Examples of high protein, lower fat, lower calorie and lower sugar substitutes that will improve your results and keep you from being too hungry.
Examples of high protein, lower fat, lower calorie and lower sugar substitutes that will improve your results and keep you from being too hungry.
Examples of high protein, lower fat, lower-calorie, and lower sugar substitutes which will improve your results and keep you from being too hungry. (Original image produced by the author.)

This is real advice from a real person who really reduced his weight by 47 pounds in 15 months. I am now actually well below my original weight goals — so I know this works. I struggled with my weight for 30 years before coming up with this combination of techniques.

This isn’t a quick fix or “magic bean” — so this isn’t the key if you have to be 8 to10 pounds lighter next week. (If you do need to lose 8-10 pounds by next week, you may want to try https://www.optavia.com/ I used the Optavia program for a…


Heads Up for CEO’s and CIO’s in Today’s Politically Correct Environment

Eggs and a piggy bank in a basket.
Eggs and a piggy bank in a basket.
“Basket of eggs” by 401(K) 2013 is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0

If you already know what I’m going to say in this article, you may want to just quit reading and pull together a strategy meeting on how you are going to avoid losing your company and/or job if one of your key IT vendors or eCommerce marketing channels suddenly decides to de-platform you — justified or not.

Although you may not consider yourself or your company to be “radicalized” or “political” in any significant way compared to, say, Parler, you certainly don’t want the fate of the entire operation in the hands of one vendor which could suddenly decide that…


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Things no one tells you until you have learned them via trial and error

It’s obvious to many of you, but, just incase, I would like to forewarn you that, at some point in your late teens through 40’s, you will have the opportunity to do your part of the cooking by grilling outdoors.

You may be one of us who actually seeks this contribution to preparing the meals for your family or social group because you think it could be fun. Maybe starting a fire and cooking meat over it harkens back to the olden days on the frontier or when people lived in caves. You may just want to give your wife…


What should I do about it when I am angry?

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Logically, we should also look at “why am I so angry about this event or issue?”, but, because the focus of this article is to provide quick help in times of need, let’s first address what you should do when feeling angry.

This advice is being provided in a checklist of bullet points rather than essay style because, when angry, you need something quick and clear. It applies to words, texts, posts, Tweets, and emails as well as actions. In fact, you don’t really need to read this as if…


One Key to Personal and Relationship Success

Photo by Alice Pasqual from UnSplash

The photo introducing this article makes three very important points which are very important to your personal and relationship success regarding budgets, money and finances:

  • First, the idea of “hitting a brick wall” is very much something you generally want to avoid in life — whether it is when driving a car (of course), running out of options with legal trouble, getting into trouble with relationships, or (in this case) running into a very difficult financial situation.
  • Second, debt can start to “own you” and others you are in a relationship with if it is substantial and/or at a high-interest…

…or just about anyone, for that matter.

These are things I wish someone had told me when I was younger.

You may think you are too young to start thinking about your career, but anyone in Middle School or older should really put some time into this. If you are getting ready to enter college, wouldn’t it be smart to invest the next four-to-ten years and $100K to $1M wisely? …


Simple steps to greater results

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As a public high school teacher for the last 15 years, and a dad for 2 grown boys and grandad of 3 high-school-age grandsons, I believe I have a few useful tips for young men who may need a little boost in the area of school.

Helpful points:

*School success is important, but it isn’t everything. Do your best, but don’t consider it the measure of your worth as a person. Do your best, but don’t get caught up in comparing yourself to others or trying to be perfect.

*Peer pressure on boys/men is most often in the negative direction…

Lee Nicholson

Computer Science teacher for 15 years in public high school. 30+ years in the computer business. BSEE, MM, EdS. Married 43 years, 3 children, 12 grandchildren.

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