30 September 2010

lucky layla


Saw this sign for "raw" milk!
Driving around town - doing visits....

Went back for the info - it's true!
Went back for a tour on my day off.
The towns grew in and around this little dairy farm

This is where little miss Bessy or Bossy or Layla gets milked

All modern, of course. And the cows love it.
So they say. Well, they come to the milking voluntarily, 
so I guess they might want to unload all that milk!

This family-owned dairy has Jersey Cows and Guernsey Cows,
Not Holsteins (black and white cows)

 
The cows have been winning awards since the 1960's
Kow-a-rama 2009
Put that in your pipe and schmoke it!

These cows have certain enzymes that are more like goat milk.
That is how they are different from Holsteins.
And they are (mostly) grass fed! People who are lactose intolerant can
usually have this raw, unpasteurized, un-homogenized milk.

The cows are happy and docile, I'm told. They are also boney and
kinda skinny - hips and ribs are showing. They are not a muscular cow.
Each cow gives about 5 gallons of milk per milking.

Got some milk - it was very rich!
Cream was at the top 6 inches of the carton.

 
This is "yogurt cheese" - as thick as cream cheese, kinda sweet, tangy.
One carb per serving = one loving spoonful. *Yum!*
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It was fun, fun, fun today.
('Till someone takes the t-bone away)
♪♫♪♬♫
I played, and planned, and had no 
melt-down or crisis today!
Just fun. Fun with cows.
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Hope your day is the same:
Happy!

29 September 2010

on the beam


From AA
The Recovery Beam

Acceptance ..... Rejection
Honesty ..... Dishonest
Faith ..... Fear
Courage ..... Frightened
Considerate ..... Inconsiderate
Humility ..... Pride
Giving ..... Greedy
Calm ..... Anger
Grateful ..... Envy
Patience ..... Impatient

Tolerance ..... Intolerant
Forgiveness ..... Resentment
Love ..... Hate
Self-Forgetfulness ..... Self-pity
Humility ..... Self-justification
Modesty ..... Self-importance
Self- Forgiveness ..... Self-condemnation
Trust ..... Suspicion
Moderation ..... Gluttony
Action ..... Sloth
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So much applies to our journey as well!
Cuz it's never just about the food.

Blue October
Jump Rope
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Hope your week is stellar!


up the hill (again)

An early start - as usual

Food adjustments are not a false-start PER SE ...
I just don't always know just how far to cut back.

Will moderation and modification be the new norm for me?
It is a distinct possibility! 
(Not that there's anything wrong with that!)

Turns out, the answer is almost always the same one...

It's like starting over each time - each day, for me.

A kind of dietary absurdism. And
I'm finally ok about that! A happy Sisyphus.
(I've been called worse!)



It feels like a perpetual state of "Back to Basics"
With very little deviation. Just do what works best!
[Read as: very little cheating, if any]

*this just in* the REAL reason this bothers me, 
is that food was always much more than just food to me.
But now, it can lose the "specialness" without losing the joy!


 


Ready to eat... preparing "food at hand"
⬆A zip-lock bag filled with chunks of 4 different types of cheese
A ready-made bag of salad and hard-boiled eggs


OK - ready!  (Again)
Now, to choose "again" takes on new meaning!

Maybe real progress is sometimes made when 
we stay in a rudimental "first position..." 
And are more open to learning, and feedback.  More attentive - 
with a "beginner's mind."  More humble? Listening more?
With no judgement of what "should be," or expectation 
of what we think is best for ourselves. 

As if we would really know what is best for ourselves.

We do, and we don't - or we wouldn't have a problem!
Weight is not the problem - it's maybe the conflict 
about the weight (and the food) that is my problem.

Grilled chicken breast sliced onto salad
(Chews again?)

The onions were grilled too...
marinated in lime juice and chipotle.. At least
yummy menu items like this are not a "bad" compromise!

compromise  =  with + promise
(lest we forget!)
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Hope your day is going well!
Drink it in. Eat it up!