One Year Later

One Year Later and boy, have we had some changes.



Last years fast made a big impact in our lives. Not only has our diets changes immensely but also our closeness to the Lord. I am so pleased with my turn-a-round. I can not describe the peace and comfort I have found. Such as I do not deserve, but so grateful to have.



The Lord has brought us both to a new job and a different part of Florida. Jemremey is now working for the Federal Government. I work for a wonderful organization who assists children and adults, who have a mental illness', to function with in the community.

We recently purchased a new vehicle. I have finally matured out of the 11 year-old SunFire! Though it was sad to hand her over it is sooo nice to have a dependable vehicle. Our family vehicle is now read for the family!

I look forward to blogging about the many blessing that are showered upon us this year.
Let me tell you... God is good.... ALL THE TIME.

Day twenty-one

Just for kicks

Breakfast 7:00 am
special k
banana
blueberries
milk

Lunch 11:00 am
tuna sandwich with Cheddar and Swiss cheese
chips
1/2 bottle of coke (not even diet)

snack 2:00 pm
cheese and crackers
celery and peanut butter
blueberries
raisins
almonds

Dinner 5:00 pm
BBQ pulled chicken sandwich
smores!

We had a great camping trip! Oh so very cold but tasty!

Day Twenty

Breakfast 8:00 am
special K cereal
soy milk


Lunch 11:00 am
Left over pot pie
small bag of sun chips
4 coconut shrimp (totally cheated)

All good things must come to an end, even if the end seems too early. I want to thank anyone who supported us during this adventure. I have gained so much from this spiritual journey. I am now closer to the Lord and have the knowledge to cook meals that taste awesome and do not contain meat.

I know we are falling one day short but I am sure we will be forgiven. Jeremey and I decided to take advantage of his long weekend and go camping. All I have to say is... What is camping with out hot dogs and smores? Therefore, we are breaking the fast a day early.

What we have learned both spiritually and physically will not be forgotten but yet played out in your lives daily.

God Bless

Day nineteen

Breakfast 6:30 am
special K cereal
soy milk


Morning snack 9:45 am
6-ish raw almonds


Lunch 11:15 am
left over chana masala over brown rice
small salad with blueberries and ginger dressing
1 banana

Dinner 5:45 pm

Vegatable Pot pie

2 days to go

Day eighteen

Breakfast 8:20 am
special k
soy milk
banana
straberry yogurt with blueberries


Lunch 11:45 am
leftover (again) coconut tofu keema with brown rice
peanut butter sandwich
1 weight watchers yogurt

Dinner 7:30 pm
Chana Masala over brown rice
small salad with ginger dressing

Late night snack 10:30 pm
fruit any yogurt parfait

3 days to go

Day seventeen

Breakfast 9:20 am
oatmeal with peaches
1 glass of soy milk


Lunch 11:40 am
1 small salad with Italian dressing
left over coconut tofu keema with brown rice
yogurt and blueberries

Afternoon snack 3:00 pm
1 banana

Dinner 7:00 pm
2 Swiss Spinach Strudel
peas and mushrooms

4 days to go

Day sixteen

Breakfast 9:40 am
special K
1 banana
milk


Lunch 1:00 pm
leftover veggie potato pancake
1/2 cup of smashed butternut squash
small salad with ginger dressing


Afternoon Snack 3:00pm
red apple


Dinner 7:15
Coconut Tofu Keema with brown rice
1 slice of marble rye bread
1 glass of OJ
fruit and yogurt parfait

I was just looking back at the past few weeks and saw that I made tons of spelling errors and on day 5 we discovered that we could change up our diets. In that passage it read that 'snacking was allowed but Jeremey and I decided to reframe from that'...oops

5 days to go

Day fifteen

Breakfast 9:30 am
1 banana

Lunch 1:00 pm
5 sweet potato fries
small salad with Italian dressing
glass of soy milk
corn bread and butter

Dinner 7:00 pm
4 small veggie potato pancakes
1/4 cup of mashed butternut squash
corn bread and butter
glass of OJ

We are getting closer to the end. We have both enjoyed this fast and the nutritional benefits. I so have a fear...that we may get back, even slightly, into our old eating habits. Lets pray what ever happens we remain healthy.

6 days to go

Day fourteen

Breakfast 10:30 am
wheat toast with peanut butter, banana slice and teaspoon of nutella
1 bowl of oatmeal with blueberries

Afternoon snack 1-3pm
bag of flax granola bites (Walgreen's)

Lunch/Dinner 4:30pm
Dominoes veggie thin crust pizza

This was a short day. Let hope for minimal late, late snacking

7 days to go

Day thirteen

Breakfast 9:30 am
bowl of special K
soy milk


Lunch
small salad with raspberry Merlot dressing
peanut butter and banana sandwich with a light drizzle of honey on wheat

Afternoon snack 2:00pm
1/2 cup of applesauce

Dinner 7:00 pm
Olive Garden!
salad
2 bread sticks
portabella stuffed ravioli
Yes! In light of my mothers birthday we cheated and had a slice of Publix vanilla cake- we paid the price later on

Happy Birthday Mommy!
I love you !

