How can it be so c.o.l.d. one day, and warm the next? Yesterday I was chilled to the bone even with a winter coat and beanie on. Today, I wore a light jacket and was tempted to take it off because the sun was too hot for comfort.
You never know what you'll see when you go for a walk. We walked through town and into a nearby neighborhood. I thought we would see more Christmas decorations, but most of the houses didn't have outside lights or decorations . My favorite decorations this year were the cow and donkey blow-ups.
There was a small petting zoo set up in town, but no animals. Maybe they will be there on the weekend.
Anyways D and I had nice weather and an enjoyable walk today.
#Beastmde
#No excuses
#In control
#Tenacious Thursday
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 Thursday!! I found a really great meat sale this week, especially considering how beef prices have been in 2026. I found these chuck-eyes for 8.99 a pound. I liked that they were smaller/thinner steaks so I can have one steak for a meal and then something else cheaper to balance the budget. Yesterday we had a chuck eye steak, and then some bone-in skin-on chicken thighs cooked in the oven. Today will be chuck eye steaks and pork belly from the air fryer. These were nice and marbled too so I got lucky.
What have you been eating this week?
Hey everyone! I’m back! I think it was about this time last year that I kind of fell off the wagon. I didn’t go completely off the rails. I never let in sugar, but I did start using freshly milled flour and eating more carbs. We eat whole foods and stay away from processed junk, but I’m just still dealing with some chronic issues and carnivore or meat based just seems the way to go right now. I gained back about 12 pounds. I keep thinking, where would I be if I had stuck with it? So here I am giving it a try again.
Yesterday I was getting my Dr Bikman fix so I thought I'd recommend this podcast he was on. He really speaks a lot about insulin, it's function and how it can be the main driver of many issues people suffer with, especially type 2 diabetes. He's the reason I've always been focused on fasted insulin when I get blood work, as well as, recommend that for family and friends when they get tested. It really can identify issues long before it's too late.
Have you had your fasted insulin checked? Have you recommended this to others?
