I'm alive and well...

In non-food-related-topics...

We had our 2nd MOPS meeting today, and it went really well. The summer required a lot of planning and preparation...a.k.a work. But now that MOPS is in session, I am seeing the fruits of my labor! We have MANY brand new ladies that have never been to our MOPS group before, I have an enthusiastic leadership team working with me, and the church has been incredibly supportive. I am blessed. :0)

Home Schooling is going great. No real complaints here. Wyatt hasn't "gagged" during school since our first week back in session. However, in the last 2 weeks, he has taken on the new trait of fake sleeping/snoring. I much prefer that though...he stops when I tell him to knock it off...where the gagging episodes were a "whole thing", and it invoked a physical reaction in my body (I have a sensitive gag reflex). LOL!

One reason why I love not having a DVR "contraption"...Survivor premiered this past week on Wednesday. However, on Wednesdays we don't get home from Awana until 8:15...after the show already started. If we were a family that had a DVR system, I would just start watching the show after I put the kids to bed that night, and just fast forward through the commercials, and get the episode watched that night. BUT, since I have to tape it on the VCR, it occurred to me, to save the shows for Rick's random nights off of work, we would put Bea to bed on that night, and have Wyatt stay up and watch it with us. Partial-Family-Survivor-viewing-night has been a lot of fun so far. And I'm excited to see that the show is doing a better job of "blurring" out the unmentionables...if you know what I mean. ;0)

Alright, I can't do it, I can't not talk about food on Chubby Diaries...

I'm in day 3 of the fast, and so far so good. I haven't had a single headache, and I would put my hunger level at a "2" during most portions of my day. (It becomes a "3" when I am laying on the couch during the kids nap time, watching an infomercial on some random cooking contraption, hahaha!) I am convinced that based on the information I read online, that my detox I did after camping, combined with a straight week of dieting and exercise, has conditioned me for the fast so far. And also considering that I had previously never skipped a single meal in my life (obviously, lol), I know that the Holy Spirit is answering my prayers of "mercy".

A couple of sites I read said that days 2 and 3 were a nightmare, and my pastor shared with us that days 5 and 6 tend to be the hardest for him. I'm feeling good about days 2 & 3, so I am anticipating a rough weekend??? My energy level has been great, (in fact I felt high on Monday evening after not eating all day...shout out to my sister Anna who got that annoying "giggly" phone call), and I have continued to do my daily exercises that are on my "schedule". :0)

The thing that I am starting to realize though, is how much "food" is a part of my (our) daily life. I'm honest when I say that I haven't been all that hungry...However, I will occasionally get bored, and that is when I could throw back some of the kid's animal crackers or something. Food is the answer (for me at least) to so many of life's feelings...hunger, boredom, exceptionally emotional (good or bad), etc. This has been an eye opener as to how often food is/was the answer for me. This realization has been added to my prayer list during the remaining 37 days.

We are 7.5% done with the fast...not that anyone is counting, LOL!

Why are thousands of churches all over our nation fasting until October 30th???:

http://www.prayandact.org/