8 days to go

Day twelve

Breakfast 9:15 am
cup of Melony's Fruit concoction
A platter of food provided by Wuesthoff for my 5 years of service- hate to say it but went a little off course- Mexican scrambled eggs, eggs Benedict, 1/2 slice of french toast, yogurt with berries, hash browns- I MUST MENTION- I DID NOT finish all the food
1/2 glass of OJ (it was very, very sweet)



Lunch 12:00 pm
left over bean and veggie mix( did not use the corn tortillas they were not crunchy at all- kinda rubbery yuck!)
small salad with raspberry Merlot dressing

Dinner 5:30 pm
leftover veggie lasagna
1 glass of soy milk

Late night snack 9:45 pm
banana

9 days to go

Day eleven

Breakfast 9:30 am
bowl of special K cereal
1/2 banana
soy milk


Lunch 1:25 pm
veggie burger with tomato and Cheddar cheese on wheat (compliments of Wuesthoff)
small salad with ginger dressing

Dinner 7:00 pm
Bean and veggie mix over corn tortillas and a scoop of sour cream
slice of wheat bread

Late night snack 10:30 pm
cup of apple sauce with Cinnamon

10 days to go

Day Ten

Breakfast 9:15 am
1 blueberry yogurt
1 piece of wheat toast with butter


Lunch 12:30 pm
left over vegetarian lasagna
small salad with Italian dressing
quarter size piece of coconut

Dinner 7:30 pm
Ginger veggie stir-fry
1 piece of wheat bread with peanut butter and a tiny bit of nutella

Late night snack 10:20 pm
handful of baby carrots
1 glass of green tea (hot)

11 days to go

Day Nine

Breakfast 9:20 am
flax cereal
Soy milk
1 banana


Lunch 11:15am
small salad with ginger dressing
1 butternut squash enchilada with fat free sour cream

Afternoon snack 2:00 pm
roasted almond granola bar

Dinner 8:20 pm
Vegetarian Lasagna
slice of wheat bread with peanut butter
1 glass of soy milk

Late night snack 10:30 pm
5 or 6 baby carrots

We are really enjoying this new life style. No to mention our waist line likes it too! Combined with the devotional Pastor Dan prepared I am getting closer to my goal. Praise the Lord!

12 days to go

Day eight

FYI. We started our fast one day early... (So technically this is day seven)Oh, Well!


Breakfast 9:25
1 bowl of flax cereal
with real milk


Lunch 12:15
peanut butter, nutella and banana sandwich on wheat (yum yum)
small salad with raspberry Merlot dressing
1 glass of Jeremey's fruit concoction (We got a new blender yesterday! it is amazing!)


Dinner 7:00 pm
Left over General Tao's Tofu
handful of almonds
glass of soy milk

Late Night Snack 10:30 pm

Handful of baby carrots

13 day to go

Day seven

OMG! something different


Breakfast/Lunch 11:25
peanut butter and banana sandwich on wheat bread
1 glass of Jeremey's fruit concoction

Actual Lunch 2:30 pm
Boca burger with pepper jack cheese, mushrooms and spinach on wheat bread
some honeydew

Dinner 7:00 pm
General Tao's Tofu with brown rice (yes Carol Tofu and it was good)
1/2 cup steamed broccoli
1 glass of Jeremey's fruit concoction

We are really digging the vegetarian recipes

14 days to go

Day Six

You'll never guess what I had for breakfast!!!


Breakfast 9:40
1 bowl of Flax cereal (Yeah! It really is that good)
soy milk
1 glass of OJ


Lunch 11:15 am
Baked potato with butter!, cheese!, and salad toppings
small salad with ginger dressing
1/4 of a honeydew

Dinner 6:45 pm

3 small slices of organic spinich pizza

small salad with fat free ranch dressing

handfull of baby carrots

handfull of almonds

glass of soy milk

15 days to go

Day Five

Breakfast 9:40 am
bowl of Falx cereal
soy milk
kiwi



Lunch 1:10 pm
small salad with raspberry dressing
1 wheat bread with peanut butter
spaghetti!


Dinner 8:10 pm
1 Boca burger with mushrooms, baby spinach and Cheddar cheese
yuca
1 granola bar
1 glass of juice

I found out today during bible study class that we were killing ourselves and doing the fast wrong (or to the extreme). So I am grateful to announce we can now introduce dairy back into our diets. Snacking is also allowed but Jeremey and I decided to refrain from that aspect. Until tomorrow...

16 days to go

Day Four

Spirits are high today! It is a beautiful, marvelous, magnificent day!

Breakfast 9:15 am
bowl of Falx Cereal
soy milk
1 glass of Melony's fruit concoction

Lunch 1:20 pm
small salad
handful of baby carrots
red apple
organic granola bar (Yum Yum!)

Dinner 6:00 pm
heavenly spaghetti (no meat)
small salad with ginger dressing
1 wheat toast with peanut butter
1 glass of soy milk


Today grandma started chemo therapy! May God bless her, may He place His hand upon her and heal her body and spirit. I love you grandma. Any good part of me is because of you.

17 days to go

Day Three

OK. I'll keep it short today.


Breakfast 9:30 am
1 bowl of Flax Cereal
Soy milk
1 banana- that made me sick to just look at


Lunch 1:30 pm
small salad
1 bowl of last nights soup
1 pear
1 slice of wheat bread- to dip in the bland soup
cup of green tea


Dinner 7:00pm

small salad
1/4 cup of almonds
1 glass of Melony's fruit concoction
3/4 cup of beans over 1/3 cup rice- peas, chickpea and lentil
5 steamed asparagus

I must say that this diner was difficult. I learned that I am not good at mixing beans. To be honest, I cried over dinner. It was so bad...almost uneatable. As I reluctantly ate, I kept saying to myself "I don't want to do this anymore.. no more". I think the breaking point was when I stuffed 5 raisins into my mouth like a child with candy or like a coke addict getting their fix.
Happy to announce that I have regained faith in myself and the strength to continue. All because God whispered to me... "tomorrow, make spaghetti".

It is not the fast that is hard, it is the figuring out how to make the same thing over and over again without getting sick at the very sight.

18 Days to go