A huge factor in being successful long term is finding a way to make this way of eating a lifestyle for you.
I had to make a lot of changes in my life in order to break some old bad habits when it came to food. I lost weight by changing what I ate but I am keeping it off it off by finding a sustainable way to live long term.
Making this a lifestyle doesn't always mean changing your life to fit the diet but it might mean making the diet work for your life. That's why I do things that are often criticized as not perfect/ideal...because that's my real life. I occasionally eat in restaurants that might use oils to cook, I use seasonings, I add pickles to my chicken salad 😱 etc. I also flat out refuse to do a cold plunge! 😂
If I had to always worry about where my meat was sourced, what kind of water I'm drinking, my mineral balance, what came in contact with the grill before my food was cooked etc etc I would just go back to eating pizza and ice cream. 🤷🏼♀️
I lost weight, healed myself from all my metabolic disease, and now I just want to living a healthy life. What I eat daily isn't something I want to really spend much time focusing on (except for the fact that I still share about it on the internet). 😂
I know we all want to be our healthiest selves...but I also just want to live my life and not have to spend all my time working on being healthier!! Maybe instead of trying to change everything in our lives to fit the ideal diet we make the diet work for our ideal life. #lifeisforliving #reallife
Happy Saturday! I hope you are all doing well. I know some people in the group have had some recent tough news for themselves or family members. It really puts the day to day issues we face into perspective, and reminds me to just focus on doing the best I can to be as healthy as possible. To those who are having a hard time, we are all here for you and sending you some prayers and support. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Just focus today on doing the best you can and remember that food isn't going to bring you the comfort you are looking for.
Here is a little video of Penelopes performance from her piano recital l last night, she's been taking lessons for about a year and a half. 🎹🤍🖤
*Livestream Monday night at 4pm pst/7pm est
Thinking about the year ahead can be overwhelming when it comes to goal setting. For some people, like me, short term goals can be much more motivating. Right now it's beast mode through the Meetup this Saturday. That said, I do still have long term goals for the year. Staying carnivore is just a given now as it's my life already so I have to dive a little deeper for me. I'd like to stay in the same weight range but lower my body fat a bit. Gain some muscle mass in short. Gym at least 4 times a week and beast mode at the same time is my recipe.
Steak video for interest. 🤪
Do you do better with short or long term goals?
So sorry guys, my 2 1/2 hour drive home from the cabin is turning into a 5+ hour drive home so I am not going to make it in time to Livestream tonight. I'll post the link for the Dr Berry Livestream for tomorrow when I know it. I'll catch up on posts here when I get home if you have any questions.
Happy Saturday!! One thing I thought might be fun today is for everyone to share their favorite Budget meal and their favorite Bougie meal on a carnivore diet (or whatever version you eat).
"Bougie [boo-zhee, -jee] (An adjective slang): relating to or characteristic of a person who indulges in some of the luxuries and comforts of a fancy lifestyle."
For example, my favorite Budget friendly meal is just a taco bowl, ground beef with some seasonings, little shredded cheese, and sour cream. I could eat that every day and not get sick of it!!!
For my Bougie meal: A fancy American wagyu steak, usually ribeye, crab legs, and of course bread cheese! That is typically what we eat for Christmas every year. If budget didn't matter I would eat that a lot more often! 😂
What about you? What's your favorite budget meal and bougie meal?
This is a quick share of a NSV. I slipped into a pair of shorts I haven't been able to get past my thighs in several years. The shorts fit beautifully. I'm truly amazed. I haven't weighed in a while but the last time I did I was down about 4 pounds. I attribute the body change to almost 4 months of working out 4 to 5 days a week.
