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 Tuesday! Today is officially the first day of fall. It's still 100°F in AZ so doesn't feel much like fall here yet. 😂😂 Are there any "fall recipes" you tend to miss? I feel like as the weather gets colder people end up craving more carbs. Partly due to the holidays but is also makes sense to crave carbs as the weather gets colder because your body is because is wanting to "put on fat for winter". The problem is we don't fast or eat leaner reserves in winter, so there is no balance like our ancestors had, so we just gain weight.

If you are feeling those carb cravings increase as the weather gets colder, lean into fat instead. Give your body the energy it needs from animal fats, instead of carbs.

Do you crave warmer foods as the weather gets colder? What are your go-to foods for the fall that keep you on track?

Happy Monday!! I was supposed to fly out for a work trip today but thankfully my trip for this week was cancelled! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 I am excited for just a normal week at home so I can get caught up on some things. We had a great weekend, without a lot of plans, which was exactly what we needed. How was your weekend?

Were you tempted this weekend or able to stay on track? What is your non-negotiable for this week, something simple that will help you finish September strong?

Livestream tonight at 7pm EST (4pm pst), hope you can make it.