Just read this book today…

Interesting book about investment.

I am looking into this for the farm.

I like the concept of slow money but the too poetic prose made this one a tough one to read.

Temple Grandin, www.grandin.com, was speaking at Olds College last week.

For those of you who may not know, she is the world’s foremost expert on animal behaviour.  She is almost singlehandedly responsible for changing how people interact with animals – especially in feedlot and slaughterhouses.  And the woman is autistic…

As you can see from the picture, it was really well attended.

She gave a very informative talk.  I have read one of her books so alot of the info wasn’t new to me.  When you have a chance to hear info from the worlds’ best, you go!  I even took the 3 boys along.  They all listened well and I think they all learned something from Temple.

I got sick last week.  Nothing serious but I had to stop exercising and I probably ate too much.

I haven’t stepped on the scale since Sunday.

We’ll see what tomorrow brings!

So I hit 200.2 by day 4.  1/lb per day lost.

Not too bad.

I am continuing to eat lots of beef, salads and veggies.  Lori even cooked my a special dessert with no sugar the other night – an apple crisp with blueberries and an almond crust covered with cream.  It was great!

Onwards to victory!

The Kingsland Farmers Market is promoting the Weight Loss Challenge.

You sign up and commit to lose 10 lbs in a month, get sposors for $2 per pound of weight you lose, and the money is used to buy fresh food for the food bank.

And guess what?  I signed up.  I thought I could stand to lose a few pounds and what the heck?  it would help the food bank

So on Saturday morning, I got up, stepped on the scale and looked….

204.

The Christmas seasons has not been kind to me.

27.7 BMI.  Crap.  I am overweight.

Back in the spring on 2009, I weighed close to 220 pounds.  I had weighed close to 230 but by starving myself for 6 months, I managed to squeeze 10 lbs off of my frame.  It was a miserable 6 months.

But then in May of 2009, I read the book Primal Blueprint and made the switch to a Paleo lifestyle.I lost 10 lbs in about 2 weeks and then moved downward until I hit 189 in August 2010.  I was eating great food that I loved and eating until I was content.  I could actually wear size 32 jeans again.

Since then as I have cheated on the principles of the paloe diet, I have slowly added a little weight back on.

Until Saturday.

Now I am back at it and heading down.

I will be posting about diet, food, the paleo, lifestyle and a high fat diet.

I am looking for sponsors to help out and raise some money for the food bank.  Make a comment if you can help!

I am sitting at my desk thinking today.

The topic bouncing around my head is “Where will I be one year from today?”.

I do not believe in destiny anymore. I do not believe in some cosmic plan that operates against my free will.

My future is what I plan it to be, and is dependant on how hard I work and push my will towards that goal.

Hoping that there are no Black Swan events in my life in the upcoming 12 months, on Dec 31 2012, I will be a better man living my life according to my guiding principles.  I will be operating a bigger farm, selling more organic products to families at the best possible value for them.  I will be in better health, be happier, and live life with a smile on my face. I will love my wife more than I do today.  I will teach my sons and daughters to live their lives to the full and to enjoy every precious minute of their lives. I will find new ways to better serve my customers and as a result, I will have more $$ in the bank (or owe the bank less $$… depending on how you look at it).

Now to do it….

Organic beef costs more because I do not feed my cattle chicken manure.

Remember: Right now, the practice of feeding chicken feces to cow herds continues. So there is a risk of mad cow disease infection in U.S. beef right now. Very little testing is currently being conducted for mad cow disease, meaning an infection could very easily go undetected for years. Meanwhile, the average hamburger contains beef parts from as many as 1,000 different cows.

Do the math. Unless cattle feeding practices are significantly reformed, eating beef products made from conventional beef – hot dogs, hamburgers, steaks – is like playing Russian Roulette with your brain cells. So do yourself, your family and the industry a favor and instead choose ethical, sustainable animal products, ie organic and pasture fed.

Courtesy of Food Matters  http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp_503806/What’s_Really_In_Your_Hamburger