Wednesday Weigh-In 20230131

The size 35" pants that I've been wearing are way to large for me now. I used safety pins to add darts to the waist.

So recently I bought / ordered pants with a 34" waist. But even those are too loose for me. So I tried on a pair of 33" Walmart (George) jeans a few weeks ago. They fit me just fine, so I bought them. I recall that I wore size 29 or size 30 when I was about twenty years old. And the largest pants I've ever had were size 37, but I gave all those away when I bought the size 34 pants.

Waist = 37.5"
Height = 5' 7"

References:

1. Wikipedia BMI page
2. Balance Body Composition Bath Scale
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Wednesday Weigh-In 20230126

Just another weigh-in

Waist = 37.5"
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 20230118

The Valentine's M&Ms are very special.  They come packaged with Red, two shades of Pink, plus White.  It's difficult to convert a bag of ordinary M&Ms into a set of colors appropriate for this holiday.  Maybe if you separate all the Reds, then leave some in water for varying amounts of time, the red will fade to different shades of pink and maybe even to white.

Yet even if you can get the right colors, you'll be missing the design that serves as a border to the M&M logo.  On some candies the border looks like luscious lips.

I guess it's funny to be talking about M&Ms in a post devoted to weight-consciousness.

Waist = 37.5"
Height = 5' 7"

References:

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

Easy Indoor Edible Garden

Imagine if you could grow vegetables indoors without dirt or an expensive lighting system or cats nibbling on them.

You can!  You can grow bean sprouts!  And that’s just what I’ve starting doing.

I soak mung beans in water for a half day or overnight, then I rinse them twice a day.  Otherwise they stay in a dark place, such as my oven or a covered tub.  After about a week, I harvest them.

I got the idea when I went shopping on iHerb¹ for Broccoli Seeds, which were mentioned in David Perlmutter’s “Drop Acid” book² as something to sprinkle on salads.  When I added the broccoli seed bottle to my cart, the website displayed a Sprouting Jar in its list of suggestions.  And so I added that to my cart along with a bag of organic Mung Beans suitable for sprouting as a Christmas present for myself.

I’d been buying mung bean sprouts for a while.  They’re inexpensive, but they are far too perishable, lasting only a few days.  I was attracted to the idea of eliminating both the waste due to rotting sprouts and the hassle of going to the store more than twice a week.

It’s working out well.  I sprout and use about 1.5 ounces of mung beans per week.  I consume about a handful of sprouts raw every day.

I could sprout the broccoli seeds as well, but I prefer to eat them as they are.  The texture of broccoli seeds reminds me vaguely of nonpareils or fish roe.  However they have a green taste with a slightly bitter undertone.

Anyway, don’t wait until 2024 to resolve to start sprouting.  Do it now!

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¹ https://www.iherb.com?rcode=DOJ209 The author may receive a 5% or 10% reward from purchases made after a buyer clicks this link.

² https://books.google.com/books/about/Drop_Acid.html?id=JU0yEAAAQBAJ