Changing for Life

It took me a long time to realize that I had a food problem. I never knew that eating a whole box of cookies were setting me back in my relationship with God. I didn't know that my overeating really made me gain the weight, I just thought my body hated me. Yeap, that was me.   The girl that would eat all the cookie dough in one sitting. The girl that would lick too much brownie batter. The girl who would secretly buy cookies from the store and hide them from her husband. The girl that would continue to eat because it tastes so good. The girl that would go and eat a handful of chocolate chips for a snack. The girl that celebrated good times with lots of food. especially...cookies. Sugar is my weakness. I can't have just one. I've always learned that a lot of women also struggle with turning to food for comfort, instead of God. So that's why I finally picked up this book called Made to Crave by Lysa TerKeurst. In her book, she helps turn our cravings for food

About a month ago, my husband and I did the 3 Day Refresh..and YES I am just now blogging about it! I just want to start by being completely honest and tell you that I avoided doing this like the plague! I hate the thought of doing a "cleanse." I was terrified that I would get headaches, feel sick, and I hate the thought of someone telling me what I can and can't eat. One of our friends did the 3 Day Refresh and got amazing results, so my husband and I thought we needed to jump on this bandwagon and check it out!  Andrew and I eat pretty clean the majority of the time, but I could tell a couple of our food choices that we had been making recently were catching up with us. We had the bloat, we were lacking energy, and our poo needed some change! We also just came back from a week of summer camp with our high schoolers, and let's just say camp food isn't the cleanest. During summer camp, we made the healthiest choices that we could, but it's hard