Exercise: 1 hour walk for flyer delivery
0-5 (but no rumble)
8am
Cereal
0-4
11:15am
1 pc of bread with margarine/cheese
0-5/6
6pm
bit of chicken, bit of potato with sour cream/cheese, watermelon, cup of choc./banana milkshake, handful jellybeans
Observations: I'm not sure if I went past #5 tonight. I certainly did not practice the keys to conscious eating. I ate too fast, ate while standing and walking around, didn't savour or hardly taste my food! I think I was likely a bit overhungry. I also think my body was needing water as I was just chowing down on the watermelon because it tasted so good to be eating something so juicy. Also I didn't feel too good about eating those candies....felt like I was being a bit "greedy"...it was probably a bit more then a handful!
Corrections: The main thing I needed to do first and foremost was acknowledge Christ being present and be grateful for the food he provided. I think I was just in "stuff my face" mode and didn't take the time to hardly reflect on what I was eating or the Provider of the food. I needed to also SLOW DOWN and focus on conscious eating keys! Also, I should have stayed away from those candies afterwards. When I am satisfied, I just need to be done, go brush my teeth for the night and move onto another activity.
Purpose of this Log
1. To help hold me accountable to myself and to the Lord. It helps me be more intentional and apply observation and correction more effectively.
2. To be transparent to others that they may also hold me to account and help sharpen me (GENTLY PLEASE) as they feel led by the Lord.
3. As I proceed prayerfully and intentionally, under the canopy of God's grace applying observation and correction along the way, my hope is that others can also learn a thing or two from my failings...make that "learnings"...and also from my victories in the Lord.
2. To be transparent to others that they may also hold me to account and help sharpen me (GENTLY PLEASE) as they feel led by the Lord.
3. As I proceed prayerfully and intentionally, under the canopy of God's grace applying observation and correction along the way, my hope is that others can also learn a thing or two from my failings...make that "learnings"...and also from my victories in the Lord.
In a Nutshell
I am following an approach to eating that is outlined in the "Thin Within" book by Judy and Arthur Halliday. I am not focussing on measuring or weighing foods or labelling foods as "good" or "bad" but rather aiming to eat when I'm hungry ("0") and stop when I'm satisfied ("5"), focussing on the keys to conscious eating (listed in the right hand column).
Another central Thin Within (and more importantly biblical) teaching that I aim to use with this food log is observation and correction, living under the canopy of God's grace on the path of God's provision. In a nutshell it's about turning to God and confessing and repenting and the amazing grace and love of God that changes us from the inside out.
Another central Thin Within (and more importantly biblical) teaching that I aim to use with this food log is observation and correction, living under the canopy of God's grace on the path of God's provision. In a nutshell it's about turning to God and confessing and repenting and the amazing grace and love of God that changes us from the inside out.
Keeping in mind at all times...
The most important aim of my life needs to be to "seek first His kingdom and His righteousness" (Matt. 6:33) and sit at my Lord's feet, feasting at the Lord's table (Ps. 23:5), getting "fat on Jesus," filling up on His Word and finding true satisfaction that can be found in Him alone. The Lord's Table study brought this into proper focus for me.
"Everything is permissible for me"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"—but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
"Everything is permissible for me"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"—but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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