Sorry I was away for a few days!
I want to share that I am strong, and the past few days were amazing :)
No sugar at all, I am very proud of myself. Or, putting it in a better way, I am very grateful because God has strenghten me more and more each day!
The worship on Thursday was amazing! One good thing about being a traveler is the opportunity to go to different churches and meet brothers and sisters around the globe. We, disciples of Jesus, are the biggest family in the world and I am really proud of being part of this family :)
My Rawtella arrived, 4 of them and... They are all gone! Yes, I could not control my self and ate an average of one per day. The good news is that it has very little sugar and all of it comes from the coconut. It has 1 gram of sugar in 30 grams of Rawtella against 21 grams of sugar per 30 grams in the traditional Nutella. It is mostly good fat from the Hazelnut and the coconut. It is more bitter than the traditional Nutella, and in the begging I found it weird. It tastes like dark chocolate and now I'm loving it! The sad part is that it's gone... I ordered more but it will take a while to arrive, so until there I will have to live with my banana/cocoa smoothie, and I believe I can do this :)
I am actually thinking about making my own chocolate/hazelnut spread, I will try to find some hazelnuts and mix it with cocoa powder and coconut oil. Let's see if it is going to work :)
As the Bible says in Romans 8:31 "If God is for us, who can ever be against us?" Nobody, not even my sugar addiction!
I ask God, in Jesus' name, to make me stronger and more holy everyday, to reveal His plan for my life and to nourish my soul for doing it!
Be safe! God bless you :)
5.09.2011
5.05.2011
5.04.2011
Day 4
Yeah! I am so happy today :)
And the reason, of course, is God. The main thing I want to say is that GOD IS GOOD. No matter what you're going through, have faith in Him.
Today was an amazing day. My will power is huge and I had a perfect eating day. No sugar again, no hazelnut spread, no cocoa powder and less fruit :) I know it is not always going to be like this, but I am glad to have a good day.
Today I learned a new meditation technique from SRF (Self Realization Fellowship) and just reading the instructions made me feel closer to God through Jesus teachings. When I practiced it, even just for a few minutes, I felt a deep joy and bliss within me. And I know that is God.
Still reading John and learning more about Jesus. It is good because the meditation I am learning is non sectorial, so it does not interfere with religion, and is based on the Bible and on Jesus' teachings. Jesus is the guy to follow, the son of God that can save us :) I love him and I try to be more like him everyday of my life.
As always, I want to worship God and Jesus, I want to glorify and thank both the Father and the Son for another perfect day in my life. I want to surrender my life to God and I ask Him to show me the way so I can do His will everyday. I love to serve God, I love to love God. I want God to reveal His plan to me so I can be nourished by doing His will, like Jesus. It is the best way to live, feels like being 1.000 pounds lighter.
Thank You God in the name of Jesus for another day in Thy presence, please guide every second of my life to do Thy will and forgive for any mistakes I made or will make. Make more holy everyday, teach me how to be like you son Jesus. I give you all the glory for everything I do :)
God bless you always!
And the reason, of course, is God. The main thing I want to say is that GOD IS GOOD. No matter what you're going through, have faith in Him.
Today was an amazing day. My will power is huge and I had a perfect eating day. No sugar again, no hazelnut spread, no cocoa powder and less fruit :) I know it is not always going to be like this, but I am glad to have a good day.
Today I learned a new meditation technique from SRF (Self Realization Fellowship) and just reading the instructions made me feel closer to God through Jesus teachings. When I practiced it, even just for a few minutes, I felt a deep joy and bliss within me. And I know that is God.
Still reading John and learning more about Jesus. It is good because the meditation I am learning is non sectorial, so it does not interfere with religion, and is based on the Bible and on Jesus' teachings. Jesus is the guy to follow, the son of God that can save us :) I love him and I try to be more like him everyday of my life.
As always, I want to worship God and Jesus, I want to glorify and thank both the Father and the Son for another perfect day in my life. I want to surrender my life to God and I ask Him to show me the way so I can do His will everyday. I love to serve God, I love to love God. I want God to reveal His plan to me so I can be nourished by doing His will, like Jesus. It is the best way to live, feels like being 1.000 pounds lighter.
Thank You God in the name of Jesus for another day in Thy presence, please guide every second of my life to do Thy will and forgive for any mistakes I made or will make. Make more holy everyday, teach me how to be like you son Jesus. I give you all the glory for everything I do :)
God bless you always!
5.03.2011
Day 3
Hi :)
Today was an interesting day. I started to crave sugar right before lunch time. I had a healthy lunch and fruit for desert, everything going well.
