Day 2 PM

Today is day 2 of my 40 days - 40 carbs - 40 prayers.

Weight: 170 pounds
BFI: 29.2%

Today I came face to face with temptation. Under the name of Hand-Spun Milkshakes at Chick-Fil-A. I went to get some chicken, perfectly acceptable, and all of the fast food choices seemed to leap off the menu in 3-D effect. However, I focused on God and my commitment of obedience, and I walked out of the restaurant with only my chicken.

However, I am putting that on the top of my list for foods I want to have on July 11, the day after my fast. I am adding to it Real Heinz Ketchup. For the fast I have low-sugar ketchup that only has one carb per serving. It will do, but it's not like the real thing.

Went to dinner with my sister tonight. They were having hamburgers. Found out that pickles are low carb, so while they had their cheetos, I ate a pickle. Could have had chips and no one would have judged, but I love my heavenly Father so much, I ate a pickle. I think there might be a scripture about love being a pickle, I will get back to you tomorrow.

I can confess that doing Atkins this time has been so much easier. Perhaps because this is a God-centered fast, and not just a diet. My motive is to glorify God and not to fit into a bikini. This has nothing to do with my pride or my vanity and everything to do with becoming closer to the one whose grace saved me.

Ezra 8:21 NIV
There by the Ahava canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, and all our possessions.

I want my spirit to be renewed and sanctified in his word. I want to show God my love with forty days of obedience. I am not miserable. I am not unhappy. I am not suffering or doing without anything that is that important. I am full of energy and joy. Even waking up at 5 AM to anxiety, I still feel well rested.

Praise be to God!
-Meredith