Happy Monday!! I hope you had an amazing weekend!! We are in our final days of June already, AND halfway through 2026 already!! 🤯 So instead of just reflecting back on June for the next couple of days, let's reflect on 2026 as a whole. I love short term goals, but sometimes it's good to remember how far we have come over a longer period of time.
So today, let's focus on the WINS of 2026! For me, I have been able to lose and maintain this lower weight, and I am still keeping my hormones functioning properly! 💪🏼 And I have also been able to keep consistent with walking and movement, which is the longest I have EVER been consistent with this.
What about you? What have been the best things to happen to you so far this year? What can we celebrate with you today?
I don't typically love cooking with cast iron, despite the excellent results they can bring. It's messy and smells up the house. Add to that, the one we have is super old and not very good. We were recently gifted a really good one from Lancaster Cast Iron so today I decided to give it a try. We have a side burner on our Weber so I could do it outside. I sous vide a steak, then seared it in tallow on the new pan. Man it was incredible. What a difference it made from our old one. Super easy clean up too. Below is the pan, of course I forgot to take a picture of the steak haha.
Do you love using cast iron? What are some favorites you make in them?
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 Friday! We have had a wonderful few days at the beach. We fly home today but thankfully our flight is later so we have one last morning on the beach and lunch here before we pack up and head to the airport. I'll catch up on posts and messages on the flight home this afternoon. I just wanted to share a few pictures and pop in to say Hi. I hope you are having a wonderful week!
November 13th accountability
1/2 rack pork ribs with Kinder's dry rub,
Deviled eggs and raw cauliflower with helava good dip.
Protein:120
Fat:123
Carbs:13.8
I’m very excited to be cooking this 15 oz ribeye from Good Chop. Food this week was meh. The chicken while delicious always leaves me feeling hungry. I bought skirt steak from Safeway and cut it into a couple portions for different days. Well…let’s just say that it was meh and I ended up tossing yesterdays portion because it just didn’t taste right. I did eat some country style pork ribs and it was good but I think I really only like pork if there’s a sauce or salsa verde with it… so that was disappointing. I’ve not eaten much this week because my available options were not exciting and I’m out of eggs!
Looking forward to grocery shopping on Tuesday!
