Happy Thursday!! I had so much fun on the livesteam last night. One topic that came up a lot was fat and protein ratios. I think this topic comes up a lot for 2 reasons.
1. A lot of people online give out advice for weight loss in terms of ratios and macros.
2. People want someone to give them the specific macros that will help them lose weight.
But unfortunately it's not that simple. I do think it's important to make sure we eat enough protein for our bone and muscle health long term. For most people that number is around 120-140 grams of protein per day (not grams of meat, grams of protein IN the meat). But after that I think it isn't as helpful to obsess about your macros. I think our body has different needs day to day and we need to be able to have flexibility to live our daily lives. Hitting the exact same macros daily doesn't make sense unless you're trying to be a professional body builder.
I think having a main goal of hitting specific macros daily has people doing some weird things like eating spoonfuls of beef tallow because they ran out of a protein macro but still need more fat. 🤮 Or it prevents them from going out to dinner with friends because they are too much protein already. I personally wouldn't last long on this way of eating if I had to do things like that.
I totally understand the desire to be told a very specific protocol or macros that will make you successful this time. But what kept me from losing weight before (or keeping it off) wasn't some missing information or perfect macro ratio.
What I needed to learn was consistency and how to address my relationship with food so I stopped the roller coaster of "on and off the wagon".
Yes making slight adjustments to your fat and protein can be helpful for very specific health reasons (like healing hormones you might need higher fats), and if you like tracking go for it. But most people just need to learn how to live their daily life without giving into temptations, and no perfect macros will make that easier. ❤️❤️ You can listen to the Livestream replay for more of my thoughts on that.
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
My Mom arrived safely last night, we are looking forward to a fun visit with her. We saw her and of Aug in WV but last time she was in AZ was right before July 4th, which is the worst time of year in AZ because of the heat. We are excited to take lots of walks outside this week and enjoy the 'slightly' cooler weather.
Thank you to everyone that hung out on the Livestream last night. We talked a lot about meal prepping and then at the end I talked about my recent bloodwork results. I'll be expanding on that more in the future as I wrap my head around it.
Have you listened to any good podcasts lately? What shield I add to my current playlist?
Hey Y'all!! I had coffee today and some heavy cream. I don't regret it because I needed the boost of energy it gave me to get some stuff done. I'm working on getting my house completely in order; so that my husband can keep it that way while I'm recovering from my surgery. Along with baking a lot this week for others. Here's my accountability stats. Have a good night. BLESSINGS!!
I think I missed a live? 😱 Still picking corn, so my time at home is not my own. Chores, putting away pots still and then to the field for a truck ride and get him home for the night.
We'll be done soon and you all will wish we weren't cuz I'll be here all the time! LOL
Fresh Air/sunshine/exercise
Short walks during the day, then chores and field
M1: Coffee x2 ( @Karas-Stanley, I whipped up the last of the HWC this evening. I have day or two and then my jeans will start to fit again.)
M2: prosciutto /cheese rolls, feta & olives and pork rinds (girl lunch from Wm)
M3: Jalepeno sausage and chicken breast chunks in the AF.
Ok, off to bed. HUGS!
