The Stinkin’ Stomach God
Published May 19, 2010NOTE: To those of you who wish to get my blog posts automatically as an email, my web gal, the ever-talented Vicky, put a little ”subscribe” thingy on the right side over there where you can sign up to do so. (Don’t ya just love how I know all the techy lingo?)
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“For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,” Philippians 3:18-20
I don’t know about you sisters, but I am tired of the stinkin’ stomach god.
You know, that sometimes growling, never quite satisfied, oh-so-bossy part of me that sends a signal to my brain that says, “something sounds good.”
Oh, and that “something” is rarely anything that while it “sounds good”, is actually good for me. Nope. The “sounds good” items are usually either salty and fat or sweet and fat.
Rarely does my stomach/brain combo put in a request for an order of celery with a side of plain cauliflower.
No ma’am.
Instead, it loves to order salty, snappy chips or gooey chocolate brownies with rich & creamy (and thick!) frosting. Or perhaps some leftover pizza with thick crust and three meats (the only way my boys ever seem to want to have it). Full-fat ice cream anyone?
Stinkin’, bossy stomach god…
When I happened across today’s verse, it smacked me square between the eyes.
I want God to be my God. I don’t want my stomach in that place calling the shots for me.
Can I get an amen from my cyber sisters?
So if you too are sick of the stinkin’ stomach god, pinky promise with me that together, we will listen to our hearts and ignore our stinkin’ stomach and its partner-in-crime ‘bossy brain’. ‘Cause you see, at those times when my stomach/brain pull their pranks (especially with the brain doing all sorts of mental gymnastics telling me I deserve the food or perhaps that I might as well pig out since I am NEVER going to get the rest of this weight back off) my heart knows better.
My heart whispers…. “Don’t eat that. It will tastes fabulous, but then it will turn on you” or “Yes, your stomach is hungry. Fine. There is some leftover salad in the fridge and some fresh pineapple. Eat that instead.”
Yes, my heart whispers.
However, my stomach god SCREAMS!!!!!!!!
Today, let’s start intentionally and intently listening to the right voice.
Are you with me?
And please, leave a comment telling us how your week went or, if you are new, what your goal is for getting healthy.
Praying for you ALL!!!!
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Last night was my 3rd attempt at the new Zumba craze. I have to admit, my first 2 were rather embarrasing as I was clumsy, sweaty and standing next to my skinny 16yr old daughter. But I fewlt better last night, still clumsy and sweaty, but not caring so much what other people are thinking. I don;t weigh myself, but I do know that I have fewlt better since starting these classes. My back isn’t as sore durng the night and my hips don’t creak. We (daughter and I) are thinking of buying the Zumba DVD’s and starting our own small group/ministry with it. Happy Weight Loss Wednesday Karen!!
Thank you for this!!!! I have totally lost all contact with my heart’s whispers. I am so frustrated at the seeming disconnection between what I want to accomplish physically and what my actual responses are minute by minute, day in and day out. Always looking for the ‘right time’ to make a change, (ie. on a Monday, on the first of the month, right after my next period…..etc.) I read my bible every day and study God’s word with diligence and passion. But somehow this part of my being, this physical part, seems offset from everything else. Distant and unconnected from my spirit, never seeming to ‘get in the game.’ I am so hungry, but not for a chocolate bar or a bag of chips, but hungry to reconnect my mind, spirit and body and live in to the person that God created me to be. Thanks again for encouraging me to get off the bench!
Amen, Karen!! I’ve kind of been thinking on that same line already this week. I’m so caught up in my weight and eating that it takes way to much of my thought process. I want God to have my thought process….ALL of my thought process. So I’ll try this week to listen to the whispers of my heart instead of my stomach/brain screams and I know that I will have the healthyiest, most devoted week yet! Glory to God!!
Nancy, I can hear you sister. I have the same struggles. I read a book recently called 50 days to spiritual weight loss or something like that. Over all the book was so, so, BUT there were parts of it that really made me see how disconnected I was in mind, spirit, body and it helped me take steps towards changing that. Good luck to you!
Oh, and I’m down 1 1/2 pounds this week. Had a not so good weekend, not horrible, just not that great. But, I will say that each day it gets easier to make better food choices and to exercise. What a blessing that is!!
Have a great week girls. You are all a blessing to me.
Well, I’ve been reading these posts off and on for a few months now. I like the “idea” of losing weight, but feel completely inadequate for the task! Thirteen years ago I lost 130 pounds and kept it off for ten years. Then I remarried and I don’t know what has happened other than I can’t seem to quit eating. I have now gained back all but 30 pounds of what I lost. BIIIIGGG SIGHHHH.
Reminds me of the passage of scripture from Luke 11:
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest; and finding none he says, `I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
Not that I think I’m demon possessed
, but I certainly feel like my “last state” is “worst than the first”. I always appreciate the encouragement from the ladies who post here!
Yes, thank you for that!!! I have never weighed as much as I do today. It is very frustrating. I need to focus on God and not food. It is good to be reminded of that.
