Fasting-Day 8

I thought that I would post a bit about my goals for this fast.

I am fasting for:

-a closer relationship with God and the ability to hear and follow Him more in this life He has given me...and putting prayer first, instead of last.
-my issues with control and patience. I would like to let go of the control of my life and give it all to God. I want to become the Godly woman He has called me to be, and I know that I am my own stumbling block. I need to give up the pride, and tendency to want to lead and manage everything...especially in my home. I would like more patience when things are going against MY plans, lol....and I would like to be able walk and live in the Spirit.
-the salvation of my close family and friends...mostly my parents, who at this point will hear nothing of the Gospel and kind of think I'm in a weird cult. Also my brothers and their families...and some friends who I will let remain nameless on this blog :)

I am believing these things from God. I need to be faithful...and I am going to experience breakthrough in these areas!



Today was an interesting day...very busy!! Having the juice seemed to bring my hunger back, and it was not satiated by just sweet and tangy drinks. I thought for the evening we would try something more savory with a little spice, but didn't really like the way it turned out so we will be tweaking the recipe tomorrow. :)

Now, for the recipes we used today :)
(We are trying to incorporate a "rainbow of colors" in our daily intake so we get as many antioxidants as possible....red, orange, yellow, white, green, blue/purple...we missed blue/purple this first day, but are going to add purple grapes tomorrow....white is ginger, garlic & onion)

Breakfast
1 pear
1 golden delicious apple
3 large carrots
1/2 of a beet

This was actually very good (even though I despise beets).

We did "Mean Green" for the middle two meals, which you can find on yesterday's post.

Dinner
3 large tomatoes
1/2 red bell pepper
1/2 green bell pepper
2 garlic cloves
1/2 jalapeno
1/4 white onion
1 celery stalk
1/4 of a lime
**we also added some salt & coriander(because the stores were out of cilantro)

Ok, this one came out WAY too spicey!!! Fire breather, lol! Tomorrow, we are going to try less onion and jalapeno and no spices. We shall see :)

"Dessert"

1 large grapefruit (peeled)
1 large orange (peeled)
1 carrot

This one was YUM-OLA!! :)

And FINALLY.....

Weight:116.8lbs
21.9% body fat
38.6% lean muscle
Waist=29.5"