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My breakfast this morning consisted of five eggs (scrambled), one medium avocado, five ounces of ground beef, and 1/4 ounces of butter. (Salt and pepper added to taste). 5 eggs (scrambled): 506 calories 5.5 ounces of 85% ground beef: 330 calories 1 medium avocado: 234 calories 1/4 ounce of grass fed butter: 56 calories Total calories: 1,126 This is a high fat, high protein breakfast, intended to properly fuel high intensity activity and promote weight gains. The eggs provide protein, the ground beef provides protein and fat, the avocado provides fat, protein, carbs, and fiber, the butter provides fat. This will  last me until the evening, when I will eat another similar meal, with higher carbs and lower protein. Macros: Carbs: 19 grams Fat: 88 grams Protein: 66 grams   Link to similar diet plan Exactly what the above breakfast looks like:

The one local impact of plastic bag waste that I found particularly concerning was the level to which it was affecting animals. I, like most people, have seen the advertisements in which a sea turtle or bird is entangled in a plastic bag or soda rings. However, I wasn’t entirely aware of the level to which plastic was affecting these animals. The sea turtles in Texas and the cows in India that were dying from the ingestion of these plastics served to highlight the issue, as the amount of plastic in the digestive tracts of these animals was mind boggling. The method of managing plastic bag waste that I found to be the most interesting was the SWAT team in India, dedicated to enforcing laws against thin, single use plastic bags. I found it particularly fascinating simply because of the uniqueness of the situation. Nowhere else in the world has a law enforcement unit specifically tasked with plastic bags, and this situation in India is a warning to the rest of the world of the negati...