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
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 Saturday! I hope you are all doing well. I know some people in the group have had some recent tough news for themselves or family members. It really puts the day to day issues we face into perspective, and reminds me to just focus on doing the best I can to be as healthy as possible. To those who are having a hard time, we are all here for you and sending you some prayers and support. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Just focus today on doing the best you can and remember that food isn't going to bring you the comfort you are looking for.
Here is a little video of Penelopes performance from her piano recital l last night, she's been taking lessons for about a year and a half. 🎹🤍🖤
*Livestream Monday night at 4pm pst/7pm est
Merry Christmas Eve!! I hope you have a wonderful few days filled with family, friends, and great food. ✝️🎄 I will post our Christmas Eve service and our Christmas jammies pictures later. As you check in over the next few days share some pictures of your special moments! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas. ❤️❤️
Merry Christmas Eve Eve. Chris and I are headed back home today and I'm officially off work so it's officially my Christmas break. Planning to go to Costco and the grocery store today to get groceries for Christmas meals. 😳🙏🏼
How are you feeling? Everything ready for Christmas? Any shopping or cooking left to do? Make sure to get lots of protein in today to keep you satisfied for all the chaos.
All is well, no more power outages, hubby is home. I get a week off from classes. First family get together was successful. I made brisket which was a hit, had a bit of salad and I did have a tiny bit of homemade cinnamon ice cream. My nieces almost fiancée (he’s proposing in the next week or so) spent 12 hours making it. He’s very high functioning Asperger’s and really want to impress the family. And well... My name is Lady Cinnamon. Fun day. My hubby with his brothers oldest son - Joel is a miniature version of my husband so naturally he’s my fav 💞🤣🤣💞💞It’s like they have the same brain!
Today is family party two and I’m bringing brisket, there will also be pulled pork and deviled eggs. I’ll skip the rest.
