Exercise: 45 minute walk delivering flyers
0-5
7:45am
Cereal
0-5
12noon
Salad w/ chicken, watermelon, small chocolate
0-5
4pm
pretzels, bbq chicken, salad, orange/few bites watermelon, small bowl of ice cream
Observation: The meal was a bit extended as we had some pretzels/orange at the beach when we got hungry then headed home for the real meal...I guess the pretzels were a bit of an appetizer. As a result our meal dragged out a little bit. Maybe that wasn't quite appropriate 0-5 eating. Not sure.
Correction: In the future I may consider just eating a very small bit as the "appetizer" to a meal to make sure I'm at "0" for the real meal.
I see some challenges that are going to lie ahead. I really associate the beach with munchies/eating (usually chips/salty type snacks). I'm going to have plenty opportunities to work on that this summer! To get through this summer, experiencing victory with 0-5 eating even through beach/camping visits will be a huge step. I think it will be very evident if there are any holes in the foundation that has been laid the past couple months! So I'm pressing forward with much prayer as I know it is a new phase with new challenges.
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
Sunday, June 8, 2008
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