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Have you heard…
By bella | February 14, 2008
…about the team of bloggers over in Uganda? They are over there for 8 days, with Compassion, to meet children and see what Compassion is doing in Africa. I’ve been keeping up with a few of the blogs, and I encourage you to check it out too. It will make you stop and think. You will probably cry. You will wonder why we (ok, this should say I) have it so easy, but yet feel all the time that life is just SO HARD.
And… on a somewhat different note…have you heard…
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…about the “No Sugar” challenge over at Laura’s blog? It comes at a really good time for me, as I’m struggling with my weight and my health, and it’s just TIME to make some changes (again). I made some strict dietary changes a few months before getting pregnant with Martha (and the results were GREAT). Now that Martha has been here almost a year, it’s probably time to get back on the plan. So, I went without sugar yesterday, and even managed to make it through the day ONLY drinking water! No diet coke, no ice tea… just water.
My original commitment on Laura’s blog was for one day of no sugar – just thinking I’d take it one day at a time – and while I still think I need to work on it one day at a time, I’m making a new commitment. I am going to give up sugar except for twice a week. I will allow myself sugar on Friday nights (so I can enjoy something sweet with my sweetie occasionally), AND allow myself one other “freebie” each week.
I’m also going to to attempt to go “cold turkey” on the drinking of all drinks except for water for the next week. That means no soda, no ice tea. Just water (and maybe some milk in my oatmeal occasionally).
Ok, there it is, in black and white. I’ll be checking in here and on Laura’s blog with my progress.
Be sure to click on over to see what Laura and the rest of the folks who are joining in are talking about!
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Oh, and I just have to say – I’m so much more convicted about the changes I need to make when I read the bloggers’ updates at Compassion’s website. The families and kids they are meeting in Uganda aren’t worried about if they can make it through a day without sugar. They are hoping to MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY.
Please understand – I’m not trying to minimize the No Sugar challenge, because I think it’s important. I need to get my eating back in order. I need to eat better and to teach my children to eat better. I’m just realizing how EASY I have it, and how seriously warped my thinking is when it comes to food and comfort and basic needs and the things I think are “hard”. May God forgive me for my gluttony, my complaining, my bad attitude, my self-pity, my lack of faith and trust in him… and all the rest.
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February 14th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Oh my..you say it so well. We are so spoiled here aren’t we? We have soooo much that we have WORK at limiting what we have…and they just want to eat a meal. Thanks for the great reminder for us to BE THANKFUL!
BTW, great job on your sugarless day yesterday!!!