Yesterday was literally one of the longest days of my life. I got up at 3am to make my flight in Calgary...only to encounter delay after delay and issue after issue. I was stuck in Calgary for the morning and then stuck in Dallas for the afternoon/evening. I ate a bag of Carnivore Snax in the morning but nothing else for the rest of the day.
I attempted to get food at several places but it was all just over-priced or not what I should have. The mental battle in my head about food was honestly the most exhausting part of the day.
I finally made it home around 11pm-almost 20 hours of travel for what should have been just a quick trip. But you know what my take away for the day is: I am a beast!! 💪💪 I made it through the whole day without stress eating or eating anything bad. And that wasn't just one decision I had to make to not emotionally eat....it was HUNDREDS of decisions throughout the day. I looked at dozens of menu's and even more packaged food items trying to justify that I needed food. But I really didn't. I just wanted to stress eat!! And yet I came out stronger.
Chosing to eat some pork rinds or cheese or burgers or something wouldn't have been a fail either... I just knew it was all driven by stress/emotions.
Chris leaves today for the next 5 days and in the past a slip on a day like yesterday would have turned into a full 5 days binge since I would have been alone.
I still have to deal with my own battles. But I have learned to recognize the signs and have learned better tools in dealing with it and like yesterday, I can usually make it through. You are so much stronger than you know!! Use your setbacks as learning opportunities.
I don't typically love cooking with cast iron, despite the excellent results they can bring. It's messy and smells up the house. Add to that, the one we have is super old and not very good. We were recently gifted a really good one from Lancaster Cast Iron so today I decided to give it a try. We have a side burner on our Weber so I could do it outside. I sous vide a steak, then seared it in tallow on the new pan. Man it was incredible. What a difference it made from our old one. Super easy clean up too. Below is the pan, of course I forgot to take a picture of the steak haha.
Do you love using cast iron? What are some favorites you make in them?
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 Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We have had a very rainy one in Arizona, especially up north near our cabin. They whole little town is flooded, so many homes and small businesses are under water. Our cabin should be fine since it's up on a hill, but these businesses are seasonal anyway, so this is pretty terrible for all of them. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
How was your weekend? No Livestream tonight, I am headed to Houston for 3 days for work. How are you feeling about the month ahead? Are you concerned about temptations this month? What is your non-negotiable for November?
Wow this new month snuck up on me, I mean I knew it was the end of October and Halloween but I just went "Wait it's November 1st already!?!" 😂 We didn't even recap our month yet! 🤪 So let's do that today, and tomorrow we can set non-negotiables for November. Also the time changed last night, (not in Arizona), and the good news is that means I start work now at 7 am instead of 6 am, since we are only one hour ahead of texas now. 🙌🏼🙌🏼 I'm traveling this week so I won't get the full effect until the end of the week, but I'm very excited for the next 5 months of a little later start time. (Even though I think the time changing in general is very dumb)
Okay month end recap: What was the best thing that happened for you in October?
Where did you get stuck this month or have a setback? What did you learn from that?
Yay November!! I am always happy when November shows up. I am not sure why. My main goal is to exercise some how during November. I am struggling....so it doesn't matter what it is the key is just move a little. Today I walked to church (it's a mile) and my son and I walked the trail. It is weird that it's dark at 6pm....so we felt like we were doing something wrong and creepy. Haha. I hit all my habits for the day. I heard James Clear say in a podcast the way to make a habit stick sometimes is thinking of ways to make it fun. This was fun!
