Saturday, July 26, 2008

Be thankful for your small victories; they may be all that you have. Claire Gutmann

While I'm only a fish-eater, my husband is a meat/fish-eater. With his appetite being extremely low, I wanted us both to go grocery shopping in hopes that he'd see something enticing. Most of the time I grocery shop solo and zip past any deli meat counter. During today's trip however, that was one of his stops AND it turned out to be totally encouraging!!!

Boar's Head has this Nutritional Information guide that is totally fabulous. It includes the nutritional facts on their meats, cheeses and even condiments!! They have a page listing their American Heart Association approved products that offer low sodium, cholesterol and fat. At the HEB at William Cannon & Brodie, they are in a plastic stand on the top of the case for Boar's Head products.

...seemingly small things like this are high-jumps over the HUGE hurdles we've experienced traveling this path of living without sodium...

1 comment:

Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD, CDE, CPT said...

Hi Claire, I came across your blog while searching for a quote about "small victories". This website quoted you http://www.coolquotescollection.com/Wisdom98.aspx
I wanted to find out who was Claire Gutmann and that lead me to your blog.
I am curious about your quest to find reduced sodium foods in order to protect your husbands heart. I am a Registered Dietitian and a Holistic Chef. I also write a blog and a newspaper column for the Santa Monica Daily press in California, but I recently relocated to Houston although I am from PA (like your husband's daughter). Here is my blog in case you are interested. http://kitchensciencevixen.blogspot.com/ If you'd like to share with me your concerns about your husbands diet perhaps I can help.
Thanks so much. Elizabeth