Merry Christmas 🎄❤️
We are keeping things more low key than we planned, both the kids were running fevers all day yesterday. I hope you have a wonderful day today surrounded by the ones you love.
Sending big hugs and love to anyone who is alone today or missing someone special. 💔
Merry Christmas to you all. 🎄❤️🥩🦞
I don't typically love cooking with cast iron, despite the excellent results they can bring. It's messy and smells up the house. Add to that, the one we have is super old and not very good. We were recently gifted a really good one from Lancaster Cast Iron so today I decided to give it a try. We have a side burner on our Weber so I could do it outside. I sous vide a steak, then seared it in tallow on the new pan. Man it was incredible. What a difference it made from our old one. Super easy clean up too. Below is the pan, of course I forgot to take a picture of the steak haha.
Do you love using cast iron? What are some favorites you make in them?
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! I hope you are having a great weekend! We are going to church this morning, family lunch, and then finishing up some packing before our early flight tomorrow.
It's easy to get caught up in the busyness of life and focus on everything we need to get done or the things that aren't going according to plan. But taking a moment to recognize the good things in our lives, even the small ones, can make such a difference in our mindset and happiness.
What are you grateful for today?
Happy Saturday! I walked over 21,000 steps yesterday. 😰 I had several hours of meetings in the morning where I walked on my walking pad the entire time, and then I took Angus for a walk in the afternoon. Adding consistent walks has probably been the biggest change for me over the last year. I also know I will be more lazy next week over vacation, so I am trying to keep my averages up by walking more this week.
I don't like "obsessing over the numbers" but having a tracker and getting my ✅ daily has been very motivating for me. I definitely need that daily reward and positive feedback the app gives me. 🤪 It's probably just because I am such a competitive person. Before Carnivore we used to have a lot of weight loss completions at work, I would always go Beast Mode and lose a lot of weight during the competitions (but always gain it back afterwards).
What about you, are you a very competitive person? What do you do to help keep you motivated daily? Do you rely on external...
