Sunday, January 8, 2012

The Daniel Fast:) DAY 2

Bonjour mes amis,



Yes my friends, it is indeed day 2 of my fast and it went way better than day 1 did:) This morning, I woke up at my usual time on weekends (about 10-ish) and made my way downstairs to the kitchen where I seem to be spending a majority of my time as of late. This morning, I decided to partake in the impossible, and eat something that I vowed never to eat again:OATMEAL:( After some things I heard on the radio, I was very apprehensive about eating oatmeal, but my extreme need for something warm overtook my dislike for the mushy cereal, and I ate it. In fact, I ate the whole bowl, and I think I may even have enjoyed it. This fast is changing me in ways that I cannot believe....Anyways, I had church this morning, and chose to wear a skirt and a quarter-length sleeved sweater. That was a mistake. It was rainy and windy outside. I stepped outside and nearly froze to death on my garage step. Its okay though, because I was brave and I survived:) Church was extremely interesting because of quite a few reasons. The first peculiar thing about church today was that my mother had arranged for me to "befriend" this girl so that I would not be lonely....The girl turned out to be very nice, and her friends were nice too. She introduced me to a  bunch of people, many of whose names I have since forgotten. and she filled me in on what was currently going on in their realm of the world. In some ways, I felt like the odd grape in the bunch, but I decided to just listen and catch up so that I could maybe offer opinions and not be the odd grape of the bunch. The other odd thing was....well there wasn't really anything else that peculiar about church that morning except for the fact that I met some new people. Thankfully, I found that the girl my mother arranged for me to meet was also fasting like me. I was sort of glad, because being a loner sucks. I gave you guys a list of things that I would do today, and I didn't even do half of that stuff I don't think. I did make some earrings, and I did my nails. Other than that, I wasn't very productive today. Tomorrow I have to go back to school, and I am not looking forward to that. My lucnh is probably going to be very interesting, and I don't quite enjoy eating strange things in front of people who always seem to want to know what you have for lunch. I honestly think that the best thing about my lunch is my fruit-ish salad (it also contaings cucumbers, which I don't think are fruits). For some strange reason, today I was insanely tired and could barely stay awake while reading my scriptures and praying. TTYL you guys, because I am beginning to fall asleep. Bye:)                                                                                                                          


                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                               


Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Daniel Fast:) DAY 1

Bonjour mes amis:)





    I am back again after a tres long break. If you have not noticed, I have adopted the language of our fellow European friends, The French. I am currently taking yearlong French, and am ( in my mind) currently failing with an 80. Back to the point of this post though, I have decided to complete a fast along with my church. This fast is going to last for 21 days, and I am going through day one and have been fasting for more than 12 hours now. The Daniel Fast is a very special fast because it is not like most fasts. In the Daniel Fast you can eat only certain foods, but you are pretty restricted. The Daniel Fast is basically like being a vegan for a short period of time. You cannot eat any meat or dairy products, and no artificial preservatives or flavorings, and if you chose to eat any type of grains they have to be whole grains. To be honest, I am not enjoying this so far. It may have been more enjoyable if we had prepared better for this, but we did not. I woke up this morning starving, and made my way downstairs to find that there was barely anything in my house to eat. Quickly, I called my mom, begging her to bring me some tofu burgers. She came through with my request and bought me BOCA meatless burger patties, and showed me some things that I could use to make my burger tasty. After devouring all of the lentil bean soup that she bought me from Whole Foods, I waited a while before trying to turn my meatless burger into a Burger King burger. It didn't quite work out as I had planned, due to the fact that I accidentally overcooked it in the microwave. I have resulted to eating some apples that my mom picked up from Kroger, and am trying to figure out what I am going to take to school for lunch on Monday. The whole point of this fast, though, is to grow closer to GOD. I am supposed to depend on GOD's word for nourishment, and not the foods that I am accustomed to for nourishment. This is going to be a very interesting period for me, and I plan on successfully growing closer  with GOD. Since my booklet says that I should remain occupied during the fast, i made a brief list of all the things that I plan to do during the fast. I have completed a few of the things today, but I still have more to do. So far today, I plan to read(which has already been done), do my nails, wash clothes, use the beauty tips from Lucky Magazine, and try to start making a skirt. Even though this list does not sound very exciting, it will keep  me busy. I have a few pictures of my adventures so far today with my fast. Thanks for reading:)