Play around with this concept, and listen to what your body tells you. You might well find that heavy exercise after supper is out of question, but medium to heavy exercise which ends 30 to 60 minutes before supper can actually reduce your craving for food, especially deserts.

Don't forget, however, that wise choices of food types means you can eat heartily without counting carbs or calories.

Place water in a large enough pot, and bring to boil on stove top. Reduce heat, add miso, and use fork or spoon to break miso paste into small pieces. The angel hair pasta will cook in less than 5 minutes, as judged by it being very limp or by not being tough to bite test.

Add all other ingredients of your choice, and stir. The egg will be cooked by soup into "egg drops".

Remove from heat. Cooling can be helped with one or two ice cubes stirred in, or 3 to 5 minutes placement in refrigerator.

Orientals would eat such a noodle soup with chop sticks, and a bowl that can be lifted to mouth. Culturally deprived North Americans can use fork and spoon, alternating, to get a similar result.

This is a high protein meatless meal. I make it when I am in a hurry, or want something different for lunch, or just plain feel in mood. Divided in half, it can be a side dish for dinner.

Bon appetit!

** Diet with FACTS, not MYTHS. **