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.

In 1911. three years after the Boy Scouts were founded, a woman from Savannah, Georgia, USA met Lord Baden-Powell in London. Juliet Gordon Lowe was inspired by his efforts to get boys to enjoy the out-of-doors, and she saw that girls would benefit from the same type of organization. In 1912, on March 12, Mrs Low invited 18 girls from the Savannah area to be the first Girl Scouts in America. [At first, they were called Girl Guides, but the name was soon changed.] Although Juliet and her friends were wealthy women, with high social standing, the first Scouts were from different classes, cultures, and ethnic groups. This was important to Mrs Low, as she believed that ALL sorts of girls would work together and be improved by the experience. Juliet, called Daisy by family and friends, devoted the rest of her life to leading, recruiting, and fundraising to the end of promoting her project. Unfortunately, her goal of all sorts of girls training together did not last long, and troops became segregated: racially and ethnically. But in the 1950s, the Girl Scouts of America began a concerted effort to promote troops that were more diverse and inclusive, to emphasize equality. Scouting for girls was a huge success. Girls wanted to hike and camp and learn nature lore, even in a time when they couldn’t vote or have their own bank account. Fifty million women in America have spent some time as Girl Scouts. My mother was one, so were my sister and I. Scouting’s mission is to “build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place”. And you thought that they just sold cookies.

Scouting teaches girls to cook over an open fire — and it goes beyond eating hot dogs. At the sleep-away camp that I attended, Camp Francis in Kent, Connecticut, there was always a day when the evening meal was cooked and eaten at our unit [tent encampment], rather than in the communal Mess Hall. Our breakfast and our dinner could be cooked in a pan over the coals or on your kitchen cook-top.

10-Grain Pudding: 175 calories… 1 g fat… 5.4 g fiber … 7.5 g protein… 35 g carbs… 39 mg Calcium…  NB: Food values given are for the plated foods only, and do not include the optional beverage. PB Here is delicious hot cereal for any day of the week. The applesauce and maple syrup give just the right sweetness.

++ ¼ cup uncooked Bob’s Red Mill 10-Grain Cereal ++++1½ Tbsp cottage cheese ++++ 1 tsp maple syrup ++++ 1 Tbsp applesauce ++++ pinch of nutmeg + pinch of cinnamon ++++  Optional: blackish coffee [53 calories] or blackish tea or mocha cafe au lait[65 calories] ++++  Optional: 5 oz fruit smoothie or [88 calories] berry-yogurt smoothie ++

Put the cereal in ¾ cup of boiling water, turn down to a simmer and cook, covered, 8 minutes. HINT: Do this the night before. Cool cereal, then mix in cottage cheese, maple syrup, applesauce and spices until well-combined. Put into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave it for 30-45 seconds until hot through. Pour the beverages and you will have a warm, filling start to your day.

Eshkeneh – Persian Onion Soup: 198 calories… 9 g fat… 2 g fiber… 12 g protein… 16.4 g carbs … 70 mg Calcium…  PB GF – if using GF bread  This recipe is from Azlin Bloor who says that it is the modern version of an ancient Parthian soup. HINT: The recipe makes 2 one-cup servings. Doubles easily. As always, preparing the soup a day before helps to develop the flavor.

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1 tsp virgin olive oil—-½ tsp butter——1 c onion slices	Cut onion in half and slice it thinly. Heat oil and butter in a medium saucepan, and sauté onions gently for 2 mins.
1 clove garlic	Add garlic, fry 30 secs.
1 bay leaf—–½ tsp turmeric	Add bay leaf and turmeric, and fry for another 30 secs.
½ c potato	Cut potato in small dice. Add to pan and stir to coat.
fenugreek leaves OR ½ tsp dried fenugreek seed	Finely chop leaves, stopping 2” from stem ends. OR crush seeds in a mortar. Add, stir, turn heat to lowest setting, cook 2 mins.
2 c meat stock——½ tsp salt	Add stock and salt, and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover, and cook 8-10 mins until potatoes are tender.
½ Tbsp verjus OR ½ Tbsp lemon juice	Add juices, stir and taste. Add a touch of salt if needed. Remove bay leaf.
2 two-oz eggs	Lightly beat eggs, pour into soup, over low heat. Immediately swirl in eggs with fork for a few seconds.
Black pepper—-2 gozleme bread OR 1 Mongol flat-bread	Serve soup topped with pepper, with bread.
2 gozleme bread = 52 calories .. 0 g fat .. 2 g fiber.. 3 g protein .. 10 g carbs.. 40 mg Calcium..	1 Mongol bread = 86 calories .. 1 g fat .. 1.5 g fiber .. 4 g protein .. 21 g carbs .. 26.4 mg Calcium..

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

1 two-oz egg = US large	1.5 two-oz eggs
dill pickle + 3%-fat ham	applesauce [unsweetened] or pear
roasted pork + Swiss cheese	haggis, purchased or home-made: lamb liver and meat
mayonnaise + mustard + melon	onion + coriander +pepper + rolled oats
optional smoothie	optional smoothie
optional hot beverage	optional hot beverage

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

canned baked beans + onion	yellow cornmeal + 200 g ground turkey
celery + canned stewed tomatoes	canola oil + onions
beef stock or brown stock	carrot + tomatoes
hot sauce + hard-boiled egg	400 g spinach
Sparkling water	Sparkling water