Happy 1/1/25
I have been thinking a lot this past week. I went into my scale app and went back 5 years. The same pattern happens every year the end of December I would weigh and I am guessing didn't like it and didn't weigh again until January or February. It is just interesting because I drop weight all year and by end of Dec gained a lot back then January/February start again. However I did notice something positive. Everytime I start again in Jan/Feb I was always lower than the year before. I am still down 30 lbs then I was this time last year. This is still been a great accomplishment even though I have gained I am still at my lowest. Starting at the weight I am now is freaking awesome to me. I am excited to get to goal this year. I know it will happen. I have no doubt. That is so exciting to me.
I found a notebook and I had no idea what was in it. It was the picture of some quotes. I feel like I wrote them down and never looked at them again. I am going to try to commit to reading them everyday as a reminder of what I am doing and why.
I got this prayer book as well and I figured I share the very first page. So many things I want to happen this year. However I know it takes patience and it is in his timing.
Thankful for all of you and the support of this group! 2025 is going to be great❤
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 ...
Apologies to all of our Canadian friends because I didn't wish you a happy Canada Day yesterday. 🇨🇦 I hope you were able to enjoy a day off and eat some good meat!!
Most of us are in the US are celebrating the 4th of July this weekend, and it just so happens to be America's 250th anniversary so it should be a big celebration!! 🇺🇸🦅🎇
Due to logistics with the puppy and my job etc. We split up as a family this weekend. Chris and Nathaniel went up to the cabin to enjoy the 4th of July parade and some of the small town festivities, while Penelope and I stayed home to be with the puppy and so I could get ahead on some work and filming.
My job is giving us Friday off for the 4th of July and then Monday off also for a "Global Wellness Day". They always just give everybody in the company an extra day off over 4th of July weekend to give everybody a longer holiday.
What are your plans for this weekend?
Let's talk about fat for a minute. I love it and can eat tons of it when it's prepared right with the right texture. Many folks are pretty adverse to it. When I grew up, any fat was trimmed from our meat and it was well done. I grew out of that but I think many haven't and just have pallettes transfered from their family. Pictured are some carnivore snax I had on our vacation. To me, it was incredible and the perfect amount of fat.
Would eat these? Why do you think so many aren't fans of eating fat? What's your go to fat source?
