Too much salt in your diet?

I just read this interesting article from Time Magazine on how eating less salt can actually increase your life-span. How many of you add salt automatically to your food before you even taste it? Or to your fast food french fries that already have a ton of salt on them? It's so tempting to add salt to everything....well here's a news flash--you are killing yourself!! Please read this article and let me know your thoughts.

Time Magazine Article

How healthy is the Wii fit?

I will admit, my goal for 2009 was to get healthy. That meant eating healthy and exercising. So I decided to devote time to working out on the Wii fit, thinking that I would be completely devoted and lose weight and tone my body.

Well the first month was awesome. I was completely dedicated...but then I got busy. In my head too busy to work out.

Some members of my family now have to Wii fit and (like I used to be) are completely committed to working out with the Wii fit. I started thinking, is working out on the Wii fit the same as a real work out at a gym? Here is an article from CNN about the Wii fit:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/16/wii.fit/index.html

What are your thoughts about the Wii fit vs. a gym workout? Any suggestions on how to stay motivated?