Praying Through My Cravings

We learned this week to pray about our cravings.  What does that look like?  My initial picture of it was something like this:
O Lord, thou art all powerful.  Please remove my cravings.  In Jesus name.  Amen

As I was reading through the Proverbs31 blog about people doing that, my first thought to myself was: you dummy, you forgot to pray.

But then I realized that wasn't what happened at all today.  God and I had a running conversation all afternoon.  It went something like this:

Me:  God, I've eaten well for a week now.  Don't you think it's time for me to reward myself?  I don't need to lose that much weight.

God:  You have sisters in Christ who really need to do this and you have to stand strong for them.

Me:  I would really like to get Kentucky Fried Chicken for dinner tonight.

God:  Does that mean with mashed potatoes and biscuits!

Me:  Oh yeah.  All of it sounds delicious.

God:  That's an awful lot of calories and would be a pretty big cheat.

Me:  Well, maybe I could eat a healthy dinner and then have pudding for dessert.

God:  Shouldn't you hold off on dessert until the weekend when your husband is home and can enjoy it with you?  In fact, what if you went to the grocery store and bought one of those precooked chicken piece packages?  Then you could get healthier sides.

Me:  That's a good idea.  We still need to negotiate on the dessert.

At the grocery store:
God:  OK.  Take a look at the pudding you want.  You usually eat what...half a package?  How many carbs is that?

Me:  Hmmm 22 times 2 servings =44.  OMG.  I had no idea it was so many.  That is way too many for me to eat.  I'll have to find something more reasonable.

God:  Good idea.  You have done well tonight.