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.
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?
