Happy Sunday! If you didn't know TikTok was banned last night, I have never had a TikTok account so it doesn't affect me at all, but I do know it's impacting a lot of people. Were you on TikTok at all? Apparently there are rumors Trump will allow them to extend operations for 90 days until they workout a long term plan once he takes office on Monday. We don't make things political in this group but it will be very interesting to see how things change overall with the new administration. We already see things shifting with the banning of Red 3, and hopefully we can get the rest of the food dyes out of our foods soon! And I think the Make America Healthy Again movement is going to really start building some positive momentum.
Today we are making my favorite meal, the skirt steak, chicken thighs, and shrimp on the griddle. Thankfully I am still off work tomorrow for the holiday, I am excited to catch up with everyone on a Monday night Livestream at 4pm pst/7pm est (since it's a holiday we'll start a little earlier). Have a great day!!
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!! I made it to Madrid yesterday, has some delays but thankfully it wasn't too bad. I actually slept more on my overnight flight than I typically do (I am terrible at sleeping on planes). My coworkers (all female 😂) and I went to an Turkish bath spa upon arrival and got some massages and soaked in the pools (the first picture is what it looks like inside). It was the perfect way to shake off the jet lag. Then we went to one of my favorite restaurants and had some amazing pork belly and picanha. It will be a very busy week but I am feeling good and excited to be here.
How was your weekend? What is your non-negotiable for this week?
Happy Monday morning crew!
Just popping in to say hi👋🏻.
I started a fast last evening. I don't know how long I'll go, but at least 36 hrs. I have no appetite and I'm feeling pretty punky, so I'm hoping a longer fast will kick this crud.
If anyone wants to join me just lmk. We can do this!! 🙌🏻
Super bowl Sunday! Many years ago I loved sports then life and family happened. I check in here and there. With Laura in Spain the kids and I are excited to watch the game today even though we've not followed all year. A local BBQ place, the best in town, is doing a special preorder for food. They don't normally have smoked wings but they are for today. I placed an order for wings and some jalapeno cheddar sausage. I'm pretty excited for that. Gone are the days of chips and dip all day 🤪
Are you watching the game? What's on the menu? Who are you routing for?
