Whew! What a busy couple of days! Can I just say I am so ready for summer? One more day of school for Sam and we are free for 2 months. Very much looking forward to that. My internet was out(thanks Comcast) so I wasn't able to post until tonight. So I will do two days in one post.
Day Four- It was a very good day! I woke up and for the first time in over 4 years I had very little pain. I couldn't believe it and was convinced it was in my head. I felt like I had a little more energy and the fatigue wasn't quite as bad. I still felt tired but part of that was lack of sleep the night before. I did well on the juice. I am not feeling as hungry between meals. Still trying to figure out a schedule that worked the best for me. I think I am going to long between drinking juice. I am going to try an every 2 hour schedule tomorrow. Carson graduated from preschool and the greatest triumph of the day came after that. The kids and I went with my sister to Los Garcia. This is my favorite food! I could eat chips, cheese, rice, tacos, burritos, and more cheese until I was sick. I was so nervous at how I was going to react to this. I brought my two juice bottles in with me and braced myself. Guess what? I did it! I didn't even lick the salt off of one chip! lol I drank my juice while everyone else ate. It isn't that I have a problem with eating that kind of food. I hope to enjoy in moderation in the future. I was just so happy that I had overcome my first big hurdle. It was a big moment for me.
Day Five- God is so good! From the beginning this journey has been about so many things. Health, weight loss, but mostly about growing closer to God. Allowing Him to free me from the things that have held me in bondage for so long. He has done so much in my life and it has only been five days! I have learned so much and continue to put my focus on Him instead of food and see how he is healing me from the inside. And there has been healing! Physically I am feeling so much better, already. First of all, I woke up this morning and I had slept for almost 6 hours straight! I can't even remember when the last time this happened. I expected to feel immediate pain from sleeping in one position for so long. There was no pain! I sat up and climbed out of bed and felt almost no pain. The burning pain I feel in my joints has almost completely gone away. For those of you who suffer from chronic pain you know what that pain is. It hurts to even touch your skin. It is going away! My knees and wrists feel so much better already. I can't believe that in only five days I am seeing such improvement. I am motivated to keep going because it has been so long since I felt like I was somewhat normal or human! I know that I will have bad days but it has been great to go about my day with a lot less pain. I am so ready for tomorrow.
I have started reading a book called Made To Crave by Lisa Terkeurst. I already know this book is going to be life changing. She talks about the fact that we all Crave. We have a choice to crave God instead of the things of this world. If our focus is on food, money, appearance, drugs, or other things that take our focus off of HIM then we are unable to fill that need in our souls with God. It is a great book and I highly recommend.
Again, I can't tell you how much the encouragement has meant to me. I think of your kind words throughout my day and it helps me to keep going. I am humbled that God is using my story to help others. Many have contacted me to say that want to start living too. While I am very much human and do not have this conquered in any way, I pray God continues to allow me to grow and encourage others. One thing I do know it that I never thought I would be able to do this for even 5 days. If I can do it for 5 days then I know you can to! Lets all get healthy, together! I am praying for all who have written me and I ask that you all please continue to pray for me. I love you all!
I hope to start posting some pictures tomorrow. I am still trying to figure the whole blog thing out! I want to post a before picture and maybe some juice pictures!
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