A few weeks ago, I posted about my mother and husband having a lukewarm response to my starting the Sonoma diet.

I went to see my parents over the weekend and my mom was so surprised when she saw me. She was so excited that she went out and bought the book and is planning to start the diet today. She tried to cook the Sonoma way over the weekend and I was able to stay on plan.

And after 11 pounds, my husband is no longer lukewarm at all!!! LOL

Shelia - That is great!!!

I have my mom set to try it also, because she has seen the results, and tried some of the recipes.

Congratulations!

I have shared some recipes with my family and they seem to like them. My husband needs to lose about 15 pounds so I recently cut his dinner portion from "whatever he wanted after I took my portion" to just one and he seems to be satisfied with that. I think it's a great way to eat.

I am so lucky to have such a supportive family. They are really behind me in this, and while 14 year old DD has pronounced a few of the recipes to be "too healthy" (read: bland) they like the food and are happy with my progress. The change that made the most difference was when I started serving meals "restaurant style" -- already dished up on plates. They think it is elegant that way, and the portion control issue doesn't even come up.