If you chose to lose 1 or 2 pounds per week, use Your Nutrition Facts calories and fat grams to guide you in making healthy food choices. Actually healthy eating and living takes time management and effort to change your food intake and exercise regularly. Your children will follow start with yourself and your healthy role modeling. If you only make 1 meal, you all eat healthy. You're probably doing better than you think.
Healthy cooking starts with reducing the fat and sugar in recipes.
Use your regular recipes, but start out by cutting the fat in half. If a recipe calls for cream, use evaporated skim milk. If a recipe calls for a whole egg, use 2 egg whites. You may want to check out some reduced fat cookbooks at your local library or bookstore to get some ideas on how to reduce the fat from your regular recipes. Pizza doesn't have to be high fat if you make your own starting with a prepared crust that is not cheese filled.