freckles - If you are the cook, why not start making the same thing for the kids that your having? I wouldn't recomend LC for kids, but 8 is old enough he can eat whats served, or make his own. Also keeping alot of healthy snacks on hand may help. Kids and teens can be lazy. If it's a choice between making something and grabbing what's there, they will grab (heck I do that many nights as well).

I can understand your husband not wanting the kids to eat very low carb. Cutting down on the sugary treats though and getting them started on healthy eating habits increases the chances they will stick with those healthy habits. It can also help with health, attention span, energy and such. As for your husband, yes let him eat what he wants. If cooking biscuits is hard for you though, don't. He is a big boy and you're not a short order cook. Make breakfast and let him choose to eat it or grab something for himself. It sounds mean but after a while getting the whole family eating healthier makes this WOL easier fo ryou and benifits them greatly.

Hello all, and thank you so much for all your advice.

Maybe I'm being overly dramatic. My boyfriend is over 40 and I know that at that age you can't eat all the junk you can when you're 20 or 30 and get away with it. But he just had a complete physical and his cholesterol was fine, so I don't suppose he's going to drop dead any day soon.

He's very happy with my progress, so maybe it'll rub off and he'll start cutting down on the simple carbs. I hope so. In any case, I'll leave some reading material lying around and I've replaced the ordinary pasta with whole wheat pasta, and I have also found him a better breakfast cereal. I think I'll just keep trying to sneak in a few changes, and hopefully he'll start thinking about what he eats at work.

Thanks again! You've given me lots of good ideas.

My 18yr. old son & I both eat LC, but as for my husband, no. He also says he could not do it. He is however very supportive of me LC..Yesterday (Valentine's Day) he got me some of my Fav. diet rootbeer soda, a LC English Toffee Roll, and a couple Atkins Bars. I thought that was so sweet since he actually went to a nutritional store that he doesn't even go to unless he is with me.
Its def. someones individual choice how they eat. I feel both my husband and I reach compromise so both of us are able to eat what we choose..It seems to be working for us.