Exercise: x
"0" at 9:45am
0-5 at 10:45am
2 pcs toast (with toppings) & decaf tea (w/ cr/sug)
Note: I bought a bunch of salad fixings again... Hoping I'll get enough of a craving and urge to eat them that I'll actually dig into them this week! I keep hoping the urge will hit me (as it has in the past) but salad just hasn't appealed to me lately. I got the organic mixed greens stuff this time so they should be extra easy to prepare (unlike the heads of romaine lettuce).
1-5 at 5pm
1 veggie/bean burrito, salad (woohoo!), decaf tea (no cr/sug), pc of cake
A step in the right direction...
I ate a salad:-) Woohoo! And it was absolutely delicious:-)
Another step in the right direction...
I actually stopped at a moderate amount of dessert. I always find that tough! So, praise God for helping me with that!
Evening - peppermint tea (no cr/sug)
A step in the right direction....
I was very tempted to have a hot chocolate in the evening when my friend came over for a visit. But I knew that was not the "right" choice when I wasn't even hungry. I prayed and chose to stick with the herbal tea.
Another step in the right direction...
Later, after my friend left, I was beginning to feel hungry (though not completely on "0" yet), considered having a snack and then opted to just wait until the morning as i wasn't famished. I thank God for helping me with each of these choices. Praise God.
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, January 22, 2009
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Maybe once you start to eat it, the 'urge' will kick in. I try to implement a salad in most of our meals each night. On avererage, out of the 7 days, we usually have at least 4 days with a salad. Hubby is the only one that MAY have one salad a week,lol.
I have been of the "habit" of having a salad at lunch everyday for a number of months this past year... But it just hasn't seemed/looked at all appetizing to me for the past couple months. So, I'm hoping the break will bring back a renewed interest in it:-) My taste buds are ready for it again, maybe:-)
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