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?
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 ...
My first year on this journey was filled with lots of walking and podcasts. I geeked out on all the information I could. That was 8 years ago and the carnivore world was pretty small. One of the most influential and knowledgeable people I enjoyed listening to was Amber O'Hearn. She's an engineer brain and research scientist who brings so much unique information to the table. From processes in the body, to evolutionary function. All of the how's and whys. Last week she was on the Feldman Protocol podcast (Dave Feldman is the cholesterol guy) and it's a great one so I wanted to share. It's super long but worth the listen. They delve into all the carnivore stuff and focus a lot on how studies, in all directions, miss the mark and why. Give it a listen if you love getting all the science.
What are you listening to this week? Any recommendations?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2c4M6yvfWuyhlR6q3ovAqi?si=gpNVWQ0FSjq7_Q8n3dlFTQ
Good morning! I just started “mostly” carnivore Monday (I have some oranges and berries to use up so I’ve been having one serving of fruit with dinner) and I’m hanging in there. I’m doing two meals a day from about 2:00-6:00…mostly eggs, cheese, ground beef, chicken, butter so far. I have one electrolyte drink a day. I feel pretty good, just a little tired but I’m only on day three lol. I’ve been watching tons of Laura’s old videos and I too wish I had a Chris in my life lol. Well, I do have a Chris in my life, but he eats like a 12 year old lol…pizza, burgers, fries, sweets every night, chips, etc. I just have to worry about myself, can’t make his choices for him but it is hard having that crap around…that’s why I have this group to lean on 😇.
Checking in as Locals was funky last night and would not let me log in from my computer.
I started packing for our trip.
We made fence, pulled up some volunteer trees and I did chores.
Sleep has been terrible. I don't know if it is stress or what but I lay awake a lot. Hopefully after we get back home it will be better. I could never do Laura's job with all the traveling. Too much anxiety.
Made some of Laura's chicken salad for lunch today and tomorrow. Taste test was so yummy.
Gotta run. Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Accountability
Fresh air/ sunshine exercise
Yes, yes, yes
Food
M1: coffee, protein shake
M2: beef sticks, carnivore snax
M3: 3 fried eggs, 3 strips bacon
