We'll my post today was going to be about I was on a streak this week with working out. I made the "mistake" of commiting to Penelope I would work out with her daily and she will NOT let me off the hook. So everyday this week so far she and I have done a workout in the backyard (Nathaniel half does it with us). She has a workout plan for us and everything.
Unfortunately last night at the end of the workout she was racing Nathaniel with bear crawls and crab walks and landed on her hand wrong and broke her finger. She was in a lot of pain at first (and we spent several hours at urgent care waiting for X-rays etc) but by the end of the night she was just feeling sad that she's out of commission for the next 4-6 weeks. Her day to day activities are all about being active (Jiu Jitsu, biking, rollerblading, playing lots of sports at the park with friends) as well as playing the piano daily. She's pretty bummed that she's going to have to put all that on hold for a while. Butt we'll follow up with an Orthopedist and hopefully get more clear answers on what she can and can't do.
I am guessing however she's not gonna let me off the hook with workouts! 😜 So you better join me today and get a workout in!!
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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. 🎹🤍🖤
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Happy Sunday! Chris and I went out on a date night last night, to a comedy show of course. Chris loves going to concerts, but I definitely do not enjoy the crowds and loud noise and that type of thing. I mostly enjoy staying home or sometimes going to the theater, which is not Chris's ideal night out. 😂 But we both very much enjoy seeing comedy shows and that has been a bonding area for us. That is our favorite choice of something to do for a date night since neither of us eats dinner and we don't like to pay for steak in a restaurant.
This was a big shift for us, pre-carnivore we used to go out to new restaurants, find new dessert places, and Chris used to bake for me all the time if you can believe that. It took us a while to relearn how to spend an evening out together that wasn't centered around carbs. Pictures below are from last night (we are currently 40 and 50 years old), and the second picture is from 10 years ago (when we were 30 and 40 years old).
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Happy Saturday! I am very excited for the weekend. We are going to Fogo de Chao Brazilian steakhouse for lunch today. They have Veterans Day discounts (for Veterans and families) all weekend and through Tuesday so we always take advantage. Not much better than all you can eat meat when someone else is cooking!! The rest of the weekend we plan to play a lot of Monopoly and just take it slow.
What are your plans this weekend? Eating anything good?
Happy Friday!! I was feeling very overwhelmed at the beginning of the week. I’ve been traveling a lot and was just feeling disorganized and behind on a big project at work. I spent Monday creating a very detailed to-do list and then spent the majority of this week just stuck at my desk, chipping away at it. Breaking things down into small, manageable tasks has helped me make a lot of progress on a big project that felt very unmanageable.
When I’ve taken this approach to weight loss and achieving goals that seem overwhelming, it always helps break me out of a funk. Thinking about “losing 100 pounds” or even 20 pounds can feel out of reach when you feel like you’re doing everything right but the scale isn’t moving. But breaking things down into tiny, manageable tasks or milestones can help you get your feet back underneath you and give you some quick wins.
What is one small task or milestone you can focus on this weekend so that Monday morning you’re feeling accomplished?
