Daniel Fast - Day Twenty One

June 30, 2013

A couple final notes from the fast.

Today we celebrated with friends.  We enjoyed a simple lunch, and I was able to tell myself no to a second helping of beans at lunch.  I heard that reasoning voice in my head telling me it was Sunday and we were with friends and they were healthy, after all, so it was okay.  Then I told that self of mine that I actually was fine with what I had and I still had a yummy piece of watermelon to enjoy so I didn't need that extra scoop of beans.  Smart self I am slooooowly learning to be. :)

Came home after evening church, so it was late and everyone was really worn out.  Nursed the baby for bed. Put new sheets on our bed (since our bedding needed washing from the poison ivy breakout).  Then I headed downstairs and got in a 15 minute workout on the Wii.  It felt great to get in some sweat-able time.  And....I'm down another .9 pounds!!!  Craziness!! I have Never Ever been able to lose weight...even one little pound took every ounce of me to fight off. It is coming off so quickly right now. I'm in shock!

My total loss for this week is 3.7 pounds.  I'm already under the next 10 pound mark! My, how motivating is that?! 

I'm looking forward to the coming week.  I don't have any plans to jump too far from the Daniel Fast way of eating. I don't want to put my body in shock, and well, frankly, this is working for me!  We've got a huge list of new recipes to try. I'll be putting them all together in a binder tomorrow as well as getting some groceries for the week's experiments.  Elizabeth and I are both looking forward to trying Bean Burgers.  I don't feel a bit jealous of David's plans to head to Five Guys and Fries with a friend tomorrow evening.  Okay, well...maybe a little jealous.