It was a major change but not too bad. We put away the bread maker and rice cooker which took some adjustment and we got rid of skim milk and margarine.

These days it is rare to find any bread products at our house, pasta and rice are found sometimes since the teenager eats that stuff every now and then. And pizza is fair game the weekend.

Though, now it is not uncommon to hear my daughter complain that she has been eating too many carbs. (e.g., during after robotics build sessions where other parents bring food for the team.)

Generally you can just add another vegetable side to replace the carb sides. At restaurants you can often substitute a vegetable/salad for the carb-side.

Another trick for sustaining healthier diet is not be too orthodox about carbs. For us, weekends are wide-open and occasional weekday cheating is okay too.

I also pretty much don't drink beer anymore, just whisky or gin.

At least initially, absolutely. It completely changed the way my wife and I shopped and we all but stopped eating out.

After a month or so it seems to have leveled out. We collected a dozen or so recipes we liked and were easy to make, and we knew what we could and could not get at restaurants.

At this point, the net effect is that we spend more money on food, eat at home more often, and often order modified meals at restaurants (e.g. chicken fajitas, but instead of tortillas, rice, and beans we'll just have guacamole).