This has been a wonderful, spirit lead
31 days. El Bethel has Forgone A Selfish Treat .
As we have fasted from food, or television or some enjoyable pleasure
during the month of January. All Glory be to God without whom we never
would have made it.
We have talked, walked and, listened to God. We now have a closer relationship with our Father as well as a great feeling of satisfaction with ourselves. BUT, soon it will be over. Those of you who decided to fast from eating are planning this enormous Pig Out for February 1st in the name of Super Bowl Pleasure or otherwise, please hear this:
If you did a fast from sun up to sun down (or some time period thereof) please know that:
If losing weight was not part of your goal, as of February 1st add food gradually, for approximately 2 weeks until you are back on track. Failure to do this may cause you some discomfort (you may get sick). Fasting for such a long period will disturb your digestive system so add plenty of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables.
If you fasted off a particular item(s), i.e. meat, sweets:
In any scenario (except sweets) you have deprived your body of some vital vitamins and minerals throughout the 31 days. Most of which were in abundance in your body so gradually adding food will help to keep an overload down.
If your fast was from television, PC Games, etc.
We have talked, walked and, listened to God. We now have a closer relationship with our Father as well as a great feeling of satisfaction with ourselves. BUT, soon it will be over. Those of you who decided to fast from eating are planning this enormous Pig Out for February 1st in the name of Super Bowl Pleasure or otherwise, please hear this:
If you did a fast from sun up to sun down (or some time period thereof) please know that:
- you have cut your food portions in half and you may even see some weight loss.
- If this is a road you want to continue, then a “pig out day” is out of the question. Make a food log for one week of what you ate.
- Look up the calorie count for each day and before February 1st start using the highest calorie day as your new calories needed per day for the rest of the year. Example: if your highest calorie day was 2000 calories, spread those 2000 calories (or less) throughout the day instead of a few hours.
- (Get a Chart of Common Food Calories)
If losing weight was not part of your goal, as of February 1st add food gradually, for approximately 2 weeks until you are back on track. Failure to do this may cause you some discomfort (you may get sick). Fasting for such a long period will disturb your digestive system so add plenty of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables.
If you fasted off a particular item(s), i.e. meat, sweets:
- You must be careful to introduce this/these item(s) back into your system gradually.
- To go out and have a sirloin steak or a whole rotisserie chicken it could shock your body. You have gotten rid of the toxins this item can add to your body and you don’t want to bring them back all in one day.
- If you fasted from sweets keep up the good work. Challenge yourself to see just how many more days you can last. Or simply monitor how often you have them. Maybe one a day or no more than 3 times a week.
In any scenario (except sweets) you have deprived your body of some vital vitamins and minerals throughout the 31 days. Most of which were in abundance in your body so gradually adding food will help to keep an overload down.
If your fast was from television, PC Games, etc.
- Take note of what you used that time to do in it’s place and perhaps add that activity to your regular routine to keep you from over indulging in what God had you to give up because it you were perhaps over consumed with it.
- Notice how much more alert you are for it, how much more sleep you were able to get, how much more time you had for doing something else (probably something more important) how much time you had for prayer or bible study.
- Now think about it, is it worth going back to that 7 hours of television per day?