Exercise: 10 minutes jump rope
(I was going to do 20 min but a friend came by asking to go out for coffee at that moment, so I stopped)
On a side note...my weight continues to hold steady since prior to our vacation--at 151 pounds. This is very encouraging to me. However I desire to see that # go down, down, down! Actually more then that, I desire my heart to no longer be consumed/greedy for food...but rather completely consumed with God!
0-3 (11:30)
small cup of "cafe mocha"
0-5 (2:15pm)
small bowl of cereal
1-5 (5pm)
very small baked potato w/ toppings, piece of chicken, salad, ice tea, small bowl of ice cream with 2 cookies
Note: We had company for supper and wasn't quite hungry when it was suppertime. I was close to being empty though.
3-4 (8:30pm)
1 cookie, few bites of popcorn and some watermelon
Observation: The cookie was the last one left and as I was cleaning up the kitchen I ate it. I didn't feel past a #5 at supper and didn't feel like it put me past that #5. However I was being greedy when I ate it.
Correction: I think I could have made a different choice with the cookie and either shared those last bites with my husband (which I was considering but then opted not to!) or just saved it for later.
Observation: The popcorn and watermelon were snacks I'd prepared for my daughter and her friend for their sleepover snack which I munched on a little bit too. I didn't feel my attitude was all that "greedy" for the most part...well maybe a little bit with the watermelon...but definitely not with the popcorn which I just took a few bites of.
Correction: However, a better choice in that moment would have been to just leave the snacks and not eat them. Simple as that! Call on God. Leave the kitchen and get busy with something else!
0-4 (12midnight)
small bowl of cereal
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, August 23, 2008
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