Oye I am so glad it's Friday!! Yesterday I woke up to a mess! I went to make the kids breakfast while Chris went to the early Jiu jitsu class and all the food in the freezer was half frozen and the fridge was warm. I rushed to the grocery store to buy ice to try and put some of the meat in coolers and save it. We ended up needing a new fridge all together and by a miracle it will be delivered today. We ended up losing a couple hundred dollars worth of food but it definitely could have been much worse! Not the surprise purchase I was expecting for a Thursday but I am grateful we got it sorted out.
Previously days like this would have had me give up on whatever "diet" I was on and just ordered a pizza. But now I am able to stick to my non-negotiable thing and make adjustments.
Once I finished work I went to the mall and did some window shopping (actually avoided buying anything which is a win for me!) and then I went to the sauna.
Situations like this remind me how much I used to let my old emotions control my food choices, and yet it NEVER actually solved anything. It always made things worse because I would spiral with shame in addition to the stress I was under.
Today I am grateful for the new fridge on the way and the hard lessons I have learned that brought me to where I am now!
What are your weekend plans?
**Side note, don't ever buy an LG or Samsung fridge.
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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Happy Friday! I made it back from Calgary with no issues yesterday, I even got an earlier connection so I got home earlier than planned. I didn't get much sleep on this trip so definitely early to bed the next few nights to make up for it. My vertigo was a a lot better the last few days also, so I think those exercises I was doing helped. Thank you for your prayers.
How has your week been? Any temptations this weekend that you are nervous about?
Last weekend we had a young elk buck hanging outside our cabin. It was amazing being so close to such a huge wild animal. Ironically a buddy of mine shot an elk this week and brought me a bunch of meat for my freezer. Full circle. I've never been much of a fan of game meat due to the gamey flavor. I think the ground meat and sausage will be fine but there's also a chuck roast.
What tips do any of you have for preparing it? Are you a fan of deer/elk?
