Happy Wed! Thank you for all the sweet messages about Penelopes birthday yesterday. We had done some celebrating over the weekend so yesterday was a fairly normal day, but she still had a great day and felt very special.
My kids did have a "birthday treat" for Penelope's birthday yesterday. We always get something that's an individual sized portion in situations like that because we don't want leftovers and don't want them eating on it for days. They enjoy it and don't care at all it's not a traditional birthday cake. It helps me not think about it too, but Chris and I are able to avoid those things without any issue. I always tell myself that "I ate cake before just because it was a Tuesday so I've had enough for my lifetime, and I don't need it now even on someone's birthday."
I still feel the need to "treat myself" when it's my birthday, but I am able to do that with special meats or cheeses (or just a manicure or something) but at this point I feel no urge at all to indulge myself in order to celebrate someone else's birthday. It's not about me anyway, I so I try and do something special for them that isn't all about food.
How have birthdays and celebrations been for you? Are they a struggle? Have your created any new traditions around birthdays that help keep you on track?
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
After many years of abuse on my body, one of my biggest concerns is that I've done irreversible damage. I'm confident that what I'm doing now has reversed what I can and will do no harm. Studies like the one below help me be more confident in that. I've seen anecdotal stories of atherosclerosis reversal but no studies have really demonstrated that yet. The study below is a good one for any detractors. Wonder what layne Norton will say 🤪
https://x.com/weimbslab/status/1967782115246010491?t=iFLdo4VjowG-g0lFHjDYZg&s=19
Happy Tuesday!! I hope you are doing well, I know it's been a very heavy week for a lot of people in this group. Not only from some of the recent events but also just I know several people in this group are dealing with some pretty heavy things personally.
I'm going to be doing a couple of long walks today and I would love to pray for you while I'm walking. Share below any prayer requests you have and I will send some love and prayers your way on my walks. ❤️❤️🙏🏼 I hope you have a wonderful day.
Happy Tuesday evening!
Farmer is feeling worse and I'm a solid 87% better. Still have a cough but it is much better. We get worn out really quickly during the day, so I'm glad we got it now instead of in the middle of harvest.
Praise today: I made cookies to send to the grandtwins and neither of us ate a single one!
Finished my fast at 54 hours!! It was not 100% as I needed to take tic-tac mints to keep from choke/coughing at work from time to time and I did do a protein shake yesterday to ease me along. Still, I am proud of me. It's been a minute since I fasted that long. I still feel the high.
Accountability
Fresh air/sunshine/exercise
Errands and baking and chores
Food
M1: coffee
M2: LMNT
Broke my fast with 2 Paleovalley venison sticks
M3: 6 oz of ribeye, 2 fried eggs
Ok, the shower and bed is calling. Sweet Dreams!
