Binge and Purge

So. One and a half hours until the beginning of our 21 day fast. The Daniel Fast. And in fear of the upcoming fast, last night the hubs and I binged. An incredible binge. A binge that included an assorted dozen doughnuts from Krispy Kreme, three cupcakes from Oh, Snap! cupcakery, and a jr. bacon cheeseburger and small fry (for me), and a triple cheeseburger with a large fry (for Frank) from Wendy's. Then today, Frank had to work, so he wasn't even here to help finish the leftovers from the binge. Not to mention the turkey and cheese and apple pie that were in the fridge. So guess what has made its way over to my mothers house? Hah, yup. All my leftovers. And for the next 21 days, all we will be eating will be fruits and veggies in various forms. Considering I feel like I'm starting to catch the cold that's being passed around lately, I guess this fast is a good thing. It means I'll be getting tons of vitamins and minerals and antioxidants from all the veggies and fruits. Right? Right. So, just for a point of reference of what we shall be eating, here's two recipes that I have found: http://www.caringcarrot.com/super-easy-potato-corn-chowder/ and http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/06/southwestern-black-bean-salad.html

I've done the black bean salad before. It's REALLY good. I'm looking forward to trying the chowder too. Plus add in that Bolthouse Farms makes some really cook looking salad dressings strictly made from fruits/veggies and olive oil, I am now looking forward to the various salads we'll have. Plus the fruit smoothies I can have with almond milk and peanut butter. No sugar added peanut butter seems to be legal. *shrugs* I have had a rough time researching this fast, because there are SO MANY takes on it. Some that are so stringent they literally only have raw veggies, raw fruit and water. Others that allow no bread of any form, some that allow unleavened bread.... others that allow whole wheat bread. Its all over the spectrum here. So I've just decided to go with what seems to be the best and easiest and most affordable for us as a couple. Sadly, I didn't spend days in prayer or fasting to determine which fast was the best for me (yet another option), but I feel confident that I can actually make it through this fast for 21 days. Which is important to me. I don't want to get halfway through and cheat on something because I'm miserable. Though there are schools of thought that believe the whole point of fasting is to BE miserable, denying yourself any kind of pleasure. But I think that's a little overboard, personally.

So, I had my post-op appointment this last week. Good news? I'm healing better than she expected. Bad news? There's still quite a few more scabs to go. I seriously wish someone had informed me what they meant when they initially said "scabs" before the surgery. Le sigh. Oh well, I'll just suffer and keep going. Right now what's killing me is this insane headache and the constant chilled-to-hot in five seconds flat. And then back again. I'm praying for miraculous healing between now and tomorrow night. I don't know how well I'll do on Tuesday if I feel this crappy. Gonna be interesting, that's for sure.

Ok. That's it for now. Check back in a few days and I will (hopefully) have a blog about how the fast is going for us. Say a prayer for us, if you think about it. Thanks!!