"Fast - Slow" & "The Back End of it All"
Part 1: "Fast - Slow" We're currently entering the 3rd week of Lent, a time when Christians are supposed to be fasting from something. Growing up in the Methodist Church, the idea of fasting during Lent was never a point that was stressed, but saving your change for Love Loaves was an important part of Lent and the Easter Sunday offering. Over the past 3 years I've attempted fasts of varying degrees of difficulty. 3 years ago, I attempted to fast from processed sugar. This year I'm attempting to fast from the dinner meal, choosing instead to substitute that meal with a glass of "Mean Green" vegetable juice. Until our juicer needed replacing this week, the fast was going well, but on Wednesday and Thursday evenings I had to break the fast and eat dinner. Even though this fast has not led to any weight loss, I feel that it has led to a fat burn and I pray it will lead to a slow weight loss as a I prepare for my sister's wedding this September in Alban