An interesting and informative article from the Canadian Reader’s Digest. 

Why do you need this? It has the MOST fiber I’ve seen on any cereal package and it. tastes. awesome. Natural carbs, potassium etc.. this was quite a find for me. I’ve been trying to keep a good balance of fat, carbs, fiber & protein every day and I’ve finally found something that gives me my fiber (25g/day) in two servings.

Here’s some info on why fiber is such an important part of everyone’s diet.

Fiber — particularly soluble fiber — can also lower blood cholesterol levels and slow the absorption of sugar, which for people with diabetes, can help improve blood sugar levels. A high-fiber diet may also reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Eating a high-fiber diet may also help with weight loss. High-fiber foods generally require more chewing time, which gives your body time to register when you’re no longer hungry, so you’re less likely to overeat. Also, a high-fiber diet tends to make a meal feel larger and linger longer, so you stay full for a greater amount of time. And high-fiber diets tend to be less “energy dense,” which means they have fewer calories for the same volume of food.

General Mills Fiber One Honey Clusters.

Add that cereal to your grocery list, right next to a gallon of skim milk!

Do you have a treadmill? Do you want a treadmill? What kind of exercise equipment do you use, what kind would you use if you had it right in your home?

I am asking because I am thinking about raffling off a brand new treadmill to one of our members, so SPEAK UP! What would your interest level be in contributing a minimum of $10 and having a 1 in 40-60′ish chance of winning?

Another great article from SparkPeople site.  Great advice.

Good morning, all! I hope you all have a great day.

I found an article on SparkPeople this morning about evening snacking that I thought might be helpful to some. It has cues to eating and ideas on how to control them. I know it’s my biggest downfall.

Is Evening Eating Destroying Your Weight Loss Efforts?

I thought this article might be of some interest to the P2G folks!

Why The Scale Lies

Take care!

Okay, your virtual wallet. Meaning on your MP3 or ipod or even the CD or cassette you use when you work out. Here is what is on my work out track on my MP3 player:

1. Longneck Bottle -Garth Brooks

2. Two Pina Coladas-Garth Brooks

3. Already Gone- Tanya Tucker (from Common Threads: The Songs of the Eagles)

4. A Man’s Home is His Castle- Faith Hill

5. Beer for My Horses-Toby Keith

6. Be My Baby Tonight-John Michael Montgomery

7. Best of My Love- Brooks and Dunn (from Common Threads: The Songs of the Eagles)

8. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (Angry American)-Toby Keith

9. Good to Go to Mexico-Toby Keith

10. Half Enough-Lorrie Morgan

11. Happy Girl-Martina McBride

12. Heartache Tonight-John Anderson (from Common Threads: The Songs of the Eagles)

13. I Can’t Do That Anymore-Faith Hill

14. It Matters To Me-Faith Hill

15. It Works For Me-Toby Keith

16. Let’s Go To Vegas-Faith Hill

17. Little Rock-Collin Raye

I tried to do links for them, but was having a difficult time finding some of them, so I quit. If you want to know the albums that the songs came from, email me and I will send you the list or whichever ones that you want. My email address is shellimil@comcast.net