In the afternoon I went to visit my pregnant friend and, right before that I ate the hazelnut chocolate spread again. Ate the whole package (110g) which, considering my normal "attacks" is not that bad. I can eat a whole Nutella in a seat or a whole Haangen Daz or, as I did Saturday, 2 chocolate bars.
The interesting part of it is that I found this is a trigger food for me and concluded I should avoid it. It's better to stick to the banana smoothie with sugar-free cocoa powder.
But I know God is guiding me each day and every morning I pray for Him, in the name of Jesus, to strengthen me through this journey. And today I received a "sign" that he is with me. When I left my friends house I caught a taxi to come home and did not talk to the taxi driver because I was writing an e-mail on my phone. When we got to my house, I payed him and he gave me his card. His name is Jesus. Yes, Jesus. I regret I did not talk to him about God and remembered that I should try to be more like Jesus, LOVING EVERYONE and to do what Jesus told us to, "Go and preach the Gospel" (Mark 16:15). That is what I should have done today. But I learned the lesson!
I am reading John and in John 4:34 Jesus said: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work." So I am here, preaching the Gospel I did not preach earlier, better late than never. I ask God to nourish me through His love and His word, to guide me to do His will and to have that will nourish my body and my soul.
Please God, in the name of your son Jesus I ask you to strengthen my will power and to help me find the mission You have for me in this world. Guide me so I can do Thy will in every moment of my life. Thank you for another day in Thy presence and forgive me for my sins. Make me more holy everyday, go in front of me, shield my way and prepare each moment of my life. Thank You again for Thy work in my life, I love You!
Good night :)
Today was an interesting day. I started to crave sugar right before lunch time. I had a healthy lunch and fruit for desert, everything going well.
In the afternoon I went to visit my pregnant friend and, right before that I ate the hazelnut chocolate spread again. Ate the whole package (110g) which, considering my normal "attacks" is not that bad. I can eat a whole Nutella in a seat or a whole Haangen Daz or, as I did Saturday, 2 chocolate bars.
The interesting part of it is that I found this is a trigger food for me and concluded I should avoid it. It's better to stick to the banana smoothie with sugar-free cocoa powder.
But I know God is guiding me each day and every morning I pray for Him, in the name of Jesus, to strengthen me through this journey. And today I received a "sign" that he is with me. When I left my friends house I caught a taxi to come home and did not talk to the taxi driver because I was writing an e-mail on my phone. When we got to my house, I payed him and he gave me his card. His name is Jesus. Yes, Jesus. I regret I did not talk to him about God and remembered that I should try to be more like Jesus, LOVING EVERYONE and to do what Jesus told us to, "Go and preach the Gospel" (Mark 16:15). That is what I should have done today. But I learned the lesson!
I am reading John and in John 4:34 Jesus said: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work." So I am here, preaching the Gospel I did not preach earlier, better late than never. I ask God to nourish me through His love and His word, to guide me to do His will and to have that will nourish my body and my soul.
Please God, in the name of your son Jesus I ask you to strengthen my will power and to help me find the mission You have for me in this world. Guide me so I can do Thy will in every moment of my life. Thank you for another day in Thy presence and forgive me for my sins. Make me more holy everyday, go in front of me, shield my way and prepare each moment of my life. Thank You again for Thy work in my life, I love You!
Good night :)
5.02.2011
Day 2
Hello my virtual diary
Mondays are normally easy for me not to eat sugar, and today was no different.
I stayed away from sugar, and I thank God for strengthening my will power.
I bought sugar-free cocoa powder and hazelnut butter with cocoa powder sweetened with Sucralose. I know its not ideal, but I love Nutella and this is like a sugar-free Nutella. I ordered the Rawtella online, because I could not find it and can't wait to receive it. I think it is almost arriving :) Rawtella seems amazing, it is a raw vegan chocolate spread made only with 3 ingredients: hazelnut, cacao nibs and coconut crystals. It is also organic and gluten free. If you want more info check the website www.rawtella.com.
I made a smoothie with soy milk, banana and the sugar-free cocoa powder and it tasted really good, the sugar from the banana was enough. I also added 1 tablespoon of flax seed. It has Omega 3 and 6 and B12 and because I am vegetarian I need this on my diet.
It feels so good to be sugar-free one more day, please God keep helping me on my journey, guiding me every moment of my life. I know I can count on You :)
Today was an amazing day, I am grateful for every moment!
Good night and sugar-free dreams :)
See you tomorrow!
Mondays are normally easy for me not to eat sugar, and today was no different.
I stayed away from sugar, and I thank God for strengthening my will power.
