Is your family on board?

I cook alot of healthy meals..but I keep everything here they like..I fix something different for me if I'm not willing to eat what Tgey want. I try to keep chicken and fish on hand for me.

My mom is the only one that supports me, although she needs to gain or maintain her current weight she always ask me what I need to eat, she even weights my food for me and together we buy healthy food for the family. My dad on the other hand is totally the opposite, he doesn't know what I need to eat, in what portions and cooks whatever he likes to eat (usually lasagna) and if I leave food, he gets mad.

my fiance has been really great. i cook healthy food, and he loves to eat it! fortunately i worked as a cook for three years back home, so i try to vary stuff every day, and i love experimenting. we've also completely cut out alcohol and are only going to go out to restaurants once a month. if he wants something a little more indulgent, i will pan-fry some dumplings for him(his mum gave us hundreds of homemade meat-filled dumplings).

he's also been doing yoga with me, and is really interested in P90

hooray!

I made one dinner, if they don't like it or want it then they can fix something else for themselves. Of course, my kids are 9, 14 and 26 - at least the ones that are still at home!

My mom supports me. She actually started me on the calorie-counting journey. She also cooks our meals, so by default the kids in the house are eating better. My father, on the other hand, feels that we are depriving ourselves of living our lives. But he respects our decisions to count calories! My dad works in the evenings, so he doesn't have to eat the healthy things we have for dinner.

I'm not a great cook and don't tend to experiment much. My husband is an OTR truck driver, so he's only home one day a week if we're lucky, so it's me and two boys at home (turning 15 and 12 next week). I tend to make healthy stuff anyway, and they love chicken and none of us like fish. They don't always eat all the veggies, but I try to make them yummy and they do alright. I still have stuff in the house that they like if I have to work late and won't be home for supper (chicken strips and hamburgers they know how to cook) but I don't eat that stuff anyway, so it's easy for me to pass on. They do like all the fruit I keep in the house, and they don't complain about not having all the chips and desserts because they know they don't need it either! I do spoil them (and myself) sometimes with a dish of ice cream or special treat, but once it's gone, we don't go back and buy more right away!

This summer I plan on some bike rides up to the local ice cream place (3 miles each way) for a little soft serve in a cup or a slushie!!!! Figure I'll work it off by the time I'm home anyway!!!!