Day 4 PM

Today is day 4 of my 40 days - 40 carbs - 40 prayers.

Weight: 164 pounds
BFI: 28.1%

Do not be alarmed that the weight is coming off so fast. There are two things that contribute to the rapid weight loss at the beginning of a diet. The first is that you lose water weight. I am still drinking water, but that's what the book says. Go Figure. Secondly, it comes from not eating when you aren't hungry and stopping when you get full.

I think I carry a lot of extra weight from wanting to keep my plate clean. So I pack the food in, even after I am full. Or it tastes so good, I just don't want the meal to be over. Then I end up feeling too full, and not ready to eat at the next meal. Which I do anyway. Now that I am fasting, I just don't do that.

Today I learned that strawberries are a low-carbohydrate food. A small strawberry has 1.97 carbohydrates. So they are back in the fast. According to Atkins I can't have this for two more weeks. However, fruit is healthy and good for you, and I am going to eat it. It's not over my 40 carbohydrate limit, so there you go.

Today was a tough day though. It seems that the more determined you are to be obedient to God, the more the devil shakes up your life. It's like living in a snow globe. Every time I go to pray the devil shakes that globe and I find myself in a blizzard of drama. Not fun.

However, I persevered and did not order a pizza. Because we all know that pizza will fix everything.

With that thought, I will wish you good evening and pleasant dreams. May God keep watch over us all as we sleep...because I think the devil is reaching for my snow globe again.

-Meredith