Thanks for bearing with me as I heal from this surgery. Healing (much like weight loss) is often 2 steps forward one step back. I was feeling great Sunday but then starting back to work Monday was really rough and I had a couple hard days adjusting to that. But I had my follow up appointment yesterday and have hopefully gotten into a better routine with work.
One thing I noticed checking back in here is that a lot of people are doing eggs fasts or sardine fasts (or challenges etc). I don't think there is anything necessarily wrong with those things, but if you are doing something like that I encourage you to take a big step back and ask yourself "WHY are you doing this?" A lot of times these types of challenges start out of a place of really good intentions, but it often isn't sustainable and unfortunately I see it end up actually causing people setbacks.
Usually the reason I see people wanting to do a challenge like this is looking for some type of quick weight loss. There isn't anything magic about only eating eggs or only eating sardines in terms of giving you weight loss. In reality, those things typically work because you're just cutting calories for that amount of time (which you could do with just eating less of any food). However, often when people go back to eating regular food they end up gaining back the weight that they lost from doing that challenge. Or worst case they're miserable doing the challenge and end up overeating or eating something off plan because they were pushing themselves too hard.
I love it when we can do things together as a group and I think there's something really motivating about lots of people working towards the same goal and there's a lot of accountability that can come with that...So a lot of positives. But I also just want to caution people who are trying to do something for a quick weight loss hack thinking that this is a shortcut to faster results.
Ask yourself how many times has something like that worked for us in the past? Did you keep that weight off? It's really hard for me to encourage you to just be patient and be consistent, but in reality, that's when we actually see long-term results and are able to keep things off is because we enjoy eating this way long-term and are able to stick to it.
Now if you are enjoying eating only sardines or eggs and that's a good way of you incorporating some fasting without doing true water fasting then I think that's great. But I don't want people to get caught up in the hype and try to do something thinking that it's a shortcut to quicker weight loss results...Because more often than not, I see it causing people setbacks.
Just some food for thought today, I hope you are having an amazing week. ❤️❤️
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
My Mom arrived safely last night, we are looking forward to a fun visit with her. We saw her and of Aug in WV but last time she was in AZ was right before July 4th, which is the worst time of year in AZ because of the heat. We are excited to take lots of walks outside this week and enjoy the 'slightly' cooler weather.
Thank you to everyone that hung out on the Livestream last night. We talked a lot about meal prepping and then at the end I talked about my recent bloodwork results. I'll be expanding on that more in the future as I wrap my head around it.
Have you listened to any good podcasts lately? What shield I add to my current playlist?
Hey Y'all!! I had coffee today and some heavy cream. I don't regret it because I needed the boost of energy it gave me to get some stuff done. I'm working on getting my house completely in order; so that my husband can keep it that way while I'm recovering from my surgery. Along with baking a lot this week for others. Here's my accountability stats. Have a good night. BLESSINGS!!
I think I missed a live? 😱 Still picking corn, so my time at home is not my own. Chores, putting away pots still and then to the field for a truck ride and get him home for the night.
We'll be done soon and you all will wish we weren't cuz I'll be here all the time! LOL
Fresh Air/sunshine/exercise
Short walks during the day, then chores and field
M1: Coffee x2 ( @Karas-Stanley, I whipped up the last of the HWC this evening. I have day or two and then my jeans will start to fit again.)
M2: prosciutto /cheese rolls, feta & olives and pork rinds (girl lunch from Wm)
M3: Jalepeno sausage and chicken breast chunks in the AF.
Ok, off to bed. HUGS!
