After a full week and a half on the Daniel Fast, I have to say that it's been a very enlightening experience. It is nothing like I expected, physically or spiritually. I thought that perhaps it might be more difficult to give up the food I love and adhere to an extremely strict "diet" but it really hasn't been.
Do I want a huge piece of chocolate cake?
Actually, no. For whatever reason, now that the sugar is out of my body, I'm not craving it at all. I saw a candy cane on my end table this morning and thought about what it would be like to eat it, and my mind was screaming at me, "Why on earth would you just put pure sugar in your body like that?" The thought disgusted me, and I didn't crave or want anything sweet.
Do I want an 8 oz. steak, a grilled chicken breast, or some shrimp linguine from Red Lobster?
Yeah, I kind of do. I find that instead of the sugar, it's the meat and carbs I miss the most. The other night, I told Kris he needed to put the one-pouch fettucine alfredo away so that I couldn't see it. It was really bothering me to have it out in plain sight, tempting me.
Do I want a huge piece of chocolate cake?
Actually, no. For whatever reason, now that the sugar is out of my body, I'm not craving it at all. I saw a candy cane on my end table this morning and thought about what it would be like to eat it, and my mind was screaming at me, "Why on earth would you just put pure sugar in your body like that?" The thought disgusted me, and I didn't crave or want anything sweet.
Do I want an 8 oz. steak, a grilled chicken breast, or some shrimp linguine from Red Lobster?
Yeah, I kind of do. I find that instead of the sugar, it's the meat and carbs I miss the most. The other night, I told Kris he needed to put the one-pouch fettucine alfredo away so that I couldn't see it. It was really bothering me to have it out in plain sight, tempting me.
