Healthy Happy Loving Life: Foods With More Protein Than Eggs!

01 Friday Jan 2021

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Here’s a quick post to help send you into your healthier new year. Many of us are wanting better, leaner muscle development, and we all know eggs offer a high percent of protein (6 grams apiece). But there are some foods that offer an even higher proportion of protein:

o Chickpeas– 8 grams per half cup

o Cottage Cheese– 12 grams per half cup

o Almond Butter– 7 grams per 2 Tablespoons

o Cheddar Cheese– 7 grams per ounce

o Lentils– 8 grams per half cup

o Pumpkin seeds (without shells)– 8 1/2 gram per ounce

o Shrimp– 17 grams per 4 ounces

o Quinoa– 7 1/2 grams per cup

o Jerky– 15 grams of protein (varies by product– read the label)

o Hemp Seeds– 9 1/2 grams per 3 Tablespoons (great to add to smoothies, will NOT get you high)

So to build muscle and become leaner this year, try some of these foods! And you will be more and more in the realm of Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm!

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life. She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Eat Your Way to Better Memory! [Printable]

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

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Would you like it if your memory worked better? What if eating delicious food stoked up the right brain biochemistry for your memory to improve? Great! Then here’s good news: in this handy graphic are the top 10 foods that help memory, conveniently ready for you to print. So look it over, then post it in your kitchen, because you may *forget* otherwise. Print this, update your grocery list, and enjoy! And now you are more and more in the realm of Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm !

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: 2020 Memes to Make Us Laugh

29 Tuesday Dec 2020

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The year 2020 will long be remembered for the COVID19 pandemic and strange politics, forest fires, freak storms, and a toilet paper shortage. But laughter is all-important, and people have found ways to laugh in the midst of it all. Here are some of the memes that have helped us laugh this year!

Sign at a movie theater: NO CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF ANY KIND.

Sign at a theater called The World: THE WORLD IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED.

Sign at a gentlemens club: CLOTHED UNTIL APRIL 30TH.

Sign at an historic Baptist Church: HAD NOT PLANNED TO GIVE UP QUITE THIS MUCH FOR LENT.

Sign at a modern Christian church: JESUS RODE AN ASS INTO JERUSALEM. KEEP YOURS AT HOME.

Two signs at Denny’s restaurants: ALWAYS OPEN and CLOSED.

Sign at a Christian academy: PROPHECY CLASS CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.

Sign at a modern Baptist church: THIS TOO SHALL PASS. IT MAY PASS LIKE A KIDNEY STONE, BUT IT’S GONNA PASS.

Public sign in Round Rock Texas: TEXAS CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION: WASH YOUR HANDS LIKE YOU JUST GOT DONE SLICING JALAPENOS FOR A BATCH OF NACHOS, AND YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR CONTACTS OUT. (That’s like 20 seconds of scrubbing, y’all!)

Billboard sign at a restaurant in Texas: SINGLE MAN W/ TP SEEKS WOMAN WITH HAND SANITIZER FOR GOOD CLEAN FUN.

Internet comment: YESTERDAY MY HUSBAND THOUGHT HE SAW A COCKROACH IN THE KITCHEN. HE SPRAYED EVERYTHING DOWN AND CLEANED THOROUGHLY. TOMORROW I’M PUTTING THE COCKROACH IN THE BATHROOM.

Internet comment: FEELING GUILTY ABOUT YOUR KIDS WATCHING TOO MUCH TV? MUTE IT AND PUT THE SUBTITLES ON. BOOM! NOW THEY’RE READING!

Internet comment: A HOMESCHOOLING MOM GOT A CALL FROM HER SON, FROM HIS BEDROOM. HE SAID HE MISSED THE BUS AND WOULDN’T BE IN SCHOOL THAT DAY.

Internet comment: DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT PAGE OF THE BIBLE TELLS HOW TO TURN WATER INTO WINE? ASKING FOR A FRIEND.

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These were some of my favorite memes from 2020. If you have others, please add them in the Comments section or email me! Laughing dissolves stress and clears the mind and heart. And it shifts you more and more into the realm of Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm !

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Behind the Scenes When Meryl Streep Was in College

28 Monday Dec 2020

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Today, Meryl Streep is a legendary and much-admired actress, known for dozens of movies with varying roles. Whatever part she plays, she slays! One of her earliest movies was Sophie’s Choice (1982), in which Meryl speaks several languages, apparently fluently. I overheard moviegoers jeering, saying NO ONE could speak those lines so fluently, and how did the moviemakers fake that so well? Certain Meryl simply learned those paragraphs of German and Polish by hard work, I shared these two short memories with them.

