I looked for the highest nutritionally ranked vegetable I could find. I thought it was going to be sweet potatoes, but it turns out it was collard greens. I figured nobody currently regularly eats collard greens, so this would be relatively fair for everyone and might encourage someone to (re)try them out. It's only a week long challenge, so it's not much time for habit forming challenges. According to that article, just 3 servings of collard greens per week was more beneficial than 28 servings of mixed vegetables. (In full disclosure, sweet potatoes/yams might be next week's vegetable, conveniently in time for Thanksgiving.)

Eric's negative points were taken into account when accounting for most improved. Due to those negative points, Frank almost won with his reduction of 3 cokes per day to 2 (or is that 3 beers at lunch?), but the hockey prevailed.

ao: If you wish to challenge yourself further while staying within the rules of the contest, you could limit yourself to +50 only for the 5th serving.

I remember vinegar, but there probably was butter and garlic too.

Does "cooked right" mean cooked in bacon fat?

In full disclosure, my points are on the sheet as indicated by the rules. hotdog and french fries -500 one beer -150. Todd Snider doing 'Alright
Guy' +10000.

Actually collard greens are very good if they are cooked right. You'd probably have to go South to find them cooked right though.

Collard Greens?? I thought you wanted to make feasbile goals. Let's start with finding vegetables that we might actually enjoy eating.

Eric won that challenge eating hot dogs and french fries and drinking vodka tonics all night. Good work, Eric.

Eric, in full disclosure, I'm now giving myself additional points the more fruits/vegetables I eat, because that's one of my healthy goals.

That cross-country note got me some points on Saturday, and volunteering to teach belaying to the Big Brothers/Sisters program got me some free rock-climbing time this afternoon.

I think Eric won the 2nd week challenge of beating your 1st week, with his weekend hockey games giving him the edge.

Bonus for this week: double vegetable points for the day if you eat a serving of Collard Greens (post cellphone shot if you've got it). I don't even know where to find Collard Greens, so I'll have to do some looking. Apparently they are very nutrient dense.

Okay Doughers, Eric, Edgardo, Veronica and Roman we need gift ideas up for you. At least sizes and vague descriptions of what you're into now.

Hot Tubs are great, but sometimes you have to wonder if they're worth all the work. (For those playing at home...yes. yes they are)

-150 for the next week?

Christmas 2008 presents don't count.

First four Christmas presents done. Whoohoo.

Look what
we did during class today

We measured 20" of snow on the deck table. The driveway seemed considerably deeper.

Hrm, that made me go look up the bozeman police report:

A woman threw a shoe at a security guard at an establishment on East Babcock Street.

Police helped an intoxicated man find his home.

A chicken got loose and was in a neighbor’s garage.

A man cursed at a person’s dog when the person did not give him any money. He was warned for using “inappropriate language.”

Police warned a man for punching an ATM.

Our crime alerts are now predicting the future:
On 11-13-09, at approximately 7:15 PM, a female student was walking near Stevenson Hall on ISU campus, when an unknown subject approached her and attempted to grab her keychain wallet. The victim screamed and fled to a nearby building to notify the police.

More than fruit cake or fruit roll-ups they do.

Do starburst count as fruit?

Man, those grapes are sweet.

company outing just cost me 150 points.

switching from 75 kilos to 73 kilos for further calculations thanks to this contest. Also New Glarus brewery called and wondered what was going on.

Ah, thanks to rsj's post, I now recognize the photo as the small bedroom next to the bathroom. Nice work mother.

Winter storm advisory extended to midnight tonight. 18-24 inches sum total expected in Bozeman proper. 30 inches in the mountains.

Awesome. My mom is talented.

Is a civil engineer considered a "developer". Hmmm?

Nice work Mom!

My boss's boss just came in and asked if I knew any developers looking for work.

And if they can start Monday.

He says we're looking for like 12 spots now, and we're hiring in several major cities. Or not hiring as the case may be.

you can also get too winded to have a conversation if someone shoots a puck into your hip.

No conversations over shoveling this morning.

It's only 2 miles to work and 2 miles back. It doesn't go anywhere else, really...not around here.

What do you think Frankie is going to drive?

Depends on who you're watching do the shoveling.

General rule of thumb for telling the difference between light, moderate, and vigorous intensity:

* Light Intensity: You can sing loudly while performing the activity.
* Moderate Intensity: You can carry on a conversation while performing the activity.
* Vigorous Intensity: You are too winded to carry on a conversation while performing the activity.

our 2005 prius is only 10,000 behind that geo. seriously.

Marinated roaster red pepper sandwhich with goatcheese and basil on ciabatta bread. I love homemade sandwhiches.

Well I am going to stop comparing to you because I am at 145k. Did you just not drive it for a couple of years? I am thinking we can get to 200k, but we will see what the winter brings.

How many MET for deep snow shoveling?

118,000 Veronica! But we couldn't drive it today because the snow is piled as high as the car.