one little pound

I did for a fact gain a half a pound over each of the past two months...

I was right when I guessed that I had - a couple of days ago. (link)

This was not muscle... but just regular old fat.

Fattie fat - fat.  So - up one pound.

To be fair, I guess I did have Strep, back in October.

That was not an easy 3 weeks! Slow recovery.

28.1% Body Mass Index in July to

28.7% BMI now.

Still higher than I want. Obviously.

Lean mass stayed the same. 93 range.

Overall 9 pounds up since starting CrossFit.

6 pound of pure muscle. 

But now, 3 pounds of pure fat.

My Trainer [Robert] said that some of the trans-fats

take up to 51 days to leave your body...

Because of the half-life!

My other Trainer [Sam] says I should eat more.

He says I eat pretty clean. But need to eat more.

Especially on CF days.

Some days I don't eat at all on CF days.

Especially with the fish I've been eating.

Might see some better numbers.

The other day - I saw an old friend and hugged her.

And she pulled back - and looked at me and said

"My - you are strong!"

I've been working on my posture, and it changes

the shape of the butt, of all things!

Someone mentioned I am getting a little

"Friday Night Booty" shaped butt.

Must be all those squats and lunges!

So this counts as the numbers for now!

are cans safe?

Everyone is talking about the safety of cans.

My response is always the same.

"And here's me without my scanning electron microscope!"

No way I'm taking one person's word over another.

It's all just research - repackaged.

Yet, every idea has a starting point.

It has to. We have to know something, or trust someone, 

or we all live in chaos and fear about everything!

And that's not a good way to approach food.

I refuse to go around being afraid of everything

and protesting everything.

Wikipedia link to Bisphenol A has quite alot of info (link)

The MSDS [Material Safety Data Sheet] clicks here (link)

The LD50 is here (link)

The LD50 is a real world term that stands for Lethal Dose 50.

It means "so much" of a toxin will kill half the population - half the time.

Or whatever time frame they study. (link)

So I wrote to the Company. This is the letter I got back from 

Honey Boy Salmon. And I quote:

"Studies performed by US FDA and European and Canadian health agencies have proved the safety of BPA used in can coatings.  The European Food Safety Authority has determined that the average adult consumer would have to ingest more than 230 kg (about 500 lb) of canned food and beverages every day for an entire lifetime to exceed the safe level of BPA set by the US Environmental Protection Agency.  However, in recognition of consumers’ concerns regarding this substance, the can manufacturers have begun using alternative coatings.  The safety of these alternative coatings has also been confirmed by US and other countries’ health authorities."

End Quote

In the mean time - there's always fresh/frozen!

I still eat from the cans. I know - right?
Just maybe less of them - one good choice at a time!

And I still have plastic basins for food storage.

And plastic wraps.

Who am I kidding? I still have a ton of fillings!

Lots of BPA there.

So much to fix - so little time!

deck the halls

Deck the halls with Lox and Salmon

Fa la la la la, la la, la la

Our fat intake let's re-examine

Fa la la la la, la la, la la

Eat we now, Omega 3's ....some

Fa la la la la, la la, la la

Lox, Mackerel and Salmon  - what a threesome

Fa la la la la, la la, la la!