Wednesday Weigh-In 20220414

My employer has a "use it or lose it" vacation time policy. I had use all my 2021 vacation time by March 31. So I ended up taking off the seven Fridays prior to March 31, plus the Monday after the start of Daylight Savings Time (DST). The four day work week and the easier transition to DST was nice. The past two five-day work weeks were hard, though, so I'm glad that tomorrow, Good Friday, is a holiday.

Waist = 43.0"
Height = 5' 7"

References:

1. Wikipedia BMI page
2. Balance Body Composition Bath Scale
3. Javascript must be enabled to view the data.

Wednesday Weigh-In 20220406

I've been complaining to my PCP about fatigue and muscle pain. "I don't know what I can do about that," she would say. But at the latest visit, she referred me to a rheumatologist. It seems like too much work to fill out the patient intake forms. Also, I've never known a rheumatologist to do anything helpful, so why should I bother. But at least it's not a referral to a pyschaitrist.

Waist = 43.0"
Height = 5' 7"

References:

1. Wikipedia BMI page
2. Balance Body Composition Bath Scale
3. Javascript must be enabled to view the data.

M&M -- Mindful & Mad

When I eat M&Ms or other colorful candies, I like to eat all one color first. This introduces some mindfulness to the process and slows me down; otherwise I’d be shoveling a palm-load of candy every minute or so.

But the real reason I "eat-by-color" is for the aesthetic pleasure of it. A bag of regular M&Ms has too many colors, which creates some discordance. So I eat any colors that clash with the season first.

For example, this being Spring, I start with the Autumn colors Orange and Brown, which totally do not belong in Spring. This leaves Yellow, Blue, Green, Red.  This set of colors could represent Sun, Sky, Grass, Poppies.

But then I might continue with either Red and Yellow, which would leave Blue and Green for Earth Day. Or I might eat the Blue and Red next, which would leave Yellow and Green (the colors of one of the schools I attended). Or, I’d eat the Red and Green next, which would leave Blue and Yellow to show support for Ukraine.

In Autumn, I’d do the reverse, eating Blue and Green first, to leave the Autumn colors of Orange, Brown, Yellow, Red. I might also eliminate Red if I can’t stop myself.

In Winter, all but Red and Green would be eaten first. (In fact, you can buy them this way in November and December.)

Valentines Day, Easter, Flag Day and Independence Day all are difficult holidays to celebrate this way with the regular M&Ms because of the lack of White candies. But Mars puts out sets of Red, White and Pink in January and February, or Pastels in March, or Red, White and Blue in June to appease.

Do you do this? Do you have another food consumption quirk?

Wednesday Weigh-In 20220330

Another weigh-in after a night of gluttony.

Waist = 43.0"
Height = 5' 7"

References:

1. Wikipedia BMI page
2. Balance Body Composition Bath Scale
3. Javascript must be enabled to view the data.

Wednesday Weigh-In 20220324

I'm becoming anxious about the end of the pandemic. And I mean "anxious" in the sense of worring about it, not eager to have it end.

I enjoyed working from home, but now all folks are expected to work in the office at least two days per week.

I also enjoyed the mask mandate. I realized that my mask offered me only some protection. The power of the mask is that protects me from the germs of others. It's disconcerting to see someone without a mask preparing food, epscially if that person's talking.

I do expect that the Spring Break Super-Spreader Event will give us a bit of a spike in Omicron BA.2. That will be followed by Easter and then graduations. However, with a greater percentage of people vaccinated, most people's symptoms will be mild, and few will bother to get tested unless mandated by their jobs. After all if you test positive, you're required to self-isolate, and who wants to do that?

Waist = 42.5"
Height = 5' 7"

References:

1. Wikipedia BMI page
2. Balance Body Composition Bath Scale
3. Javascript must be enabled to view the data.

Wednesday Weigh-In 20220316

I just want to sleep most of the time. I wonder if I should start taking Nuvigil again?

Waist = 42.5"
Height = 5' 7"

References:

1. Wikipedia BMI page
2. Balance Body Composition Bath Scale
3. Javascript must be enabled to view the data.

Wednesday Weigh-In 20220309

Medical research is studying "Long-Haul" COVID. I'm hoping that this will provide some insight into other conditions that turn chronic, such as Lyme Disease.

Waist = 42.5"
Height = 5' 7"

References:

1. Wikipedia BMI page
2. Balance Body Composition Bath Scale
3. Javascript must be enabled to view the data.