Bought some new clothes yesterday, and when I went to try on the pants I was back in a 34 and it wasn’t tight or anything.  Now I know for you skinny boys out there it might not mean much, but for us fatties… it does.  I always worn my pants just a bit baggy (to say the least) and so I know some of my pants were 38’s, since that gave them enough sag to make me a bit more gangster-ish.  Makes me feel safe.  haha

Anyhow, I think I could have wore 32’s, but it would have looked like I was… well you know the addage.  So down some pant sizes which is always good and I’m wearing Large shirts again.  Another thing that probably sounds dumb to skinny people - but for me it is positive.  I definitely was wearing XL for a while pretty solid… so its an achievement to me.

This week was a tough one again.  Worked really hard to shed the weight I gained over the Easter loooooooong weekend.  I will be honest, Monday morning I weighed 213.4.  I was up about 5 lbs from when I weighed on Friday morning.  I was scared that I had really binged to much over the weekend (obviously), and I wouldn’t be able to make it back.  And let me tell you, it is hard to think you have to tell the entire internet that you are fatter.  It just is.

So lets get to it…

207.8 lbs

I lost .6 lbs this week.  I know it doesn’t seem like much but I’m have been consistent and this keeps it there within consistency range.  To make it back from 213, that was gangster… like my pants.

Here’s to another week down, and one step closer to 205.

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We are planting several kinds of peppers in our backyard garden this year and I am wondering what everyone’s favorite peppers are.  Peppers are relatively easy to grow and perfect for our hot, dry climate here in West Texas.  We have about 7 or 8 pepper plants growing at this time with 4-5 different varieties.  I am not sure what else we will add, since we are already pushing it as far as space and time (since we will have to care for all these plants!).  Also we have about 5 or so other types of vegetables & fruits that we have to keep up with.  Crap… did we get in over our head!?

Here are the peppers we have growing so far:

Hot Portugal Pepper Plants

Sweet Cayene Pepper Plants

Jalapeno Pepper Plants (several of these, I think 3 total)

Bell Pepper Plants (It is already producing a bell not even in the garden yet!)

Sweet Banana Pepper Plant

Santiago Hybrid Pepper Plant

Other vegetables that we are awaiting the last frost date in our area to plant:

Squash Plants

Cucumber Plants (These are already huge, considering they have been visible for only about a week & a half.)

Cherry Tomato Plants

Beef Steak Tomato Plants (We have one that is blooming and so should see tomatoes pretty soon.)

Okra Plants

Basil Plants

Cilantro Plants

Parsley Plants

Cantaloupe Plants

Watermelon Plants

The cantaloupe & watermelon we are waiting another month before starting in pots, since they are really summer plants.  We do not want to get them out there and have them end up dying for some reason.  Like I said, the rest of the plants are waiting on that infamous “last frost date” to arrive so we can get them in the actual garden and free up my shop for real manly stuff!  haha

If you are asking the “intra-web”…

How do I find out what the last frost date in my area/region?

Check this link here to get an estimate, so you can plant to have your plants in the garden by then.

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8 Healthy Reasons To Drink Beer - Forbes.com

DUDE!  Like I need more reasons to drink beer.  Healthy reasons at that.  Sign me up.  Moderate drinking is the key, after reading a few of them.  Beer is good for the brain, your bones, makes you live longer.  I think my brain, bones & lifespan should be in good shape. ;)  Next time someone tells you that you drink to much… shoot them this link.

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A Guide to Recycling Codes - The Daily Green

In our attempt to live green, we are learning about stuff that we never knew before.  I recently started recycling our plastic bottles up at work and in doing so I was left looking at the bottle reading the recycling symbols trying to figure out what they mean.  Your detergent has a recycling symbol, your water bottles, shampoo bottles… you name it.  Understanding recycling symbols is pretty easy to learn, and if you have some time and are trying to live a bit more green… check out this guide to recycling codes.  Also check out The Daily Green with all kinds of cool information about the green movement.

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Big Belly Could Carry Bigger Dementia Risk - CNN.com

If all the other stuff that being fat does to you doesn’t scare you, now it is said that a big belly = higher dementia risk.  So not only will your heart eventually stop, risk for various cancers be higher, all the other stuff that I won’t even start to name… but now your weight could make you crazy.  Makes me crazy everyday actually.  So this seems to make sense to me.

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