What are the lessons learned from my sugar fast?
1. Even after only one day you can begin to feel completely different about life based upon removing one element.
Please allow me to explain. As I went through the day I would come across moments of discomfort. Things didn’t get accomplished that should have. People lied to me who I thought I could trust. My kids wanted my attention when I had a ton of stuff to accomplish. I had more bills than money. Etc…(Can anybody else relate? If so please leave some of your stress triggers in comment section below).
When I usually would have grabbed a shake or stopped by Baskin Robbins or Drank a sugary drink or had some pie or cake, I instead had to make another choice about how to feel better in my moment of discomfort. I choose to work on this blog. Other times I choose to vocalize. Sometimes I choose to exercise. By making the commitment even for a short period of time to change my coping strategy I learned that my life would be better off without the addiction.
2. I’m missing a lot of flavor
When I have tasted food that I use to eat it suddenly now comes alive with amounts of flavor I never new existed before. And even though I know given the opportunity I will binge on sugar again I have hope to live more moderately. If you didn’t get a chance to please read my post Fight The Dangers of Sugar With 10 Day Fast about some of sugar’s negative effects and how a 10 day sugar fast can help.
3. Life should be focused more on what you can give than on what you can get
When I live my life focused on where I can get my next incredible treat I loose motivation to create greater service in my business or ministry. During this challenge highlights to me were when a former piano student of mine said that he would try to learn to play one of the worship songs I posted and sing it to encourage himself in his journey. I was thrilled when a young lady I went to college with eagerly commented that she wanted to know what to do next in our Journey To Worship Weight Loss Fitness Challenge. I was excited when one of my choir members talked about how excited she was with what she was learning on the blog and how she had subscribed and was encouraging several of her co-workers to do the same (You can subscribe on your left side).
I want to change someone’s life because of what I’ve said or done. I think that’s worship. Someone said that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. So when I imitate Christ by living to serve others I am saying that He is worth it…so much so that I’m patterning my whole life to be like his.
Phillipians 2:5 says “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” For the next 21 days I would like to invite you on a Journey To Change Your Mind.
Look for my first post on the 21day journey tomorrow. In the meantime take a moment if you didn’t get a chance to before to read about Dr. Caroline Leaf and what she has to say about mind conditioning in my post “I Don’t Feel Like It.”
See you tomorrow! 🙂
