Day 1

Type of fast – fasted till 12pm but I 'm not used to keeping to a fast and I suppose maybe I did not prepare myself mentally. The minute i woke up I had a coffee. But I didn't eat any food till the afternoon. Made myself a juice with the juicer that I bought for this reason.

 

I am taking things slow. My aim is to get to fasting till 6pm during any fasting period. I'd also like to be doing weekly juice fasts if possible. This goal is my ultimate aim not necessarily during these 30 days. For now I will take it as it comes.

Ok so I want to update on my day so far. Not bad. I have had a couple of few prayer sessions. I am praying at the hours of prayer 6am, 9am, 12 pm and so on.

 

absolutely no coffee. I am a regular coffee drinker, about 2 a day. yesterday in the early morning I was so tired, I couldn't think why and then I remembered the coffee. I did have one in the afternoon. i'll see how the day goes in terms of absolutely no coffee. 

 

I will break at 12pm. I want to go further but I don't want to fail. I know I can get to 12pm. 

Next week, I might try and get out of the house after 12 for an hour or so. It's not ideal cos I work from home and I have a little baby but at least I walk away from the temptation of eating. You really need to busy to stop thinking about food. I am usually upstairs but when the baby gets restless I have no choice to go downstairs and the minute I get into the kitcken, food is on the brain.

 

My husband went shopping and came home with a Wispa bar for me. Thank God i didn't rip the wrapping off there and then which I would have done in the past.

 

My goals for the next couple of days is to intensify my prayer and go until 1pm.

 

I'll probably make it much further on Sunday as I'll be out most of the day at church.

 

Take care guys

Day 6 : To God be the glory, I managed to fast till 6 yesterday and today. I also feel much closer to God in my prayer and am really taking time out to spend with the Lord.

It's getting more successful.

 

Some wordly thoughts are coming in to my mind about the whole fasting thing but I am just not giving them much airtime.

 

I thank God for this period. Posting about my progress may actually be what's keeping me going. Because I can review what worked and what didn't.

 

When i was fasting till 12pm I really disliked how I felt when I ate something. Like I was "weak" or hadn't really achieved anything. I felt like i had thrown in the towel too early.

 

Looking forward to reporting more positive results.

Day 8 – A Moslem lady gave me soem encouragement in my fasting, She said it will get easier the more you do it. And it most certainly had. 

 

It helped having the right attitude in the first place. I had been thinking about it much of the year and preparing myself. I really wanted to do it. I took lesson from other areas of my life where I trying to be more disciplined and incorporated it in my fast.

 

I basically decided to take things slowly and really set in my mind why I wanted to fast. The reason is to be closer to God. I like feeling more disciplined and not giving in to the temptation. I am not as hungry as I thought I would be and I am praying.

 

The praying today and yesterday had lessened a little. I'll make my goal today to get in a proper prayer session, taking special time out and not praying whilst looking after the kids, making dinner or working.

Day 12- 19

 

There's been a lull with my posting. Apologies guys.

 

It's been all good  though.

 

i feel closer to good and increased desire to spoend more time on the things of the spirit. There are few things that i would have indilged in that i don't care to do. Watching soapoperas for one. I am wary of t he affect this will have on my fasting perios. 

 

It's still a struggle to really set time aside to pray but i am praying more during the day, before food and after breaking my fast.

 

Saturday gone, I broke my fast 30mins early as we were at a child dedication ceremony, it's quite common in Nigerian families to have one. It's a bit like a christening. The next day I was feeling, I'll say strong in the Lord, due to a few too many late nights and extremely early mornings (thanks baby daughter). So I broke very early.

 

I think these2 early fasts made it more difficult for me today. I did manage to fast though and haven't succumb to temptation. But the thought has been on my mind to "break early, after all  you've made it this far". But as always i remind myself that it's only food and it'll taste the same when I break at 6pm. Breaking early does not make me fill good at all.