Well, knock me over with a feather! I got there. I knew I was close. So I have been celebrating with a little ice cream and cake! I never thought it was achievable. This morning I even tried on my old shortpants: 34″. Lo! and behold! I can wear them (not comfortably) but I can…
At day 78, I recorded 84.0kgs as my finishing weight. Well, I made it this far. So what are the plans? We’re on holiday for a few days from tomorrow. I won’t be able to stick to my lifestyle choices religiously. But I’ll try to: eat well, sleep well, exercise well. And if I don’t…
Text: Kenneth Dickson – Photos: Author and web(First published in Centered on Taipei Magazine, but no longer available at their website.) Obesity creeps up on you, caused by a sedentary lifestyle, poor food choices, or aging body. Slowly the pounds accumulate around your waist from the extra portions of stirfried rice, late night trips to the…
We currently rent two units for our business: one classroom, one office space. We’ve swapped out almost all the old T8’s for LED units of various styles, except for one room. Over the last six months, each time a light went out I said: should we swap out these 6 4×4 traditional T8 units? But…
I am pretty picky about buying kettles for boiling water. I usually try to get good quality ones, but the last one I bought from National Stores was this one: Panasonic NC-KD300. Honestly, it’s not the worst one I’ve ever bought but it’s very unlikely I’ll ever buy anything similar. It’s a design that allows…
It’s hard to get stoneground flour in Taiwan, at least in the bigger shops. I found this. Damn it makes good bread, that plus I’ve been adding a lot more water. The result is that it makes really soft sandwich bread, which is great for our purposes. For 400g of flour, my recipe used to…
I had a lot of fun making this, it’s the first time I’ve really made Quiche. The recipe is from the Beeb, of course. Roasted Tomato, Basil & Parmesan. Thanks, Aunty! Alain Rakamr’t suggested a slightly different pastry recipe, so I’m tempted to remake it this way. If you give it a go to DIY…
Well, tantalizingly close is the 84.* mark. I just can’t seem to get there at the moment. The incessant rain over the past three days precluded any exercise and incited a bout of laziness that didn’t abate last night, even when the rain went off. On the plus side, limiting eating hours is quite beneficial,…
No… I just realized you thought I was wearing these. I was wearing tights instead, patterned ones with some compression. I quite like them, but I usually wear them with short pants. I decided to spare your eyes. My calf was feeling better today: gentle massage, rest, hot water, herbal patches, and eased up exercise routine!