Almost There

Only one day left in my month long fast from sugar! Over all I've done pretty well. Even the few times I gave in, I have not binged on sugar the entire month. OK, actually I have a very strong weakness for pizza and I over ate every time - 3 times we had pizza, 3 times I ate 3 pieces - 3 times I got extremely tired and considered throwing up to get rid of the calories. All in all, I think my efforts were quite successful. I know I made mistakes, but I hope that I made a difference. The main thing - I succeeded many more times than I failed and I pray that God will see the effort I made. Today was a win as far as I think. I had no lunch and was getting very hungry. Someone brought in a BEAUTIFUL cake that I wanted so badly, but I kept trying to resist. I also resisted the bologna sandwich that was offered, but I finally gave in to the sandwich. White bread - sugar, lunch meat - sugar, but better than being let loose in a convenient store when hungry! And I did not eat the cake!!!

I'm thinking about what I want to do as my next step. I think I'm going to try to find an accountability person to help me. I just do not want to throw away all the success I had. After all, there were several days that I ate healthy when the old me would have pigged out. I have also saved money since I haven't eaten out as much. fast food is kind of difficult when you can't eat bread! I've learned to love wraps though - they really are pretty good. Hopefully they're better for you than bread.

I'm down to 5 weeks before the women's conference. I want to keep going partially for my own freedom, but also because I really, REALLY want God to move at this conference MIGHTILY. I know He doesn't need anything from me to do that, but I also know the closer I am to Him, the more He can pour through. So my main focus in making these changes is a desire for greater intimacy with my Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.