I was a Theater 101 student at Vassar when Meryl Streep was a senior. Already known for stellar acting skills, Meryl came to the costume room. (I was working there due to my stellar sewing skills.) She found the costume mistress, gave her name, and asked where we wanted her to stand, to be fitted for her costume. She then took that spot, and she stood, egoless and motionless, until we were finished fitting the difficult costume on her. Meryl Streep was a champion of quiet, gracious focus.

Some days later, I was rushing through the theater building, late for my shift in the costume room. I decided to save about a minute by cutting through the rectangular theater, Avery Hall. It was evening, and I never dreamed someone would be working there, on the stage. The first door banged open as I blew in; it had one of those door-width push bars that opened it, and they always banged. Aghast, I looked toward the stage and saw two people working on a difficult set of choreography for the upcoming play. Dying of embarrassment, I thought surely I had disturbed them? But no! This was the Director, Clint Atkinson, a New York theater professional, and Meryl Streep. They both stayed deep in concentration, working out the choreography, as though there had been no banging sound. They never looked up. I tried to tiptoe, to get out of the auditorium quietly.

I have thought of these two sequences every time I see Meryl Streep meet some new challenge. The Queen of Focus became the Queen of Movie Acting. She left her ego at the door and accomplished great things. So, in your life, what happens when you set goals and then focus deeply on meeting them? Doing that will bring you achievement and satisfaction. And you will be more and more in the realm of Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm !

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: From a Heavy Heart to Happiness

27 Sunday Dec 2020

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Today I’m sharing a personal process that has taken a lot of work. I left childhood with a heavy heart. But I wanted to feel happy. In college days, I observed other people who seemed light-hearted and was amazed. How did they do it?

In mid-college, I was struck by a flying object and got a traumatic brain injury, which actually affected me for years. Ouch! I pushed forward with my education and grad school. I was working as an engineering manager when, at age 26, my joints began to burn. I thought, oh well, Mom had arthritis from age 27, so like her, I’ll be taking anti-inflammatories the rest of my life. No big deal. Wrong! Within a year, I was burning from head to toe. And stiff. It was difficult to move if I didn’t exercise at least an hour a day. I knew if I didn’t beat this thing somehow, I would be in a wheelchair by age 40. No marriage, no kids. A grim vision.

So I began to interview anyone who had terrible pain. They were grateful. Someone was actually interested in their observations! I tried everything they said worked, and I researched holistic solutions. Within 8 years, I had dissolved the horrible burning condition. I knew life is rich with opportunities to make choices. I was now more interested in natural pain solutions than in engineering, so I moved professionally into holistic and energy healing.

Decades later, my heart is no longer heavy. I have a thriving practice as a holistic guide and energy therapist, plus hundreds of articles online, a Best Life Template, three books, and other products to help people. I am married to my soulmate and have many friends. I am somewhat known for my photography, especially of our Feng Shui Garden. I also paint. My husband and I live in a charming home near a park, and we enjoy our quiet life. My brain–so badly injured in college days– works better than it ever has– clearly and with a fantastic memory.

I live in gratitude and joy and satisfaction. Because of my experiences, I believe that people can make choices to move from a heavy heart to a joyful one, from a challenged body system to a thriving one, from pain to comfort. Perhaps this very short story of my life will inspire something in some corner of yours. And may you spend as much time as you can, in being Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm ! See you there!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Festivus for the Rest of Us?

26 Saturday Dec 2020

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Today, I’m sharing something very personal. Although I am a Christian and an ordained minister, I’m sharing my seasonal little dirty secret today: commercial Christmas makes me sick. Commercial expressions of “Christmas” have gone wildly far afield from the celebration of the birth of Christ.

Don’t get me wrong. I love sacred Christmas. I love to think that (John 3:16) “God so loved the World that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” I love that we annually remember and celebrate the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, as a little baby.

When people ask me what exciting things we are doing for Christmas, I say, “oh, we’re more Silent Night than Deck the Halls”. I like to go to a Christmas Eve church service with sacred songs like “Oh Come All Ye Faithful”. Later, I like to take a walk at night, gazing at the stars above, and thinking of the shepherds, the Holy Family, the Magi, and how the original Christmas must have been, without telephones or news stations. I like to rest in deep gratitude for the arrival of the Messiah.

