We had such a good time yesterday at the Healing Humanity event. Chris did such a good job on his talk, very proud of him. It's always so fun to meet so many people in real life. The dinner after at the Brazilian steakhouse was chaos but very fun! I didn't get many pictures so if anyone else got some feel free to post them. I shared pictures from some of the other people that spoke.
Today we are going to church and then after that I am going to try and do NOTHING for the rest of the day. I had a really long week at work and just need one day of rest before this busy upcoming week. My Mom also flies home early this morning and is going back to snowstorms so please send her some warm prayers for safe travels. Anything we can be praying for you for today?
*Reminder the Livesream this week will be Thursday evening.
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. 🎹🤍🖤
*Livestream Monday night at 4pm pst/7pm est
Happy Friday night all! Is anyone else ready for "Mom & Dad" to get back? Even though we have been good kids while they've been on vaca. 😊
Today was super busy at work. Both of my co-workers were gone after 10 a.m. and our boss was meeting clients there from 11 a.m. on. I was bouncing between the copier, greeting clients, the phone, my own work and a Zoom meeting this afternoon. Then about the time dh was coming to pick me up, my boss decided it was a good time to chat.
I am so glad it's Friday evening. I'm waiting on a friend to call around 7:30 and then we're off to bed. We've both taken a cat nap.
Accountability
Fresh air/sunshine/exercise/sleep
While choring and 5.5 hours last night
Food
M1: Coffee with LMNT 2x
M2: Beef sticks, a different biltong (not great) and LMNT
M3: Take out pizza toppings
And in honor of the weekend here is some recipe inspiration.
Wild Friday night here 😝 Friday Girl Dinner 🤤 Had a rough week at work so just looking forward to relaxing this weekend and hanging with the doggos. Anyone have something exciting planned?
I walked about 5 miles on the beach today which is a little more than usual. Feeling toned, and I’m taking advantage of the exercise before we head back to MN in a week.
Friday so far
Ribeye
Ground beef and scrambled eggs, cherry tomatoes
Coffee splash of milk
I prepped food for over the weekend so I can grab and go as needed, and it’s food my husband will eat (he’s still eating the SAD).
My reactions to going artificial sweetener-free have been frustrating but ok.
I think being able to minimize artificial sweeteners will make a difference in my metabolic markers (I’ve been prediabetic for 15 yrs).
A year ago I was eating Atkins bars and other “keto-friendly” foods. I feel much better without them!
Too much bacon is making me nauseated lately, and usually I’m ok with it. It’s so easy to grab some to go along with my meals. I’ll see how I react when I get home.
