Sugar-Free Me

I'm interested to weigh in tomorrow. It has been a VERY good week.

My daily goals are:
-daily vitamins
-morning walk
-5 glasses of water
-daily breakfast (fiber one and egg)
-daily salad

I've been giving myself a "zero" or "one for each goal, for each day. So a "score" of 5 would be "perfect"...I've had several 5s this past week! YAY! My walks are just "get out the door and walk around the block"-type walks, but I'm doing them! Soon, I'll be going farther again.

So...here's what my days have looked like...this past week, when I got serious about surrendering the area I did not want to give up (stop eating obvious refined sugars, which means CANDY), I went through sugar withdrawl for a few days...headaches and severe cravings. He is FAITHFUL! When I had cravings, knowing I was NOT going to eat sugar, I cried out to Him to help me...and I made it through! I was encouraged knowing each day that I would not be tempted non-stop, but the temptations would present themselves periodically...and I knew that I could handle running to Him with each "incident" of temptation knowing that I was going to obey, but depending on Him to help me through the actual craving.

Ah! HUGE to experience His love and care for me. He loves my obedience and I can say today that I am loving the way I feel and the excitement over the belief I have for actually being obedient!

Tomorrow, I'm hoping the scale reflects a week of no sugar...it would be super cool to be under 220...not sure if that will be, but we'll see. Sugar is an inflammatory and I'm so NOT inflamed! :)

I've been making green smoothies for two days....interesting! I think these will come in really handy as an afternoon snack or even to boost my calories for breakfast since I don't really have enough for breakfast! I'm really surprised how they last in the frig without separation. I've been planning to plant a veggie garden and now I have some ideas for what I want to grow (parsley, mixed greens, shortie carrots). I never really wanted a veggie garden (flowers-yes) because I knew we wouldn't eat them! With the green smoothies, there's hope for more veggie intake! Wondering about sweet potatoes in smoothies...I think that would be quite tasty.