Breakfast Adjustments

"My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong.2 Corinthians 12:9

Last night I dreamed about toast. Kind of a silly thing to dream about. In the dream we went to church and afterwards we went to a buffet and everyone got 5 pieces of toast. The toast I had other people ate and I only ate 2 pieces (this upset me in the dream). After eating it I immediately remembered I wasn't supposed to eat it and was upset! I went back through the buffet line looking to see if there was anything I could eat while carrying pillows. Who knows. Dreams are so strange!  I do remember my son asking me if he could have toast for breakfast. Maybe that's why...not because I've almost gone a week with no grains. Couldn't be that. :D

So for breakfast today there was not toast on the table. In fact my son had already eaten when I woke up and my daughter was mid-breakfast. I didn't feel like eating my yeast killer meal...I'm such a cereal and fruit breakfast type. I didn't break diet, but it was one of those "I know I have to eat this today but I really feel like throwing a tantrum about it" moments. Again, no tantrum...except a bit in my brain. Ack. Moments like that really reveal self weakness.  I am trying to offer up each day of this diet for a different prayer intention or the same one if still needed. In a way it is like fasting (I should be better at this as I'm Catholic). I am benefiting from it, but struggling too; thank goodness God can work all things to His Glory. Breakfast ended up being eggs and zucchini with onions left over from my dinner. I had some more Probiotic Tea. Good stuff. Just not the good stuff I wanted. My mom said something wise when I started this (almost a week ago...almost). She said, "You have to change your idea about what constitutes breakfast." True. Just not simple. My brain is accustomed to a coffee and cereal/oatmeal routine. I have to break my thinking a little and reprogram it. Where's the sonic screwdriver when you need it?? Hopefully this is my first of many Dr. Who references to come..."Allon-sy!"
Okay. I'll leave my nerdy-girl stuff there for now.
Eating. Lately I am eating a lot of protein and vegetables.

Lunch and dinner yesterday was a lot of shredded chicken with salsa, avocado, plain Greek yogurt and with dinner I had some sauteed zucchini and onions.

Snacks are harder! Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sliced tomato, salad with herb dressing, plain Greek yogurt with cinnamon and walnuts...still refining my snack choices.

It may seem extreme. I do think that it is helping.
BEFORE the Candida Diet...note how bloated and pregnant looking (talk about scary when you have had a miscarriage and don't want to be asked "are you pregnant?") I was before I started the diet. This was about a week before I changed my eating:

And AFTER the diet...remember it has only been 5 days on the diet:

HUGE change. Now for some more truth. I don't feel great. In fact I'm experiencing on and off "die-off." From what I have read this means that as the yeast dies it is released into my system and I feel toxic (I'm not an expert so I *think* this is why). So I've had headaches, aches and pains, cramps, dizzy/fuzzy feelings before meals and fatigue (especially in the mornings/evenings). However just having less fever, no bloating, and the knowledge that all of this is a work-in-progress has helped.

Today's lesson I'm learning is something I always tell my children. You may want something but that doesn't mean you can or should have it. What is it you need? God provides for all our needs but we have to cooperate. I pray for healing, but I can't throw away a healthy lifestyle for my body just because I want cereal. Again the hardest thing to do as a parent is listen to your own advice.

" I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship."

Romans 12:1

Since I offer everything I am and have to the Lord I know he takes these days, these meals, these offerings and does unimaginable stuff with them. I can't see it. I may never know of it. But it is quite amazing that the darkness we often experience can do unfathomable good in the lives of people we may never meet. That is something that brings hope. That makes me grateful, especially on days I get what I need but not what I want. 

In His Mercy,

Evie

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