Day Five..

Welcome friends & family!

Today is my fifth day standing-up to the weight. It's almost been a week since I started, and it's already feeling easier to keep my mind off of gorging myself with food. I managed to stay away from Chinese food yesterday (my vice). As I've established I discovered I tend to order a lot of food from places geographically exclusive to certain areas, because I know I can't always get it. It reminds me of the biblical passage from Exodus 16:13-20 discussing manna & quail...

13 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was.

Moses said to them, "It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat. 16 This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Each one is to gather as much as he needs. Take an omer [a] for each person you have in your tent.' "

17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. 18 And when they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little. Each one gathered as much as he needed.

19 Then Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning."

20 However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

This change in my life is teaching me to view food in a new light. Now that the fifth day is over, I'm proud to announce I've lost 5lbs aready this week! Thanks again for all your encouragement! Also, thank you for praying for my Mother! She was released from the hospital this afternoon, and it while they're still unsure as to what it was, they said her heart is fine, with no troubles!

God Bless!
Rich Jones
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