Scales For You

A study was done recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using more than 5,000 students in kindergarten through fifth grade that showed that girls who engaged in 70 to 300 minutes of physcial education classes a week scored consistently higher on standardized tests than those who spent fewer than 35 minutes a week in PE.  As pressure increases nationally every year to increase standardized test scores, it may not be a good idea to cut back on physical education programs to allow more time for teaching academics.

Physical education is probably more important now than in the past because of the time children spend at home with computers, video games and television.  The lack of exercise combined with eating fast food and fat-filled snacks has caused somewhat of an epidemic of obesity among our youth.  Obesity is a threat to our children’s health, but it also affects their self-esteem.  A bathroom scale can help measure the progress toward a healthy, energetic child.  Holladay Partners offers a variety of scales in many colors, sizes and styles at the lowest possible prices. 

Pressuring a child to eat may not work.  He may eat less.  Researchers in Britain studied 62 mothers and their children from birth to 2 years finding that the children who were pressured to eat by their moms weighed less at age 2 than children who were not pressured.  Also, mothers who constantly emphasize the importance of cleaning the plate may influence us as we get older to eat everything on our plate whether we need it or not.  This can only lead to overweight and obesity, which in turn, leads to health problems.

A bathroom scale won’t solve the obesity problem, but it can help us determine progress  when we’re trying to lose unwanted weight.  Holladay Partners offers a variety of bathroom scales–different styles, shapes and colors–at the lowest prices with free shipping.  Check us out.  You’ll be glad you did!

We had a guest speaker at church one Sunday who was asking for support for a private Christian school in Canada.  He had some Canadian cookbooks that he was selling, so I bought one.  Later, I found that Canada’s measurements are different from ours.  For example:   1 cup [US] = 1.040 842 730 8 cup [Canada].  How am I supposed to know what to do?  Life sure is complicated.

Volume measuring scales may not solve all my problems, but they can help.  They come preprogrammed for precise volume measurements of more than 150 ingredients.  Since some ingredients have different density from others, these scales can give me a larage advantage by determining how much a cup of oil is compared to a cup of water, etc.   Holladay Partners offers these scales at the lowest possible prices with free shipping.

I’ve known a few men named Troy, but I didn’t know there was a system of measurement that used a troy ounce until recently.  The troy ounce is about 10 percent more that the avoirdupois ounce (the one most of us use), and is the only ounce used in the pricing of precious metals such as gold, platinum and silver.  It is also used to measure arrow and arrowhead weights in archery and bullets and powder weights in ballistics.

Many people don’t realize that an ounce of gold is weighed in a different weighing system from and ounce of sugar or flour.  If you have a hobby or a job that calls for weighing precious metals or gunpowder, etc., you need to invest in some good troy-ounces scales.   Holladay Partners has scales that weigh in many different increments at the lowest prices.  Check us out!

Have you ever wondered how chain restaurants have the same food across the country?  It looks the same and tastes the same because they measure their ingredients to make their recipes repeatable.  Then they even place them on the plate the same way in Tennesee that they do in Texas.   I remember how thrilled I was, after eating New York food for several days, when I found West Tennessee barbecue on the Hard Rock Cafe’s menu.  I couldn’t believe it actually looked and tasted like the kind of food I was used to eating.  On the other hand, I get excited when I find New York cheesecake in Tennessee.

Every restaurant has to have a reliable restaurant scale.  When patrons enter a restaurant and look at the menu, they expect the food they order to be exactly like it would be in the same restaurant at other locations.  That is the good thing about chain restaurants–we know what to expect when we order a dish we have eaten before in their restaurant. 

My laptop computer has changed my world.  I can sit in my recliner and connect to the internet without plugging into anything.  With the wireless card built into the computer and the battery, I am set without electricity or telephone line.  That is truly amazing, when I look back to the early seventies when I was working on a masters degree.  The statistics teacher made us spend one evening in the computer lab.  The computer took up all of a large room and we had to punch holes in cards and feed them into the computer to run our program.

Our world has truly become portable.  Portable scales are available now to carry in our pocket into a restaurant where we can weigh our food portions.  This helps dieters who have to travel a lot to stick to our diet regardless of where we happen to be.  Our world has definitely changed to make life more convenient.

One of the most effective stress management programs is a physically active lifestyle.  Many of us spend our day working in an office at a desk with a computer.  We come home tired (especially mentally tired) and can’t seem to work an exercise time into our routine.  Also, our children seem to be more interested in video games, computers, cell phones and television than they are in physical exercise.  When this situation is combined with eating out, fast food, and snacking on candy and chips, the health of our nation is in trouble. 

If we keep our exercise routine simple and consistent, and find the time of day that most easily lets us work it into our schedule, we can start to form a habit.  Someone said it takes about 21 days to form a habit.  That’s just three weeks!  The routine doesn’t have to be extensive–thirty minutes of walking will be sufficient–but it must be regular to help combat stress.  It really makes it fun and entertaining if the whole family is involved.  And the payoff is great–not only will our stress level go down, but we’ll be able to see a difference when we step on the weight scales!  Holladay Partners offers a variety of colors and styles in scales at the lowest prices.  Check us out!

Jewellers use the pennyweight in the calculations of precious metals.  Also, dentists and dental labs use the pennweight to measure the precious metals used in dental crowns and onlays.  I researched and found that the pennyweight is equal to 0.055 ounces, so I decided to try to determine how many pennyweights I weighed. I divided 0.055 into 16 ounces to see how many pennyweights were in a pound.  This came to almost 291 pennyweights in a pound.  Oh, me! 

If you multiply my weight by 291, it’s easy to see it’s not going to look good.  I think I’ll stick to pounds and ounces for my weight.   However, if you’re dealing in precious metals instead of body weight, a set of pennyweight scales is a necessity. 

Along with today’s economy woes comes a lot of stress for most of us.  We are trying to deal with things that we cannot control such as the fall in the value of our retirement account.  We need to concentrate on the things we can control to try to save money.  For example, we can eat at home, buy only the things that we need, and look for the lowest prices on the things we have to purchase.  Also, credit cards are convenient, but their interest rates are much too high.  We should never buy things on a credit card unless we can pay the entire balance when the bill comes, saving all that interest.  By keeping a tally on our savings, we can reduce our stress level.

Sometimes, the stress of not having the proper equipment needed to do our job can cause undue stress.  If you work in a lab, you definitely need a professional lab scale.  Holladay Partners offers a variety of lab scales at the lowest prices from which to choose and free shipping, too.  Check them out.  You’ll be glad you did!  

Thanksgiving is a time for food and family.  This year is going to be different for me.  I usually cook a big Thanksgiving dinner (my husband smokes the turkey) and invite my children and grandchildren over.  This year, however, I’m taking my granddaughters to Texas to see their mom and have Thanksgiving with her.  It’s much easier to control my diet at home; I can measure my food portions before filling my plate. 

In planning my trip, I’m also planning my diet.  I can’t afford to give up now.  I’ve come too far.  Their mom said she has some kitchen scales I can use at her house, but we’ll have to eat a meal on the road going and coming back.  I found the neatest thing–a portable scale.  It has a stainless steel plate for easy cleaning and will fit in my jacket pocket.  I can discretely measure my food in a restaurant and ask for a carry-out carton for the unneeded food.  If it’s not on my plate, I won’t eat it!