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