June 10
Exercise: 20 minute fast bike ride (adult speed:-)
Note: Moving into a new phase with TW...
Logging what I ate and my hunger #'s has served a very important purpose for me for a time, helping me make good choices as I chose to be accountable. As I enter this new phase I've decided to just simply log my hunger #'s. I find it amazing and actually quite miraculous how I don't feel mastered by any particular food at this time. Certain foods can certainly act as triggers still, but generally speaking I feel like I'm craving a variety of healthy foods and finding balance... Praise God! This is definitely a big answer to prayer and reflects the work that He has been doing in my heart. Time to spread my wings and fly:-)
0-5 7:45am
0-5 11:15am
0-2 3:45pm
1-5 4:45pm
It felt very strange thinking I wasn't going to log exactly what I ate. It is definitely time to move to this new phase.
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
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
I totally agree with you. I am enjoying freedom without focusing on types of foods. It's amazing how you begin to desire healthier foods. I wanted to thank you so much for your comments at my site. You and I are so close in weight. I realize if 0-5 isn't allowing me to release weight, or if I hit a plateau, then I'll shoot for 0-3 or smaller fist sized meals. Hope you've had an awesome day! I am also enjoying exercise like never before, how cool is that?
Thanks for your response, Paula. I'm so glad to hear your day has gone well--eating and exercise. I've been remembering you in prayer LOTS today! Praise God for answers:-)
I am going to have to process how I feel about no longer logging actual food. Something very interesting transpired within me....and I'm going to have to figure out how to put it into words:-)
Post a Comment