Aaaargh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Under any normal circumstances, I would never have included half as many exclamation points, but the amount of duress I am under completely calls for all 23 of them. While I am not experiencing a physical death, much as I would like to convince myself I am, my taste buds are now joining forces with many other parts of my body en mass, organizing a full-scale attack on my Daniel Fast resolve! I'm beginning to think 10 days have somehow overnight become synonymous with 100; There has never been and never will be a more wonderful date than Thursday, February the 25th, 2010. Having indulged so long in hyperbole, I will be honest... I have not been experiencing any caffeine withdrawals, and my hunger pains have kept to a dull roar, thankfully. On my menu these last two days I have enjoyed many fruits (I'll just keep the aftermath of THAT to myself), nuts, water, juices, avocado, salsa, salad, peppers, etc... I just realized that whole wheat bread is a baked good, as well as blue corn chips I consumed with my guacamole and salsa, and are therefore illegal, so I guess I sort of spent the first two days weaning myself. Tomorrow will be the tell of whether or not I can actually do this! I have to say though, I already feel a bit lighter in the midsection, which is a nice benefit. Whether this is a healthy reaction made by my body or my stomach is slowly digesting all neighboring body organs, I have not figured out yet. I'm still breathing, so at least it hasn't made it to the lungs.
I have found an online resource that others might make use of, it's a blog written by Susan Gregory on Wordpress dedicated to all things Daniel Fast. She has some great recipes, motivating blurbs, as well as a great factoid section in the lower left-hand column of the page, under "Find More Here."
While reading in the book of Daniel today, this scripture spoke volumes to me, and it is what I will end this post with for today.

"Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets..." (Daniel 2:27-28 KJV)

In context, this scripture is powerful, but directly applied to my life, it has real meaning to me! No matter what confounds me, no matter all the information avenues I exhaust to find the answers and solutions to my problems in life, God will always be the answer. What an extremely comforting and empowering thought :)