I have been going through boxes lately, trying to purge our home of all the extraneous stuff we have been carrying around for years. Over 10 years ago we went to the Space Center in Houston and I got suckered into paying for this family picture
That, without a doubt, is the photo I have of me at my largest. I think was only ever about 2 pounds heavier than that. No wonder it’s been sitting in a box for 10 years. I remember being in denial when I saw that. My husband isn’t fat per se but you can see he has a full face and the start of a thick waist. My poor little son was on his way to having obese put in his medical chart at this 8 year old well child visit.
A year later I started to very slowly drop weight. Following is a photo of me and my family as I’d taken off about 65 pounds. RIGHT before we cut out sugar - which effectively put us on keto.
At that point, we’d increased our dietary fat, cut out grain and seed oils. You can see I am still technically obese, my son as a slightly full face but is not chubby any more and my husband is down about 10 pounds but has some skin inflammation.
And here we are this past August after doing HFLC (mostly keto for me) for the previous 17 months. I am a normal BMI, my husband is down another 10 pounds with clear skin, and there is no evidence that my son was ever an obese 8 year old - which he was, even though he wasn’t an over eater at the time. Some of us just do better with low carbohydrates. My son takes after me apparently.
This way of eating can make a difference for everyone in a household. I don’t know that my husband would have gotten bigger over time or not, but he sure feels better with the dietary changes.
Anyway, I love looking at everyone’s before and afters so I thought it would be fun to post some a family.
PS - and that is 1990s James Bond in my middle picture!
Congratulations. Wish you all continued health and happiness 
