So the second 40 days ended July 17. I took a week off and I allowed myself chocolate and sodas. I didn't have very many sodas, but I sure indulged in the chocolate. For 7 days I ate anything I wanted--a Milky Way, chocolate chip cookies, ice cream with chocolate topping, brownies, chocolate milk tea. Delicious!!!
I shouldn't have been surprised when I woke up a week later with sinus drainage and a scratchy throat. The glands under my throat were swollen and there was sinus pressure in my head. I knew exactly why I was feeling the way I did. Whenever I go overboard on sugar this is what happens to me. Sugar is an immune system-depressor and by indulging so much I pushed my immune system down to a level that I became susceptible to the cold that was going around some of the people at church.
I'm almost over it now, but it's taken almost 2 weeks to get past all of the symptoms. For 1 week of indulgence I've had 2 weeks of symptoms. Was it really worth it?
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