Day 33-36…eh.

I’m just going to combine four days into one post this time because I honestly don’t feel like doing four individual posts with nothing much in them.

Day 34 I think was the most eventful of the four… I did about 45 minutes of exercise. Yes, me. I felt it on Day 35, although, not as bad as I thought I would. One thing I’m discovering is that I need to do some exercise in the morning. It’s like God has been waking me up around 6-something as of late, so I just need to go ahead, get up, and do some exercise (natural and spiritual) before everyone gets up. My children seem to be getting up around 7:30/8 nowadays. Help.

Still on the consecration so this would be days 5-8. I love Bolthouse Farms juices… want to get more of them even after the consecration; it’s a good way for me to get my fruit intake in. I prefer to drink my fruit and veggies than eat them.

Day 35 had pizza/salad for lunch so I ate the salad then and brought some pizza home for when the fast is over. Otherwise everything is hunky-dory.

Day 32… fast day 4.

Actually weighed myself today… 215.8. I guess so! Nothing but water, fruit and salad and you will lose weight. The question is is it the right kind of weight to be losing.

I don’t want to lose muscle and not lose fat. I also don’t want to gain all this weight back when the fast is over; I’ve been notorious for that.

It’s been a looooooooooong weekend!

Today we had to go to South Bend with our church. So we packed up lunches for the children and makeshift stuff for us. I had a peach, a container of Bolthouse Farms Chai Tea and some water… for the most part.

The fridge is pretty empty which is good and bad. Good in that nothing much to be tempted with… bad in that not much options as far as eating.

As far as the fast part itself… nothing out of the ordinary, of course, as usual, I need to actually pray as well as not eat. Sigh.

Day 31… fast day 3.

Karitos conference is ending today. I had some chips and salsa from Chipotle, then some smoothie… fruit… more smoothie… more fruit… then water. Good to be back home.

Day 30… fast day 2.

I’ll admit… I broke today. I ate some beef and broccoli. I needed some real food (or what I consider real food) in my life and there was a ton of it about to go in the garbage if it didn’t get eaten. I didn’t want that money going to waste AND I was hungry… bad combination. Pick back up tomorrow, but for now, (as Josh would say) EAT.

I’ve been so focused on my other food intake that my water intake has taken a sharp dive. It’s like I have to focus even harder on drinking water as I do anything else. Also, I haven’t exercised in a few days. Gotta get back on track!

Day 29… fast day 1.

Starving! Only had water and salad today. I am already hungry…

Challenge is finding things that I actually like. Can’t do meats, dairy or junk food. That unfortunately takes away a lot of options for me. I know I need more fruit and vegetables so this hopefully will get me on the right track.

I didn’t do my jog today as noted in the plan for two reasons: 1) i didn’t feel like it… 2) i was too hungry to think about exercise.

Will probably do regular exercise during the fast and come back to jogging afterwards.

I also won’t weigh myself (I don’t think) until after the fast.

Day 28… the day before the fast.

HELP!!!

Ok, seriously this fast isn’t as lengthy as previous ones. It’s a 10-day Daniel fast starting tomorrow. Help me Jesus.

What I don’t want is to lose like 10 pounds and then gain 12 afterwards. If I do lose a good amount of weight, I have to work extra hard to keep it off by eating/drinking what I’m supposed to. And staying up on my exercise.

Day 27… the first jog.

I missed the jog in the morning, so I picked it up later in the evening. Around 10:15pm, after both children went to sleep I drove to University of Chicago and did my first job along the 5k plan. I was wore out on my first sprint – guess it shows how out of shape I am, but I’m not discouraged. I’m learning to push through it. I did a good 20 minutes of walking/jogging including warm-up and cool-down. I was very happy with myself; now to be consistent with it.

I’m also happy that I’d been exercising consistently for the last few days. Mostly doing cardio workouts because I feel that’s what I need – something that works on everything. Building my metabolism back up so calories burn better and all that…

Life.

Watching Jillian Michaels again… she told this lady that “life is not slipping away from you, you’re slipping away from life.” I thought that was very powerful. Life is life, whatever happens. It’s up to us to grab the reins of it and control it and manage it, otherwise life can just slap you around and you’re sitting there wondering what the heck just happened.

Another thing she was telling one of the people during a workout is that their brain gave up, not the body. We have control over how far we can push our body as well. Sometimes we have to fight past what’s comfortable in order to get to the expected end.

Lord, help me get past myself to get back where I need to be…

Day 26… prepare.

Getting ready for a 10-day fast with limited options already. This is usually one of the worse situations to get in because when you get desperate you start grabbing whatever is available. I think I saw some gourmet ramen noodles in the pantry… they may be gone in the next 36 hours.

Need to think of great fruit/vegetable options for the fast.

I had late night pizza, casserole for lunch, two cups of coffee. Nothing “green” at all. Argh.

I exercised again today. Yes! I need to get out and start this 5k journey. Maybe tomorrow sometime…

Unnecessary snacks.

One thing I need to do is watch the unnecessary calories. I’m almost thinking there’s about 400-500 calories a day I don’t need. Perhaps another 200 calories just in beverages. Some are fine, but whenever I drink a pop or something it’s at least 150 calories; don’t let it be two in a day… similar for coffee… after sugar and half-and-half.

I need to sit down and think about my snack strategy… LOL… I’m shooting for three meals and three snacks a day, whether the snacks be liquid or solid doesn’t matter so much.