Exercise: x
0-4
7:30am
small bowl of cereal
0-5
10am
1 pc bread with cheese/marg, glass of tomato juice, slice of watermelon
0-4
2pm
1 yogurt, 1 orange
0-5
4:45pm
grilled cheese sandwich, bit of salad... (ended up just having juice at the recital)
I'll be having some dessert later... Tonight I'm hosting my student's piano recital and will be serving ice cream sundaes for the refreshments.
It been an interesting night. I ended up not even having one bit of desire for ice cream tonight, while mingling with my student's families, even after everybody had pretty much left and just a few closer friends were sitting around eating ice cream....didn't even desire to sit down and enjoy one. I just felt like "I'm not hungry" and said that to Jon. Imagine me saying that about ice cream!!!! Unbelievable! Granted I was fairly busy....but I had my opportunity and just didn't want it.....PRAISE GOD!! Seriously, that is a heart change!
However when I got home a bit ago I began to toy with the idea of sitting back and relaxing and eating some ice cream. I think I've come to the conclussion now that I'm going to pass on it. Tomorrow is our official anniversary day and I'm planning on making waffles for breakfast and would like to be hungry. Hoping I end up being hungry before church! Anyways, I know if I had some ice cream now I wouldn't be hungry for breakfast....and why would I want that?? That doesn't make a very good start to a new day does it?! So, all I can say is my heart is PRAISING GOD! Unbelievable to me right now:-)
Thank you, Jesus, for your strength and for changing me from the inside out. Amen.
0-3
11:15pm
bit of salad that was leftover from my supper, 3 small pretzels
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
Saturday, May 31, 2008
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