Today's episode of Cutting Against the Grain is on the popular prescription weight loss drug Ozempic...it has become popular because lots of celebrities use it and endorse it. As much as people are looking for a "magic pill" for weight loss this one (like so many others) has some pretty scary side effects.
Trust me I UNDERSTAND wanting something that makes losing weight easy...I have been in that place of hopefulness so many times and just wanted someone to give me a medication or simple steps on how to lose weight. Unfortunately, there are A LOT of people and companies who will try to sell you something they promise is THE ANSWER you are looking for. And when you realize it's not it can be even more heartbreaking.
But let me give you some hope. It can be very freeing to realize there is no actual magic pill or simple 3 step process to losing weight forever that you just haven't found yet. You don't have to keep looking for something you're missing. You already have all the knowledge and tools you need to get started. Focus on yourself. What is causing you to get off track? What are the situations you are in that cause you to spiral? Are you feeling inadequate and using food as comfort? Take some time to reflect and be honest with yourself rather than expecting someone to share something that you have been missing. Once I stopped waiting for someone to hand me (or sell me) the solution, I felt like I could actually start working with what I had and stop waiting to magically be fixed.
You can do this!
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 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. 🎹🤍🖤
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Long time follower, first time poster. I have bounced back and forth between keto and falling off of keto for many years. More than I care to think about. About 20 years ago I lost about 60 lbs on the atkins diet, but it also fed my disordered eating being focused on that low number of carbs. Gained that back plus some. Fast forward to today, currently dealing with some minor health issues, (high blood pressure, pre-diabetes, gerd, hypothyroid, overweight, menopausal...) I rebuilt up my resolve to start again Jan. 1st. Hit a few bumps, but I started again 1-11 with adding in any extra support I can get, like joining here. It's actually going pretty well. Lost 5 pounds already. Need to fine tune some things still, like eating more protein early in the day. And getting in enough water and electrolytes. I love iced water but the weather has been soooo cold. Experienced some keto flu like symptoms this week, especially yesterday, which a cup of my version of egg drop soup which is just ...
Accountability post:
Fasting glucose: 114
B: 5 pieces of bacon ( just what was left in the pack. Normally I would cook more at a time.
D: strip sides of a porterhouse and a chicken breast from Whataburger.
I had to get a new crockpot since I kinda dropped the lid on mine and somehow I had it sitting to close to the stovetop while something was cooking and so I also melted the knob that turns it on.
Anyway, new one is here and it’s stainless inside! It also has a delay feature so I prepped some frozen chuck roast with onion and garam masala. That will be dinner tomorrow.
