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Hot water from the water "cooler." Sounds disgusting,
but it isn't bad, and it's ridiculously convenient.
There's no cooking, no microwaving even, and nothing
to refrigerate. I just pour and by the time I've
walked back to my desk it's ready to eat. I don't use
instant oatmeal, I like it chewy.

--- Bonnie <ronnieb1@...> wrote:
> What do you mix with that oatmeal lunch? I often do
> a miture with yougart,
> plain no fat with Splenda or honey, and walnuts ,
> sometime cut up apple or
> berries, and flavor with maple or vanilla flavoring.
> It is based on the
> muselix I used to eat in Switzerland. 
> Bonnie
> -------Original Message-------
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> From: 
> Date: 04/16/04 12:15:46
> To: 
> Subject: [nosdiet] Intelligent Defaults
> 
> "Intelligent defaults" is a term usually used with
> reference to computer programs. It means that unless
> the user specifies otherwise, the program will
> behave
> in a reasonably smart way. It anticipates the most
> common user needs and just works that way without
> requiring explicit configuration. If you don't like
> the way it works, you can change it, but most of the
> time, you won't have to.
> 
> I think this is a useful concept for diet. Think up
> a
> convenient, reasonably healthy default meal or meal
> component. Make sure to always have the ingredients
> on
> hand. You don't *have* to eat this stuff every day,
> but it gives you a good fallback if you're in a rush
> and can't think of anything better. It discourages
> opportunistic, hurried bottom feeding.
> 
> My defaults, as I think I've mentioned before,
> though
> not in precisely these terms, are mestemacher whole
> grain bread for breakfast, and oatmeal, dried fruit,
> nuts, and seeds for lunch. The oatmeal and
> mestemacher
> are my "carbohydrate palates." You can get a
> surprising amount of variety using these as bases,
> by
> varying the toppings, dried fruit, etc. The lunch
> components store well at work, they're easy to
> always
> have on hand. Again, I don't make it a *rule* to eat
> this stuff every day, they're just options. But
> they're options that have spared me many a trip to
> the
> local fast food joint. Dinner I prefer to give
> serious
> thought to almost every day.
> 
> This isn't a necessary part of the nosdiet, but I
> think it's a useful complement.
> 
> Reinhard
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