Good morning! It’s my last day of school today- 1/2 day to clean up the room. This has been the toughest year yet and I let it give me excuses/rewards for treats.
Also, I was reminded again that I really am a carb addict. (My friend told how she had a craving for ice cream and ate 1/2 of it and put the other half in the freezer for the next day. Who does that?!?!?)
Anyway, yes, admitting the addiction is the first step but I have known this for awhile but struggled to truly do anything about it and stay abstinent. It just sounds so crazy that I can’t just have this or that here and there and moderate like normal people. And it makes me mad.
So, here I am, again, committing to giving up the junk for good. I have a week rest and then 3 weeks teaching summer school but it’s 1/2 days and more relaxed. I think once I’m back in ketosis things will be easier.
Honestly guys, this is so embarrassing because I keep trying and not succeeding.
Many of you have said think one day or even one meal at a time and I had a hard time with that but I’m going to do this today.
A part of me is telling me, hey, it’s your last day, reward yourself. But I won’t go there.
I’ll check in tonight.
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 ...
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So looks like we are officially going to Meatstock next year. I mentioned it on the Livestream last night, but they had messaged me and asked me to be on a few panels. I replied back to them and suggested they just let me emcee it since I do a lot of that in my normal job as well. They were excited about that option so looks like we are good to go! (they put me on the website already haha)
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