My brain was feeling like mush by the end of my work day yesterday. I am drinking from a fire hose trying to learn everything for my new job (they aren't rushing me it's all pressure I put on myself)...but last night I took a much needed mental break. I spent the evening listening to podcasts while doing all my favorite relaxing things. I went and got a car wash (which I love 😂), went tanning, shopped for office supplies (my favorite), sat in the dry sauna, and ran errands. (I ended up buying a flat top griddle which is a whole other story!) 😂😂
But my point is...I came home feeling like a new person ready to get back to studying. I also realized I never got hungry for dinner so I ended up skipping it.
Old me would have not taken the break and just eaten tons of snacks to try and push through. Even when I started carnivore my way of dealing with stress or pressure was with food. It wasn't until I started identifying those triggers and being more proactive at avoiding them was I able to start having some real lifestyle changes. Carnivore didn't magically fix that...I still have to do that work on myself.
Taking a mental break is so important for me though and I have learned to identify what small things help me do that. I might be an odd ball but most of my ways to relax don't involve being at home. 😂 What are the ways you relax or give yourself a mental break?
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 Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
It's about mid month for this September challenge that many of us are doing. Let's be serious, every month is a challenge for most of us. I wasn't unhappy where I was at but would love to be just a little leaner as a baseline. So far I lost about 8 pounds in September by going beast mode. Consistent with food and exercise. I've also cut my portion size a little. I find that I pretty much maintain whatever weight I'm at, eating as much as I want, as long as it's clean. So close to goal, I have to restrict to lean out. Once I hit another 5 or 10 pounds down, we'll see if that holds. Restriction is hard.
How is your month going? Goals?
Happy Wednesday evening Family!
It was a busy day with work, and then our new office space Open House and Ribbon Cutting. About 1/3 of our other co-works come up to our office so it was nice to put faces with some names/voices. I worked a long 11 hour day so I'm starting to fade here.
Exercise/fresh air/sleep
Standing desk, not much, 6.5 hours
M1: protein coffee and 2 more regular cups of coffee
M2: Homemade egg & turkey sausage quiche, 1 beef stick
M3: Leftover fajitas w a little sour cream.
I was proud of myself of not even being tempted by the cookies at the reception. I was busy giving tours of our new space and talking to co-workers.
Early bedtime as Farmer is fighting off the crud Again!
Swollen glands.
Good Evening Y'all!! Today has been a not so good day. I'm still not feeling well. I got a steroid shot today to see if it helps kick this mess. No fever just fatigue, cough, headache, and runny nose. I learned something about a steroid shot it made me eat almost everything in sight. I know I made a bad choice today, but I also know that the one bad choice doesn't mean I failed at changing my lifestyle. It will if I allow it to have control but that's not happening. I will be getting a good dinner here shortly.
I ate a burger patty with salt for brunch.
After the steroid shot I ate some junk food. Not a lot of it but enough for me to realize what I was doing. Then I ate some pork king good sour cream and onion pork rinds. Y'all those are so good. So tonight I'm gonna have either leftover pulled pork and chicken that we still have or some air fried chicken thighs. I'm honestly leaning towards the chicken thighs. I will post pics of my brunch and dinner later along with my macros. For me...
