Reduction

As I aluded to in the post Saturday night, Sunday was a big day for me.....and ultimately my family.  It has now been 48 hours since my last meal.  (Technically, since the last bite of solid food I have consumed.)  For two days now, nothing but coffee, milk, and a beer.  I am fasting, and I feel great.

There are two reasons why I am doing this, and I might as well spell it out since that seems to be everyones first question......"why"?  First, fasting is a VERY powerful tool for refocusing your faith.  When the urges and pains hit, you have NOWHERE to turn but to God himself for relief.  Prayer is not a outlet, its a lifeline.  If you feel the need to find a way to reestablish a connection with the Lord.....quit eating, it wont take long.

Second, I need to lose weight.  Not a few pounds, but a significant, life changing amount of weight....like 80 to 100 pounds.  Its long overdue and its seriously necessary.  Not to mention deserved by my family more than any other gift I could give them.  I have four kids I want to watch grow up to be married old folks, and an incredible wife I want to watch grow up to be a really old great grandmother.  That means I should probably stay healthy.

Now, here is where the "experts" want to chime in with their knowlege of the best path to reach my goal....and how fasting is not the way to do it.  Yes, I know.  Please save all your advice unless you have actually lost 100 pounds, which of course gives you all the right in the world to give advice.  

Its not  my plan to fast my way to a slimmer me, just jump start the process.  Seven days of fasting will make it considerably easier to eat exceptionally smaller amounts of food for the following months of dieting.  Actually, I don't need a diet, I need a whole new lifestyle, but I will delve more in to that on the next post.  

So 48 hours in and things are flowing smoothly.  Its gonna be a long ride but if I have ever been committed to this more, I don't remember. 

Stay tuned.