Exercise: x
1-5
8am
Cereal
note: I'm volunteering on a field trip today at school so I really felt I needed to fill up on breakfast prior to feeling completely empty. Won't be able to eat until lunch. Hopefully I'll still have an on-track day from here on in.
0-5
12noon
2 mini bagels with cream cheese, 1 yogurt
0-5/6
4:30pm
1 pita pizza, bit of watermelon/pretzels/carrots, about 1/2 cup ice cream with toppings.
Observation: I think I probably did go a bit past #5... I feel a bit past "nothing".
Correction: I should either be very careful with my main portion-- how much I eat of it, how fast I eat it etc.--or I need to relinquish/cut back on the amount of the sweet treat at the end of the meal.
NOTE: I'm having SUCH a hard time not stepping on the scale today. Oh how I long for that feedback! Anyways, I'm going to keep pressing on and just use the 0-5 guide as my "scale". This keeps my eye on the fact that my primary change needs to be in the HEART department!
Hmmm....now 5-10 minutes after eating I feel "nothing".... Did I eat past a #5 then? Or was it just feeling that way as it was settling in my stomach??? Strange!
Okay, another hour later thinking on this.... I think I was past a #5. I just didn't want to accept it *sigh*.
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, June 5, 2008
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