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Here is an update on my life and eating habits.  These things changed directly after my fast and one month after, it's a good gauge to see which things became habits and which things did not.

As a result of my fast, I stopped eating white flour.  There isn't much nutrition in white flour and wheat flour is far better.  Hamburger and hotdog buns, white bread, white flour tortillas, regular pancakes, and similar foods are what I no longer eat.  I also avoid fried and baked potato and tortilla chips.  I really liked chips before the fast, but I'm very glad I stopped eating them.  I'd often eat hundreds of calories in chips and avoid eating quality foods.  They were sort of an achilles heel of mine.

Instead of eating those foods, I eat wheat flour.  The best wheat food is whole wheat.  If the ingredients say "whole wheat" as a first ingredient and if they don't say "enriched," then you're buying something very good for you.

I make my own pancake mixture and I now use wheat flour.  They taste great, too.  Instead of eating chips, I now eat whole wheat (and enriched wheat) crackers.  The enriched ones are multi-grain, so they're still good for me.  I also eat whole wheat tortillas.

Those were the major dietary changes that I made.  I already had some very good eating habits.  I almost always eat a bowl of oatmeal in the morning with some nonfat yogurt.  I like eating egg whites for breakfast, too.  Plus, I always have a tall glass of 100% fruit juice.

I did return to eating meats.  However, I try and eat very lean meats.

I liked cucumbers so much that I have continued buying them.  I eat them as snacks.  This is a good thing because it helps me get enough vegetables.  Speaking of vegetables, for about a year, we've been making a vegetable chowder that's nonfat and full of great veggies.  I had some tonight and we have a big pot of it in the refrigerator.  It's the same soup I ate during the fast.

All in all, I'm very happy that I did this fast.  It wasn't extremely difficult, yet it cleansed my body and God showed me some good things.  If my dietary changes were all that I gained, then I would have gained a whole lot.  However, God also blessed and rewarded me in spiritual ways that I may not even realize until I see Him in Heaven.