We’re going to Matt Family Orchard this week.  I’ve been meaning to for a while now and contacted Rick Matt via email 3 weeks ago about times and general info.  He was kind enough to add me to his weekly mailing list so we’d know what was in season and potentially available.  Unlike a lot of farmers markets that we’ve stopped at, the Matt Family Orchard only carries what is actually grown locally so there will be no bananas with stickers from out of the country or veggies from California.  Can’t wait to go!
The farmer’s market hours are Friday and [...]

From a favorite book I just finished re-reading this morning, Life Expectancy.
“My parents didn’t raise me to ask God for blessings or benefits.  For guidance, yes.  For the strength to do the right thing, yes.  Not for a winning lottery number, not for love or health, or happiness.  Prayer is not a gimme list; God isn’t Santa Claus.”
“…I believe that without asking, we are given all we need.  We must have the wit and wisdom to recognize the strengths and tools at our command, and find the courage to do what must be done.”
The wit and wisdom and sincerity with [...]

I got an email last week sometime from Amazon.com touting their many different ab-improving products at discount prices and that got me to thinking as I clicked through pics of ab toners and chairs and rockets…I want to come up with an infomercial product at least once in my life.
Think of it!
An amazing way to twist off pounds (Red XL Abdominal Exerciser ) or flex your muscles all day while you do other productive things with your time (Vibro Toning Belt)!   There are ab machines that simulate riding a horse but without the horsey smells and outside stuff.  I, [...]

Eat more beef, save the planet.
Okay…that’s a very simplistic thought and grand start to this post but the idea is a solid one.  Eating beef IS good for you and the planet but only if the animals are raised right.
If you’ve watched Food, Inc. or read Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma you’ve seen the negative side of cheap meat.  Factory farms are taking nature and systematizing it in such a way that every aspect of the process is ultimately a negative to the planet.  The list of offenses, wrongs and horrors in factory farming is so long and depressing that it [...]

The Nutrition Seminar was a hit!  Excellent info floated around and I hope the thinking process was started in regards to the role food plays in our lives.  A huge highlight of the day was having Jason with Yonder Way Farm come in to speak about their farm, what they are doing differently than the factory farms and how that benefits us.  The question I got the most this past week when speaking about starting orders with Yonder Way was how do their prices compare to HEB.  Well, if you’re buying the “better” cuts of beef at HEB then you’re [...]

This Saturday (1-30-10) from 11 to 2 p.m. CFChampions will be hosting a Nutrition Seminar at Greater Houston Pool Management Office on Old Huffmeister.  Thanks to Eric and Michelle for the use of their facility again!  On a special note…Jason Kramer of Yonder Way Farm will be attending the seminar and filling in with his expertise on grain-fed, pastured animals and their health benefits as well as answering questions and taking orders for a Thursday (2/4) delivery!  CrossFit Champions and Yonder Way Farms will be working together to improve the health of our members and those their lives touch!   [...]

If you train with us at CFChampions you soon could.  This past Friday I (along with Alyx and Mia) drove up to Brenham to visit Yonder Way Farm.  It was easy to find, a beautiful farm and a beautiful day.  It’s what you would expect in the land of Blue Bell ice cream and happy cows.  Yonder Way Farm doesn’t make that claim but their animals looked pretty happy doing what pigs and cows and chickens are supposed to do.  They were all out grazing or foraging or just plain enjoying the sunshine.  I could have pulled up a seat [...]

If you haven’t found Dr. Cordain’s website yet you might want to give it a good looksie.  ThePaleoDiet.com is a fantastic resource for all kinds of health and well-being news.  Its one of my favorite sites to visit and it helps keep me plugged into the point of what we promote.  Simpler eating is better, science does not fix all things and what nature provides trumps what man jacks with.  How’s that for insightful?!
On Cordain’s website you can sign up for a free weekly newsletter that is a veritable ocean of information that is neatly divided up into easy to [...]

I finally found a moment to sit and catch up on my reading and had to laugh at an article in Time magazine’s January 11th edition – Brief History, Fad Diets.  The picture with the article caught my eye because all the food looked good and there wasn’t a bit of bread or a grain in sight.  Awesome!  The picture’s caption, though…”All this, and skinny too The popular Atkins plan allows dieters their fill of meat, dairy and vegetables–just no carbs“…was odd.   The article goes on to encapsulate the efforts of folks trying to control their girth and the [...]

And then I’m not happy with this blog.  Either the direction or content or layout or anything else that could be changed and that’s what will happen.  In January.
So its under destruction and then reconstruction.  The old posts will stay but the direction and structure in 2 weeks will be different.
One can only hope its for the better.
See ya!