Day 7 10-Day Green Smoothie Challenge July 29, 2018

Well, here you have it, I'm officially 4 pounds lighter. I wanted more, but I'll take it.  I think it's all water and low hanging fruit from the bowels, but I'll take that too.  If I could lose 4 pounds a week every week I'd be where I want to be in just 11 weeks. Let's hope that's the case, and let's hope I continue to feel as good as I do today about the entire "challenge".  I wouldn't mind making it a life change if it meant that I was providing for myself the best possible nutrients and good sources of all the key things I think my body needs.

The smoothie today was:  plain yogurt, cucumber, strawberries, kale, walnuts and apple juice. This time it was a bit sweet. I'm telling you, I'm going to have to get over to the store and pick up some coconut water. I don't like having too much sugar in anything. I don't put sugar in my coffee, I don't like sugar in my tea. I never drink soda, and because of this challenge I've stopped eating things like jelly beans because I frankly don't want the sugar. I think this will be the breakthrough I've been seeking for, oh, I don't know, 30 years!

My son is 32. After I gave birth to him I got back into my clothes within a few weeks. I was larger on top, but that didn't bother me at the time because I had been a flat-chested woman up until that point. It was kind of nice to have boobs. I don't feel that way now. I'd love to auction them off to the highest bidder, and if that didn't work, I could donate them to science!  I'm just not in need of them, and they get in the way most of the time.   After I gave birth to my 2nd child I did NOT lose the weight, and I didn't really even try. I wasn't in a positive place, and I was simply just eating my way through my thoughts. Then my 3rd crept into the picture, and pounds upon pounds have left me where I was (and still am to a degree) for nearly 30 years.  That must and will change!

Having seen the 4 pounds taken off, and realizing that in just a few days I can eat right, diet, exercise, and lose weight, it makes me feel really good.  There is ONE more component to this challenge that I haven't really talked about, but it's KEY....absolutely key to everything. I pray about my weight now. I pray about what I buy, what I eat, when I exercise, what I do while I'm exercising. I'm asking Jesus to direct me, to show me, to give me discernment, because I don't want to make mistakes. I don't want to fail myself again, as I have for years. This time I promised God that if I could stick with it, He would get ALL the glory, and that is MY PLAN.  He has proven to me over and over again that I am to trust Him, listen to wisdom, not fall to my own wants, but to think about what I'm doing. I'm the one who makes the decisions to buy bad food, so I have to decide to walk past it. I asked Him for that strength. He provided it.  This challenge is not an easy one. You get hungry and you feel discomfort at times. Many people reach for snacks and try to fill in the voids.  I do that too.

For snacks I have LOW or no fat things such as fruit, Twizzlers, sweet potato chips, dried cranberries, or green tea.  You don't have to pick up a candy bar, you don't have to pick up ice cream, cake, cookies. If you don't buy it, and it's NOT in your house, the chances are pretty good you're not going to eat it. It makes a HUGE difference.  Prayer  is a life saver, and I don't mind giving credit when and where it is deserved.  Thank you Jesus.