Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Reflections on Food Challenge Day #2
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Reflections on Day #2
I am going to change the format a little bit here, but this should be the format for the remainder of the week.
Breakfast: 1 packet oatmeal
Lunch: 1 Cup of Rice, 1/2 Cup of Beans, 1 Tortilla
Dinner: 1 Cup of Rice, 1/2 Cup of Beans, 2 oz. Chicken, and 1 Tortilla
WW Point Total: ~20
I decided to include the WW Point total as I have been doing WW for the past 15 weeks and have lost a total of 15 pounds. I am currently very close to getting to my goal weight when this challenge has hit. To give you an idea, my NORMAL daily allotment of points is 28, and I usually get 35 extra for the week. Now, daily i am eating about 18-20 and NO extra points are being used AT ALL. Let me just tell you, I am feeling it.
Looking back on yesterday, it went pretty well as I had a lot of things at work and a Bible Study later in the night to occupy my brain. Each day that passes I am beginning to understand the severity that exists not only in Africa, but anywhere in regards to Hunger. I was pretty hungry yesterday, however, i knew that i was going to get to eat something when the next meal time hit. It kind of makes you think. In this challenge, we get to eat 3 meals a day, and we know that there will be food for us at that table/lap/where ever you eat. We KNOW the food will be there. So, we might be hungry, maybe on the verge of starving, although do we really know what that feels like, but we can rest assured that when noon hits, or when dinner time hits, there is food for us. What if that food wasn't there? What if, in experiencing this, that time rolls around, and you go to the dinner table, and there is nothing there for you? What if, you have been anticipating your next meal and when it comes, you are served nothing?
I have begun to wonder these things yesterday, and realized that I would be much worse off than I am now. As it stands, I am hungry, yes I admit it, but I am not on the verge of dying. I will admit that each day that passes, I look forward more and more to that next meal. And each bite i take of those beans and rice, I enjoy it. Weather the food is cold, hot, cooked, not cooked, whatever, i am enjoying the meal, because i know that is all i am going to get.
When I started this, I wasn't sure how this challenge was going to go. Heck, I don't think anyone had any idea how this challenge was going to go. But now that I have completed 2 full days, I know that this challenge is not as easy as it sounds. I can tell you that I am on the verge of cheating. I am on the verge of breaking, but i WON'T do it! I know God will continue to pull me through this as I continue to ask for his strength to get through this.
Many people in our Church might not be doing this challenge, and some may have great reasons. Whether it is health, or whatever, I can't say anything to those folks who have a valid reason.
However, what I have begun to struggle with is those people who don't have a valid reason.
I am 27 years old, almost 28. If I analyze the days that i have lived up until now, that totals to 10,167 days. If i look at that and realize that at the end of this, i will have lived for 10,170 days so far. the 5 days that i am giving up the food i would usually eat is only .0492% of the days i have lived on this earth. So, for the other 99.9508% of the life i have led so far, i have had food on my table, and more importantly ANYTHING i would want to eat.
To me, i think 5 days out of 10,170 is a small price to pay to truly experience what the truly hungy people of the world experience.
End of Day Hunger Level (1-Satisfied to 10-Starving): 6 and still growing
I am going to change the format a little bit here, but this should be the format for the remainder of the week.
Breakfast: 1 packet oatmeal
Lunch: 1 Cup of Rice, 1/2 Cup of Beans, 1 Tortilla
Dinner: 1 Cup of Rice, 1/2 Cup of Beans, 2 oz. Chicken, and 1 Tortilla
WW Point Total: ~20
I decided to include the WW Point total as I have been doing WW for the past 15 weeks and have lost a total of 15 pounds. I am currently very close to getting to my goal weight when this challenge has hit. To give you an idea, my NORMAL daily allotment of points is 28, and I usually get 35 extra for the week. Now, daily i am eating about 18-20 and NO extra points are being used AT ALL. Let me just tell you, I am feeling it.
Looking back on yesterday, it went pretty well as I had a lot of things at work and a Bible Study later in the night to occupy my brain. Each day that passes I am beginning to understand the severity that exists not only in Africa, but anywhere in regards to Hunger. I was pretty hungry yesterday, however, i knew that i was going to get to eat something when the next meal time hit. It kind of makes you think. In this challenge, we get to eat 3 meals a day, and we know that there will be food for us at that table/lap/where ever you eat. We KNOW the food will be there. So, we might be hungry, maybe on the verge of starving, although do we really know what that feels like, but we can rest assured that when noon hits, or when dinner time hits, there is food for us. What if that food wasn't there? What if, in experiencing this, that time rolls around, and you go to the dinner table, and there is nothing there for you? What if, you have been anticipating your next meal and when it comes, you are served nothing?
I have begun to wonder these things yesterday, and realized that I would be much worse off than I am now. As it stands, I am hungry, yes I admit it, but I am not on the verge of dying. I will admit that each day that passes, I look forward more and more to that next meal. And each bite i take of those beans and rice, I enjoy it. Weather the food is cold, hot, cooked, not cooked, whatever, i am enjoying the meal, because i know that is all i am going to get.
When I started this, I wasn't sure how this challenge was going to go. Heck, I don't think anyone had any idea how this challenge was going to go. But now that I have completed 2 full days, I know that this challenge is not as easy as it sounds. I can tell you that I am on the verge of cheating. I am on the verge of breaking, but i WON'T do it! I know God will continue to pull me through this as I continue to ask for his strength to get through this.
Many people in our Church might not be doing this challenge, and some may have great reasons. Whether it is health, or whatever, I can't say anything to those folks who have a valid reason.
However, what I have begun to struggle with is those people who don't have a valid reason.
I am 27 years old, almost 28. If I analyze the days that i have lived up until now, that totals to 10,167 days. If i look at that and realize that at the end of this, i will have lived for 10,170 days so far. the 5 days that i am giving up the food i would usually eat is only .0492% of the days i have lived on this earth. So, for the other 99.9508% of the life i have led so far, i have had food on my table, and more importantly ANYTHING i would want to eat.
To me, i think 5 days out of 10,170 is a small price to pay to truly experience what the truly hungy people of the world experience.
End of Day Hunger Level (1-Satisfied to 10-Starving): 6 and still growing
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