Another nice walk on Sunday in OCNJ.
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Nice walk on Sunday morning.
Another nice walk on Sunday in OCNJ.
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Long walk on Saturday afternoon.
Melissa and I had a really great walk this morning and afternoon, and I got in all my steps and then some. My feet are aching, but I feel great despite this. 🙂
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Night walk in OCNJ
Tonight, Melissa and I took a walk on Asbury West Avenue from one end of Ocean City to 34th street, where we stopped at Wawa and had a 10 p.m. coffee. Love that place, great conversation, and well worth the walk.
night walk in OCNJ (fitbit record)[/caption]
So, I just got a Fitbit Aria scale, and I’m using it along with my Fitbit Ultra tracker and My Fitness Pal in order to reduce my weight to healthy levels. I’ve always read in the past about body weight percentage, and I even got calipers at one point to try to assess it, but I never had much luck or accuracy with them. Body weight percentage is a way of tracking how much of your body composition is fat. Males require 5% essential body fat, usually only achieved by the unreasonably starved and body builders preparing for shows. Athletes (male) often have around 13% or lower. The average (fit) person has less than 24% body fat. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage) I just found out, for the first time with any accuracy, that I have 27% fat, which is far lower than I suspected. I thought it was more around 50%! At any rate, I’m aiming for a goal of 24% or lower, as some say that BFP is a better indicator of fitness than BMI. I think BMI is generally inaccurate for me as a good indicator of fitness, as at my lowest weight in the last 20 years, 195 pounds, I was only at the very high-end of normalcy according to BMI, but I felt incredibly thin at 195, perhaps too thin. See my photos in the “Why is John doing this” page to see what I mean. Anyway, if anyone has any experience with Body Fat Percentage, I’d love to know more about your experience.
So this was an experiment that turned out very well. I was craving Broccoli in garlic sauce, and I didn’t want to spend the 10 bucks to get it. Plus, the nearest Chinese take-out place does not always take the most care in preparation. Their oils taste… a bit off. So I decided to find a recipe and use what I had in my fridge to get the job done. In short, it passed my best expectations.
I looked up a few recipes for homemade garlic sauce, and they all had special ingredients that I tend not to keep on hand, like peanut oil and corn starch. My take after this experiment is that you don’t need them.
Recipe for Asparagus in homemade Chinese style garlic sauce (Serves 1-2 people):
- I pound asparagus, trimmed of woody ends
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 cup broth
- 1 tbsp sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp red crushed pepper
- Add all ingredients except asparagus to a small bowl and combine.
- Place asparagus, cut lengthwise once, into a hot pan, and sauté until softening, 5 minutes.
- Add sauce mixture and continue to sauté, moving constantly, until you can divide asparagus with spatula.
- Serve immediately.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Video below.
Making Trader Joe’s Thai Vegetable Gyoza with cabbage, tomatoes, and carrots.