Here's how it's going...
I started off Day 1 with a superb breakfast of scrambled eggs and nitrate-free turkey bacon. It was delicious! Then the family headed off for our Saturday morning adjustments and Burst class at our chiropractors office. It was a fabulous 6 minute workout! :D (I love those workouts...they hurt, but they are SO SHORT!) It was a great way to start our first day! Then, throughout the day, I snacked on almonds, celery and almond butter. I ended the day with a steak salad.
But of course, the first day is where I was reminded that bad habits are hard to break. I found myself looking for something...anything...that would normally fix my sugar craving. It wasn't that I was hungry; it was that my body had not received anything with sugar in it nor had it received anything it could turn into sugar. It was going crazy sending out signals to find some sugar! Thankfully, I had done an excellent job of eliminating my temptations! :D Well, until I found the apples and the brown sugar and made apple crisp...it smelled deliciously warm and gooey baking in the oven. My husband laughed at the smells in our kitchen because the apple crisp was wafting into the living room with the beef stew in the crock pot! But don't worry, I said no to the apple crisp! I reminded myself of 1 Corinthians 10:31 "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God." I had been given the Holy Spirit and I COULD and WOULD exercise self-control. This journey is about healing my body from the ravages of years of self-indulgence and food worship. It wasn't just some diet I could fail at again.
Then another test came my way. That morning I had dumped my remaining meds. I hardly used them anyway and I knew with a clean diet, I wouldn't need them. However, I just started my clean diet and would you know it...asthma struck and struck hard! I tried my Primatene Mist...new replacement for my albuterol. It gave very temporary relief. So back to my chiropractor's office I went for natural therapy. A few adjustments and an all natural breathing treatment later - I was good as new! :D Woooo whooo! Day 1 came and went, I lived! :D
Day 2 was Sunday. I woke up late (stinky little time change), and headed straight to church without breakfast. Oops! Bad move! After my mentoring session, it was time for bible study to start and everyone in my Sunday school class began to arrive - including the couple with breakfast! Steamy scrambled eggs, sausage, and cheese right alongside warm biscuits right from the oven. Alas, again, I said no. I was certainly super-hungry, but I could wait. I certainly had enough fat stores that I would not die from starvation for the few hours between then and going home for lunch.
After church, I was beginning to get a headache and Jonathan and I headed straight home for lunch. Southwest chipotle grilled chicken breasts, black beans, homemade guacamole and salsa were so very yummy! We watched a movie, got his haircut, dropped by Central Market to get some things and rounded out our day with a long walk in the beauty of late afternoon and a round of Super Mario Bros. Wii! Leftovers for dinner and Day 2 came and went! I lived again! :D
Now we're in Day 3. I am tired. My body is still craving sugar and I'm still telling it no. God is giving me grace to eat the clean foods my body needs instead of the clogging, inflammatory, unhealthy foods it craves. It's like disciplining a child - I have to go with what's right instead of what's wanted!
So there you have it. The honest view into my first few days of switching over to fat-burning. I have exercised once, eaten 4-5 times each day, and drank lots of water or tea (sweetened with Stevia). I am tired. I am struggling against my flesh, and God is winning out! Thus far, no victory has gone to the unhealthy side of this war. So if you're hanging in there too...keep it up! We will get there, one day at a time! :D
