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!
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 Monday!! How was your weekend? Were you able to stay on track or are you needing a reset for this week? We stop have plenty of time left in the month to make some good progress.
Thankfully I am not traveling then next couple weeks so it's been nice to be in the groove with exercise. Hopefully you can come hang out on the Livestream tonight, I'll give you more details on that Carnivore coach who was stealing my pictures for his coaching promotion. 🙄(I shared that on IG yesterday when I found out about it). We can talk about anything else on your mind as well.
What is your non-negotiable for this week?
I decided to go back to Carnivore. Carnivores will not have to worry about Cyclspora. I was eating very few veggies anyway so might as well give them up.
