Day 2: Juice Cleanse

Day 2:  Each Day is a day of Decision

Okay so this is going way better than I expected.  I thought this would be really hard, but once I had my mind made up that I was going to do it, my mind took over my body.  It made me realize that my mind controls me, not my stomach.  Don't get me wrong it isn't easy....I still want the pizza and soda, but I have made up my mind that I am only going to have produce and that is that and it feels great!

The night of day one was rough.  I had a headache, body aches, and I was just tired, but I felt good at the same time, hard to explain.  I love the feeling of going to bed knowing that I ate well that day.  When I don't feel bloated, fat, or mad at myself for the decisions that I made.  I don't have to feel like that anymore.  Everynight, when I go to sleep, I can feel proud of my decisions and my body will give me the results that I deserve.

I am so grateful for the Lord's hand in all of this.  I truly felt inspired to do this.  I know that may sound silly, but our Father in Heaven loves me and he wants the very best for me and if this is something that will help me be a better person, he will help.  I felt guided to certain scriptures, conference talks, and documentaries.  I was even promised in my patriarticle blessing that if I followed the Lord's law of health and by doing the things necessary to take care of my body, that I would remain healthy and strong throughout my life.  So I need to be doing my part to follow that law and that law is whole foods and a little bit of meat. With all the diets out there, the countless fads that pop up, all of the tricks Dr. Oz gives us, the books on food and health, etc., all we really need to do is follow the Word of Wisdom.  We have it all laid out there for us and that will work.  http://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/89?lang=eng

Ether 12:27  http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/12.27?lang=eng



And if men come unto me I will show unto them their^aweakness. I ^bgive unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my ^cgrace is sufficient for all men that ^dhumble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make ^eweak things become strong unto them.

We learn that we have weaknesses so that we can be humble.  That can be really frustrating at times.  No one likes being weak, in fact that can be a serious fear for a lot of people.  I hate seeing my weaknesses and I hate it when people point them out. My poor husband, can't even comment on dinner because I will most likely take anything he says to personally mean, "I hate your cooking and I don't think you are a good cook."  When in fact, I can cook to normal degree, (I am no chef but I can follow a recipe and add my own flare to it) and he likes it just fine.  It might not be his mamma's cooking, but hey no one cooks like your own mom.  Well I digress, the point is those terrible weaknesses that we have are there so we can be humbled and in turn, those weaknesses become our most amazing strengths!  That is the promise that we are given. With the Lord's help we can take those weaknesses that we dispise and actually DO SOMETHING about it.  No more whinning about it, sitting around thinking that you will get around to it.  Get on your knees, get the help you need, and DO IT.