing to supply them with garbage food and carb laden fare was instilling bad eating habits into them and dooming them to follow down the same path of poor health that I followed. So now, dinner only occassionally involves breads and grains. Desserts are a rare treat (and generally made with LC ingredients). I am trying to retrain them. Lucky for you your children are young because I have definitely had an easier time instilling the better eating habits on the younger kids than the teens.

Hello juksey and welcome back to lowcarbing! I can't offer any first-hand advice about feeding a family because I live on my own, but there are many many people on these forums who have succeeded on being lowcarb whilst living in a family environment.

I don't really think that what you eat has to be completely different from what the rest of your family eats, if say, an evening meal were to consist of roast lamb, veggies and potatoes, all you'd have to do was to cut out the potatoes. Chicken wings, salad and chips, you have more chicken and salad instead of chips. I'm sure that you could even just completely cut out the starchy carbs after a while too.

There are tonnes of recipes on this forum, and when it comes to desserts, I don't see why the whole family can't enjoy the low carb versions of puddings -- they're all so delicious!

There's no reason why you can't all sit down to a breakfast of boiled eggs and asparagus spears, scrambled eggs and bacon, cold meats and cheese, I sometimes have leftover chicken and salad, this morning I had steak and salad for breakfast!

I think the thing about this way of eating is that it is entirely plausible for a whole family to join in because it is such an easy diet to to follow -- the food tastes great and you should never be hungry.

I hope some of this has been helpful. Good luck, and keep us updated on how things go

Thanks guys.

well week 1 - 7Lbs loss.. !YAY!

Congratulations Juksey! Keep up the good work. How are you doing with your family?

I'm finding a it a little hard as with the children My wife doesnt want to eat until Late. and by then i'm either not hungry, or Ravenous., Picking from the allowed stuff in the fridge helps. but again i'm not hungry