Looking at quinoa as a protein-rich food, a tad carby but full of amino acids that create proteins. My first prepacked meals from personal chef arrived. She is working in some wild rice and quinoa that I've had on hand but not yet cooked up myself. We are adding these in small amounts, to test their carbs as I battle to lose 200# from my current 400# weight.

Looks like a good plan, creating a meal in a box, with several boxes ready to go in the fridge: 8oz of poached salmon fills half the Glad box, with the remaining half being split between baconfat-basted greens (rich in...

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How to know what to take? I'm wondering if I can curb my nighttime spasms from this hinky hip by taking magnesium, but what dosage? I'm reading at Pure Essence Labs site about 2:3 as optimal calcium-magnesium ratio, about "ionic" being the best delivery for absorption, about cramps that sound a lot like the nighttime spasms that keep me from sleeping, wake me up and make me sit up to sleep easier: ...

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A term - halcyon days - comes to mind, as I contemplate how amazingly good, how calm, I feel with 40g of protein in me this ayem, having just slurped up my hot slosh (WPP+espresso+cacao+VCO) in preparation for a productive day. ...

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I think we all need to map out a direction, using our moral compass, else we are drifting - and are lost. Remember what the Caterpillar says to Alice in Wonderland? Having a plan and consulting a moral compass in making choices seems better than drifting aimlessly. After all, I got fat by eating randomly, then got fatter and eventually...

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While I was posting somewhere, I realized that this might make a great topic, so I'm giving it a trial by posting it in my own BLOG, just to see if it tickles anyone the way it tickles me.

As I approach my prime, I'm learning how to outfox my Feast Beast. My Feast Beast is not awfully bright. Greedy, but not awfully bright.

Trickling a few drops of balsamic vinegar onto a mess of mashed sardines in olive oil got my Feast Beast thinking it was an illicit treat. No fooling. Sardines! Yay!!! If you agree with me that's something to celebrate, feel free to join me...

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