modifying life to get healthy

I am ready to start, I think.  I am trying to help my family eat healthier and also get on a better track especially now that my husband was recently diagnosed with diabetes.  Our biggest problem is eating regularly.  When we eat it is almost always 2 or 3 meals including snacks a day.  I'm sure that we are totally in fat-storage mode with our bodies, but trying to come up with healthy meals for a family of 8 is not so easy. (especially with food allergies and some picky eate...