And yes, I'm aware of Solyent Green. The creator of this Solyent formula insists the "made from people" aspect of the movie was a Hollywood invention, that the original books had a soy-based recipe.
Solyent kind of sort of looked like that magic pill, at first glance. All the nutrition you need, without the sugars in Ensure and other over the counter meal replacements. Supposedly kind of sweet and not disgusting tasting. It was only when I dug further I started hearing "completely processed" in the back of my mind. I started reading the articles for and against, and had to agree with the ones who said:
"This guy is a computer programmer, not a nutritionist or scientist."I was excited about the idea for a minute. Excited enough to come one click away from a $230/month supply, before I came to my senses.
"He's only spent a few months working this out."
"It's still in beta form."
"It's baby formula for adults, but bottle fed babies are not as healthy as breastfed."
"We don't yet know the full range of necessary human nutrition."
This is not the direction I'm trying to go. I'm trying to eat real food. Healthy food.
The direction I'm going, as of earlier today (before I saw the Solyent article) is to treat my weight loss as a project. There are things I need to remember to do, goals I want to achieve. I've created a Trello board to track these things. I'm on Trello every day anyway, sorting out my personal and work tasks. I'm hoping just having these things in front of me regularly will help in achieving them.
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I try to eat "one serving" of questionable foods. It helps to set that one serving aside from the bulk. Right now my questionable food is raw cashew nuts. A serving is 1/4 cup, which I can take to work in a small container. One serving is usually quite small, but enough to satisfy the craving. The secret is to put the rest away, and leave it there.
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