So fast forward over 2000 years from that birth, and humans have turned Christmas into a buying-spree opportunity with many electric lights, many Santa images, and even fireworks. Yes, even the Little Town of Bethlehem, in Israel, has fireworks for Christmas! And humans have deified Santa Claus. The seasonal song tells it all: “He knows if you’ve been sleeping! He knows if you’re awake! He knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness’ sake!” Wait, isn’t that God? Isn’t God the original omniscient being? So how did Santa become a God?

A close look at the cheery Christmas living room image above shows how important Santa has become in this actually sacred time. There are a number of Santa ornaments and only 2 stars (representing the star the Magi followed?) on the tree. Look around at “Christmas” decorations anywhere, and you will see Snoopy and characters from Disney movies, plus the mandatory Santa and often his sleigh.

So no wonder this season is a nonparticipation opportunity for those who call themselves “atheists”. What a healthy reaction to Santa worship! A popular TV show, Seinfeld, a number of years ago, offered our culture an alternative: “Festivus, for the Rest of Us”. Celebrated on December 23 (or why not any other seasonal date?), these elements would be part of the celebration: get a Festivus pole, have a Festivus dinner involving meatloaf, air your grievances, join in Feats of Strength, and call all slightly non-routine events “Festivus miracles”.

So will you forgive me for speaking my truth in this column? Will you choose the way you enjoy your Holidays, however you celebrate them, or don’t? Whatever your beliefs and plans, may your days be merry and bright!

And that’s Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm! Happy Holidays!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Go Soak!

25 Friday Dec 2020

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If you are tired and often thinking about how tired you are, you may have Fatigue Stress. You not only get tired, as everyone does, but you are tired enough that it’s distracting you, taking up your mental air time. People who are tired are helped by: sleep, exercise, the right food, drinking enough water, and other factors. Mild exercise is the least obvious of these, helping the body’s natural functions to move toxins out. But what if you can’t exercise right now? A simple therapeutic soak may be the last option you think of and yet just the answer for you.

Dale Carnegie said,

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

Aside from deep relaxation and moist heat, the key therapeutic ingredient here is Epsom Salts, available at all drug- and grocery stores. Epsom Salts looks like coarse salt and is a magnesium compound, great for muscle biochemistry and, in a bath, for soaking out toxins. You’ll want to keep some on hand at all times.

So here are 8 top tips for an ideal therapeutic soak:

Be sure your tub has been cleaned with something nontoxic before filling it.
Put on some soft music and light some candles. If you don’t like open flames, use battery candles or lamps.
Fill the tub with water at your “ahhhhh” temperature, which might be 103 degrees. Use a candy thermometer to tell you the temperature, once you have it perfect. Then you can target that temperature for your next soak.
Add 2-4 pounds of Epsom Salts (magnesium salts), and stir them around a bit to dissolve. These restore the mineral balance in your skin and muscles, plus pulling out the toxins, so you literally feel better. No need to weigh or measure if you buy the 4-pound bag, then pour half or more into your bath.
If you have the dry, itchy skin many get in wintertime, don’t use perfumed bubble bath. For annoyingly itchy skin, add colloidal oatmeal (in packets from major drugstores).
If you have no itching or allergies, consider adding drops of essential oils or spraying the bathroom with a favorite natural fragrance.
Set a timer for 20 minutes, think relaxing thoughts, and stay in at least that long, to give the muscles and Epsom Salts time to commune.
If you love soaking, feel free to read or write while you soak, but only paper media. No electronics! You can even buy a special shelf to put across the tub, to hold your wine or tea and your reading/writing material. Journaling can be great, too, but again, no phones or electronic readers, all of which hate soaking.

You can keep running hot water in, and cool water out, and just keep soaking until about the 40-minute mark. Your skin will tell you if you have soaked too long.

After your soak, drink water, drink water, and drink some more water. Apply body lotion while your skin is still moist. The next morning, notice how well you slept and how much less tired you feel. Could this be the end of your Fatigue Stress?

Now try weekly soaks to melt away your stress, and soon you’ll be back into Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Different Things in a Time So Familiar

24 Thursday Dec 2020

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If you have lived in the US for more than a year, then you know what Christmastime looks and sounds like: lots of red and green, sparkle, lights, garlands, decorated trees, and the soundtrack of Christmas songs. Some people even have their cars decorated with a large round nose on the front and antlers on the sides– delightful!

But this year is different. There are fewer lights, few church services, and even less traffic on Christmas Eve than usual. There is no mistletoe anywhere, that entire industry being gutted by the concerns of contagion.

However, there are a few things that have popped up to surprise and delight. A composer has written software that allows up to 14,000 people to be online at once, singing in concert. Professionals are singing out of their upstairs flat windows, creating mini concerts. Disney has released all of its upcoming movies at once, online. And commercial bakers, creative as always, have come up with some new munchables for the season.

