Happy Monday! Our church wrapped up a sermon series yesterday on the 7 Deadly Sins. They were all powerful messages but our family was anxiously awaiting the one on Gluttony, which our pastor delivered yesterday. I knew it would be powerful because obviously it my biggest struggle, but also it's the one our pastor has struggled with as well. He lost over 70 pounds in the last year and during his sermon shared a very vulnerable journal entry he wrote 10+ years ago. It was a very moving message and very helpful to hear a biblical perspective on Gluttony and our relationship with food. I will link it below if you want to take a listen, this is just the sermon without the singing etc from the morning service. The full service is on their channel as well under the Livestreams.
Hopefully you can join me tonight on the Livestream here in this group at 7pm est. Have a wonderful Monday!!
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
Happy Monday!! Can you believe it's 3 days until Christmas!? How are you feeling? No matter if you're planning on being 100% strict this week, or indulging in some treats, focus on protein first and makes to get in a little movement each day. Go for a walk even if it's cold, or stretch indoors etc. Don't let yourself spiral for the next 10 days until Jan 1st, just take things one day at a time. Treat everyday like "Monday" and give yourself some simple/realistic goals to help you not go overboard.
What is your non-negotiable for this week?
Happy Monday Night ya’ll. Treating myself to homemade Parmesan garlic wings tonight. The inspection was accepted and the seller agreed to my repairs!! Now onto the appraisal 🙏🏻 #IAmBlessed
Hope you are all doing well 💜
Stole this from Facebook, not sure who original writer is, but it's very well written:
Carnivore Exposes Emotional Eating.
Then It Frees You From It.
Most people don’t miss carbs.
They miss what carbs were doing for them.
Dopamine.
Comfort.
Distraction.
Sedation.
When you remove sugar and hyper-palatable food, you don’t just change metabolism — you remove anesthesia.
At first, that feels brutal.
Boredom shows up.
Restlessness.
Loneliness.
Emotions you never had to sit with before.
Grief you never processed.
And many people quit right there and say: “This diet stopped working.”
“I need balance.”
“My body needs variety"
But here’s what happens if you stay.
Carnivore lowers stress hormones.
It stabilizes blood sugar.
Cravings quiet.
The nervous system stops screaming.
Food slowly loses its emotional grip.
You don’t need to white-knuckle it forever.
You don’t stay obsessed.
What once felt like deprivation turns into detachment.
Not because you forced control —
but because your body no longer needs ...
