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.
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 Friday!! I am going to get a 90 min massage today for my birthday (my first one this long). Very exciting for the relaxation and to have all the knots worked out of my sore muscles. The rest of the weekend we don't have many plans other than church and just hanging out at home with Angus.
How is your week going? Are you anticipating any temptations this weekend? Think through all your encounters this weekend and create a plan (and a back up plan) for how you are going to handle them to stick to your health goals!
What are your plans for the weekend?
I've been dealing with a cold the past few days. It was pretty bad for a day or two, stuffy nose, cough and feeling drained. Two rough days and I'm almost back to 100 percent already. I can't remember the last time I was sick. Covid for sure in late 2020. Maybe a short sniffle cold every couple years since. Of course it's N=1 but I feel like the diet helps a lot. It doesn't mean we'll never get sick, but hopefully rare and quick when we do.
Do you find you're sick less often? Anyone get sick as soon as they stray?
