Our New Friend, Fabulous Fiber

Last evening dh and I attended the first meeting of a series of six health seminars, sponsored by our church as a community outreach project. Very interesting and informative seminar. I was pleased by the attendance--60 or so people were there, with probably over half from the community. Awesome! Even more pleasing was my dh's response to what he heard. Before his heart attack, he might have attended and listened, but not applied what he heard. You know, the "head in the sand" approach to managing one's personal health. Not this time tho. We've been counting fiber all day long today, LOL. He discovered that his "new" breakfast (the post-heart attack way of eating, that is) is full of fiber and he's doing great in that department. He beat the rest of us out at lunch, as well, because his Gardenburger had 6 gm of fiber, where my Morningstar Vegie Patty had only 2 gm of fiber, and dd's Morningstar Griller had only 1 gm of fiber. I gave up trying to figure out the fiber at supper, but since we had beans and whole wheat tortillas, and salad with walnuts and dried cherries on it, I'm sure we didn't suffer any. Even the fish are getting lots of fiber in our house--they love fruit when I put it in their tank!

Here's to a healthier 2008, and to dh's continued success in his lifestyle change.