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:)