I love to cook but there isn't enough time in the day for me sometimes. I found a dark chocolate cake recipe, which is primal, and everyone loves it. I wasn't a huge fan of the frosting though. It was too heavy and I just wanted something different.
I kept trying different recipes looking for a frosting I would like that would go with this primal lifestyle. There was a lot of trial and error. Ok, there was more error than success during this process. But tonight was a success. Honey and chocolate go wonderfully together, matched up with organic palm shortening and some real vanilla, you got some fantastic frosting.
Following a primal diet is an adventure. Trying different recipes, looking at old favorites and making them primal while still just as delicious as before. When I did the vegan and vegetarian diets it was such a struggle to find recipes that were tasty, let alone filling. I remember feeling hungry all the time and very few recipes that were modified to fit a vegan and/or vegetarian diet were worth repeating. Those days were no fun for me. Let alone successful. I felt fat, bloated, hungry and bitchy.
Maybe bitchy was just the times but I'm going to blame it on the food.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Think Globally. Act Locally
I saw this on a bumper sticker many months ago and really like it. It is amazing how much of an impact our everyday activities have on our communities and the world around us. What seems so insignificant has a great impact. We either support our communities or we bury them. We cultivate our families or abandon them. These actions are similar to throwing a rock in a pond; the ripples of water are created at the point of impact and spread outward, in all directions, until they meet the shore or greater resistance.
Our bodies are the same. We cultivate a healthy lifestyle and we, in turn, have a positive impact on our families and community. We become more invested in our daily lives not just sitting passively watching the days march by. We become less of a burden to our health care system, healthier choices lead to less illness. As we become more invested in our immediate surroundings, family and bodies, we look for what we can obtain to sustain it.
I enjoy supporting our local farmers markets and food co-ops. I find the incredibly interesting but they are also full of food that is so good for us. One place is called the Main Market Co-op. They stock their shelves with produce, meat, dairy and other items that are produced locally. Buying locally produced meat you tend to get a much better product than from a chain grocer. Main Market Co-op sells grass fed beef, free range chicken and lamb. How scrumptious! They offer freezer space for people who wish to purchase a large quantity of meat, say half a beef, but are unable to store it themselves. What a fantastic option. Fresh Abundance is another store that supports our local farmers. They do not have the freezer space, but sell grass fed beef, elk, bison, and raw milk. Even though I no longer drink dairy, the idea of being able to get raw milk is wonderful.
The freedom to have these options, to not be dictated to and forced to live with the rest of the sheeple (sheep + people) is liberating. To choose to live healthy, to choose to pick what is right, nice! These simple acts of going to a store a purchasing a gallon of milk helps to keep a local family doing what they love, get paid for it and support their family effects the county and state.
Our bodies are the same. We cultivate a healthy lifestyle and we, in turn, have a positive impact on our families and community. We become more invested in our daily lives not just sitting passively watching the days march by. We become less of a burden to our health care system, healthier choices lead to less illness. As we become more invested in our immediate surroundings, family and bodies, we look for what we can obtain to sustain it.
I enjoy supporting our local farmers markets and food co-ops. I find the incredibly interesting but they are also full of food that is so good for us. One place is called the Main Market Co-op. They stock their shelves with produce, meat, dairy and other items that are produced locally. Buying locally produced meat you tend to get a much better product than from a chain grocer. Main Market Co-op sells grass fed beef, free range chicken and lamb. How scrumptious! They offer freezer space for people who wish to purchase a large quantity of meat, say half a beef, but are unable to store it themselves. What a fantastic option. Fresh Abundance is another store that supports our local farmers. They do not have the freezer space, but sell grass fed beef, elk, bison, and raw milk. Even though I no longer drink dairy, the idea of being able to get raw milk is wonderful.
The freedom to have these options, to not be dictated to and forced to live with the rest of the sheeple (sheep + people) is liberating. To choose to live healthy, to choose to pick what is right, nice! These simple acts of going to a store a purchasing a gallon of milk helps to keep a local family doing what they love, get paid for it and support their family effects the county and state.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Healing
On December 30, I hurt my ankle something awful. We were working on a ground/choke defense in Krav, as I was escaping my ankle rolled and down I went. It has been over a month since that happened and I'm not back. Holy jeez! It is much better but not 100 percent.
I was cleared to start working out, slowly and with modifications. I was not cleared to participate in the Bas Rutten first level instructor course. It is more than my ankle can take now. It really depressed me that it wasn't going to happen. My Krav instructor, Brayson, needed five students from his school to have the course and instructor come up to host it. There was only five of us and with me out I was afraid it was going to be cancelled. When I emailed Brayson, he informed me that there were other students coming from another school and it was still going to happen. Thank goodness for that, I would hate to be the one who ruined it for everyone.
FIT class was great! I was able to participate as much as the others and modified the workout when needed. I did a butt load of pull ups, which I want to get better on. I really don't like having to have assistance while doing them, but, at this point it is how they get done. I am getting stronger with the upper body, good progress and persistence. Monday I go back to FIT but Tuesday I'll be in Everett.
Ofc. Jaymie Beindl was killed by an offender and her memorial is Tuesday. I have worked in the prison system for a long time and the last staff killed inside was long before I started. Although I didn't know Ofc. Beindl, her death has hit hard for me. It is the proof of the danger I work in, this is why I do Krav and FIT. I need to be at the memorial for my brothers and sisters in blue.
I was cleared to start working out, slowly and with modifications. I was not cleared to participate in the Bas Rutten first level instructor course. It is more than my ankle can take now. It really depressed me that it wasn't going to happen. My Krav instructor, Brayson, needed five students from his school to have the course and instructor come up to host it. There was only five of us and with me out I was afraid it was going to be cancelled. When I emailed Brayson, he informed me that there were other students coming from another school and it was still going to happen. Thank goodness for that, I would hate to be the one who ruined it for everyone.
FIT class was great! I was able to participate as much as the others and modified the workout when needed. I did a butt load of pull ups, which I want to get better on. I really don't like having to have assistance while doing them, but, at this point it is how they get done. I am getting stronger with the upper body, good progress and persistence. Monday I go back to FIT but Tuesday I'll be in Everett.
Ofc. Jaymie Beindl was killed by an offender and her memorial is Tuesday. I have worked in the prison system for a long time and the last staff killed inside was long before I started. Although I didn't know Ofc. Beindl, her death has hit hard for me. It is the proof of the danger I work in, this is why I do Krav and FIT. I need to be at the memorial for my brothers and sisters in blue.
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