The reason reversing such gains is hard is that servicing this extra flesh means a person's maintenance diet (the food required to keep his body ticking over) creeps up with his weight and so does his appetite.

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Together they create relationships to form a forest garden ecosystem able to produce high yields of food with less maintenance.

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According to sources cited by Interfax, the ships were carrying marines on a training mission, as well as food and fuel for the maintenance and repair base.

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Moving, assembling and testing ordnance, purifying and storing fuel, organizing the flight deck, mission planning, safely navigating the ship, preparing food, training and performing maintenance on important ship and aircraft systems go on around the clock.

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It was used for critical maintenance to get a truck running that brings in food and medicine.

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The pots can be for "food, entertainment, holidays, stationery, car maintenance, petrol, white goods", among other things, explains his wife Diana, a teacher.

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Afghan forces can resupply themselves with food and fuel and water but are still struggling with planning, logistics, equipment maintenance and contracting, Stader said, adding that the brigade he is currently mentoring in eastern Afghanistan needs at least another year of advising before it will be able to operate independently.

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