Today is my Grandfather's 91st birthday. This time of year he still spends an hour and a half a day splitting wood. His house uses a wood burning furnace so he's working to split enough wood for the winter. (The last picture is his wood pile.) He has spent his whole life as a preacher and a farmer.
He isn't Carnivore or Keto but he is a prime example of what l making healthy lifestyle choices can look like long-term. His entire life he has eaten food he raises/grows, eaten very minimal processed foods, and been very active with daily farm work. He has always had a personal rule of no snacking between myself and he saves desserts for his birthday or very specific occasions. He is 91 and other than his hearing aid you'd never know he was anywhere close to that age. I am so blessed to be able to spend this time with him and give my kids the same memories of Grandpa's farm as I had. Today he spent hours playing in the leaves with my kids and then we took a long walk back up into the woods.
The life we live now absolutely is going to impact the quality of life we have in the future. Make choices today that keep you healthy long term. Just remember that it isn't about how perfect you are today, or how quickly you lose the weight. It's about your long-term health. Live in a way that helps you be consistent and keeps you making healthy choices day after day. ❤️❤️
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 ...
Happy Sunday!! It's bulk trash pick up week in our neighborhood so yesterday (in the midst of all the repairs/restoration we have going on), we decided to do some deep cleaning, purging, and organizing of a couple closets. 🤪🙃 Today we have church but then planning to take the rest of the day as a real rest day before the busy week ahead. I keep forgetting we are leaving for WV this week and bought a bunch of groceries yesterday that we will now have to freeze. 🤦🏼♀️ My brain is all scrambled after the last couple weeks. So I guess we need to pack for our trip today too. 😂
What are you up to this weekend?
Good Evening Y'all!! I bought an at home A1C test kit. Do I remember correctly that Chris said to fast 12-14 hours but no more than 14? I'm planning on taking it tomorrow in the morning.
Happy Saturday!! Can you believe it is officially August!! I feel like August and September are really good months to just dive in and set some really good goals, that way you can build some momentum and be feeling confident going into the holidays.
Based on how things went in July, what adjustments are you making for Aug? What is your non-negotiable for the month?
