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 ...
My flight was delayed and I ended up getting home pretty late last night but thankfully I got to sleep in my own bed (I slept pretty terrible this trip).
Penelope has a little performance today for the theater camp she did this week. The kids have Bible school next week and then we leave for our big Montana road trip, which we're all very excited about.
We don't have any other major plans this weekend except for doing some preparation for that trip. Mostly just excited to catch up and get some rest this weekend. We'll do a Livestream in Locals Monday evening!
How has your week been going? What are your plans for the weekend?
I just realized that the great value canned chicken I've been using says zero carbs but has modified food starch in it. I found some clean ones I will be buying from now on. You really need to read labels.
Happy Thursday! Yesterday we taught a session on Emotional Intelligence, and a big part of that is having Self Awareness. We used this graphic to help people dive into the root of their reactions and emotions. We usually only identify the core emotions in the middle of the circle, anger for instance. But anger can come in the form of frustration which can come from resentment. Or we might notice we are sad, but really it's coming from hurt that stems from feeling isolated. When we know the more specific emotion we are experiencing, it can help us respond more effectively.
So often we tell ourselves we're struggling because we lack willpower, motivation, or discipline. But if we pause and look deeper, the real issue may be stress, loneliness, overwhelm, disappointment, insecurity, boredom, or feeling out of control.
Many of us don't eat because we're physically hungry. We eat because we're tired. We snack because we're stressed. We give up because we're discouraged. We reach for comfort because ...
