The 40 Day Fast is Over, The Lifestyle Should Not Be

A new study shows that a total fast just one day a month helps reduce heart attack risk. Mike Bickel and IHOP Kansas City are fasting the first day of each month, a great spiritual and physical choice!

The fast ended Friday and I went to a Passover celebration on Saturday. After eating cooked food for the first time in 40 days, I was extremely tired and had to take a nap. I also gained 4 pounds (I gain fairly easily because my thyroid is so low). I thought it would be good to just do a one day fast on Sunday. But I got tripped up by going to a "40 days for life" meeting at which they had some wonderful looking salads (which, it turned out, had salad dressing on them that had sugar in it) and some homemade bread. I ate and my blood sugar went sky high and I was, again, very tired.

I'm thinking that I really just need to stay on the 80/10/10 as a lifestyle because I felt so good while on it!

Last Day of 40 Day Fast

Today is the last day and I made it! Yea! I have an annual Passover Feast that we postponed until tomorrow so that I would be able to eat Matzo Ball Soup (with Mckay's non-chicken brother of course). YUM! However, there are some personal reasons that I may continue my fast after tomorrow in order to continue praying more effectively. My family definitely needs prayer. I'm healthier on this fast than I've been since becoming diabetic after a serious car accident in 1995 and so I may just stay on it. Since I make my morning blender drink and am able to drink it whenever I need a little food (which can happen at stoplights), this also fits my lifestyle. Hm-m-m-m-m, we'll see.

36th Day of 40 Day Fast

I am praying and the Lord is listening during this fast. I am so thankful that we have a God who is big enough to listen to my little voice and every other voice at the same time! Last night was the second night that I went to NW Christian Writers' meeting. This time, I was able to stay on the 80/10/10 fast! Praise God! I feel better about myself for having done that. No recriminations floating around in my head this morning. :)

35th Day of 40 Day Fast

I have been praying for many things during this fast, the most important of which is the third great awakening. But, I've also been praying for each of my sons and their families, my ex-husband's salvation and my mother's Alzheimer's. The Lord is Good and I am trusting Him for the answers to these prayers as I cry out for Him to "rend the heavens and come down". My heart is so in tune with the Misty Edwards' songs I'm listening to! The words to her songs touch me in places so deep it's hard to verbalize.

34th Day of 40 Day Fast

The Lord has so blessed me during this fast! Yesterday, I was able to write a listing for my real estate business. Last week, I was able to sign up 3 new people in my Univera business (helping them while helping me!) Friday, I met a woman who had her child in my childcare 14 years ago and she is also very interested in the health benefits of the Univera products. I was assigned several new people for my City University Field Supervisor position so that will help me get through the summer when there's no subbing in the Auburn School District. And, the census bureau called so I have a part time job with them for May and June. Blessings, however, are just the tip of the iceberg because I feel as if I am getting so much closer to Him. I think of the Misty Edwards words "my soul longs for You" and that is truly where I am!

33rd Day of 40 Day Fast

Every 6 months, I must have blood tests for my thyroid and diabetes. The ones that I just had, showed that my blood sugars are the lowest they've ever been since becoming diabetic after a serious car accident in 1995! The really amazing thing to me is that I no longer have to take my diabetic pill in order to get this result! This 80/10/10 diet is, apparently, very healthy for me. Now, I just have to decide if I will eat this way for the rest of my life. There are pitfalls: most of the time, I'm so busy that it is a very good way to live (I can drink my blender drink at stoplights). But, at times, it's hard (like today when I'm going to Oregon with my son to see my mother). She will not understand "raw, organic fruits" and I'm sure her facility won't have any available. I'm taking some food with me but will have to deal with her issues as I eat something other than what she is offering. Lord, help me to stay on the fast!