30-Day Carnivore Challenge:
CHALLENGE:
Set One Non-Negotiable Rule For Yourself. Something you don't cave on NO MATTER WHAT!!
This is going to be different for everyone based on your current situation (or cutting out something you are struggling with). For me, that one main non-negotiable thing is always STAY CARNIVORE NO MATTER WHAT. There were some great suggestions yesterday in the comments about other ideas (cutting out fruit, alcohol, keto treats). For some of you, it might be to INCLUDE something each day and not restrict something (Ex: movement, . If you need help deciding yours let me know in the comments and I will help. Think about the one change you can make that will have the BIGGEST impact. If you are having occasional cheats then your non-negotiable should be NO CHEATS. It might even be as simple as "No chips and Salsa". Whatever is holding you back we want to make the main focus this month.
SECONDARY GROUP GOAL: (I will pick one group goal for us to all work on every 30 days in addition to your non-negotiable). For this month we are going to focus on a FASTING WINDOW: 1-3 meals a day depending on your needs and NO SNACKING. Weekly 24 or 48-hour fast (we can do these as a group)
Feel free to add more goals for yourself as you like, just remember if stress happens, life gets crazy, and you are feeling overwhelmed...stay strong on that ONE NON-NEGOTIABLE THING.
Measurements of Success:
-Take starting picture (we will take one at the end) Only post if you feel comfortable
-It's not an all-or-nothing challenge, the goal of this is to focus on consistency and long-term habits. No one is kicked out for not being perfect, we want to support each other in focusing on getting healthy. Track the number of days you were successful in sticking to your main non-negotiable rule. We will celebrate that number at the end.
Not sure if any of this made sense, I am not a writer. haha Join me Wednesday night at 5pm pst/8pm est and I'll go LIVE and we can talk it out then (and you can ask questions). Comment below if you need help setting your goals.
I don't typically love cooking with cast iron, despite the excellent results they can bring. It's messy and smells up the house. Add to that, the one we have is super old and not very good. We were recently gifted a really good one from Lancaster Cast Iron so today I decided to give it a try. We have a side burner on our Weber so I could do it outside. I sous vide a steak, then seared it in tallow on the new pan. Man it was incredible. What a difference it made from our old one. Super easy clean up too. Below is the pan, of course I forgot to take a picture of the steak haha.
Do you love using cast iron? What are some favorites you make in them?
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Friday!! We are supposed to have a VERY rainy weekend here in Arizona, which is very rare for us. It might even mean that trick or treating is cancelled. 🎉😂 I always trade the kids for their candy anyway so fine by me if we don't even have to go out. Plus Penelope said she's too old for trick or treating and said she'll just skip it and take the money. 🤪😂
Other than that and church we have no plans this weekend, which I am excited about after a busy week. I might go get a day pass at a new gym that has a fancy steam room/sauna and cold plunge.
What are your plans for this weekend?
Happy Friday Evening Family!!
(Oh No! she's back!!) Sing some praises with me; the 2026 harvest is out of the field!! Farmer Hubby finished the corn today, the end in the rain. He ended up leaving a few rows in the field due to wet spots and steep new terraces; but the rest is out, including where the creek flooded and left logs/limbs. He got those picked up today.
You have no idea how grateful and relieved we are. This harvest kicked our behinds. We are getting older and the push and stress were something else. But now we're done. He'll clean up the combine and grain cart and truck and store them away for winter over the next few days/week. Then we'll concentrate on getting the cattle home and then winterizing what needs to be winterized.
Anywho... just wanted to report in that I'll be more "here."
Accountablility
Fresh air/sunshine/exercise/sleep
Not much/none (rain)/walking while doing errands/terrible with leg cramps for several hours.
Food
M1: Coffee and a chicken meat stick
M2: Carnivore...
Good Evening Y'all!! Day 30 of dairy free except butter and no eggs. Day 20 of no coffee. I have almost made it through my first goal. Starting a new goal Sunday. Y'all today was hard. I don't know why I craved so many sweets today. But I stayed strong because I don't want to botch my progress. I forgot to log my 6 little snackum' dill pickles tonight with dinner.
Here's my stats for the day.
