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Disclaimer: I am not a physician or a diet professional. Here I describe my personal practice. Consult specialist before taking actions described in the post.

My mom came visiting us the other day. After she left my wife told me what my mom told her. It was “Darling, Alik was such a pretty boy, what happened to him now? He is so fat…”. I decided it is time to take action.

I set 4 rules that I can easily follow and also enjoy my life:

• Rule #1 – Eat protein rich food separately from carbohydrate rich food. This is practice I use for last 15 years and it kept me from becoming really fat. Once I stopped doing it and in one month I became a real behemoth. The technique is simple – I never eat meat with bread, rice, potato, or pasta. I do eat all these but separately. My breakfast is carbohydrate rich food. My lunch is about meat and vegetable. I sometime give up on meat and eat just rice, potato, or pasta for my lunch.
• Rule #2 – Do not eat after 7 PM. That one is not easy. That is why I made one exception to it. I can eat low calories vegetables – my favorite are kohlrabi and cabbage.
• Rule #3 – Drink a lot of water. I made a habit to carry a big bottle of mineral water with me to any place. I usually drink 2 1.5 litter bottles a day. It helps me pushback my desires for a snack. I heard fashion models eat ice. It is far fetched for me but carrying water is reasonable. Make sure the toilets are in proximity…
• Rule #4 – Do sport. I needed something that fits into my life rhythm. I only can do sport late at night – starting 10 PM. It must be something both stretching and relaxing. Swimming was natural choice. Luckily, there is great country club in the neighborhood and they have great pricing plans.
• End result. I lost 8 kilograms in one month while eating without any strict restrictions on amount and type of the food. I feel great, I stopped snoring – my wife really love that one, my friends compliment me I look good.

Lately my sister visited me and she has noticed at once I lost weight. 30 minutes after she left I got a phone call. It was my mom on the phone – “Son, I just have spoken with your sister and she said you lost weight. It is no good, dear. You must eat well. Promise me you will eat well”. “No probs, mom, I will”. Go figure….

“God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.” – proverb.

Making sushi is very easy, cheap, and fast. Almost each weekend I prepare sushi – just love it! Both preparing and eating.

Summary of steps

• Boil rice – 10 minutes
• Slice veggies – while rice is boiled
• Roll sushi and slice – 10 minutes or less
• Serve and eat – take your time

What you need to make 60 sushi rolls is:

• 300 gram of smoked salmon
• 8 nori sheets
• Cup of rice (about 200 gram)
• 2 carrots
• 2 cucumbers
• Sushi bamboo mat

Following are detailed explanation for each step. I know that it is far from “classic” or “the right way” of making sushi. Nevertheless My wife, both daughters, and the rest of the family and friends just love it.

• Boil rice – 10 minutes. I boil the rice in microwave. I am not picky about the rice type – any rice works for me. To prepare 60 sushi rolls I take cup of rice and little less than two cups of water. First I wash the rice thoroughly. Then I put it in plastic microwave box and pour the clear water into it. I set the microwave for 10 minutes but it may vary according to the power of the microwave:
• Slice veggies – while rice is boiled. While the rice is getting boiled I slice the vegetables. My favorite are carrots, cucumbers, and avocado. Essentially any veggie is just good:

• Roll sushi and slice – 10 minutes or less. Have smoked salmon sliced in stripes handy. “Classic” sushi is prepared with rear salmon but I use smoked salmon – it is safer for me and easier to keep it fresh in my fridge. Place nori sheet on the bamboo mat and spread the rice. I put 4 spoons of rice for each nori sheet. One spoon of rice to each nori sheet corner and spreading it using the spoon itself. Place smoked salmon stripe on the rice and then the vegetables upon it. Roll the nori sheet using bamboo mat while pressing on it making sure that it gets tight. The end result should look like sausages - I actually call it sushi sausages. Leave it for 3 to 5 minutes and then cut the sushi sausages using very sharp knife – be careful. Make sure that the kids are not around – usually they impatiently snoop around to steal a roll while your are trying to slice.

• Serve and eat – take your time. Slice each sausage for 7-8 rolls and serve it on a plate or a tray with soy souse. I do not like wasabi since it it too spicy for me but I like it with ginger. Serve it with your favorite drink. I love it with beer or white wine.

20 minutes up.

Enjoy