Hi Tom,
Welcome to the list. Always great to have a new member on the list.

My name is Kelly, I am a stay home mom of three girls (ages 6 and twins are
4) Husband is a forester and works for the state of Pennsylvania.

I have been low carbing for over 3 years and just started on the Paleo way
of eating 2 weeks ago. It was a refreshing change to get rid of the dairy
and replace it with fresh fruit. I still miss cheese but a nice juicy pears
taste better.

Hope to hear from soon.

Kelly

Kelly's Homepage
www.geocities.com/kglinski/mypage.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Bridgeland" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:09 AM
Subject: New List-member


> Hello all, thought I would introduce myself.
>
> I am a farm boy from rural Illinois, now 40.
> I went to college at ISU and studied Animal Science (agriculture) and
> Biology. I also did a year at the U of Florida in Tropical Agriculture.
> After college the travel bug bit, I went to Europe for the summer,
> then joined the Peace Corps and did 2 years in Guatemala, as a
> livestock health promoter.
> For the last 12 years I have lived in Japan, teaching English.
> I am married and have 2 young kids.
>
> I bought Ray Audette's book last July on a whim, after a sudden weight
> gain during a three-month stint of office work. I tried it, and also
> bought and gave the Atkins book a try (got tired of the pill popping).
> I lost the typical water weight from ketosis but not much more. I am
> sticking with it because of the other immediate positive effects I
> felt. My migraines went from several a week to one a month. That alone
> is worth it, but a lot of other things seemed to be working better as
> well. I can now jog an hour without pain or feeling tired or hungry,
> my body seems to be "well oiled" (sorry, that's my sense of humor)
> when I run. My aches and pains mainly disappeared and I even began
> running races after 20 years. ETC.
>
> I am sure you have heard these kind of stories before.
>
> You have probably heard a million times that the Japanese live the
> longest of any nations people. Okinawans live the longest among
> Japanese, even though Okinawa is quite poor comparatively. A
> university doctor who was doing research on kidney disease told me
> this: Okinawans live longest because they eat lots of pork, which is
> good for the kidneys.
>
> I don't know. Just one more factoid.
>
> Tom
>