My hubby is quite like yours in some ways, basically he is naturally slim and is one of those that can eat what ever he likes.  Although he has never been a sugar person, and won't touch sweets.  He just doesn't like them, on occasions he has an ice cream or something but I think for him it's more the hidden sugar in the savoury foods.  I am the main shopper and cooker so savoury food wise it's all low sugar, and I haven't heard him or the kids complain yet :). 

My kids are turning 5 soon and 3.  I've started teaching my daughter about good and bad foods because her day care is teaching them about healthy eating and healthy foods and I think she is being misinformed.  I can gladly say it's doing well and she is even telling me the sorts of foods that are bad and to throw them away!  Her eating and overall attitude I think has greatly improved and she has much more energy.

Was it hard to do it alone.  Yes it was I guess  It does take a little willpower, but when you think of it temptations are everywhere you go.  So day 1 I cleaned out the pantry and gave my food to other sugar eaters including what I thought was good treats for the kids.  I do a lot of baking so right from the word go I started cooking with dextrose.  Kids didn't even notice the difference and they actually liked all the cakes I've been making.

I know David says not to have dextrose until you've finished withdrawal.  One of the main reasons is that you can overeat and hence put on weight.  I did consume a little dextrose treats after a few weeks.  My main weakness was the sweet dessert after dinner.  During the day I never had a problem.  So I started having like whipped cream with vanilla and a couple of strawberries.  Or maybe one of the chocolate brownies from the book.  After a while I just stopped having it because I just really wasn't enjoying it anymore.  I don't get any sweet cravings or have the urge to have anything sweet anymore.

It may take a little willpower, but you can do it, it's not that hard.  After you get past withdrawals then you should be fine.  Stick with it, the benefits are good.  I've been doing this for a year now and although my hubby was a little sceptical at first, he is now supporting me 100% because he can see the changes, I'm feeling better and looking better.

Hi, You mentioned that you feel you have to do this by yourself. At the end of the day I find that we have to create our own path for whatever in life. I found that by just focusing on my own condition and doing what was necessary was the way to go. Also I found that you can try to convince some else till you are blue in the face, but the only way you convince anyone is to be role model with your own beliefs. If you want to be healthy, behave like you are healthy and you will be healthy........It is only so much about the food, it is more about how we think of ourselves and what we want to achieve. I was 130kg and everyday I just believed in what I was trying to achieve and that was to just be fit and healthy and that is where I am today a new person and I am 57 now and it has changed my life. Just the thought process is so powerful. You are the only person who will hold yourself back, it is not about will power it is about this is what I want to achieve, so I am going to plan for myself the best way of doing this and with what knowledge I can find along the way that suits me in my environment......then go from there. When I would have a bad feelings day, I would say to myself .....this day could be better but tomorrow is a new day when I wake up and so forth..........you are the most important person in your life and the work you achieve for yourself will help you help your children, husband and any others who will finally look at your achievement in a different way. Just live in every 24 hour block, because that is what you are in at the moment......this 24 hours......that is what you focus on.

Hi, regarding your discussion point. I find that everyone tackles the weight issues differently, when I was 130kg I promised myself I was not going to look at the scales again until my clothes indicated that I had lost weight. As I have mentioned before it is all about focusing on you and your thoughts not numbers on a scale. I weighed myself the first day, the next time I weighed myself was 2.5 years later and I was 82.9kg. Every day I said to myself, just eat, breathe, exercise and be healthy, that is all I focussed on. Just get back to the basics of life as it should be.  I believe every time we look at scales, it is measuring our failures, our triumphs etc. It is like peer group pressure in a way. Love you for who you are, and what you are helping yourself achieve and just move on with the day. Just live in your 24 hours and enjoy it for what it is. As time goes by, behind the scene your clothes start to get loose, your body will feel better. The only reason these things won't happen is because you are not helping your body, you are hindering it with either unhealthy food, no exercise or believing that you aren't the special person who you are!!!

Just keep believing in what you are achieving for yourself.....

After a very emotionally stressful week I have looked back on some of the comments posted here and I have been thankful the reminder that this journey is about me and only I can be the one to tackle every aspect of my life day to day not just about the weight issues and living FF..

Hi Leanne, Have just come back from holidays and found your conversations.  Can I just say in a nutshell, "Always paddle your own canoe" and don't expect any help from anyone when you go out on a limb. My husband is a diabetic and he totally ignores all advise and sugar free - diet schedules. and eats what he likes.  I have given up on trying to help him eat well.  I recently had a fasting glucose  done and it showed I  was a borderline diabetic. This is really odd because diabeties is not in my family.  I do not like or eat takeaways or fizzy sugary drinks, (never have) and I am thin and exerecise. I have access to a Blood glucometer and started measuring my blood sugars.  I found my BGL was ok if I stayed completly off sugar in anything I ate.  I get no support from my husband so I don't even discuss the matter with him, and as I am a pretty determined person, I just went cold turkey.  I lost 9 kilos in 2 months. I am now 61.5 kilo and have stableised apparently. I also found carbs affect my BGL and I tryto keep to 50g or less per main meal. In a nutshell, determine to go it alone and you will do better than waiting for approval from those around you. Stick to it, don't over obsess and it will be ok. I also found that the diets given to diabetics in hospitals and nursing homes are appaling, they seem to think the old diabetic diets were too rigid or something and they have a faulty understanding of fructose so there is no one who really knows, except yourself and what works for you. Get a Blood glucometer and keep an eye on what you can eat and then you will know.  Use it for a while until you get to know your own metabolism then lock it away or you will worry about your sugar levels too much.