Happy Friday!! If y'all watched the Livestream last night, I got a little fired up 😂😂 but thanks for understanding me. ❤️❤️ I really just want everyone to heal and lose weight and feel amazing, and I just get so passionate about not wanting people to give up. I think it was a good discussion so hopefully it was helpful. Lots of talk about dealing with cravings etc. We talked about handling physical cravings vs emotional cravings, and a lot of tactics for overcoming both.
But the "tough love" that I often share is, you can do all the right things to avoid craving and all the coping mechanisms...and it can help A LOT!! But at some point you might just have to "Suck it up!!" and decide you are either gonna such to it or not. Just like how we can't convince somebody we love to stick to carnivore if they're not ready, you're not going to stick to it either if you haven't made the decision that you're going to do this NO MATTER WHAT! You have to decide if you truly want things to improve, and it you REALLY do...then your only option is to keep going and not give up!
Trust me that doesn't make it's easy, and that's not gonna fix all your cravings overnight. It's okay to be bummed out and experience grief that you're not eating some of those foods anymore, but you have to find a way to eliminate them from being an option for you entirely!
What are your plans for the weekend? Any temptations you see coming up this weekend? How are you going to deal with those so that come Monday morning you are proud of yourself!?
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?
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!! Can you believe it is officially August!! I feel like August and September are really good months to just dive in and set some really good goals, that way you can build some momentum and be feeling confident going into the holidays.
Based on how things went in July, what adjustments are you making for Aug? What is your non-negotiable for the month?
Wow I can't believe it's the last day of the month already, I have totally slacked on our normal end of month recap!! Let's focus on both things today:
1. What's been the best thing to happen in July?
2 Where did you get stuck this month?
Thankfully I am checking out of the hotel today and going back home (I've been home daily but working and sleeping at the hotel). They think the floors and walls are dried out enough, we just need them to put the walls and toilet back in etc. Should take a few days because of drywall drying etc. But we leave for WV Wednesday of next week so it might all happen after we get back.
Answer those reflection questions in the comments, and I hope you have a wonderful day!
Now that it is fall sports season I am usually walking during cross country practice. Really helps me get a break from family for a minute. Our dog was silently judging my grilling skills. I have been really consistent with doing light weights in the morning. I am thankful for the rain we should get tomorrow. I could use a slow day in my sewing room.
