Day 26:

Lunch: House salad, 3 dinner rolls with butter, and lasagna
Dessert: 4 bites of a tiramisu
Exercise: Shopping for 4 hours, and packing :)

ITS BEEN A REALLY GOOD DAY!!!! :D

Day 25:

Breakfast: oatmeal (180)
                 wheat toast (90)
Snack: sourcream potato chips (200)
            white chocolate covered pretzels (200)
Lunch: vanilla ice cream with caramel and almonds (150)
Total: 820

Day 24

Breakfast: 1/4 a kolache
Lunch: Half a dish of caramel chicken, and brown rice
Dessert: 5 donut holes and chocolate milk
Dinner: 6 Oreos
Tota: + 1,407

Day 23:

Lunch: PB&J sandwich on wheat..................................................... Good choice!
Dessert: apple slices dipped in 1/4 cup of caramel............................. Very healthy dessert!

Dinner: 4tbs corn, and half a potato (ranch, cheese, butter)..............  You did what to the potato?

Dessert: 3 oreos, 1 chocolate chip cookie......................................... I lost control!
Total: +1777

:( I was doing so well... and blast it! I broke my cookie fast!

Day 22

Breakfast: two chocolate covered donuts, 5 donut holes
Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich with ruffles
Dinner: Slice of pizza
Total: +1250

Day 21

Breakfast: Cereal, Banana, 1 slice of pizza
Dinner: 2 blows of pasta (they weren't big bowls) and 1 slice of bread
Snack: half a bag of caramel popcorn, cool aid, caramel and apple slices
Total: +1700

Walked uphill fo 20 minuets
Jogged uphill for 10 minuets
Total: -350

Total intake of 1350

Day 20

Lunch: ham and cheese sandwich, potato chips
Dinner: 1 cup of chocolate milk
Snack: small bowl of popcorn, 1/2 cup of bread bites, 10 chocolates, hot chocolate
Total gained: 1470 calories

Jogged 2 miles
Danced like a fool
Total burned: 250 calories

1220 cals

Day 19

Breakfast: Pancakes with Sryup
Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich, potato chips
Dinner: 2 blows of whipping cream with chocolate syrup and almonds, 1 rice crispy bar
Total: 1754

Day 18:

Breakfast: nutigrain strawberry bar, biscuit with butter
Snack: mini york, mini twizzlers
Lunch: Chick Fil A caesar wrap
Dinner: 2 bites of salad, 1 nibble of bread
Total Calories: about 800

My goal was to eat only 600 calories today, but I overshot it by 200. See, Saterday I ate enough food for two days: Sunday I tried not to eat anything, and that backfired- so I decided to split the calories you'd have in one day (1200 for me) and disperse it over two days- that way it makes up for one whole day's worth of food.

Maybe I'll try to eat only 400 calories tomorrow, and if that doesn't work, I'll go for 800 tomorrow and Wednesday- either way I'll have redeemed my overeating from Saturday :)

Day 17,
Bed rest sucks

Dinner: ham and cheese sandwich,
Dessert: chocolate pretzels, 1 bag of regular popcorn
Snack: WHOLE ENTIRE BAG OF BUKIES POPCORN
Total Calories: 1890

Holy shit- I am going to be fat.

Day 16,

Oh it was a ruddy day. Stupid bed rest.

Breakfast: 2 slices wheat toast, cereal
Snack: 5 cashew turtles
Lunch: 5 cashew turtles
Snack: 25 grapes, 40 ruffles chips
Dinner: fried steak, mashed potatoes, corn and 3 biscuits
Dessert: 2 1/2 cups of chocolate covered pretzels, 1 cashew turtle
Snack: chocolate milk

Thats a whopping 3718 calories- thats 2 whole days worth of food!!!!

The day started out good, I went running first thing in the morning; but then my damn foot started hurting, and before I knew it my foot was swelling and I couldn't run on it. Then I was put on bed rest... I got bored, and guess what I did? I ate. I ate a lot.

It's not my foots fault, it's my fault. Its all my fault. Where is my control?
I should've gone to god for help, not food. When will I learn?

Day 15:

Breakfast: Cliff bar, 6 fried chips
Dinner: 9 chicken nuggets, curly fries, pumpkin pie
Snack: Ruffles chips
Total: 1680 calories

Exercise: shopping for 5 hours
Total: 500 calories

Intake: 1180 calories

     Its sad that I have time to shop with friends, but not enough time for the most important "person" I know- my savior Jesus Christ. I must stop placing myself as the center of my life, and allow Christ to take the spot.
      I mean, just look at my diet! Fried food, and sugar-loaded desserts! Nothing was of any nutritional value! If I was graded for my diet, I would've failed today.
      This is what happens when you rely on your own strength, instead of God's! I should've asked God for help, but I didn't. When will I learn that I need him???

