Daniel Fast Update!

           This fast has been completely different than my first one, in a good way. My first one I gave up a lot more and was more focused on the spiritual side of it mostly because I was giving up a lot more. This time I still craved the sugar, bread, sugar, Starbucks, tea, sugar, and sugar. Do I sound like I'm complaining? If you asked me about it two days ago I might have ripped your head off for a cupcake, but I think I've hit my sweet spot. (pun intended!) My last fast I got to this point where I began to love this way of eating and feeling so great and let me just say that if you put a cupcake in my face today I might throw it on the ground. I get excited all over again about the amazing affects that food has on our bodies. What we put in our bodies actually effects the way we feel, isn't that crazy? It's a new concept I know.
         God created all the food we need on this planet before we even got here, food that nourishes, food that heals. We don't have to take away or add anything to it or change the chemical properties to make it anything new. How can we make something better that the perfect, all knowing God already made perfect? When we try and alter it and then put it into our bodies that were not made to process something that has already been toyed with, we are not going to feel as fantastic as we want to.
        I think my "sweet spot" is the point where eating whole foods has replaced the sugar cravings and I feel so good because I'm running on good fuel, the fuel we were meant to run on. I'm two weeks into this thing and excited to finish it off, but I think like last time I won't ever really finish. God has shown us the way to live in every aspect of our lives, including food. I'm not saying I won't enjoy a nice vegan cookie and soy latte every one in a while, but that white addictive stuff that most people call sugar but reeks havoc in this body, will be very rare. Not to say I won't have anything sweet, there's a bunch of not so crazy sweeteners out there, or that I won't ever have sugar again, but I wan't to feel as good as God intended us to feel on this earth as I can. I firmly believe God has put this passion in my heart, a passion for health and healing body and soul and seeing other people experience it that He continues to grow more and more. I've loved having my Dad, Sister, and Gramma doing this with me and hearing about their different experiences! (One more week guys! ) I know I say it a lot, but I'm just excited, about everything!
  Ahh, Life is SWEET! :)