Day 1

I am doing the Celebration of Hope this week. Basically I can only eat plain rice, oatmeal or cream of wheat. small pieces of vegetables and meat the size of a small chicken nugget and drink only tap water. It's pretty intense but so far has been really good.


Yesterday was the first day that I was doing this challenge. It was much harder than I thought. All day, everything looked delicious and I couldn't eat any of it! By the end of the day I had one carrot (which was all the veggies I could have for a day) and that carrot tasted fantastic especially compared to the cream of wheat I had for breakfast. It has been a very interesting experience so far. The hunger was on the forefront of my mind all day yesterday and in some strange way it made me focus better. It made me appreciate the fact that I can walk down to the dining center whenever I want and get food. 50% of the world's population eat like I am eating now or worse. 50%. That is a staggering amount. By the end of the day, I was exhausted and went to bed early. I can't imagine doing hard labor on this diet, it would be so grueling. According to August, I looked as though I was going to pass out but no such luck. I have never actually passed out before which I suppose is an interesting fact about myself.

I also got to go to coffee (or in my case water) with Amy, my Homegroup leader. She has an amazing story and it was very cool to see how God brought her to the place she is at now.

This morning, I woke up feeling much better. Completely refreshed and not groggy at all.  I think it has something to do with the fact that I have decided drinking the proper amount of water I should be drinking in a day is important. It's a TON of water. I used to be lucky if I drank 3 glasses of water a day. My body is definitely cheering right now haha. Went to Religions and Cultures this morning too. I was in a discussion group with 2 guys who are both Seniors. They were talking about how they are going to graduate and then they turned to me and asked when I was graduating. I told them I was a freshman and they were dumbfounded. They both thought I was a senior! This has happened to me so much this year. So yes, for those of you wondering, I still am a 30 year old stuck in a teenagers body but I'm slowly catching up.