Valentine's Day Newsletter

Yummm! Cookies

Happy Valentine's Day from JustWalk!

Thank you!

To thank you, I am sending (once again) a picture from SF Bay. It is a Great White trying to eat a man on a rope ladder. The picture is fake, but still way cool.

Why are we grateful?

This week we had about a dozen conversations with upcoming leaders in different cities, including an amazing woman that is determined and has the connections to bring this to the entire state of Indiana.

We are posting updates and answering questions on FB regularly.

Thank You
Part II

We had a great time presenting at the Delaware General Health District

www.delawarehealth.org

and at the Westerville Rotary

www.westervillerotary.com

Thank you both; we could have stayed all day. It was a lot of fun and we were honored to be given the opportunity.

Hope my fly was up.

Greetings!

Good morning! We want to tell you something this Valentine's Day. We want to tell you we love you. We love your enthusiasm and your SPUNK. We (Kathryn and I) are kneeling in the middle of St. Mark's Square in Venice looking you in the eye (Kathryn looking at boys; I'm looking at girls) holding a diamond encrusted pedometer in our outstretched hand screaming I LOVE THIS...WALKER! That's what we want to tell you. The pigeons would be freaking out, just like in the commercial. Then we would hand you the expensive pedometer and a greeting card that would have 87 hand-written reasons of why we think you are FANTASTIC!
Lots to share...

Benefits of Dark Chocolate

You are smart. You already know that dark chocolate is good for you. You probably also knew that there should only be one space after a period. I did not know that, until last week. I've spent my entire life using two spaces and now I learn that it's only one. I'm holding all of you personally accountable. Every week you have born witness to not only this, but in all probability, multiple grammatical errors. Half my elementary school teachers, hundreds of additional teachers, dozens of professors, and my own mother (school teacher) read this and no one told me?! Nobody?!

I'm sure it looks like this to you.

Hey, how's it going? Good weather we're having. Did you hear about Bob in accounting? Where was I? Oh, yes...

Benefits of Dark Chocolate - Take II

Dark chocolate

Okay, sorry. Now you know what Kathryn has to deal with everyday.

Let's go through some FAQs on dark chocolate:

Is it REALLY good for you...or are you just doing this to sell newsletters?

It IS good for you, in moderation. THAT'S the hook.

Why are you YELLING?!

I like chocolate.

Does it have to be dark?

Yes, the higher the cocoa percentage the better. Honestly, the healthiest way to take in chocolate would be eating cocoa powder by the spoon (flavonoids create the bitter taste that make you cringe when you read that). No one does that by the way. If you do, I don't want to hear about it. Gross.

What if it's dark with caramel...and marshmallows, and coconut?

No, no, and no.

What are the good things it will do for me?

Reduce our risk of stroke by 22-39%; lower our blood pressure, and make our platelets less likely to clump. It can also make us smarter at math (

flavonoids

increase blood flow to the brain).

What are flavonoids?

They are antioxidants that are believed to help protect cells against damage that might come from environmental toxins or free radicals (dangerous) that we make within our own body.

What is sexual chocolate?

I have NO idea.

Why are you doing that funny thing with your leg while you type?

How can you see that?!

What is moderation? One of those squares up top = 20-30 grams = 0.7 oz/day

Are you kidding me?! Look, I don't make the rules, just play by them (or exercise longer so I can cheat the rules).

Am I able to substitute flax seed oil for fish oil?

That has nothing to do with chocolate.

This Saturday - Chocolate Strawberries!
Synergy

We will be offering up this fantastic treat as a lure to get you out of bed and to Polaris Mall this weekend. This will be our Fifth Annual Chocolate Strawberries with a Doc. Thank you to Kristin and Kathryn for all of the anti-oxidant goodness.

Once you have been lured into our trap, you will be surrounded by people who want to join you on a walk, or take your blood pressure, or ask how you are doing.

We will convene at 8:30 at the Food Court (convene means start - doesn't it?). Rumor has it, we may be joined by lots of smart doctors from different specialties (I hope to see Drs. Niland, Dr. McClellan, Dr. Stafford, Dr. Sommer?)

For those that have Eastland as a more convenient location, our hero Dr. Wendy Anderson Willis is leading out of the Food Court at 8:30a.m. Dr. Wendy was honored once again recently and is someone we are very proud to have as a teammate.

Dr. Scott is running a marathon in Alabama. Dr. Scott was featured in the paper this Monday! Thank you Marci for joining our victorious Cheesehead.

Please call 614-714-0407 with questions.

All corrections will be posted to www.walkwithadoc.org by 12 noon.

Also, Kathryn and our web designer, www.brewhousemedia.com, got our E-store up and running this week (http://www.walkwithadoc.org/products-page/).

This thing is sweet! Look for more stuff to be added routinely. Along those lines, we will have sample coffee mugs and pint glasses at Polaris to look at - Drink with a Doc?

Please go get your 150 minutes of exercise this week. We know you can and are doing it. So important!!

See you Saturday,

David

Walk with a Doc

614-714-0407

5 Free Hugs!

As seen on Modern Family

Phil: I'm so excited ... Heeeey ... coupons for ... 5 free hugs.

Claire: You don't like it?

Phil: Are you kidding me? I love it! This was so creative, coupons for hugs. Which are usually free, but this makes it official. This is so great.

Claire: I was so proud of myself when I thought of it because you're impossible to buy for. You never want anything!

Phil: Um, things I want: a robot dog, night vision goggles, Bud vaccuum, GPS watch, speakers that look like rocks. I love my wife, but she sucks at giving gifts. I'm sorry for the pay channel language, but - oh! Yogurt maker! I can't NOT think of things I want.

Offer Expires: February 15th, 2011