Day-2 was a cake walk.
I still think "Jesus didn't have Slimfast" every time I want to eat; I expect to always think that, but do not expect to always have an easy time accepting that to be a reason to not eat solids.
My diet is pretty simple: I drink Slimfast, V8, V8 Fruit Fusion, Muscle Milk, Coffee, Soda, a lot of Water and some beer. Yesterday I estimated my calorie count was around 1300-1500. Since I was probably consuming 2200-2500 daily, before I gave up solids, I'm going to work on keeping my count at least 1500. Today is going to end about 1500 - maybe 1600 if I have one more beer before bed.
I'm sure by day 25 my diet is going to drive me insane but I'm hoping to not crack under the pressure. I figure that Friday nights and Sundays will be the hardest - we'll get a glimpse of that tomorrow. My mother-in-law just asked me, over the phone, why I'm doing this. Without hesitation or preamble, I replied "so I think of Jesus more often." Maybe at the end of 40-Days my only revelation will be that I thought a lot more about Jesus but hopefully it will get deeper than that.
For now, Day-2 started at 209 LBS & 36" waist. Day-2 will end a success and with the knowledge at I can do this. On a side note: 2 beers on a 48-hours liquid diet hits your head like 5 beers on a stomach full of wings.
Wow - It'll be interesting to follow you on your journey. The only Lenten thing I ever did was commit to praying an hour a day for forty days. Our church sponsored this and we kept the prayers going twenty-four hours a day. I prayed from 4 am to 5 am each day. It was difficult the first few days, but as time went by I found it easier and easier to do.
ReplyDelete(I ran out of things to pray about at the beginning).
Good Luck!
Faith