Saturday July 11, 2009, 3:45 am
I would HOPE that injstead of a quick Health Class that deals with everything thrown together that our junior hs.'s and hs's are offering more nutrition classes - teaching healthy choices, eating habits, and just what theses fruitsw, veggies, and healthy foods will do to keep your body functioning & well.

I know one thing the schools are doing is to offer more nutritious foods, but unless the children understand the complex information as to why they work and what works together ....we are still missing out on sending our children down a positive road to changing their diets. Sadly, I'm not sure our educational cirriculum is keeping up to that task.

Saturday July 11, 2009, 8:11 am
A resource so many people forget about is your local hospitals Dietician. A very inexpensive resource.

Registered dieticians are a wealth of information, not threatening and love being asked for help because so few people realize they are available to help.

I lost 180 lbs with a dieticians help after a lifetime of up and down weight issues, I am still a big man but I am also 6'4''.

I still eat pretty much what I want, just removed things totally that if they are not in your fridge you will not really miss, like mayonnaise. I hate the taste and texture of "low fat" mayo so why buy anything I know i will not like. Smart dietician, I eat no additional sugar, just don't buy it and I only use a good sea salt, a 12 oz box of sea salt will last me several years.

Humans are creatures of habit, it takes us about 20 times (or 20 days of doing something) for it to become a pattern, a lifestyle change in diet choice will soon be quite normal. Think your unique ( ? ) of course you are, but to make my point, I bet you wash yourself in the shower the same way starting at the same place for 98% of your showers.

I had a pint of Hagan Das 5 Coffee ice-cream last night...was very good.

After seeing so many "specialists" the dieticians help has kept this weight off for 10 years, no surgery, no pills, just gentle hands, humor and the correct information.

This dietician was very funny, doing things at Christmas like adding walnuts because I told her how much I loved them, she told me I could have 2. Cracked me up...I asked 2 bags (?) she said 2 nuts, give the rest to the squirrels. Love my little friends but am not giving them walnuts that cost $5 a lb when sunflower seeds are 99 cents, she told me I could eat as many sunflower seeds that I wanted....but only if I could shell them as quick as the squirrels. Trust me squirrels are very fast sunflower seed shuckers.

Saturday July 11, 2009, 3:25 pm
Gladly noted!!!!!!!!!!!