How this Fast Diet Lifestyle works: Eat these meals tomorrow, for a calorie total of less than 600. On another day this week, eat the meals from a different post, another day of eating 600 calories or less. Eat sensibly the other days of the week. That’s it: a simple way to lose weight and be healthier. Join me in the Fasting Lifestyle.

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was born in Nebraska on March 13, 1911. His school teacher mother ensured that he was well read, and the boy had a questing mind. The family lived for many years in Montana, and then in Guam during World War I. Lafayette, who later styled himself as “L. Ron” Hubbard, attended several schools without being graduated, and visited many countries. In search of adventure, L. Ron became a glider pilot and a sailor. To earn money to sup-port his wife and child, he began to churn out short stories which appeared in ‘pulp fiction‘ magazines in the 1930s. A near-death experience in 1938, lead Hubbard to be interested in mental clarity. World War II saw him join the US Navy, but his service was ended by a series of maladies. In 1950, Hubbard, disillusioned by medical and psychological professionals, published the result of his own studies of mental health, a method that he called Dianetics. The principle is that once the power of the mind is unleashed [a state he called “Clear“], most diseases — mental and physical — will be eliminated. In 1953, Hubbard established the Church of Scientology in 1954, in California. The faithful have a supreme deity but recognize neither Jesus nor Mohammed nor Buddha as being holy persons. There are many statements in the creed of the Church of Scientology, here are the five at the top of the list:

>>>>>That all men of whatever race, color or creed were created with equal rights.>>>>>That all men have inalienable rights to their own religious practices and their performance. >>>>>That all men have inalienable rights to their own lives. >>>>>That all men have inalienable rights to their sanity. >>>>>That all men have inalienable rights to their own defense.>>>>

There are approximately 30,000 members of the church worldwide, in 167 countries. Like all new ideas, Scientology is not without controversy and dissent. The Quakers and Methodists also faced opposition. Because it is unlike mainstream religions, there are a lot of questions about the church, and its adherents will not give you many answers. Some of the Hollywood stars who belong to the church include john Travolta, Tom Cruise, Catherine Bell, and Elizabeth Moss. Hubbard died in 1986, while living secretly on a ranch in California under the alias “Jack Farnsworth”. Scientology continues.

L. Ron Hubbard traveled widely in his life, and our menus today are from two of the countries he visited: Spain and Japan.

Pan Con Tomate y Jamon: 133 calories… 4.5 g fat… 4.5 g fiber… 9 g protein… 19 g carbs… 40 mg Calcium…  NB: The food values given above are for the egg bake and fruit only, not the optional beverages. PB GF — if using GF bread The Tapas cuisine of Spain offers many tasty treats. One of them is this open-faced sandwich which we will borrow for breakfast.

++ 1 slice 70-calorie whole-grain bread [Dave’s Killer Thin-Sliced Bread is great]  2 cloves garlic, pressed ++++  ½ cup diced tomato ++++ ¼ tsp olive oil salt + pepper ++++ pinch sugar ++++ 1 slice/14 g Serrano ham or Prosciutto ++++  Optional: blackish coffee [53 calories] or blackish tea or mocha cafe au lait [65 calories] ++++ Optional: 5-6 oz fruit smoothie or berry-yogurt smoothie [88 calories] ++

Lightly toast the bread and spread the pressed garlic on it. Dice the tomato and stir into it the oil and seasonings. Depending on the thickness of the dried ham, you might want to chiffonade it to make biting easier. Distribute the tomato mixture over the bread, then top it with the dried ham.

Beef & Asparagus Stirfry: 289 calories… 8.4 g fat… 5 g fiber… 21 g protein… 35.5 g carbs… 69 mg Calcium… – PB GF – The flavors of beef, asparagus, and oyster sauce are a real WOW.

++ 2 oz sirloin, raw, sliced thinly across grain ++++ 2 tsp oyster sauce ++++ 2 tsp soy sauce ++++ 2-3 tsp cornstarch ++++ ¼ c chicken stock ++++ 2 tsp fresh ginger, peeled and grated or minced ++++ 1 clove garlic, sliced ++++ hot pepper flakes ++++ 5 oz asparagus, roll-cut in 2” pieces ++++ 3 oz red pepper, sliced into strips ++++ 1 oz onion, sliced ++++ Optional: ½ oz Japanese buckwheat noodles, broken into 2” pieces ++

Slice meat as described. Combine the oyster sauce, soy sauce, stock, and cornstarch. Add the sliced meat, and set aside. Boil the noodles 4 minutes, drain [saving the cooking water], rinse, and put aside. Cut the vegetables as described and put in a bowl with the garlic, ginger, and pepper flakes [those are the ‘aromatics’]. Heat a wok or cast iron skillet until it is hot. Spray with oil or non-stick spray. Add the vegetables and aromatics all at once and stir-fry 3 minutes. Add the beef with marinade. Stir-fry for 1 minute more or until the beef is mostly cooked and the sauce begins to thicken, then add the cooked noodles. Stir to combine and warm, then plate. 

Ingredients for next week: Breakfast, single portion for Monday …………………………… single portion for Thursday:

1 two-oz egg = US large	Next week, I will present three egg-less breakfasts
cabbage + Laughing Cow cheese
corned beef
ras[berries
optional smoothie	optional smoothie
optional hot beverage	optional hot beverage

Dinner, single portion for Monday:………………………….. single portion for Thursday:

lamb shoulder meat ++ onions	Next week, I will present three egg-less breakfasts
dry red wine ++ whole wheat flour
carrot ++ tomato paste ++ thyme
bay leaf + potato + turnip + pearl onions
Sparkling water	Sparkling water