Happy Wednesday!! This has been one of the most stressful craziest weeks of my entire life. I'm running on fumes at this point to be honest. This morning is the last morning of our conference and then I'm sneaking out early because today is Penelope's birthday and I'm desperately trying to get on an earlier flight home in time to see her this afternoon.
I'm sharing a few pictures from my event this week, but I'm sorry to say I have not looked at one post or read one comment since I got here on Friday. I hope you are all safe and warm. I will do my best to catch up as I'm traveling today and once I get home. I hope you all are doing really well and I know you all are here supporting each other. 💚💚
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
Well yesterday we got a little stir crazy so I took the kids to the YMCA. It was great and we grabbed buffalo wild wings for lunch (I had a gift card). However, 3 miles from my house we got stuck in a snow drift (that was not there when we left). That drift just sucked us right in. Hubby came to rescue me but he got stuck too. I had to call a tow but he got himself dug out (good thing his truck is like a tank). Needless to say I felt stressed eating when I got home so I ate bacon....a lot of bacon. School told us yesterday that we are now obligated to come in regardless if they cancel or not due to contract obligations. Kinda takes all the fun out of a snow day.
Many people buy their meat from local butcher shops. I see people claiming better prices, quality, or sourcing. A few facts about that. Butcher shops are typically more expensive than grocery stores, and their meat is sourced from the same beef distributor. You can literally ask to see the whole meat in the bag and it's from the same 3 or 4 distributors like Cargill. I live the idea of supporting small businesses but the price is usually much higher. We will typically only go to a butcher for odd cuts that stores don't carry or higher grades like prime for special occasions. One exception might be rural butchers that have local sourcing or are the only option.
Do you buy from a butcher shop? What's been your experience? Are we finishing world carnivore month strong?
Happy Monday!! How was your weekend? Things are still hectic as ever here in Texas 😂, but some people started arriving yesterday and the rest hopefully can arrive today since the roads should start to improve. The good news is I've had extra time to hit the gym each day. I am glad I am able to be back walking consistently.
We have one last week of January left. It's not to late to finish the month with some positive momentum. What is your one non-negotiable for this week to help you finish January strong?
