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Image courtesy of the BBC One show site.<\/p><\/div>\n

I enjoy the BBC Sherlock<\/em><\/a> a great deal.<\/p>\n

In fact, my novel this year is sort of a play off an imaginary spin-off of the show.\u00a0 I have an affinity to the title character that has only been reinforced by a sweet friend who has an affinity to John Watson’s character.<\/p>\n

She calls me Holmes<\/em>. In public.<\/p>\n

And I can’t say I mind. It fits in a lot of ways and it’s sort of fun to be open about it.<\/p>\n

One of the show’s great exchanges happens in a restaurant when Sherlock urges John to eat, denying his own need or interest. Referring to his body, Sherlock says dismissively, “It’s transport.”<\/p>\n

While I share Sherlock’s annoyance with having to eat yet again<\/em> (what a waste of time!), I have learned well enough my need that I’ve worked through the denial and anger stages<\/a> and skipped “acceptance” for the “how-can-I-minimize-the-tedium?” stage.<\/p>\n

My path has been to learn what my best fuel is, and how to batch-process its preparation in order to minimize the extent of interruptions (aka, individual meal prep).<\/p>\n

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Now, I know I mentioned in my second post in this series<\/a> that Baty (NaNo founder) recommends loading up on your favorite \u201cvice\u201d food, in order to free up some will-power to write daily.<\/p>\n

My advice, in contrast is to know (or check) your nutritional type<\/a> and then stock up on the stuff your body actually needs.\u00a0 As I said yesterday<\/a>, I have a persistent battle with depression that I can\u2019t be lazy about fighting.<\/p>\n

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Nutrition is one of those ways to fight, and I often must use my story mind and imagination<\/a> to hold in my body the memory of how some tasty or convenience food made me regret its indulgence.<\/p>\n

My type is the protein type, which means that I have to go out of my way to maximize the amount of protein I get, if I want to function optimally.<\/p>\n

I’m going to share some ideas and advice for functioning as a protein type, because about 1\/3 of people are each type, and all the healthy eating lists focus on types one and two (avoid fat, maximize fruits, veggies, limit protein, especially to fish, skinless poultry, and fat-trimmed red meat\u2014if you indulge in the stuff at all).<\/p>\n

This is okay advice as far as it goes, it\u2019s hard to go wrong maximizing food without lables, but for types like me it is inadequate.\u00a0 I thrive<\/i> on a high-protein, high-fat diet. \u00a0Counting protein grams is about the only way I remember to stay on top of it, and to answer the next question, the only way I can really balance the calorie equation with straight-up fats (I stick to the healthy ones– almost none liquid) is to minimize grains and almost completely cut sugar.<\/p>\n

My type of fast-food is a \u00bc pound chicken sausage nuked in a paper towel and eaten while I work.<\/p>\n

Just today I stocked up on enough to get me through November– if my family doesn\u2019t learn to like them too, which they are.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m trying to be glad for them instead of pouting for me.<\/p>\n

Other make-aheads and quicks (relatively speaking, though straight-forwards<\/em> might be the better term):<\/p>\n