Ok so I didn't get to post the updates last night like I thought I would. Thankfully I am in my very last week of college - minus one final exam in may - and I will be FREE! Hallelujah!
Anyway there wasn't anything major that happened over these last few days anyway. I did have one episode with my stomach on Monday (day 8), after going nearly 7 days with no problems, but it was not at all like it was in times past. I am doing much better today and I feel healthier than I have in a long time. I have had many times this week that I have felt the strong urge to overeat and eat things I shouldn't but I persevered and I fought the temptations. I am feeling so good and energetic now. I have been praying about this and I've decided that I will continue the fast for a full month. I will not be updating daily anymore but I will keep you all up to date on how things are going. I just realized that I am feeling really good, my stomach is the best it's felt in a year, and I'm losing weight so why stop a good thing? After a month I will see how I am feeling and then I will take it one step at a time. God is with me in this and I know that my old habits are dying a little each day I do this. I am breaking chains that have held me down for over 15 years and I am seeing that there is indeed a light at the end of this tunnel. Be sure to tune in tomorrow to see my final, day 10, results!
Day 7 Menu:
Breakfast - Fruit Salad made with blueberries, sliced strawberries, sliced bananas, and chopped almonds. 1 large cup carrot juice.
Lunch - Steamed Red Potatoes and parsley, Green Beans sauteed in garlic and olive oil and topped with toasted almonds.
Dinner - 1 avocado topped with spicy mustard.
Snacks - Seedless grapes
Day 8 Menu:
Breakfast - Did not have breakfast
Lunch - Mushrooms, garlic cloves and sliced bell peppers sauteed in olive oil and topped with toasted almonds.
Dinner - Large bowl of corn with salt and pepper. Warm fruit salad (fried in the skillet) made from sliced bananas, raisins and toasted almonds.
Snacks - no snacks.
Day 9 Menu:
Breakfast - No Breakfast (Now that my blood sugar is more stable I am not as hungry as before)
Lunch - Bean Burritos made with vegetarian refried beans, onions, green onions, tomatoes, green chiles, and wrapped in large lettuce leaves.
Dinner - Split pea soup following this recipe. (This turned out totally delicious btw, and I don't even like split pea soup! My husband and children even ate it without complaint - but of course I had to toss some turkey bacon into theirs lol.)
Snacks - Trail mix made from walnuts, almonds and raisins. 1 cup of carrot juice.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Daniel Fast Day 4 - Menu, Recap and a Testimony
This is the recap from yesterday.
Day 4 and still feeling pretty good. I do have a mini testimony to share and I'm not even half way through this process. Yesterday I left the house for the first time in 6 months without having to take tons of medicine for my stomach hours before hand (aka no Imodium or antacids). I was pretty nervous about the whole prospect of leaving the house without having taken anything for preventive measures. That thought in itself made my stomach a little queasy and jittery (welcome to the world of IBS lol) but everything was a lot better than it has been in the last few months. I actually felt almost "normal" again! If my stomach is already feeling this good after only 4 days I can't imagine what it will feel like after 10. I've also not felt the pain in my left side even one time this week - hallelujah! Another side effect I had not counted on was my skin is starting to look better - to me anyway - and my singing voice is a lot clearer. For the last couple of months, anytime I've had to lead the congregational songs at church my voice would crack and become hoarse before the first song was finished. By the end of the second song my voice was totally done in. Last night I got through both songs without so much as a squeak (I think lol) and I felt like I could go on singing all night. God is so good. I will have to tell you all soon about the dream that helped inspire this and I can't thank Him enough for leading me in this new way of living. As I was praying at church last night I just knew that my previous way of living was finished and that I was completely done with that part of my life. God's ways definitely always prosper over the ways of man.
Day 4 Menu:
Breakfast - Fresh fruit salad made with sliced bananas, apple chunks, raisins, sliced almonds and cinnamon sprinkled on top. 1 large cup of 100% carrot juice.
Lunch - 1 avocado. 1 cup of natural unsweetened applesauce with cinnamon sprinkled on top.
Dinner - Sliced red and green bell peppers, celery sticks, and home made hummus (look for this recipe on Tuesday!). (Yum Yum Yum!!!!)
Snacks - 1 dried fig, 1 small mandarin orange, 1 cup of 100% carrot juice.
Day 4 and still feeling pretty good. I do have a mini testimony to share and I'm not even half way through this process. Yesterday I left the house for the first time in 6 months without having to take tons of medicine for my stomach hours before hand (aka no Imodium or antacids). I was pretty nervous about the whole prospect of leaving the house without having taken anything for preventive measures. That thought in itself made my stomach a little queasy and jittery (welcome to the world of IBS lol) but everything was a lot better than it has been in the last few months. I actually felt almost "normal" again! If my stomach is already feeling this good after only 4 days I can't imagine what it will feel like after 10. I've also not felt the pain in my left side even one time this week - hallelujah! Another side effect I had not counted on was my skin is starting to look better - to me anyway - and my singing voice is a lot clearer. For the last couple of months, anytime I've had to lead the congregational songs at church my voice would crack and become hoarse before the first song was finished. By the end of the second song my voice was totally done in. Last night I got through both songs without so much as a squeak (I think lol) and I felt like I could go on singing all night. God is so good. I will have to tell you all soon about the dream that helped inspire this and I can't thank Him enough for leading me in this new way of living. As I was praying at church last night I just knew that my previous way of living was finished and that I was completely done with that part of my life. God's ways definitely always prosper over the ways of man.
Day 4 Menu:
Breakfast - Fresh fruit salad made with sliced bananas, apple chunks, raisins, sliced almonds and cinnamon sprinkled on top. 1 large cup of 100% carrot juice.
Lunch - 1 avocado. 1 cup of natural unsweetened applesauce with cinnamon sprinkled on top.
Dinner - Sliced red and green bell peppers, celery sticks, and home made hummus (look for this recipe on Tuesday!). (Yum Yum Yum!!!!)
Snacks - 1 dried fig, 1 small mandarin orange, 1 cup of 100% carrot juice.
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