Tomorrow is the BIG DAY!

Tomorrow I start my Body cleanse and detox program.  In a few short months I will be bacteria free!  I am definitely a little nervous.  I have planned, prepared and purchased and now it is all up to me.  I have asked Craig to give me a blessing because I think that in the beginning I am really going to need all the help I can get and part of overcoming our weaknesses is realizing that we are weak and that we can't do everything on our own.  I am very grateful to know that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me and who WILL help me on this journey.

So, one of the things that I have been thinking a lot about is how I need to retrain my brain.  Everytime I have a craving for something I can't have I have to find a way to deflect my energies into something else and tell my brain: "No thanks, I don't want that today."  I am going to make a list of things that I am going to do for when a temptation strikes. 

Afternoon snack cravings:

• Drink a big glass of water
• Put in my teeth whitening trays
• Brush my teeth
• Clean something
• Go to my craftroom and make a project
• Read a book
• Positive meditation and or journaling
• Call a friend
• Study my Sunday School Lesson
• Post on my Blogs

Evening cravings:

• Brush my teeth
• Go to sleep
• Read
• Pray

Social Get togethers:

• Avoid snack table-sit far away from it and do not look at it
• Engage myself in conversation
• Have an acceptable snack in my bag to munch on
• Pray
• Eat before the event so I am not hungry
• Have my lemon-water on hand!