Happy Saturday!! I am headed to the airport currently for my flight to Spain, I will be there a week. I will check in when I can, but there is a big time difference plus I am facilitating a conference while I am over there. Chris or I will still post each day, and you all have each other.
Remember that isolation feeds addiction and shame, so if you find yourself not checking in or "hiding" and feeling shame, just reach out and ask for support. That's why we are here! Posting daily is helpful for your own accountability, and encouraging others not only helps someone else, but also makes you feel connected and not alone. No one should have to struggle feeling like they are the only ones going through this. ❤️❤️❤️
Have an amazing weekend and I will talk with you soon!
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
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 Thursday!! One of the things that I talked about on the live stream this week was the concept of " prioritize later". Meaning, so many of the reasons that we have to focus on our health and our wellness now is so that we will be able to enjoy our life later as we age We live in an instant gratification society that wants us to just do what feels good today, but most often denying ourselves of certain foods today or putting in the work to exercise today is what is going to give us health and happiness later. Focusing on "Later" can be difficult to keep you motivated day-to-day, which is why we also focus on short-term goals. But many times important changes we need to make today don't actually have a payoff until much later. Does that all make sense? 😂😂
What is something that you are doing today that is going to help to make you healthier and stronger later??
