Thanks, Brad.

Now that Christmas is coming I'll have to convince folks to stop giving me
chocolate and start giving me things like this book and introducing me to
women.  Hey, you burn off calories your way and I'll...never mind.

Paul who hopes he doesn't turn into Richard Simmons when he loses weight
----- Original Message -----
From: "BD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: MENU


> Paul,
>
> You are exactly correct. There are too many diets out there. I personally
> do not care for the Atkin's diet, in a case of MS, a friend of ours
> developed, it was a great source of aggravating it, I won't say it brought
> it on, but it is a bad potion for anyone who is in danger of it.
>
> I personally like the Body For Life plan which includes working out.
> Nothing can replace exercise no matter how you chop up a pill, diet plan,
> drinks, shakes or whatever. In a nutshell ahhahaha, pun intended, the plan
> is eat a fist sized portion of a protein and carb six times a day and
> veggies are free foods. Do that six days a week and the seventh day is a
> free day to eat whatever you like, within reason of course. This and the
> exercise plan does really great. Proteins can be found in cottage cheese,
> tuna, meats, eggs, other fish. Carbs you might try a baked potato, wheat
> bread, not enriched wheat bread which is sold falsely, but 100% wheat or
> seven or five grain breads. Potatoes do contain high starch and like Kathy
> said will produce sugar but not like eating sugar straight up. You then
can
> use Stevia in place of sugar, or honey is good too. If cholesterol is a
> concern then you adjust those foods accordingly for example remove the
> yokes out of the eggs or eat only a percentage of them. Protein is in the
> whites anyway. It really depends on the plan you wish to subscribe to, if
> it makes sense to you helthwise, and more importantly, that it is not a
> splash in the pan diet plan that you can't live with from here out. That
is
> why I like Body for Life. Admittedly I strayed off, due to several
> circumstances, but I'm now returning to it having corrected those
> circumstances as well, and I'm not really too out of shape. You might pick
> up the book Body for Life and see what you think or check it out at a
> library for free.
>
> Brad
>
> At 12/08/2003 on Monday, you wrote:
> >See, though, Kerri  those on Atkins say that cheese is good and stay away
> >from the bread.  There's so much conflicting information out there.
Growl.
> >
> >Confused lion
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "kerri" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:06 PM
> >Subject: Re: MENU
> >
> >
> > > Paul, that sounds pretty healthy to me as long as you eat whole grain
or
> > > multi grain bread made with whole grain flour. Also, cut down on the
> >cheese
> > > I think or at least try. grin. Also, do you get sufficient exercise. I
> >take
> > > apple cider vinegar vitamin tablets with chromium in them and I've
lost
> > > quite a fair bit of weight. hth. Kerri the health nurse.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ariel" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:34 AM
> > > Subject: MENU
> > >
> > >
> > > > Okay, since we've been discussing off-topic stuff like sugar anyway,
> >I'll
> > > > risk posting an off-topic note and asking about what a healthy menu
> >would
> > > > be?  I'm trying to behave myself but have put on any weight I lost
going
> > > > into the hospital last year.  And I think I eat healthy.  Despite
all my
> > > > teasing about chocolate, I really don't eat all that much (only the
> > > > Ovaltine, and that as a vitamin supplement).  And I am about to try
to
> > > even
> > > > kick that and just swallow vitamins instead.
> > > >
> > > > My biggest problem seems to be breakfast and lunch.  For breakfast,
I
> >eat
> > > > Cheerios and orange juice which is supposed to be good for you but
have
> >to
> > > > admit I don't feel any better after eating them and maybe a little
> >worse.
> > > > For lunch, I'd like to go without the bread in the sandwiches, but
it's
> > > kind
> > > > of messy eating cheese and cold cuts without bread.  So what other
> >options
> > > > are there?
> > > >
> > > > So am I supposed to flip and have cold cuts for breakfast instead of
for
> > > > lunch?  And what for lunch?
> > > >
> > > > Oprah, send your chef to my house!  Heh-heh.
> > > >
> > > > Weight watching but confused in South Carolina