Robert, excellent advice. use a lot of the same brands. only now I'm concerned about how much sodium a lot of them have. <sigh> -Ben
At 02:37 PM 3/12/03 -0500, you wrote: >Just make sure you mix it up all the time, Smartones, Healthy choice and >lean cuisine make pretty decent lunches. 5 minutes in the microsowave and I >am good to go. Healthy choice meat, low calorie bread, makes a great >sandwhich. Hebrew national has a 1.5 g fat hot dog. I get those with light >bread buns. The reason I have been able to stay on it as long as I have is >becuase I don't get bored. I don't feel like I am missing anything, I just >eat the same things smarter. > >Robert Everland III >Web Developer Extraordinaire >Dixon Ticonderoga Company >http://www.dixonusa.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 1:33 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Solidarity > > >Ben; > >Lent, your story, the anniversary of my Dad's 2 heart attacks and a stroke, >Bill's story (which just about gave me a heart attack) and the other >discussions of people's medical problems lead to this. I give my hunger to >all these people and issues. Sad to think it takes stuff like this to open >our eyes, but that's just the way people are. Thinking about losing friends >and loved ones because of bad habits sucks. > >I am ready to lose the weight. Just had day one lunch, which was a chef's >salad with fat-free raspberry vinagrette dressing. Tomorrow it will be the >same thing, maybe without any dressing (it tasted a lot like jelly and I >have no problem eating a dry salad), anything just so long as I am not >eating cheesesteaks, ruebens, onion rings, teriaki and Gen. Tzo all the >time. Sounds to me like the most effective weight loss technique on this >list is portion control, so I am going to take the time and really think >about what it is I am eating before anything goes in my mouth. > >I do walk about 10 city blocks a day, and I am trucking when I go. I usually >arrive at my daughter's school winded, so something is circulating. Weight >loss (for me) comes with lifting weights. In high school, I used to lift all >the time in my sophomore year and put on 20 pounds in muscle. Broke my leg >playing football in my junior year and (while I was in the wheelchair) >gained lots of fat. Weighed 260 at graduation and lost 100 lbs the next year >just by lifting and dieting. So this really isn't something new for me, its >just trying to discipline myself with a child around is tricky (she makes >the best cookies, brownies, cakes, etc). > >At the end of all this, I hope to have a nice documentary about how a bunch >of friends from across the Atlantic came togehter to improve their >lifestyles. > >M > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:50 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Solidarity > > >Mike- >coolness. >am truly honored if my tale influenced this at all. > >BTW, my office has a frig and a microwave. >I will be able to bring healthy and tasty stuff with me. > >Re: walking - are you walking at a fast-enough pace to get into your target >heart range? The rough formula is 220 - age = Maximum heart rate, do not >exceed. Moderate exercise = 65% to 70% of MHR. E.g., if someone were 30 >years old, MHR would be 190, target approx. 125 - 135. > >While "just walking" is good, if it's slower than this, you don't get the >cardio benefits. Swinging your arms when you walk ups the pulse a bit. > >Along with the grilled chicken breast, consider grilled fish, esp. varieties >high in Omega-3 e.g. salmon. And with the salad, check the fat content of >the dressing. > >And, check the fiber and sodium content on the labels. > >Good luck, and here's hoping you have many healthy years!! > >-Ben > > >At 10:10 AM 3/12/03 -0500, you wrote: >>Given the people on this list and their loved ones affected by various >>medical issues which will require a lifestyle change, I want to show my >>concern for their challenges in a meaningful way. >> >>I assume many of the CF-Community people are like me, spending a large >>amount of time behind a computer each day, eating large portions of >>just about anything that passes for food each day for lunch, and >>utterly deficient when it comes to exercise. >> >>Given that it is the lenten season and I am supposed to be giving >>something up anyway, I am going to work consciously to change my habits >>as a tribute to those who have to change theirs. I am going to eat >>healthier and get more exercise. Tonight when I get home I am going to >>lift some weights (I would do cardio but I already walk half an hour >>each day as it is), for dinner I am going to have a grilled chicken >>breast and some broccoli, and I am probably going to just have a salad >>for lunch. Tomorrow I will repeat this process, and will do so everyday >>until I feel I have really changed my ways. And the snacks, the Famous >>Amos cookies my company provides developers for free and somehow make >>their way to my desk each afternoon, nixed. >> >>That's my pledge, anyways. I don't really want to think about what my >>arteries look like, or what they are going to look like in 10 years. >>With a little determination, I am confident I can drop about 10-20 >>pounds in the process. >> >>Anyone else up for such a challenge? I am sharing my thoughts in the >>hope that some other people feel strong enough to want to make a change >>in their lives. If that is the case, I will be willing to organize this >>effort and put up a community Web site where we can all track our >>results, post tips / links / other stuff. >> >>M >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
