Never ingest any artificial sweeteners including nutrasweet (aspertane) and splenda (sucralose) they are poison and addictive. Don't make you life centered on having a family social gathering for 3 meals a day. I never let my wife cook for me. I tell her that her job is in bed not in the kitchen. If you always eat only small meals they will start filling you up. Militiamen who can't hike with a combat load out and keep up should be sent home.