--- For the past four days I have been taking my finals: I decided that whatever I ate during that time did not count.
      Yes, I ate some things that I'm not proud of, and yes I skipped out on exercise: but in the end I never ate a single cookie, and always replaced a salad for one meal:) So it was't horribly terrible. The worst day was when I ate an entire bag of Hershey kisses. But that was just stress-induced chocoholicism. (yep, its a word)

But today, I resume: Day 14:

Breakfast: half a bottle of gatorade
Lunch: Salad (corn, beans, wonton noodles, baked chicken, and caesar dressing)
Snack: Entire bag of carmel popcorn, 2 cupcakes (sugar free, no icing), 2 Haagen Daz peppermint ice cream bars.

That means I took in a whopping 2770 calories today
BUT- I did jog for 2 hours, crunched 100 sit ups, 50 arm lifts, and sprinted a mile and half: plus today I decorated the house, did a ton of laundry, ... so that burn up about 2550 calories... so

Yay!! That means I only took in like 220 calories today!

But, today when I took a crash quite time with God, he made it evident to me that I need to stop eating junk food. I've eliminated soft drinks, cookies, and fried food from my diet, but I need to take it further. I need to cut down on sweets, so here is my proposition: I can't just automatically stop eating sweets, I need to gradually make the transition- so, I have already cut out cookies, my next elimination will be ice cream. No more ice cream.
I give God the glory for my exercise today, if it wasn't for the strength he gave me I wouldn't have been able to do it. I love you God, thanks for helping me out

Day 13:

Breakfast: Pineapple, Strawberries, and 2 chocolate pancakes
Lunch: 21 fresh peanuts
Dinner: Green bean casserole, Sliced potatoes, and Salad (beans, carrots, sunflower seeds, ham, cheeses, and ranch dressing)
Snack: Granola bar, white chocolate Hershey bar.

This morning I read a bit of Mark, and prayed to God. I really could've done better, but I was just lazy.
I also skipped running. Again- lazy!

We must remember, that even when we feel lazy, and just want to eat junk food and watch TV, that God calls us to NOT be lazy, he wants us to be alive and active! So get up, go running, eat healthy, and glorify God in all you do! Don't be lazy!

Day 12:

Breakfast: Raisin bagel with peanut butter, pineapple and strawberry. 2 sips of coffee
Dinner: Quesdia, guacamole, salad (pasta, broccoli, cucumber, chicken, cheese),
Snack: White chocolate heresy bar, 30 wheat crackers
Dessert: chocolate frozen yogurt

and I forgot to add, I had vanilla frozen yogurt yesterday.

So really, these past two days haven't been the best.

Day 11:

Lunch: Salad (chicken, corn, beans) , 1 slice of spinach crust pizza, and 2 bites of a roll
Snack: 1 strawberry shortcake
Dinner: Salad (beans, olives, banana peppers), Sandwich (100 cal bread, turkey, cheese, mustard, and mayonnaise)
Snack: Cheese Chess mix, cup of m&ms

Not so bad, but I still didn't pray and focus on God as much as I should've

Day 10:

Oooh, It was a bad, bad day.
Breakfast: 1 bagel with peanut butter
Lunch: 1 apple
.... then it began
Dinner: 40 crackers, 1 rtiz cheese sandwich, 2 pop tarts, 1/2 bag of no-butter popcorn, 20 peppermint yogurt pops, and 1 nutrigrain bar

And why did I fail? Because I did not even attempt to meet God today and ask him for help. Bad mistake.

Day 9:

Breakfast: Half a omelet, and 1 piece of buttered toast.
Lunch: 20 wheat crackers.
Snack: 1/2 cup m&ms, 2 hershey bars. (oh my, chocolate binge)

... I know, I know- I ate way too much chocolate, and I felt soooo guilty about it that I ran 5 miles in attempt to cancel it out! So, I guess I did okay!

Day 8:

Lunch: BBQ chicken sandwich between 2 slices of seed bread, plus two "snake eggs"(really they were some kind of fried-cheese-and-jalepeno-appatizer thing )
Dinner: 20 wheat crackers with honey butter.

Today I went to church, despite the difficulty it took me, and I totally relied on God for my speech: in short, I put in a bunch of effort to meet God at church, and God gave back just as much effort in making my speech go well.

What I learned: Give everything to God, because when you do give it all to God, life falls neatly into place.

Day 7:

Football Snack: Strawberry Chill
Dinner: 2 rolls, 20 peanuts, 1 Ceasar Salad, 1 bite of BBQ chicken, 1 cup of steamed veggies.

