I had a successful workout at G7 today. I worked on the back squat and push press while the other coaches worked on the deadlift and back squat. Congratulations to Javi Guzman (another G7 coach) who PR’d on his deadlift with 390 lbs. today. Really impressive. You can follow my CrossFit and olympic weightlifting training on youtube. Here is a video from a few weeks ago of 3 max push-up sets.

After the workout, my mom and I went grocery shopping at HEB. While I was there, I bumped into George’s sister-in-law, Krystle, who informed me she was looking for coconut flour. She’s going primal! I get so excited when people decide to go primal. Unfortunately, coconut flour cannot be purchased at HEB. It can be found at any Whole Foods. I usually buy either Tropical Traditions or Bob’s Red Mill organic coconut flour online since the nearest Whole Foods is over 150 miles away. Tropical Traditions often has good sales, and if you sign up for their newsletter, they’ll send you e-mails informing you on these sales. Their buy 1 get 1 free coconut flour sale is a great deal.

Coconut flour can be used in many breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes. Weekly, I prepare a coconut bread using coconut flour that tastes really good, especially when toasted with butter. I omit the honey when using the recipe. This bread can be eaten by itself, or you can spread some coconut butter or almond butter over it. Super scrumptious!!

Another interesting thing happened while shopping. My brother, Mike, called my mom requesting a gallon of unsweetened tea.  In our search for it, she pointed some out in the refrigerated section. It’s such a habit for me to read the labels of food/drink products now, and this one kind of shocked me!

What is the point of all those crazy additives? Caramel color, citric acid, cellulose gum? We definitely did not purchase it and found some organic black tea (ingredients: organic black tea) to brew. This got me wondering about the unsweetened tea that is used at restaurants. Is it really just black tea, or does it have all that extra unwanted ingredients? I don’t like tea, but my family members do. Lesson learned. Be careful, everyone! Always read the labels, and make sure you know what is being put into your beverages.