Daniel's Fast

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ashbridge
ashbridge Posts: 67
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So I am a born again believer of Jesus Christ and this year decided to give something up for lent for the first time as a time of remembering Christ's life, his gruesome death and glorious resurrection. So for lent I decided to give up cheese and bread...then yesterday I was talking with my sister-in-law and she said the food she gave up is too easy and she has found in just two days that she has turned to other foods to fill it's void. So she said that she wants to do the Daniel Fast as a preparation of sacrificing enjoyable foods to remember the ultimate sacrifice. She said she wanted me to support her in doing so, and after praying I decided that I will join her in it. We are going to start Monday morning. This is not a diet but a fasting of my enjoyable foods. I will make sure I get at least 1200 but try to get closer to my usual 1500 to 1800. The only problem I forsee is that I am allergic to most beans, so kind of worried about protein...Anyways I wanted to see if anyone had any advice or good recipes to use on this?

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  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
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    Are the foods specific to you or there are certain foods in general?
  • itsalifestylebaby
    itsalifestylebaby Posts: 17 Member
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    Quinoa, loaded with protein and you can make it sweet (think hot cereal) or savory (use instead of couscous, barley, etc)
  • Gennawest
    Gennawest Posts: 171
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    I have done the Daniel Fast a few times myself. I pray that God will moves in your life during this time of seperation. You have encouraged me to fast as well. I am thinking maybe you can drink/ eat protein bars/ shakes in replace of beans. IDK, im not too good on nutrition. But what I do know is God will protect you, and keep you healthy during this time of honoring him.

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