Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Did everything go according to plan? If not, remember today is a new day, you don't need to do anything to "make up for" getting off plan this weekend, you just need to move forward and make today a great day!
That's the cycle we have to learn to break, the extreme mindset of "failure" when we achieve anything other than perfection. Consistency needs to be our goal over everything else, because that is what gets you long term habits and health. Don't let one decision (or day) derail you for months out of shame. Why is it that we are so hard on ourselves when we can't achieve perfection but we would NEVER talk to a friend or family member with those same expectations!? We need to start treating ourselves as though we were encouraging a friend who was struggling!
This week just focus on one simple non-negotiable thing that will help you reach our health goals! My focus for this week is "no snacking". No matter what I am just going to wait till the next meal, there is no reason I need a snack. What is your non-negotiable for this week?
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 Veterans Day to @ChrisSpath and all the Veterans in the group and in your families. Share below if you are a Veteran or if there are any Veterans in your life you want to honor today. Thank you all for your service and sacrifice. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I have good days and bad days when it comes to fasting. I thought I could fast by having my coffee with creamer and stevia...well I can't and to be honest, is it really fasting with that stuff in there ?? Yesterday I managed to fast for 20 hours with no issues by drinking my coffee black and drinking a lot of water. Last night I went to a marketing dinner for work and closed my eating window at 5:00pm. I was able to pass up all food and drinks with no issues..sometimes it really does take a mind set to accomplish your goals and accepting that if you want something to work, you have to do it the way you know it will work ! I told myself that I need to use coffee and tea as a tool and not a treat in the mornings that I am fasting. A NSV also ....I hadn't really gone anywhere to have needed to dress up in warmer clothes since last December. For the dinner I went to, I needed to wear something a little dressy, but when I went to put something on it was too big, then the next thing was too...
