Happy Friday! I am feeling very restored after a more relaxed day yesterday. I went to the sauna and went tanning, did a Costco run (which I love) and mostly just hung out with the kids. It felt soo good to have some grilled steak and chicken and just sleep in my own bed!
Today we have a little family adventure and are taking the kids to an indoor skydiving place (fun fact they have weight limit, and before Carnivore Chris and I both would have exceeded that and wouldn't have been able to do this). Then tonight Penelope has a piano recital.
What are your plans for the weekend? Any temptations you foresee or situations you are nervous about?
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?
“Your system is perfectly designed to get the results you are currently getting.”
Our pastor shared this quote on Sunday in relation to our spiritual lives, but it struck me how true it is for every area of our lives—especially health and weight loss. The habits, routines, environment, and choices that make up our daily system are quietly producing the results we’re seeing right now. If we want different outcomes with our bodies, energy, and health, we have to intentionally redesign those systems: the food we keep in the house, the routines we follow when we’re tired or stressed, the people and environments we surround ourselves with, and the small daily decisions that either support or sabotage our goals.
When we’re unhappy with the results we’re getting, the instinct is often to keep the same systems in place and simply try harder, be stricter, or white-knuckle our way through, but it’s almost always easier and more effective to step back and change the system ...
Quickly, it was the first day of no dairy, except butter. I won't lie, I missed it on my burger tonight. And black coffee is doable, barely.
Accountability
Fresh air/ sunshine/ exercise/ sleep
Some, none, very little, fair
M1: coffee, chicken stick
M2: Carn snax, beef stick, LMNT
M3: 8oz burger and 3 scrambled eggs.
Off to bed!
Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We have had a very rainy one in Arizona, especially up north near our cabin. They whole little town is flooded, so many homes and small businesses are under water. Our cabin should be fine since it's up on a hill, but these businesses are seasonal anyway, so this is pretty terrible for all of them. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
How was your weekend? No Livestream tonight, I am headed to Houston for 3 days for work. How are you feeling about the month ahead? Are you concerned about temptations this month? What is your non-negotiable for November?
