Daniel Fast - Day Eighteen

June 27, 2013

Day Eighteenn

This is amazing. I have blogged for 18 days in a row here. I have logged in to mfp nearly every day of this fast.  I have seen some great accountability in the last 18 days!

Today I ended well under on calories again. I am under almost every day now without trying. I still had 200+ calories I could have eaten after dinner but I wasn't even hungry. 

Made a great vegie stir fry tonight.  Mushrooms, garlic, onion, zucchini, carrots, cabbage, pineapple, swiss chard and spinach.  Mixed in a sauce made from Bragg's, pineapple juice, water, and corn starch. Topped it with a sprinkling of sliced almonds and we feasted! At first everyone looked a little panicked over the looks of all that Green.  One bite had them willing to clean their plates. Well, almost all of them.  Adding in the promise of smoothies for dessert certainly helped.

Got my hair cut today. I haven't been in for a cut in about a year. Crazy.  It's SHORT! I love it. Light, easy, and fun.  Does anyone else feel invigorated after a fresh hair cut?  I sure do!

I spent the whole morning with my girlies working on laundry and ironing. We snuck in some library book reading and some language arts lessons.  The afternoon we plugged away at schooling and choring.  Good stuff for a rainy day.

Everyone got in a bit of time on the wii tonight.  I got in about 15 minutes after everyone else went to bed. Short but sweet. Hey, guess what. I'm down .4 pounds from yesterday. Guess I had Heavy Hair. Teehee.

I'm starting to think about what I want to do to celebrate the completion of the Daniel Fast.  I'm not really sure yet.  David is going out with a friend for burgers. I really don't want to eat a burger. Blech.  But, it would be fun to go out with friends.  I'll have to brainstorm a bit. 

The next couple of days I need to see if a plan develops for after this fast. I'm starting to wonder if I am ending it at day 21 or not.  There isn't much I miss, that's for sure. But, I would love the chance to sit with a cup of tea once in a while or enjoy a freshly baked muffin, hold the sugar, of course. :)

Still leaning toward the Eat to Live plan.  More prayer.  Maybe tomorrow needs to be a dedicated day of prayer for me.