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. ❤️❤️
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?
Wow this new month snuck up on me, I mean I knew it was the end of October and Halloween but I just went "Wait it's November 1st already!?!" 😂 We didn't even recap our month yet! 🤪 So let's do that today, and tomorrow we can set non-negotiables for November. Also the time changed last night, (not in Arizona), and the good news is that means I start work now at 7 am instead of 6 am, since we are only one hour ahead of texas now. 🙌🏼🙌🏼 I'm traveling this week so I won't get the full effect until the end of the week, but I'm very excited for the next 5 months of a little later start time. (Even though I think the time changing in general is very dumb)
Okay month end recap: What was the best thing that happened for you in October?
Where did you get stuck this month or have a setback? What did you learn from that?
Good Morning Y'all!! It's hard to believe it's November. Also I'm amazed that I stayed dairy free and no eggs for a month. Thank you Father for your help and strength. I told y'all that I would give you my progress results of no dairy except butter and no eggs.
Well here's what has been healed: rosacea gone, mouth ulcers gone, and rash in odd places gone. I have lost 10 pounds of inflammation. I'm almost down two pant sizes. I'm down one shirt size. I'm exercising in a gym and doing PT. People are noticing that I'm looking different. I'm feeling better. I'm going to continue not eating processed cow dairy. I may introduce some goat dairy and raw cow dairy if I can get some raw cheese and heavy cream shipped to me. But if not I will just stay with none or eat goat cheese occasionally. I'm going to try to reintroduce eggs. I love eggs and it would help when I need a quick meal. I also cut out coffee on October 10th. So I'm going to continue that also.
So November will be a great month....
Good Evening Y'all!! WOOHOO I DID IT!! Day 31 of dairy free except butter and egg free. I'm gonna continue dairy free until I can get my hands on some raw dairy to try. But it will be a while longer on dairy free. I'm going to try an egg one day next week. I'm so Thankful to God for helping me through this month. I had a few rough craving days but i made it. I'm thankful for the support of our tribe here also. Thanks Y'all for all the encouragement. I'm on Day 21 of no coffee.
I think I'm doing my eating correctly. On days that I don't do a lot I notice I don't eat a lot but on days that I do a lot I eat quite a bit more.
Here's my stats. BLESSINGS!!
