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.

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.

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


Monday, January 26, 2009

January 26

Exercise: 15 minutes jump rope

hungry at 9am but just ignored as it wasn't that "urgent" a feeling of hunger...

"0" (really rumbly hungry over and over and over again:-) at 11am
I was at work so I didn't grab anything to eat...and I was wanting to be good and hungry for lunch as I was going out.

0-5 at 2pm (quite a late lunch...a lot later then I anticipated!)
rice, some kind of cornbread/spinach thingys, some meatball thingys, cabbage salad, chicken, tiny bit of cake & ice cream and tea

A walk through my thinking...
I right aways figured there was no way I'd be hungry for supper at a reasonable hour given it was such a big meal I was being served so late in the day... And I knew I really wanted some of that leftover pie today.... So when I got home I had some pie.

3-3 evening
2 bites of chicken, two bites pie, 3 bites mini wheats

I'm struggling...but I'm going to go before the Lord now and find satisfaction in Him.

2 comments:

Angela said...

Hope your day ended with resting in the Lord...((hugs))

Christina said...

It did:-)