The Guidelines for The Baby Bowl Experiment:

1. The meal has to fit in the bowl, up to the rim. I can, however, go beyond the rim with fruits and vegetables.
2. I can eat whatever I want.
3. I can have more than one bowl of food but I have to wait 20 minutes between each bowl.
4. I have to chew the food as close to a liquid state as possible.
5. Only water.

(For additional information about these guidelines, see Days 2 and 27.)



This baby bowl holds 1 1/4 cup:

This baby bowl holds 1 1/4 cup:

Thursday, June 10, 2010

June 10: Another Day 1 - The Prodigal Dieter Returns

I have been gone a long time and I didn't know if I'd be back. I've let a lot of personal struggles get in the way of my pursuit of lightness but eating right is like God's love: You're always welcome back!

I was really blindsided by the emotional aspect of my eating. I could eat properly when everything was going well but I didn't know how to do that when things started to fall apart: My dad starting chemo, my dog getting diagnosed with an inoperable tumor, having to deal with the different seasons friendships can turn...it all came at once. When I thought everything was out of control, food was where I turned to gain a little of it back. The problem was, the control was a lie. What I perceived to be "food freedom" was actually getting me back in the same bad habits that I was so grateful to have left just a few short months ago.

What I also couldn't deny was that I was disobeying what God wanted me to do: Get healthy. Here was His gift to me, The Baby Bowl Project, an eating plan so perfectly suited to me and I'd turned my back on it. I stopped the program, stopped going to the gym and I was on my way to gaining the weight I'd lost and negating all the hard work I'd put in when I first started the program. What turned me around is praying for a the desire to get back on the BBE and the Lord answered with this verse:

He said, "You must obey the Lord your God and do what he says is right. If you obey all his commands and keep his rules, I will not bring on you any of the sicknesses I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you." (Exodus 15:26)

What this reminded me of is all the disease that could come upon my body if I don't take care of it now. I know that I can't guarantee my immunity from disease but I don't need to hurry it along by overeating. It reminded me that the Lord wants more for me than what I have settled for and has given me way out if only I obey what He has set out for me to do. What a wonderful paradox to find the freedom in obedience!

I look forward to continuing the journey to wellness with you...

Starting Weight: 223
Meaningful Movement: 1 hour of Zumba (Shake it, baby!)



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