My struggle with my weight.

Some people are just lucky to be skinny, hey I used to be one of those, when I was younger I could it a whole pizza by myself and not gain any weight. I also used to be very active and loved running and playing basket ball at the church. I used to walk everywhere because we didn't have a car and I usually walked like 10 miles to and from work. I know that having kids changed all that but also turning 30 made a huge difference in my life. I hate the fact that it has become an obsession to try an loose weight, I have tried so many things in the past and nothing works, I always end up back in the same place.
Poor Dan is also in the same place as me, so we decided to make a drastic change in our lives, little by little of course but we hope it works.
We are not really on a diet, but we are trying to eat healthier and smaller portions, Dan is getting about 1,500 calories a day and I am doing now 1,300 calories or less. I have done this before when I am pregnant so the calorie counting for me is not a big deal. We do feel like we are starving sometimes but thank goodness for snacks, so we have like 5 or 6 meals during the day.
I am also trying to exercise during the day at least for half an hour. We are not dropping the weight like crazy but at least we are not gaining any more either. I can see the difference in my clothes which is great.
I have a couple of people that are a great example to me, my sister in law Lisa (who is doing awesome and is a big inspiration) and our friend Erik from Virginia who lost like 36 pounds in two months.
We are not planning on loosing weight and then go back to our normal eating habits, we actually like what we are doing and plan to stick with eat, I mean we are over thirty now and I guess the fun is all gone right? No but seriously we hope to stay on track except when we have out birthday celebrations and big holidays. We still enjoy the cooking in the grill but instead of two hamburgers and 2 hot dogs, we are now down to 2 veggie burgers for Dan and 1 for me, they are not that bad really.
I know that I will never go back to look the way I did 10 years ago, but if I can go back to being size 7 (which was my size after I had Tristan) it will make so happy.
By the way, here is a picture of a product that I happened to find a a dollar store, you can cook your vegetables in the microwave and it works really well.