June 17, 2013
Day Eight
Great day!
I'm on my own with seven of the children and we had a great day. We got up on time, chores and breakfast were a little late, but overall it was a good start. We headed out for a couple of hours worth of gardening, transplanting flowers around the house. It was great. Felt good knowing I started the day with some productive activity.
Schooling, shopping, choring, all sorts of things got done today. I felt upbeat and happy to be with my children. The food thing isn't really bothering me much aside from just deciding what we will eat. I do feel like it's getting costly to feed all these people and stick with the diet. I'm going to start using up our eggs for the little girls and save the nuts and seeds for the rest of us. Two more days and Benj gets to move over to the modified fast. He's excited. ;)
I started reading the book, Eat to Live: The End of Diabetes. I actually picked it up a couple of weeks ago and wasn't impressed. I sat down with it again today and am drawn in. I'm reading his description of toxic hunger versus real hunger. Were I not on this fast, I think I would have just blown off his writing. Now that I'm experiencing what he's talking about, it holds a little more weight with me. I don't want to be seeking out a man's way of diet right now, but I am intrigued with his ideas and what I'm learning about why my body is reacting the way it is right now.
Still having pain in my ankle that I injured 8 years ago. It's been bothering me a lot lately, though I haven't damaged it again. Otherwise I'm doing well. Joint pain, muscle aches, cramping, head aches, those are all gone. I still have some tinges of lower back pain, but that is fading.
Water is finally satisfying to me again. I wasn't drinking much water at all because it was so bland. Now that I'm getting over my coffee fix and diet soda binges, it's refreshing again. I love feeling it's goodness and knowing that my body is healing with every swallow.
Looked at some old pictures with the children tonight. Don't know if that was a good idea or not. So much time gone by in a flash. My whole life I've disliked what I've seen in photos. So sad. Praying the Lord releases me of my preoccupation with my self and my image and enables me to walk in the freedom of sanctification, growing stronger and closer to Him.
OH! I was in bed by 9:30pm last night!! That's another issue I need to work on. I stay up WAY too late.
Tracy I am still reading and I hope to start writing again on my blog soon. I was having terrible headaches from adding things back into my diet and 5 days ago I decided to do a fruit and vegetable type cleanse. I have been eating fruits and veggies and will slowly add back in some of the good things. I feel incredible! I am sleeping better and have so much energy! And no headache! I am so proud of you and your family. I totally agree I have always measured my beauty by the scale until I started eating this way and now I realize my beauty is when I am feeling good! I absolutely love Dr Furhman!
ReplyDeleteHeather, I'm so glad to hear you are feeling better again. What were you eating that you think caused you to battle headaches?
ReplyDeleteI'll be happy to read more of your blog when you are working on it again. I'll need to make sure I still have it on my list.