Happy Monday, and the last day of the month!! June went by so fast!! I am pretty proud of myself with how June ended up. Beast Mode went really well for me and I am feeling back to my leaner self. I am also pretty proud I was able to get into a good routine of being more active. Unfortunately I am ending the month with a set back, I tweaked my knee this weekend (the one I previously had surgery on) so I have had to take it easy on extra steps for a couple days. It's a good reminder I need to find a balance between being active and not overdoing it.
June Recap:
What has been your biggest win for the month?
Any places you got stuck or lessons learned?
See you tonight on the Livestream!
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. 🎹🤍🖤
*Livestream Monday night at 4pm pst/7pm est
New Year's Eve!! My brother's family flies home this morning and Chris is leaving for a couple days at the same time. We've had a very wonderful visit with everyone. My Mom is still staying for a few more days. Today I am taking down all the Christmas decorations and giving the house a deep clean. That's my favorite thing to do post Christmas, just give the house a big reset. Have you put your Christmas decorations away yet?
Today is the last day of 2025!! New Year's is a wild time in Arizona and there will be fireworks all night long, I always go to bed early New Year's Eve but the midnight fireworks always wake us up for a while.
What are your plans for New Year's Eve? Tomorrow we'll set some goals for 2026!! Happy New Year!!
Thank you so much to everyone that shared their 2025 wins yesterday, if you didn't post yours yet make sure to go back and add it. Today we continue the 2025 reflection and think about places we got stuck last year. This isn't a confession post or a place to feel ashamed, it's important to realize WHY you had setbacks so that you can make adjustments to your goals moving forward to find more success. What was your biggest setback in 2025, what did you learn from that?
Reminder: YouTube Livestream today at 6pm EST. Come join if you can and get motivated for 2026! Are you planning to participate in World Carnivore Month?