Thanks for asking Anelia. It's been hard! He really misses the carbs, especially pasta and fruit. We just spent two weeks on vacation, and it was quite the challenge to maintain any kind of discipline. We're back home now, so I'm hoping he'll be inspired to keep trying. Among the main changes, he's eliminated most carbs at night, when we eat some sort of meat/poultry/fish with salad or veggies. He has switched his lunch carbs to whole grain and really cut back on the portion size--for instance, an open-faced sandwich on really dense bread. When I fix his lunch, I include lettuce wraps or something to help compensate. Breakfast still tends to include oatmeal or toast, but again, smaller portions and whole grains.

One of the hardest things is coordinating our different diets. I'm on the heart-healthy diet of lots of fruits, legumes, and whole grains, with limited salt and fats (I have high blood pressure), whereas he needs more fats (nuts, cheese, lunch meat) to compensate for the lack of carbs. And then the kids eat loads of carbs, since their version of a meat-and-veggie meal would be almost entirely meat. We'll eventually figure it out, right?