Comments on: 72-hour Challenge / UNIMIX Day 1 http://reed.teammueller.com/2008/05/13/72-hour-challenge-unimix-day-1/ thoughts along The Way Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:29:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: michael thelander http://reed.teammueller.com/2008/05/13/72-hour-challenge-unimix-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-223 michael thelander Wed, 14 May 2008 19:03:37 +0000 http://reed.teammueller.com/2008/05/13/72-hour-challenge-unimix-day-1/#comment-223 Thanks for the laugh! Unfortunately I was eating my lunch of rice and... rice... and my chuckle shot a rice kernel out my nose. I had a "business" lunch yesterday and couldn't stick with the diet, and last night had to feed my kids so I'm sure I added way too much chicken and fresh vegetables to my meal to make it anything like a dinner in Myanmar or Mhlosheni. This makes me realize 2 things: 1) We have to GO WAY OUT OF OUR WAY and exert tremendous discipline to avoid the food that so readily finds its way into our lives... nothing at all like being forced into that situation day-in and day-out. How humbling. 2) No matter how hard we try we can only "pretend" to be as hungry and as destitute as the rest of the world. Don't get me wrong: It's a worthwhile pretense and I hope I learn from it. But how much easier is it for me that I know I won't be hungry on Friday, as compared to the child or adult who doesn't know if they'll ever be satisfied again? Thanks for the laugh! Unfortunately I was eating my lunch of rice and… rice… and my chuckle shot a rice kernel out my nose.

I had a “business” lunch yesterday and couldn’t stick with the diet, and last night had to feed my kids so I’m sure I added way too much chicken and fresh vegetables to my meal to make it anything like a dinner in Myanmar or Mhlosheni. This makes me realize 2 things:

1) We have to GO WAY OUT OF OUR WAY and exert tremendous discipline to avoid the food that so readily finds its way into our lives… nothing at all like being forced into that situation day-in and day-out. How humbling.

2) No matter how hard we try we can only “pretend” to be as hungry and as destitute as the rest of the world. Don’t get me wrong: It’s a worthwhile pretense and I hope I learn from it. But how much easier is it for me that I know I won’t be hungry on Friday, as compared to the child or adult who doesn’t know if they’ll ever be satisfied again?

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