So it is now day 3 and I'm wondering how everyone is feeling, surely with this dramatic change in lifestyle, everyone is bound to have had some kind of changes. I know that I have personally am experiences a lot already. Some negative things like; hunger pains, caffeine withdraw, and major cravings for certain foods but mostly I am feeling a lot of positive things. At first I thought that giving up tv (I also am giving up tv for the three months while we are fasting and adding an hour of prayer in to my daily schedule) would be harder than the food, ive done diets in where you give up things before so I somewhat am use to going with out some of my favorite things, it was not as intense as this fast though in were you give up all of your favorites. I have realized though that it is one of the easiest things to give up, well i do have my ipod to fill the silence which without it would not be as easy. As far as for hunger pains, I simply just ask God to take them away or focus my mind on something else, or to give me fufillment off of what i do eat and that has pretty much taken them away. Now caffeine headachess are another thing, im still having those, which suprises me since I didnt drink soda anyways but I guess that I was drinking enough sweet tea and coffee to create an addiction to the caffeine. I did slightly feel drained the first day for a lack of caffeinee and sugar but my subsitution for that is to drink water. I mean really its not going to hurt me at all, I have to pee alot but i think thats all part of the detox too. The weird thing is I never really drank a lot of water but yesterday afternoon that is all I wanted, not even really food so much but I couldn't get enough water.
I think mentally and emotionally though I am feeling the best, I have been praying for the last month to have "a happy heart". I am more focused on Jesus than I ever have been, I crave him all the time and think about him more and more every moment. Isn't that amazing, its only day 3 and I am already feeling him work to create the relationship I am asking for. I am sick of living in brokenness, I am ready to be "full" and whole in Jesus. Recently I have been dewelling in all the past broken relationships that I have had.. i mean dwelling in them to the point in where i was breaking myself more and more every day and think of nothing but boys boys boys. Very unhealthy thoughts and not good at all, I was obsessive with it and constantly asking God to give me a husband and that I was sick of being lonely and wanting a man. I have recently refocused my prayers for God to help me fix my brokeness and make me whole again and to take my mind off of boys or a husband. I have asked him to take all obstacles out of my life so that I can be focused on him, How am I suppose expect God to give me a whole good christian husband, if I myself am not working on being whole myself. I have been reading a book that is called "What is a girl to do, while waiting for Mr Right. Its a book focused on being okay with being single and to see what amazing things God is doing in my life that he won't be able to do when I have a husband. Oh so exciting... so who else is feeling what and how are they dealing with their cravings and such.....
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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Kristin, I am proud of you. You are doing a GREAT JOB! I know it is only day 3 but you are so positive and focused! I am praying for you, Friend!
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