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. ❤️❤️
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
Thinking about the year ahead can be overwhelming when it comes to goal setting. For some people, like me, short term goals can be much more motivating. Right now it's beast mode through the Meetup this Saturday. That said, I do still have long term goals for the year. Staying carnivore is just a given now as it's my life already so I have to dive a little deeper for me. I'd like to stay in the same weight range but lower my body fat a bit. Gain some muscle mass in short. Gym at least 4 times a week and beast mode at the same time is my recipe.
Steak video for interest. 🤪
Do you do better with short or long term goals?
So sorry guys, my 2 1/2 hour drive home from the cabin is turning into a 5+ hour drive home so I am not going to make it in time to Livestream tonight. I'll post the link for the Dr Berry Livestream for tomorrow when I know it. I'll catch up on posts here when I get home if you have any questions.
Happy Tuesday!! So fun to hang out on the 2 different streams yesterday!!
One of the things that we talked about last night here in Locals was the dopamine and excitement that is created when you are looking forward to something (vacation, event, etc). It's one of the things that always keeps me motivated, having some specific event to work towards. That's why I did so well for the first few months of the year, I had several different conferences and events to keep me dialed in.
I realized in talking last night that's maybe why I've been struggling the last couple months. Yes travel makes things hard but when I am super focused that isn't an issue at all. Once all those big events I had been so hyper focused on ended I took a deep breath and "relaxed". And usually I come up with another event to motivate me but this time I didn't have anything specific to retain my focus.
I have been really proud of myself the last 2 days, but this was my reminder that I'm order to help keep ...
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I only had one meal today. I went to a lunch/birthday at Santana's Mexican restaurant. I had the Santana fajitas
Beef,chicken,shrimp, and chorizo with sour cream and guacamole. I didn't eat the shells, beans, or rice. I took off most of the peppers and onions. I ate one of the grilled pineapple rings. I had a little salsa but no chips (that was tough), lol I don't know what the calories or macros are. I had a great time and enjoyed seeing everyone 😊
I am struggling with my stretching goals (hard in am but rocking pm) and think I might add coffee in and start next month or at least when summer school is over.
We are understaffed for the number and behaviors of the kiddos we have. The teacher has never worked with early childhood- much less special needs early childhood. She’s doing ok with our help but I am exhausted and have been taking a nap after school (home by 12:30). But I have things to do! I will be away most of July and first 10 days of August and have projects I want to do now and need the energy.
Still Lion though!!!