Prayed before writing English essay, and I actually think I did a good job! Pray before homework, very important.

Day 5 and 6:

Finals are less than a week away, which means the studying stress is starting.
Yesterday was rather absurd:
I ran in the morning, and then had a weak, WEAK Bible study
Skipped breakfast, and lunch, but did resort to some rather horrendous "candy corn jelly beans".
Dinner: Whole banana-granola-penut-apple-wrap-thing, and a giant salad
Dessert: Hershey's bar, and 27 peppermint yogurt drops


Today was equally as mad:
No bible study, what so ever, I opted for sleep instead (bad mistake)
Breakfast: 2 pecan pancakes, 2 strawberries, and a biscuit
Mid-day Meal: 12 Chick-fil-A nuggets with CFA sauce, complete with a chocolate bar, and 10 white chocolate Hershey's kisses

Yuck, carbs and chocolate, not a very healthy diet at all- and why? Because I choose to sleep in, or hide away in my room gorging on TV shows and food, instead of Glorifying God, and putting him first. I have to get my life un-self-centered... this is a lot harder than I thought.

Day 4:

Should've posted something last night, but I was too ashamed:

Breakfast: Yogurt cup with granola, and two slices of toast with jam.
Lunch: 1/2 peanut-butter sandwich, with 2 cups of m&ms
Mid-night Feeding Frenzy: 6 Ritz crackers,1 bag of popcorn, and TWO Hersey bars.
----Holy Mother of Food, I must've eating a bucket-load of chocolate! Oh GOD, I'm a chocoholic!

What I learned: For gosh sakes, just go to sleep, don't eat in bed!

Day 3:

Started the day off by reading Hebrews and James (the whole chapters), and having a quick, sprattic prayer to God. So, I spend a good hour learning, and reading the bible, but I really didn't have time to actually pray to God.
But I did ask him to clothe me int eh "Armor of Christ" so that I would not be tempted.
And, boy, did he answer my prayers.
The day was hectic, but the only things I ate were: a chicken caesar salad, a banana, a JIFF peanut snack cup, and half a peanut-butter-granola-apple-banana-wrap thing (with was delicious!).
I drank about 2cups of chocolate milk, but the rest was water. (Note to self: chocolate mild satisfies all chocolate/sweet tooth cravings)

The key to eating so moderately was keeping myself busy:

So, stay busy, be productive, and drink chocolate milk!
Great day!

Day 2:

Today I did not pray before the day started,
Ate 1 caesar salad, 1 frozen yogurt, 1 peanut butter sandwich, half a bag of popcorn, 1 cup of peanuts, and  2 cups m&ms. All I drank was water. All in all, not a bad job.
However, I should've gotten up early to run, and to pray, and to have a quick breakfast. Still on the road to recovery. But progress non the less- God willing it will get better.

Day 1

Nov 25, 2012

     In a world that promotes wild, crazy fun, the word "tame" seems like a set back. Ke$ha, Rianna, and lady GaGa are idols in this ever chaining, fast paced world; they lift up the idea of "living like your young" "forgetting tomorrow" "going with the flow", in short, they promote "doing what you want"- they fail to realize the destructive message they sent out.

    Obesity stems from overindulging on a desire for food; it comes from a lack of control and weak self-discipline. Perhaps it is not the lack of drive, but the source the drive that leads to gluttony. If we want to get a grip on our eating addictions, we must hand over the stronghold to God- only HE can break it.

    And that's exactly what I plan on doing: I want to tame my eating disorder by giving the problem to God. (I suffer from bulimia- eating a whole lot and throwing it up. Also I have traces of anorexia- I have gone over 5 days without consuming anything but water) Not to mention that I am a college freshmen, and am discovering the dreaded "Fish 15", as well as dealing with the whole 'College is the time to explore your options, and go crazy" thing. I am surrounded by pressure, and tempted every second of the day. I can NOT break this food-frenzy stronghold on my own, i need Gods help.

    So, over the course of 1 month I am going to perform the following:

1) Pray daily before classes that God strengthen me

2) Pray before every meal

3) Spend less time watching, reading, and or engaging in anything "food promoting" and instead watch things like "Biggest Loser," "Supersize vs Superskinny," or use my time to watch sermons, or listen to Christian podcast. --> theses will motivate me in my Walk

4) Find a accountability partner (I suppose my roommate will work)

5) Dive into the bible daily.

This blog is a challenge to myself to get my walk right with Christ, and break my stronghold of food. 

I thank you for your interest in this subject! I need all the backup I can get! 

God bless

xoxo,

Victoria Blackwell