I bought sugar-free cocoa powder and hazelnut butter with cocoa powder sweetened with Sucralose. I know its not ideal, but I love Nutella and this is like a sugar-free Nutella. I ordered the Rawtella online, because I could not find it and can't wait to receive it. I think it is almost arriving :) Rawtella seems amazing, it is a raw vegan chocolate spread made only with 3 ingredients: hazelnut, cacao nibs and coconut crystals. It is also organic and gluten free. If you want more info check the website www.rawtella.com.
I made a smoothie with soy milk, banana and the sugar-free cocoa powder and it tasted really good, the sugar from the banana was enough. I also added 1 tablespoon of flax seed. It has Omega 3 and 6 and B12 and because I am vegetarian I need this on my diet.
It feels so good to be sugar-free one more day, please God keep helping me on my journey, guiding me every moment of my life. I know I can count on You :)
Today was an amazing day, I am grateful for every moment!
Good night and sugar-free dreams :)
See you tomorrow!
5.01.2011
Day One
Ok, I am back, thank's God, always :)
Since I really decided to do this I googled "sugar addict blog", to see what else is out there to help me. I found a great blog, from David Vanadia, that has incredible information! It is www.vanadia.com. David is an inspiration and he has some really good tips on how to create your own sugar-free plan.
My goal is to read the whole website and I'm greateful I found it!
No chocolate today :) It really got me out of my comfort zone, only salad, fruits, gluten-free bread and cheese. A perfect eating day on a Sunday!
I know it was after a terrible Saturday, but my craving when I arrived from the beach was going nuts, and I resisted the temptation.
It feels so good now and I'm enjoying writing about it, it is helping me to see my feelings.
I am going to keep asking God to guide me through this challenge, to inspire and guide me. And also to forgive me when I fail. Because I know I am going to fail, because I am still learning how to do it. "But with God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26)
Good night, see you tomorrow, my 'virtual diary'.
The Reason for this Blog
Hi Everyone
I don't really know if there is someone here, but I hope there is because I will need some support to overcome my addiction.
I concluded I have a sugar addiction.
I decided to name it Sugar-Free Bible because I want God to help me get rid of this addiction and the Bible to be His voice.
I decided to name it Sugar-Free Bible because I want God to help me get rid of this addiction and the Bible to be His voice.
I'm 30 years old and I can be disciplined in almost every aspect of my life. I exercise regularly, I am vegetarian, I meditate at least 5 times per week, I love reading, studying and learning new things everyday.
I can manage to do everything I want, except stay more than a few days without eating sweets.
That's why I decided to create this blog :)
I need to share what I am going through. Or at least feel I am sharing.
I did a holistic therapy course and my teacher told us to purify our bodies, to stop doing the one thing we are addicted for 40 days. I obviously chose sweets and decided to wait until after Easter. This means refined/added sugar.
I decided to start last Monday (04.25.2011) but could only start on Tuesday.
I was excited and decided to pray for God to strengthen me cause I've tried this before and just didn't work.
I stayed 4 days without eating refined sugar at all. I confess I was eating a lot of fruits instead, but that's allowed or I will go crazy.
But yesterday (Saturday) I was lazy, stayed home all day (only left to walk the dog), watched 3 movies and was eating gluten-free bread, cheese and fruits all day.
Suddenly a huge craving came and I just could not control it... I have a few Lindt chocolates that were supposed to be gifts but I bought too many. I went to my closed and got 2 bars, a milk chocolate and a white chocolate and really attacked it. I ate half of it by itself and with the other half of both I made a chocolate toast, something I absolutely love! Put the chocolate on the bread and toast it. It's delicious, a real sin! I ate it all and it was really good but after that I felt so guilty and weak.
I decided to buy cocoa powder so I can mix it on my smoothies and pretend I'm having a milk shake but the natural food store that sells it its only gonna be open tomorrow (Monday).
Today is a beautiful day. I walked the dog and went to the beach with my girlfriends. We talked and laughed, it was a really fun morning.
After the beach me and one of my girlfriends ate a wonderful salad with pineapple+coconut+flax seed juice.
I just got home and I'm craving chocolate again. HUGE CRAVING...
I ate 2 persimmons but it didn't help, so I decided to write about it and now I actually feel better.
I really want to do the 40 days detoxing from sugar, but it's already being hard. I need God to help me.
After the attack yesterday, I promised myself to go back to it and I thought today I wouldn't have another crave. But I'm having and I just don't know what to do :( I feel so bad not being able to control it.
I NEED HELP
And that's why I'm writing.
I'm gonna watch a soccer game and hope to not finish the rest of the Lindt chocolates I have.
Please God, in the name of your son Jesus, help me overcome this. I'm weak and can't do it alone.
Thank you for everything You've been doing in my life, even for my weakness.
I want to show the world that I can only overcome this with Your help.
Should I start it over now or tomorrow? Please show me the way!
I love you
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