I know nobody else will care but a non scale victory for me is I just shoveled my back yard walk and front yard. It was hard but honestly my husband always does it and when I tried in the past I am lucky to do part of it and give up. I took the day off so I decided to give it a go. I have to say I feel like I did a good job. I even made a couple paths for the dogs 🤣🤣
You have to celebrate the little things sometime🥰
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 Monday!! Last week of October and Halloween week, lots of temptations this past weekend and the upcoming week I am sure. How are you holding up? Are you feeling confident about finishing the month or struggling?
Even if you have been off track recently don't make the excuse to "wait till the first of the month." You will feel so much better by November 1st if you make this a solid week. What is your non-negotiable goal for this week to help you finish the month strong?
Today is Chris and my 12th Wedding Anniversary! What a lifetime we have lived in these last 12 years. Looking back at these pictures I could never have imagined the life we have now, and I am so blessed to have Chris by my side through it all.
We are leaving today for a a few days away to relax and celebrate our anniversary. I will check in here as I can but no Livestream this week. Have a wonderful Sunday.
Lunch room win! One of my sweet first graders offered me her homemade chocolate chip cookie because she doesn’t like cookies. Truth be told, I’m a sucker for soft homemade chocolate chip cookies. I told her that was very sweet of her but no thank you, I’m avoiding sugar. Then I suggested she take it to her grandpa who also works there and he’s always sneaking the extra cookies.
