I brought my baby bowl to a church meeting today and it worked out great! I had a wonderful discussion with my dear sister in faith, Tanya, so I arrived later than usual. Normally, I start out my mornings at church finding the biggest plate I can find and hitting the buffet (church gals can cook!). Today, though, I arrived late and with only two hours to complete my morning fast I decided not to enjoy the pot luck. If you've ever stood in line with me at one of these AMAZING spreads you know I'm usually the one trying to convince everyone there are no calories at church and encouraging people with, "GO TALLER!" if they run out of room on their plate! I really was at peace with my decision not to eat though. I know this was God hanging out with me because I'm usually tempted to go for SECONDS, much less eating nothing?!?!
Afterwards, there was a committee meeting where there would be MORE delicious food, including cake and ice cream so we could celebrate our friend's birthday. Since it was a time I could break my fast I enjoyed the food THOROUGHLY and, except for the fruit, ate it out of my baby bowl. I don't think the ladies even noticed! I did endulge in a slice of a carrot cake (that did fit in my baby bowl!) later that day but didn't have any cake and ice cream.
In the evening, I went out with my girlfriends and again, thoroughly enjoyed myself. (Great great food and great conversation with great gals...almost nothing better!) And again, the baby bowl did its job! (The food diary will be on the Day 5 post but I do have a confession: I didn't wait the full 20 minutes between bowls as I got caught up with the evening. I'll have to watch this as this could be a slippery slope!)
Today has been a BLESSED day and I thank God for all the amazing women in my life who keep me in their prayers and continue to inspire my spiritual growth.
Meaningful Movement: N/A
Food that fits in a bowl, Day 3:
-Lenten fast: Breakfast
NOTE: For my breakfast fast I fast between 7am and 12pm. By 12 I'm ready to EAT, another reason I think God put me on the BBE during Lent. He wanted to take me out of the temptation of overeating after my fast. The interesting thing about this day though was that I was so busy at 12 I forgot to eat! I actually didn't eat until close almost 1:45! Unheard of! I like to think it was God showing me I can do more for Him than I previously thought.
-Taco salad (same as the previous day and Marianne helped me eat it)
-3 mini homemade (okay, yes, it was out of a box but still...I turned the oven on!) whole grain blueberry muffins with streusal topping
-3 mini blueberry muffins
-Tri-colored spiral noodles with Hamburger Helper beef, stroganoff flavor
NOTE: A bit of a confession here: My family usually eats dinner after church and Marianne and I were sharing dinner out of my bowl again. She ate about half my bowl so we DID have another bowl full without waiting my 20 minutes. I figured it was still, technically, just one bowl. I'll be careful not to make this justification a habit though because I don't want it to be a slippery slope.
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