Vote for @DadofDivas in the Every Man Jack Contest!

I have been entered into the Ever Man Jack's contest and am looking for votes here: http://everymanjack.com/wanted/node/924/lightbox2

The contest is run in three phases, right now until August 19 you have the opportunity to vote, once every six hours and you also get the opportunity to vote on different browsers every six hours.

About the Contest
"Every Man Jack embodies the guy who takes pride in his appearance, but doesn't want to spend a lot of time or money on his grooming routine," said Ritch Viola, founder and CEO of Every Man Jack.  "The campaign reflects this mentality, and we hope that this fun, interactive contest engages more guys to take a few small steps towards feeling and looking their best."

Once the semi-finalists are chosen by the public,Every Man Jack’s roster of guest judges, which will include 2010’s WANTED winner and several national grooming, lifestyle and fashion editors, will vote for their favorite four guys.  The four finalists will each receive a trip for two to Vegas where they will party and attend a photo shoot where their images could end up in the upcoming Every Man Jack ad campaign.  The complete list of prizes awarded will include:

Grand Prize Winner

• Featured in an Every Man Jack ad
• Plus, all prizes listed below for runners-up

10 Finalists

• Free Every Man Jack products for one year

Final Four

• Trip for two to Las Vegas that includes:
• Two nights at Planet Hollywood
• Entry to the Planet Hollywood spa and health club
• Dinner for two at a restaurant in Caesar’s Palace
• Roundtrip transportation to and from Planet Hollywood
• Free Every Man Jack products for one year

All Entrants

• One free Every Man Jack product at Target

So I am asking all of my readers to vote often between now and August 19 and help me become one of the semi-finalists in this contest!!!

http://everymanjack.com/wanted/node/924/lightbox2

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Nature Made Cholestoff

Do any of you remember the commercial that was out a while back regarding a cholesterol medicine that stated something to the effect that you get your Cholesterol from Uncle Ned or Fried Chicken...well they used cute rhymes that I can't remember now. I am a great example of what genetics can do to someone even though it may not look like there is anything wrong from the outside. I have been battling rising cholesterol issues for some time and today was my D-Day to see where my levels were after a 3 month stint. Now I am not saying that my levels are such that I should be taking medicine, at least not yet, but I have been concerned at the rising levels, even when I am eating healthy (rabbit food for lunch as J-Mom says) and a healthy breakfast. My meal with the most cholesterol of the day is dinner. So where does this all come from? Well I hate to point fingers, but it comes from my mother's side of the genetic tree. Again, you would never know it in looking at the very petite woman that my mother is, but she has the same issues as I and works hard to control it without medicine. I have been trying to do the same thing, as I really do not want to be on medicine for this. So what have I been doing...well, I have been eating a healthy breakfast and lunch. My exercise routine has gone out the window unfortunately since Diva-PJ was born. The other new thing that I have been doing over the last 3 months was that I have been taking a new product from Nature Made called CholestOff. This product uses plant stanols to limit the amount of Cholesterol that binds to your intestine walls (thus getting absorbed into your bloodstream). For optimal results you have to take 2 capsules 15-30 minutes prior to breakfast and dinner. The website for the product states that you can take them with your meal, but you will not have the same results. I started to use this after my mother (who has higher levels than I) decided to try this so that she would not have to be medicated and at her next check her levels had substantially decreased...to the extent that her Physician stated "whatever you are doing, keep doing it." Hearing this made me decide to try it myself and I am hoping (as you can guess) for similar results. I have found this product to be easy enough to take and there is no unpleasant taste or aftertaste, and I have had no side effects (though I don't think there should be any). The only problem that I sometimes had was remembering to take the medicine prior to the meal. You truly have to consciously think about taking the medicine and plan ahead of time when your meal actually will be so that you take it in enough time. Also, I will state that the product is not the cheapest, but the way I look at it, if I have to pay a bit more for a natural way to cut my cholesterol, so be it. Also, I have come to find that you can get this product at some of the drug store chains (Walgreens & CVS) at buy 1, get 1....so you can definitely stock up every now and again. Beyond this, once you start buying Nature Made vitamins/products, you can start collecting points that can be redeemed for coupons for money off, so the price altogether can be decreased. I should have the results of my test within a few days so I will have to let everyone know if this experiment was successful or not, but I tend to be uber-optomist, so I am certain that the experiment was successful! I thought I would leave this post today with a few additional links for your information on how you can manage your cholesterol:

• Discovery Health



• Keeping Cholesterol Under Control



• Natural Ways to Lower Bad Cholesterol, Boost The Good, Improve Your HDL Factor and Get Healthy



• Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally



• Natural Ways to Reduce Your Cholesterol 

So how else have you worked to control your cholestrol issues?

UPDATE
Ok... I promised the results so here they are... may I have a drum roll please!
January
Cholesterol - 232
Triglycerides - 77
LDL - 139
HDL - 83
Ratio - 2.8
July
Cholesterol - 207!
Triglycerides - 54
LDL - 116
HDL - 77
Ratio - 2.7


So what does this all mean??? Well..it means that the CholestOff definitely worked, and that if I keep it up and if I start exercising more regularly, that maybe I can get the levels below 200! The only thing I did not like to see was that my HDL lowered and the my Triglycerides went up...go figure!