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 ...

Well, I’m at the lake for the first time for the summer. I did have 2 things not on plan on Monday- specialty treats only here- because of my fear of wanting them all summer. I know that sounds so crazy but now that I had them, I’m done. I hope by next summer, I will have finally kicked my sugar addiction and have no desire for it.

So, day 2 clean.
Meal 1- 4 eggs, 5 bacon, coffee HWC, MCT oil
Afternoon-iced coffee, HWC
Meal 2- 1/4 lb burger patty, 3 eggs

I’m allowing coffee with HWC on my plan for now- I’d like to get down to 1 cup but am loving the afternoon iced coffee. I do need to add it to a meal so my insulin doesn’t go up an extra time.

Happy Wednesday! I took a couple rest days while we were at the cabin but was back to walking lots yesterday. It's amazing how quickly you can lose that habit or the desire to exercise. It's so true that "a body in motion stays in motion." Now I very much believe that sometimes our bodies do need rest, but for myself, too many rest days means I will lose the habit I have finally created. And any more than one day in a row of rest and I start making excuses as to why I don't need to do it. It's a good reminder to me to plan ahead to ensure I am getting in some movement during our upcoming vacation.

What does your movement look like this week? Will you find a way to exercise on your summer vacations?