I'm Eating Tofu!

You have to know just how serious I am about this diet when you see me say that "I'm eating Tofu!"  It's not too bad!  I made a very health conscience breading of bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and pulverised imitation bacon bits!  I marinated the sliced tofu in a cup of double strong chicken broth for about 4 hours to give it some flavor.  I lightly sprinkled the breading over all sides, then 'fried' in a nonstick skillet with a little cooking spray.  It is different, for certain!

I haven't blogged since I weighed on Friday February 25th.  I'm so happy to report that I lost 8 pounds!  The healthy eating is going very well.  I have had only a couple of episodes where I was really hungry but me and Jesus worked through it!  My carb intake has been extremely low, but I tell you, I don't miss them at all!  When my evening meal consists of 4 oz of meat (and it's really more than your mind will tell you it is) and 2 cups of steamed broccoli (or cauliflower, tomatoes, onions, carrots or cabbage or any variety of) how can anybody still be hungry after that?  I also have to fit a fruit in there too!  I'm usually so stuffed after eating, that I'm still stuffed when I go to bed 5 or more hours later!

I can already tell a difference in the way that I feel!  I think of it as a detoxification of my body.  Everyday just gets a little better.  I don't miss the sugar at all!  Praise the Lord!  I pray that He will take my desire for sweets away from me, completely!  Sweets have always been my great defeat.  Chocolate is to me as alcohol is to an alcoholic.  It has always been that way.  I'm fine if I never eat another fried food, or potato chip, but chocolate will always be the tempter for me.

I am faithfully taking Calcium with vitamin D, and a multivitamin everyday!  I split the horse pills into quarters, not because they are hard to swallow, but because I remember a fella who worked for Harriman Utility Board telling us that one would be surprised if he/she could see how many vitamins and calcium pills get flushed down the drain, having not dissolved in the body first.  (Don't mean to be graphic.)  I figure quartering them will result in more exposure of the internal surface of each pill having a better chance to dissolve instead of ending up in the septic tank!

The Lord has truly blessed me!  My resolve is stronger by the day, and I know that with Jesus, I can do anything.  Luke 1: 37--For with God nothing shall be impossible!      Philipians 4: 13---I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.