I loved hanging out on the livestream last night, next time I will plan to stay on a little longer to try and help since I know not everyone can join at the same time. Remember if you have questions I didn't answer or if you weren't able to join you can ask them anytime by making a post.
One topic that came up was Food Addiction, and the question was asked about tips for overcoming food addiction. I talked about it a bit and mentioned a couple podcast episodes where I discussed the things that helped me the most. Years ago I listened to a few episodes by Dr. Cywes that were very impactful for me and really helped me understand my mindset with food. We had him on CATG a while ago and I had him talk about all those key things he had shared that meant a lot to me. The first podcast link below is that episode.
I also shared the Butter, Butter Butter episode in light of the conversation we had yesterday on the live. Unfortunately because of our schedule's we just haven't been able to record new podcast episodes but there are still a lot of great episodes and most are still applicable to today. If you are wanting to dive deep that is a great place to start.
What other resources and things have been helpful for you when learning to overcome food addiction??
The podcast episodes I mentioned in the livestream last night:
https://cutting-against-the-grain.buzzsprout.com/1848841/10115608
https://cutting-against-the-grain.buzzsprout.com/1848841/12020862
https://cutting-against-the-grain.buzzsprout.com/1848841/9887120
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 Labor Day for those in the US, I believe it's a holiday in Canada today as well (Also Labour Day but just spelled different 😂). Do you have the day off today? I am going to walk this morning and then go get a massage this afternoon to work out some of the kinks I've developed from all my traveling recently.
We are one week into September and our beast mode challenge. How are things going so far? Just remember you aren't stuck with the same goals you set at the beginning of the month. It's totally okay to make adjustments as you go if needed. It's also okay to change your non-negotiable if you haven't been able to stick to it. Find something very simple and attainable that will help you build some momentum.
What's your non-negotiable for this week?
If you're interested we can do a livestream tomorrow (Tuesday) before I leave again on Wednesday.
Happy Sunday!! I have been traveling so much that I really have been leaning into rest this weekend. It's slightly killing me that my average step count on my Whoop is dropping, but trying to honor my body and just take a few days off.
Yesterday I just spent some time doing some stretches and hanging out with my family. Today is going to be more of the same.
Do you struggle with taking this slow and getting some the rest?
