Happy Saturday! I listened to a podcast yesterday that had an interesting nugget in it. They were talking about daily wins and motivation and said:
"You've already achieved goals you said would make you happy, how can you presume that your happiness sits on the Next side of the Next set of goals given that right now you are on the other side of your last set of goals."
That totally hit home for me and brought out some good reminders. How many times have we said "I'll be happy when..." but then they thing happens we are already moving on to the NEXT thing they will supposedly make us happy.
I spent so much of my life thinking "I'll be happy WHEN I lose the weight." Or just waiting to make any plans because I kept thinking "Once I lose the weight I'll...". "I just want to lose 20 pounds THEN I'll feel good about myself." Has that ever worked??
That mindset only causes me to miss out on a lot of great moments and experiences that I could have been having all along.
It also caused a mentality of making short term changes and then thinking I could "go back to normal once I lose the weight." And that ALWAYS resulted in regaining all the weight (plus some).
It's important that we re-wire our value system. The key is to learn happiness WHILE your succeeding. Embrace the journey. Focus on lifestyle changes you enjoy that you can sustain long term.
In building momentum remember that 'All Wins Feel the Same' on an emotional level. Instead of having your goal be "lose 50 pounds"...focus on losing 1 or 2 pounds, and then be proud of that win!! Then set another small goal. Those daily wins and small goals create a winning mindset and from a scientific level it WILL improve your motivation and drive! This is why the non-negotiable is so important for me, I need to find a way to give myself an easy win daily. Set yourself up for success by giving yourself a win today. Have an amazing day!
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. 🎹🤍🖤
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Happy Friday!! I am headed home from Texas today and going to do a Livestream tonight on YouTube. Excited to hang out and chat tonight, if you all have any questions or topics you want me to address tonight comment them here. Hope you are having a great week!!
Major struggle bus this week. I have had a hip/back/knee problem from 2 accidents for over 20 years. It flares up from time to time and makes little things feel impossible.
I love my job at the school and I feel like the extra movement and people interactions are great for me.
That said the last 2 weeks my body has been not cooperating and I do great at work but then I’m done for the day. Which means I have little to no stamina to stand and make lunch when I get home. I’ve been off on my sleep cycle because of pain so I’m not getting up in time for food prep. I’m ending eating easy or not great options.
It hit me today that maybe I should just not eat until dinner. Take a nap when I get home instead of grabbing easy stuff. My brain feels stuck in “pain survival” and I’m struggling to regroup.
Also…dairy… it’s kinda been my go to. Cheese and nuts. 😵💫🤦🏻♀️
Happy Friday!!
It was Grandparents Day at the Littles,' school. It's always a fun day. The other grandma came too so we let her stay for lunch with them. Normally we take them out for lunch.
Home where I broke my fast at 40 hrs with chicken salad and carnivore Snax brisket and LMNT.
This afternoon I've been canning up the last of the apples and the jalapenos. (Finally!!)
I have some zucchini to work up but I think those will go into cakes/muffins for the kids tmw. 2 butternut squashes will be saved for thanksgiving. 5 small tomatoes will go into Farmers salsa some night. I could make crabapple jelly as my tree is full of fruit but I think I'll leave them for the birds and squirrels.
Thus the water bath canning kitchen is closed!
(Pressure canning I'll continue to go with meat and bone broth.)
I did rebound for 10 mins and hot on the inversion table for a couple of times. I hear movement in my right ear but nothing from my left yet. 🙄🙉
Harvest starts tomorrow with soybeans. ...
