My husband is addicted to POM juice. I think it's a little too precious and have tried to substitute an off-brand. He won't have it.

I try to grow my own vegetables every summer. My tomatoes are just coming in.

Does putzing around an anime convention for an entire (three day) weekend count as exercise? Heh...

I do what I do all year round:
1. Two servings of live-cultured dairy a day
2. Get 40g fiber and 55g of protein before noon -- the fiber keeps me from gorging on crap around the office, like leftover goodies from meetings
3. Use alcohol sparingly -- it dehydrates you
4. Exfoliate, moisturize, and apply SPF45 often when in the sun for long periods.

As a person living with MS the first thing I do to stay healthy in the summer is avoid being outside so that I do not overheat. All exercise is done inside on Wii Fit.
We live in a rural area, which means summer brings in an abundance of fresh, locally grown produce, which becomes summer staples.
I drink plenty of filtered water, as well as juices to stay hydrated; I try to avoid caffeine and carbonation.

I work in construction so work is a work-out. Yesterday I went kayaking with a friend and this morning I got up at 0430 and went jogging. Of course, I slather myself in sunscreen every day!

The way I stay healthy in the summer is I eat a lot of ice cream. It's excellent for the psyche. But it's also why I need a case of POM!

two things:
1. eating local - taking advantage of all the wonderful fresh, healthy food that ohio has to offer at this time of year, and
2. going for long walks at a brisk pace with my dog!

I am not entering the competition, I doubt you would ship to Australia anyway, but I have to make a comment...

The title meant something completely different to me than I expect it does to most of your readership. A Pom (Pomme, Pommie, but more commonly a Pommie bast**d) is how we in Australia refer to people from England. So when I read the title: Contest: A POM a day... I nearly snorted my coffee all over the screen. I had visions of people competing to find all the English tourists and... well that's were my dirty mind started to take over...

BTW, just like passionfruit, the best way to eat a pomegranate is with a spoon and crunch those seeds... A little bit of crunch never hurt anyone :)

Mangosteens

spending the week chasing the kids around at the lake is keeping me pretty fit this week! Love the POM - makes awesome pomegranate martinis! W00T!

You can't escape free radicals, they get in from anywhere (food, drink, city life, farm life, chemicals), but you can be on the offensive.

Nathan, the truth is worse than that: Our bodies produce free radicals in the course of our normal metabolism --- so we can never escape them because we make them ourselves. But you are right, that pollution, radiation, and such can raise the level of free radicals.

How to stay healthy in summer? (1) Wear sunscreen while mowing the lawn. (2) Avoid mowing the lawn between Noon and, say, 4 PM because that's usually the hottest part of the day. (3) Take a nap between sessions mowing the lawn. (4) Plenty of drinking water while mowing the lawn. (5) Wear a wide-brimmed hat and a light, long-sleeve shirt while mowing the lawn. (6) When possible, avoid or postpone mowing the lawn. Consider installing Astro-Turf, or moving into a condo. (7) Meditate --- visualize October thru April, when you don't have to mow the lawn. (8) Pomegranate juice is good, also juice from mangosteens (Thailand), acai berries (Central and South America) and gogi berries (Himalayas) ... (as you might guess, none of these exotic fruits are raised in commercial quantities in the US, and are thus quite expensive).

I have fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis, so I never get enough sun in the winter; the cold just takes too much out of me. Consequently, when spring hits, good luck keeping me indoors!

Our favorite way of staying healthy in the summer is working in our garden. The kids love it, so it's great family time together and we get to eat our organically grown fruits and vegetables. As a bonus, we always meet new neighbors, since we live in a college town and they tend to change from year to year.

We also drink lots of water, juices and iced tea, made with green tea.

Biking instead of driving, and just biking for fun.

Since I'm a student taking summer classes and have a job I don't go to the gym as often as I'd like to, but I ride my bike to work and around campus.

Pumping iron, riding my bike, not to mention the occasional hike. Not to mention the basics, eat when I'm hungry, stop when I'm full, sleep when I'm tired, etc.

Oh, and I should win because it was just my birthday.

I walk everywhere, which usually works out to about 5 miles a day, every day. And I never forget to wear sunscreen.

i like to take walks through my college campus. It's a registered arboretum so it's healthy and beautiful :)