Hilary, your post about your husband made me laugh. It is EXACTLY how I eat. I actually lost weight and still ate like a horse by doing lc, but I know that if I can control portions I can expand the variety of foods I can partake in.

My new wife is helping me with this, pretty much doing exactly what you are. It is a great help, and I appreciate her support.

As for kids with weight problems, my wife's kids (5 and 7) are on the chunky side and the little one wants to eat often, so we are working on their eating habits and diet. She was a full-time teacher and single mom, so that meant a lot of fast food. Which is something we rarely do now, so I hope that alone will make a big impact. And with both of us eating low carb, I figure the presence of more of this type of healthy stuff will also help. We do still fix them some carby stuff though, don't know that a kid needs to avoid carbs to the degree that adults do.

The one other thing about kids, I used to think diet soda was bad for them. Now I think it is better than regular soda.

i hope your excersiing every day has been a success! i think you are doing the right thing now with all the diseases you know that your family has . you are being a great mom