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This is our first recipe in the February Four Week Freezer Challenge and it was EASY and AMAZING.

I have spent over forty years trying to lose weight. I learned from an early age that “normal” food was the enemy and that it was my job to look like I was without the “sin” of overeating. Food was the enemy, and my job was to defeat the enemy and not eat the food. The holiest thing I could do was to starve myself. These destructive patterns continued until I was older and had a family of my own. I would make a meal for them, then eat my Lean Cuisine in the other room... But this year? I’ve decided to stop making food the enemy. I’m dedicating this year to listening to the body God gave me...Read More... https://incourage.me/2023/01/jesus-never-asked-us-to-count-calories.html incourage

February Four Week Freezer Challenge #mealprep #clutterfree #getorganized #mealplan Tune in tomorrow to see what we turn this humble Freezer find into.

Do you have a freezer that is bursting at the seams, PLUS you'd like to save some money this month? Join me and Roger for the February Four Week Freezer Challenge where every day Roger will do a blind grab from our freezer, we let it defrost overnight, and I try to turn it into something fabulous! If you could lighten your freezer's load, join us! The rules (for me) are: 1. Whatever Roger picks, I have to cook (but he always does dishes, so win/win.) 2. If he picks out a dessert, I'll make it, but he had to keep picking until there is a something savory (vegetable, meat, fish, bread) that I can use to make a proper meal. 3. I'll only be buying produce and milk at the store. 4. I can use other things from the pantry, Fridge or freezer to round out the meal (in other words, no buying special ingredients.

Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! Rest in peace Cindy Williams. Your memory is already a blessing.

Roger is a blessed man because he got both...

OK... Feather ruffling will start now. Yesterday, I posted about living with the radical idea of what if I never lost weight, am I still OK with God and myself. (Spoiler, I am.) Because I've tried losing weight for 45 years. And one response I got over and over was, "Your weight doesn't matter, as long as you're healthy." So, here's my next question: what if someone is not healthy (or the version of healthy others deem "healthy enough")? Should we continue this losing battle, or should we try and figure out how to be a healthy as we can be in the body we are currently in? A lot of people in straight-sized bodies are not healthy. And a lot of health-related issues are not affected by weight loss. And most people who lose weight, gain it back. Even when trying to lose weight for health reasons. And many obesity experts agree that gaining and losing weight is really bad for your health. I'm no expert. And, I'm not looking for advice. I'm just wondering how differently we need to be thinking than we've thought before about weight, self- image, sin and God.

"Look at you all pushing through like the incredible word warriors you are!! 👊💪 TWO days left?! Is anyone a bit sad it's almost over? Has anyone considered yet what you will do differently going forward? Do you plan to keep going? When you’re done for the day — come back and ring your 🔔"

I've been thinking a radical, crazy thought, and I thought I'd share it with you. What if I never lose weight? What if, for the rest of my life, I stay exactly where I am? Will God love me less? Will I serve Him less? Will my husband suddenly stop looking at me with love in his eyes? Will my friends think less of me if I'm not constantly talking about the weight I need to lose? What if instead of spending all my time wrestling with shame, instead, I just went on and lived the best life I knew how, exactly how I am. I know for sure one thing will happen: I'm going to Tick some people off. That I'm not ashamed? Scandalous. That my husband is crazy in love with me? Oh can't be. Because so many of us have been brainwashed to believe that as soon as we hit the ideal weight, that's when our happy will kick in. But I'm happy now. And that doesn't compute for some. What if nothing changed, except the shame that I can't change?

I'm not the kind of person who says, "I told you so." But, if I were...

Fits, it's my first time traveling in forever... and it's already going awesome...

Have you been experiencing a crisis of confidence? If so, then this is the episode for you. Kathi is sitting down with her friend and fellow author, Michele Cushatt, Author, to discuss how to regain your confidence after hitting a low point with your writing. Listen in and learn three ways to get your confidence back: • Acknowledge and normalize what is happening. • Take stock of how you speak and how you think. • Focus on small wins. Every writer is going to experience highs and lows, so it’s important to know how to handle them so you can keep moving forward in the right direction. Listen in to the full episode here: