Nancy-
When I first read your post yesterday I was going to suggest exactly what Honeybunch and Aquajock did, but didn't know if you'd be game. Now that I know what you're up for, why don't you tell us pretty much exactly what you DH eats on a daily basis (brands if you can) and then we'll come up with fake outs or swaps for everything that we can. Then all you have to do is ask him to try it, once, "for you"--you're not making him change forever, you're just getting him to try it--and of course eventually you'll be getting him to change forever;-)
I've also been so lucky in that DH converted first to vegetarianism, then cut out artificial sugars, then veganism. He was like your DH, grew up in a household in which sugar and fat were the basic food groups, usually with white flour thrown in the mix. His father still eats bacon and butter sandwiches on white bread with Nestle's Quik in 2% milk (yes, another adult who still drinks chocolate milk, several times a day, everyday). So for my DH, who has a lot of other issues with his family, getting as far away from the unhealthy eating as possible, was part of leaving the rest of the junk behind too.
Now let's get cracking on that list!
Mattea
When I first read your post yesterday I was going to suggest exactly what Honeybunch and Aquajock did, but didn't know if you'd be game. Now that I know what you're up for, why don't you tell us pretty much exactly what you DH eats on a daily basis (brands if you can) and then we'll come up with fake outs or swaps for everything that we can. Then all you have to do is ask him to try it, once, "for you"--you're not making him change forever, you're just getting him to try it--and of course eventually you'll be getting him to change forever;-)
I've also been so lucky in that DH converted first to vegetarianism, then cut out artificial sugars, then veganism. He was like your DH, grew up in a household in which sugar and fat were the basic food groups, usually with white flour thrown in the mix. His father still eats bacon and butter sandwiches on white bread with Nestle's Quik in 2% milk (yes, another adult who still drinks chocolate milk, several times a day, everyday). So for my DH, who has a lot of other issues with his family, getting as far away from the unhealthy eating as possible, was part of leaving the rest of the junk behind too.
Now let's get cracking on that list!
Mattea