I normally write
about new foods that I’ve tried in this blog.
Today I’m going to try something different. Inspired by the book, “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess,” by Jen Hatmaker and the ladies in my bible study/book
club, I am embarking on a journey to only eat 7 things for 7 days.
I had a nightmare about starting this diet, probably because I’ve been on some pretty restrictive diets in the past and have felt like I was starving. “Felt like” – I wasn’t really starving! What a luxury to be able to say that “I felt like I was starving,” what a luxury to be able to restrict my diet from the numerous food choices available, what a luxury to complain that there is nothing to eat just because I don’t want to cook when in reality there are people all around the world who don’t have this luxury. They eat what they have and here I am having a frivolous nightmare about only eating 7 things for ONLY 7 days. This is a journey, an experiment, not my reality as I really do live a luxurious life of choices.
Here is my list of things to eat for 7 days:
1.Chicken
2. Turkey
3. Rice
4. Sweet potatoes
5. Spinach
6. Peanuts
7. Bananas
Olive oil, salt, and pepper are allowed as seasonings in 7, so I will keep in line with this. Even though beverages other than water were not allowed in 7, I’m not going to give up caffeine. I have tried this in the past and it didn’t go well. I gave up drinking cokes/sodas in October, so that won’t be a problem. However, for the protection of the people that I work with and my family, I hope God agrees that it is in society’s best interest if I continue to have my morning coffee and my afternoon tea. I usually put almond milk in my coffee; perhaps, I will try to omit it this week. An yet another luxurious choice that I have! And so the journey begins…
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