I'm just about totally exhausted - physically, emotionally and mentally. It was a struggle to keep awake the last couple hours and I am so glad to be home in my own room.
In essence there was only one meal today as we left at 4 am so it was too early for breakfast.
Morning: Nibbled on half a slice of cranberry-nut bread (photo tomorrow) and a fourth of a spirulina/cashew bar.
Tomorrow: Sauna, Hot Epsom salt bath and phone calls for my relative.
One thing I noticed is that I took extra Vitamin C this morning and felt quite good until later in the afternoon when I realized I left the lunch and dinner vitamins at home on the kitchen table. I packed the car and my purse last night, really I did. Exhaustion does make one look around for something to perk you up. That can be a dangerous thing.
It helped to travel with a compassionate friend - compassionate, yet willing to 'suggest' waiting to eat until we found the healthiest choices we could make despite the circumstances. Neither of us was really hungry after our work situation anyway - it is just the mental and emotional wearing-down that was making me consider other foods.
Knowing I have the God of Kindness - El Hesed on my side strengthened my resolve to complete the objectives of the trip and to do it with caring and compassion. I can guarantee that without His presence I would not have the perseverance to reach that goal. That's why I'm so grateful for the unbiased truth of Titus 3:4 & 5 "But when the kindness and love for mankind of God our Deliverer was revealaed, he elivered us. It was not on the ground of any righteous deeds we had done, but on the ground of his own mercy..."
What does this have to do with life-style nutrition? Only everything. Our eating habits and patterns of behavior are largely driven by emotion, response to emotion, or lack of either of the two. Consequently, it is obvious to me that when I find a source that can control, temper, or redirect all that emotion, then I can make a change that will last because it is made based on fact, and rather than emotion. Many times have we seen the suggestion to write down how we feel when we eat, when we are done eating, or why we want to eat in the first place. It's shocking for some, sobering for others, that examining those comments a day, week, or month later reveals that very little of our reasoning has to do with physical hunger.
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