A savory new snack is Cricket Chips. No kidding! They are from the Chirps company, chirpschips.com, and the product is called “Eat Bugs”. The package proudly proclaims “one cricket per chip!” My bag is barbecue flavor. Try them if you dare!

Cricket chips by @chirpschips

Another novelty snack this year is the Lump of Coal Cookies from toogoodgourmet.com . Supposed to resemble lumps of coal for the naughty, these cookies are actually very delicate, crisp, and chocolatey. Definitely try them if you can find them!

-Lump of Coal Cookies by toogoodgourmet.com

Finally, in photography, many have gotten really silly. I love it! So above you can see an outstanding example of silly images– babies dressed as grannies– and yet it’s profound. We start life small and soft, and we age to…well, smaller and softer.

I hope you enjoyed these not-so-familiar images for Christmas Eve. Laughter helps move you into Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm! Now may your days be merry and bright!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Familiar Holiday Scenes and Surprises

23 Wednesday Dec 2020

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Probably the bigger holiday season anywhere is the phenomenon of the US winter holidays. Wrapped around Christmas, this elaborate multiweek holiday season now goes from at least November through early January. It has largely eclipsed Thanksgiving as the major Fall holiday in the U.S.

Familiar streetscapes sport signs with holiday greetings, and stores, hotels and public buildings are decorated with holiday lights and garlands. Neighborhoods sparkle with festive yard décor, trees wrapped in strings of lights, and rows of twinkling icicles hanging from rooflines.

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And of course, one of the most familiar sights of the season is the roving teams of trucks, cruising the neighborhoods, dropping off packages at many thousands of doors. And, this year, as packages are dropped off, unfortunately, a few “porch pirates” are snatching the parcels and making off with them. This is frustrating for everyone but the porch pirates themselves. Many people have responded to this by installing doorway cameras.

But wait! There is already a countermovement, doing good and pleasant things! Some people are leaving (packaged) snacks and drinks for the delivery workers! And in Lincoln, Nebraska, there is even a team called “the cookie ninjas”, wreaking good in the neighborhoods. A mom bakes cookies. Two children put on masked costumes. Then they deliver fresh cookies. The children rush to home doors, drop off the cookies, ring the doorbells, and run off. This is especially good fun for the households with porch cameras, as they can see exactly what happened.

So, what are you doing for the Holidays? And how are you sharing goodwill?

And that’s Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm! Happy Holidays!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Vital Data on Peanut Butter

22 Tuesday Dec 2020

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Peanuts! Most people love them or the blended spreads made from them. So here are some vital facts about peanut butter:

89% of U.S. households stock peanut butter.
Americans eat about 700 million pounds of peanut butter a year, with men preferring chunky and women preferring smooth.
Woodpeckers, nuthatches, and blue jays enjoy eating peanut butter
It’s hard to get peanut butter in 10 countries: France, Italy, Israel, Sweden, Spain, Brazil, Indonesia, Ecuador, Greece, and Japan. Japan does have a “peanut cream” that would taste to Americans like peanut frosting.
My friend Martha DeMeo spreads peanut butter on pine cones for her birds in her South Carolina yard. They love it.
A popular simple peanut butter cookie recipe has 4 ingredients: peanut butter, egg, sugar, vanilla. It’s wheat-free and gluten-free. And you can’t taste the missing ingredients.
Peanut butter is the ingredient you can’t taste in fudge drops, a boiled mixture of cocoa, sugar, butter, milk, oats, and peanut butter. When the liquid preparation is cooked to just the right point, peanut butter and oats are added, and it’s dropped quickly onto waxed paper or parchment covered trays.
You still can’t taste the peanut butter in fudge drops, when you make the Christmas version with crushed peppermint candy.
When you buy and eat peanut butter, you are supporting a $1.13 billion industry in the US alone. So you are promoting U.S. prosperity when you eat peanut butter.
It’s up to you if you choose to have Happy Holidays! So Happy Holidays, Everyone! And remember to chuckle! And that’s Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Foods With More Protein Than Eggs!

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Eat Your Way to Better Memory! [Printable]

Healthy Happy Loving Life: 2020 Memes to Make Us Laugh

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Behind the Scenes When Meryl Streep Was in College

Healthy Happy Loving Life: From a Heavy Heart to Happiness

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Festivus for the Rest of Us?

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Go Soak!

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Different Things in a Time So Familiar

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Vital Data on Peanut Butter