Happy Tuesday!! My body has been catching up on sleep the past few days. I have been going to bed when the kids do and we've all been sleeping in. The kids are definitely going through a growth spurt, especially Nathaniel, he has always been our early riser but he's been sleeping almost 2 hours later than normal each day.
Sleep is one of the most important things for our health. It's so difficult for our bodies to heal (or lose weight) without proper sleep. I was eating dinner in Spain, and staying up so late, etc, that my sleep was just so short and when I did sleep it wasn't quality sleep. Now that I am home I am back to my normal sleep routine, and not eating after about 3pm so I am getting much better sleep again. And of course I am feeling so much better overall after several days in a row of long/quality sleep.
How did you sleep last night? Any tips or tricks that help you sleep better?
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 Saturday! My goal of weight lifting wasn't super consistent in March, but I am focusing on that again in April 🤷🏼♀️. However, I have still been very consistent with walking most days. How are you getting movement in today??
Today is Good Friday, the day Christians around the world remember the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. For me as a Christian, it's a solemn reminder of Jesus' willing sacrifice on the cross, an act of incredible love that offers forgiveness and salvation to anyone who seeks it.
Penelope and I are spending some 1:1 time today and having a girl's day while Chris and Nathaniel have a boys day. I leave Monday for work so we are just planning to spend the weekend together as a family celebrating the Resurrection.
What are your plans for this weekend?
I forgot to get a after picture. Tonight's dinner was beef ribs smoked with a side of deviled egg salad. It was awesome! Lots of fat! The left overs I will air fry tomorrow and have as a side dish to my grilled chicken.
I am glad I did not listen to that Devil yesterday as my today self is very proud of me. I am down another half pound this morning so I know it was the correct decision.
"Stop running back to things that God is trying to save you from!"
