The Daniel Plan - Detox - This was not the week to do it

What a time to start the detox plan of the program.  Let's see what I have gone through so far.  My mother's birthday and her choice to eat at - the Chinese Buffet.  Donut Day and having been given homemade fasnachts.  My group at church called Friendship Circle, where there was an over abundance of great food and a birthday cake that I bought for my mom.

Now if you know me, you know that my favorite food is store bought birthday cake.  I don't know why - probably the icing is my favorite thing.   But one thing I have to remember it's not about the food, it's about the fellowship.  We had great laughs last night, I had great Italian Veggie Soup made by Nancy - I had 2 bowls of it. So tasty.  I did have some noodles and a piece of sausage, but I ate turkey kielbasa with sauerkraut and let's just say that kind of cleaned out the system.  But I did have a piece of cake and a fasnacht later and I did have 3 pieces of candy at the meeting.  Oh well. Today is another day.

Luckily I read the wrong day in my devotional this morning entitled "Trust God One Day at a Time".  The Lord's Prayer says "give us our daily bread".  We are to trust God for today and not worry about tomorrow and at the same time I need to let go of yesterday.

AND YES, I am drinking a cup of coffee today.  Sorry - after a late night at church I needed a java jolt this morning to get started.  It is like the nectar of heaven to me this morning.  God made coffee beans for some reason right?  I did discover though that I do like a few teas out there.  My favorite so far is Egyptian Licorice Root by Yogi - it is sweet and curbs the cravings for sweets.  Maybe I should have taken that to Friendship Circle.  Oh well, today is another day - I brought all good food today for breakfast and lunch and tonight there is a Daniel Plan recipe made for supper.

So, I might not
loose a ton of weight this week, but with friends, fellowship and faith I am rich.  God gave me lots of blessing to count.  Take time to count yours.....may you run out of numbers.
God bless.

Daniel Plan Day 1 of Detox - Just Kill me Now

No, not really - I just thought I grab your attention.  However, I really don't feel like myself and it might not be the Daniel Plan and instead,  new medication which I started today.

I went to Hackman's last night for the Daniel Plan Program and really enjoyed working with a small group of ladies from the area, we got to know each other and prayed for each other.  When we were in the large group we watched a video from Rick Warren and others.  Today we were to start the detox.  That's no grains and dairy, since they are the ones that cause the most inflammation and in addition to that no alcohol and no caffeine.  So as I sit here and sip my second cup of green tea dozing off, I can tell you I miss my coffee.

Today wasn't my day though, I started with a smoothie.  Memo to self - do not freeze the banana - I had the world thickest, almond milk, hemp seed, chia seed, protein powder, raspberry, banana smoothie know to man.  I had to microwave it to drink it.

Secondly, we went out for breakfast around noon.  I had a garden omelet-- forgot to tell the waitress no green peppers so I ended up picking them out of my omelet.  You cannot imagine how many green peppers are in an omelet until you pick them all out.

And lastly, today is my mom's 80th Birthday and as a tradition we go out to the Chinese Buffet.  I tried to stick with veggies and protein, but most of it was either drenched in sauce or butter.  I did eat a few things I shouldn't have but I skipped the annual donut ball for dessert.

So, it's around 7pm and I am as tired as dirt and could probably sleep for the rest of the night.  My eye is twitching, my knee hurts, which means so much for the new medication.  Tomorrow will be another day.  Oh yeah, we have breakfast at church tomorrow, but that's ok - I can have eggs......I will bring my green tea bag.  So here's to raising my cup for a better day tomorrow.  I'll let you know how it goes.