Tues. night I was sooo happy to have finished my last day of cleansing. Wed. morning I had an apple for breakfast and was looking forward to eating my first solid food lunch since last Fri. Suki came over and we had steamed fish and veggies, brown rice, organic green salad w/tomatoes and tofu. Aaaah, food never tasted so good! When you do that kind of liquid only cleanse, your palate changes and food is more flavorful. Even the veggies tasted sweet to me.

We worked that night and it was so busy I didn't have any time to eat until 8pm. I brought leftovers just in case the food in the TDR was too heavy. My body had no problems getting back to food. And today we (Suki, her daughter Jade, Haley and Jon) went out to eat sushi =). I had the chirashi sushi and it was good. I feel like having fish now.

I got my hat...probably to be worn only one time. After we picked up Elizabeth, we went to Trader Joe's so I could pick up some oatmeal and fish. I'm thawing it now so I can eat it for dinner before going to a work meeting tonight. The meeting starts at 8:15 so I hope it doesn't last much more than an hour.

I worked out today and it was hard. I felt like I had no strength. So I only did cardio, lats and abs. Hopefully I'll have more energy tomorrow. I missed working out so it was nice to get back to the gym this morning.

I called Gabriel today to see if I could schedule a massage with him.

I went to bible study yesterday. She talked about Abraham having to send Hagar and Ishmael out of the household. He was a rich man, yet he only provided them with a little food and water. Even though he could afford to take care of them for the rest of their lives, he gave them only that. Her observation was that Abraham had tried to "help" God out before, and that's how Ishmael was born in the first place. So maybe this time around, he did only what was asked of him and let God take care of them. For God promised that Ishmael's decendent's would be blessed.

She talked about giving provision to areas in our lives that may not be God's best for us. We feed and tend to areas that God has asked us to cast out in our lives. We need to follow Abraham's example and quickly separate ourselves from what God asks us to and to not offer provision to those areas. Abraham was grieved, but he was obedient.