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Look at healthy me! I have

Mathias Baden — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:15:57 -0600

Look at healthy me! I have 10-1/2 bottles to go. Brandon still has three left, so that gives me roughly a 1-1/2 days to catch up. I'm going to give this kid a run for his money.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

With the bottles running

Brandon — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:23:20 -0600

With the bottles running out, and the weather cold and dry in the winter months, I’ve made a real push back into contention for this thing. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Mathias has been out of the office for most of the month.

Here’s where the totals stand for the stretch run:

Brandon – 6 bottles to go (66 bottles down)
Mathias – 15 bottles to go (57 bottles down)
Nancy – 71 bottles to go (one bottle down)

Thanks. I've heard of

lb — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:26 -0600

Thanks. I've heard of Slim4Life, but didn't know anyone who's tried their program. They have an office near where I work in Eden Prairie. I'll have to check it out.

Slim4Life I've tried other

swansonmej — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:31:07 -0600

Slim4Life

I've tried other diets in the past but
this one worked for me. You eat your own
foods. It is a matter of learning what you
should eat and how much.

There are locations across the metro. I go
to the center in Lakeville.

Congrats on the weight loss.

lb — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:23:21 -0600

Congrats on the weight loss. Can I ask what diet your doctor recommended?

Tofu isn't required to live

lb — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:21:51 -0600

Tofu isn't required to live healthier. Living healthier is about making better choices. A good place to start is www.mypyramid.gov

It provides some good info about good food choices, serving sizes, etc. It also has an area where you can track your food intake and exercise (although I personally like www.fitday.com better for that).

I have been on a doctor

swansonmej — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:46:27 -0600

I have been on a doctor recommended diet for over a year. The information I passed along to you was taken from the pamphlets that received when I started the diet. I have lost 55 pounds and counting.

While you may not want to lose pounds, I think the diet plan is great in that it spells out what I should be eating (less sugar, less fat, and less sodium). Most diets focus on sugar and fat.

I feel much better while losing pounds at the same time.

Tofurkey? Never heard of

Mathias Baden — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:06:14 -0600

Tofurkey? Never heard of it. But I googled it:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tofurkey&btnG=Google+Search.

And there's a photo on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofurkey. Mmmmm!

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

En route to their

Ruth Anne Maddox — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:38:17 -0600

En route to their Thanksgiving Day destination on Wednesday, my sister's kids told me they would be having tofurkey for dinner. I told them I would rather eat dirt.

In response to a "Happy Thanksgiving" text I got from my sister on Thursday, I asked how the tofurkey was and she replied that her mother-in-law substituted with a hormone-injected bird instead.

At least her husband and the kids were happy -- as well as everyone else who was there, I'm sure.

Maybe I should rephrase the

Mathias Baden — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:15:11 -0600

Maybe I should rephrase the question: How do I live healthier and not gag while doing so? Tofu? No way. I'd rather be fat.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Maybe you can take lessons

Ruth Anne Maddox — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:02:47 -0600

Maybe you can take lessons from my sister. She not only eats very little meat, her produce is mostly organic. She also practices yoga, which she claims can cure any ailment.

She recently adopted two children -- a 9-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl -- and has already trained them about avoiding fast food. Although they frequented such places in their former life, Kayla told me that they don't go to McDonald's now "because it's a cesspool" and that the food at Taco Bell "is vile."

She proudly tells me about her healthy food choices nearly every time I talk to her and her favorites are yogurt and banana.

My sister claims the kids love tofu pot pie, as well, but I haven't asked them about it yet.

Thanks, swansonmej. How do

Mathias Baden — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:35:30 -0600

Thanks, swansonmej. How do you know?

I've never paid much attention to the Ps and Qs of a healthy diet. As a swimmer, I have always had a high metabolism, so I barely know what is a calorie. More recently, I've been swimming less and growing impatient with my lack of knowledge about topics related to my health.

How do I start to learn about living healthier?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Potato chips are high fat,

swansonmej — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:28:55 -0600

Potato chips are high fat, starch, and salt.

Better ways to get sodium/salt: add a small amount of Morton Lite salt to your entree (eggs, chicken breast, lean steak, turkey).

Thanks for the tip. I think

Brandon — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:52:53 -0600

Thanks for the tip. I think I may actually be low on the sodium intake with all this water (especially on days that find my skipping both breakfast and lunch).

So it's healthy for me to

Mathias Baden — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:25:32 -0600

So it's healthy for me to eat my fair share of potato chips?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)