It's what's for dinner

[clevermanka]

Hey wow! I still fucking hate this new posting format! Thanks, LJ!

From shanmonster comes this nauseating article about a new growth hormone being given to cows. I am so grateful that I have the financial capability to purchase only pastured, grass-fed beef.

Have I mentioned how much I'm enjoying the Restorative Yoga classes at Westside Yoga? The two teachers I've had, Yeshe and Susan, are great. Yeshe is cheerful and expressive and leads wonderful meditations. Susan is calm and maternal and her posture series are highly focused. I haven't taken a class with Becky yet (she and Yeshe trade off Sunday nights). I'm not sure how well I'll do in her classes, honestly. She's very sweet and nice, but she has a high-pitched little girl voice and I think that might not be helpful when I'm supposed to be chilling in a pose. We'll see. I'm keeping up with my morning home practice, so between that and the Westside classes, I'm getting in at least seven yoga sessions a week.

In other news, I am really tired today (no idea why--I slept great last night), and the pain in my left hip has gone from a general ache in the area to a specific muscle/tendon tightness somewhere in my hip external rotators. So today's not a great day. I hope I feel better after my nap. Which seems a long time from now. Ugh.

Comments

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

...and this is why I only by actual real pasture raised chicken.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I absolutely must carve out the time to improve my shooting skills so I can bag myself a deer or two next season.

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

Well if you ever need eggs - Rebecca sells them
And I have personally hugged those chickens!

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Have you got a packing house in mind? A good butcher can make a lot of difference, so get recs!

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

I have deer in my back yard! KCK has in-city deer tags, though they may be bow-only.

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

I may have to pester my mom into raising some friers again. She hasn't done it in decades, but man-at the price of buying them from farms, it would be worth raising a couple of dozen and doing the butchering ourselves. And it takes two months, tops.

[renniemom.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if this will hit the right muscle group but my hip flexor and sciatic pain was, surprisingly to me, helped with this exercise: http://www.ehow.com/video_4945577_cable-machine-exercises-abduction.html

Sorry that you're hurting.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Hm. I wonder if I can approximate that with bands or ankle weights.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Yay for yoga practice!
I'm with you, I have a hard time with the little-girl voiced women. I look forward to trying classes with Susan.

And now that I've sold the zils, I think I can justify the month pass...maybe.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the sale! Yay!

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

I'm curious, have you ever tried drinking MEDICAL GRADE protein supplements? Not the kind you get at Costco or a regular drug store, but things with protien isolate as the first ingredient? The whey supplement is lactose-free in the medical grade.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I've looked into it, but I much prefer to food instead of relying on processed stuff, even if it means eating a can of sardines or something to get enough protein.

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Oh, YUCK.
No wonder chicken tastes nothing like it did when I was young and we grew our own! And now beef? I think I'll go back to buying a quarter.

On another food level, you may want to look into going to the Maxwell Game Preserve auction. They cull their buffalo herd annually and sell off the excess animals, for whatever use you want. Some go to butcher, some to new herds. And they may do the same with their elk herd as well; I just don't think I've heard about it. And to the best of my knowledge, the animals are entirely grass fed-I don't think they supplement at all.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Have you done it yourself? Is it significantly cheaper than buying a cow locally? Because considering in the extra time and costs I'd have to factor (bidding, driving to pick up), that could raise the final price by quite a bit.

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

...and this is why I only by actual real pasture raised chicken.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I absolutely must carve out the time to improve my shooting skills so I can bag myself a deer or two next season.

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

I may have to pester my mom into raising some friers again. She hasn't done it in decades, but man-at the price of buying them from farms, it would be worth raising a couple of dozen and doing the butchering ourselves. And it takes two months, tops.

[renniemom.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if this will hit the right muscle group but my hip flexor and sciatic pain was, surprisingly to me, helped with this exercise: http://www.ehow.com/video_4945577_cable-machine-exercises-abduction.html

Sorry that you're hurting.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Hm. I wonder if I can approximate that with bands or ankle weights.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Yay for yoga practice!
I'm with you, I have a hard time with the little-girl voiced women. I look forward to trying classes with Susan.

And now that I've sold the zils, I think I can justify the month pass...maybe.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the sale! Yay!

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

I'm curious, have you ever tried drinking MEDICAL GRADE protein supplements? Not the kind you get at Costco or a regular drug store, but things with protien isolate as the first ingredient? The whey supplement is lactose-free in the medical grade.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I've looked into it, but I much prefer to food instead of relying on processed stuff, even if it means eating a can of sardines or something to get enough protein.

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Oh, YUCK.
No wonder chicken tastes nothing like it did when I was young and we grew our own! And now beef? I think I'll go back to buying a quarter.

On another food level, you may want to look into going to the Maxwell Game Preserve auction. They cull their buffalo herd annually and sell off the excess animals, for whatever use you want. Some go to butcher, some to new herds. And they may do the same with their elk herd as well; I just don't think I've heard about it. And to the best of my knowledge, the animals are entirely grass fed-I don't think they supplement at all.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Have you done it yourself? Is it significantly cheaper than buying a cow locally? Because considering in the extra time and costs I'd have to factor (bidding, driving to pick up), that could raise the final price by quite a bit.