Happy Friday!! How has your week been? It's been a little chaotic around here but all good things. Nathaniel had kids camp at church this week and they had the final party last night. That was CHAOS with 400+ kids and their families 😂🤪 and outside in the 100°F+ heat for a few hours. I was glad to go home to a calm (air conditioned) house. 😂 It was all wonderful I just get overstimulated in that environment.
I am pretty proud of myself this week. With my new walking pad set up I have walked the last 3 days while working. Yesterday I walked 5 miles throughout the day. Today my new Whoop tracker will be delivered so I'll be glad to have a more accurate tracker.
It's Father's Day weekend in the US so Happy Early Father's Day to any Dad's in the group. What are your plans for the weekend?
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 Monday! We are officially halfway through the month and our last full week before Christmas. How are you feeling? I am behind on YouTube content for the month and going to film some videos today and tomorrow, let me know if you have any topics you would like me to address.
Most important thing in the upcoming weeks is to take things one day at a time. One bad day doesn't have to send you on a spiral for the month. Keep things simple , focus on protein first, and move your body when you can. What is your non-negotiable for the week?
We had a eventful weekend. Yesterday we had Christmas with my husband's family. We took Laura's meatballs but we ate steaks before we left. It's funny how I still know where all the sweets are but say those are poison...inside my head. My oldest started playing piano at church as a sub for our current pianist. He was very nervous but nailed those Christmas hymns!! Finished with a freezing walk during scouts. It is supposed to get down to 3° tonight.
I started planning my menus yesterday for Christmas weeks. A trip to Costco had me SHOCKED at the current price of crab legs so we'll be changing up our traditional Christmas meal this year. Lobster tails are a bit more affordable so we'll probably swap those in for Christmas Day to have with steaks. Brainstorming some ideas for Christmas Eve lunch before church as well.
What is on your menu for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year?
