Give your hubby an "atta boy!" That's amazing!

I found a good web site today for healthy eating:

Here is a link that might be useful: World's Healthiest Foods

Good for you. I take spells of eating right, but then I seem to get over it. Summers are easy, lots of vege's from the garden, winter all I want to do is sit and snack.

I like that site Teresa. Thanks for posting

Teresa, that site is awesome. Thanks!!!

Grammy, you're right -- it's much easier in the summer, certainly where the fresh fruit is concerned.

I grew up on a farm with huge garden and tons of fruit trees. Now I have none of that and I am a real snob about "grocery store" fruit being GARBAGE, but such a snob that I didn't know those hard as a rock peaches actually RIPEN if you give them a couple days (who knew?!) so even though there's no good fruit stand nearby I find I can get decent stuff if I pay attention.

DH is very excited and now bugging me about exercise again. (Great, I've created a monster). I go through good/bad phases with that...

Wish my husband would take this healthy-eating, need to exercise attitude more seriously. Good for your DH to actually do something about his health - he will thank himself when he's in his 60's! Our big sabotage to healthy eating is all these car club gettogethers, with the potluck (one club REALLY know how to put out the good food!) so summer is actually full of more temptations for us - plus the cruise nights at - where else - a fast-food drivein. I've gotten really good at finding the low-cal, less dangerous items on the menu, but it's hard! I like alot of the stuff that's good for me, but DH goes for the double cheese-greasy, and of course, it comes with fries! We're starting to eat before we go to the drive-ins, and when I fix a meal, I stress to him - "now, the green beans are part of the meal" - or "there's your dish of peaches" etc. - and he's starting to eat them - used to just say "I don't want any right now" and I'd let it go - but I want him around a few more years, so I keep encouraging him. Eating right is a lifelong habit.

My DH has turned into a semi-monster too. A friend of his got him started riding a bicycle about 1 1/2 years ago and took him on a bike tour in Florida (Florida Safari, great group). There were lots of folks in their 70s and 80s riding bikes 60-100 miles a day. DH got the bug bad and started riding every day. I got him a pda for Christmas and he downloaded a program that keeps a record of how much you weigh, how much you want to lose, and balances diet and exercise and tells you how much protein/carbs/fat ... you need to eat each day to stay on track. When he has eaten his allowance he quits eating or goes for another bike ride. He has lost 50 pounds since Christmas. I'm not sure I could be that dedicated, not to mention I don't really like bike riding (that old arthritis starts to bug my shoulders and neck), I much prefer to walk or garden for exercise.

beverly

Wow--I'm going out to excersise right now!

Grammy, I think my DH has that same program. It's starting to bug... He has already put tonights dinner in and informed me that he has "23 calories left over" for the day. He's doing the same thing with his exercise -- against the calories.

But he's lost more weight. Not that he was ever overweight in my opinion but his tummy always bulged a little.

ScrapHappy -- yes, it's very hard to eat right when you are not at home. I used to travel a lot for business and the problem I have is that in my mind, eating out is a "special" occasion. So I don't want to blow it on a salad! But when you're eating out every day for weeks on end, I guess every meal can't be pasta alfredo or rib eye steak.

My hubby has high blood pressure suddenly. Guess what? It wasnt his diet. It was his multivitamin. (I had the same problem with a different brand months earlier and figured out the problem fast. He takes 2 garlic tablets a day and his bp is in the *excellent* range. Just thought I would mention as it isnt always the diet. We eat only whole grains and high fiber diet (me more high fiber than him, but I am a stay at home mom.) Kudos to your hubby for the weight loss and good luck to both of you.

The multvitamin? How did you figure it out and what was it that caused the problem?