So, now, I have a suggestion for you. If any of you are looking for something fun and different in the way of exercising, try Zumba. I have done it 2 nights in a row. It is a blast!!! I had never heard of it. It is dance steps. They break them down for you on the DVD so you can do it. It is very good exercise!!!
After binging at my nieces’s birthday party on Sunday….vegis and dip (too much dip), hot dogs and birthday cake and ice cream, I was up a couple of pounds on Monday. I actually started to cry because I was so upset with myself and the gain. But then I prayed that I would get back on track and that my body would work with me instead of against me and today I am down almost a pound from last week….PRAISE GOD!!!!!
I, too, want to listen to that still, quiet whisper from my heart and from God instead of the screaming in my head and stomach. I want to stop feeling like I somehow “deserve” to eat what I want when I want it just because I don’t do drugs, drink and don’t smoke. My body does not belong to me, it belongs to God and He “deserves” so much more from me. However, I can only get the strength I need for this journey to better health from Him…ALL the glory for my success goes to Him. Thanks, Karen and the rest of the WLW gals, for the prayers and support that I so desperately need. I go to weight watchers but it is not the same because there is no God in their plan.
Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! Reading the comments is such a good reminder of how I need to be thinking. I am UP two pounds this week, but I’m not surprised. I haven’t been exercising. I still can’t do my TaeBo because of neck pain, but I need to be walking. I just plain haven’t been. The warmer weather is coming, so I have no excuse. That’s what I really need to be focusing on, as well as giving my body more fruits and veggies. I’ve definitely improved in that department since WLW! God is at work, and I trust Him in the process (ups and downs included)…
I really needed to hear this, Karen. Thank you sooooo much. I joined weight watchers with three other friends just four weeks ago. I lost seven pounds in 4 weeks. Yet, I gained back weight this week. I sat and pouted like a child during the meeting. I was angry at the scales, I was angry at the sodium I took in for lunch, I was angry at anyone or anything but me. THEN I drove home and became angry at me!
The week started out really good; I logged my points, I prepared my meals ahead of hungry moments. Yet, a crazy day bumped me off schedule and it was down hill from there. Sunday morning, the boys wanted biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Our family gathered for a cook-out and someone brought cheesecake (oh, yeah, I indulged … just one piece). We ate out a time or two and I thought it wouldn’t hurt…just this one time…but it really isn’t just one time. I guess it’s like sin, it will take you where you don’t want to go.
Thanks, Karen. I no longer want my stomach to be my god.
Amen Karen! I have to say that even though I don’t know any of the WLW gals, I definitely feel an accountability. Does anyone else feel the same way?
My report this week is pretty positive. After 1 1/2 years, I had my first cycle start, which I’m pretty sure is the cause of all the abdominal pain I’ve been experiencing. Let’s not even go into the cramp thing..lol. I’ve been believing God for healing in that area for years and with a combination of the natural and the Supernatural that prayer has been answered.
On the weight side, those pesky cramps have kept me from exercising much, but I have really been watching portion sizes and carbs. This past Friday, my hubby and I went over to some friends from church for dinner, he brought me the wrong jeans to wear. Well, two weeks ago I tried those jeans and they just wouldn’t fasten…guess what sisters, THEY FASTENED! I didn’t get on the scale, but it was so nice to see progress.
Amen & Amen Sister!!
This reprogramming is stinkin hard!! I seem to be doing better about getting up and walking in the morning but my eating is sabataging me. Some days I do good and others I blow it. Yesterday I blew it.
I know that you have children involved in sports. How do you eat right when they have games scheduled and you can’t fix supper at home? Eating out is killing me. I through everything I know out the window when we eat out. It cost so much that it is my personal duty to clean everyones plate. That way I get my money’s worth!
Amen, Amen and AMEN!!! My stomach god has been screaming for milk shakes lately. Lots and Lots of them and I have been giving in. If it’s not a milk shake, it’s a Hershey’s bar with Almonds. Nothing healthy just pure sugar. I have been this way since my doctor increased my dose of anxiety medication, so I am blaming it on that. Although truth be told I should shoulder the blame.
I stepped on the scale this morning for the first time in weeks and I had gained seven pounds from the last time I weighed. I watch the Biggest Loser and see these people so happy and I think “I weigh that right now”.
Working two jobs I have no motivation for excercise. When I am home I just want to sleep. Although last night I did spend ten minutes before bed doing some back exercises….gotta start somewhere.
Thanks for your honesty and your prayers.
I’m a weary yo-yo dieter who is trying to lose the weight one more time. I’m so tired of this gain-lose-gain cycle. I have to keep fighting the “I should just give up because I always gain it back anyway” message.
My goal for this week is to seek God’s healing and to get my thinking right again, to pray for motivation, and to make it through my danger times (2:30 to 5:00 PM and after 8:00) without using food for comfort, a reward, or for energy.
Thanks for hosting this Karen. I’ll be back next Wednesday.
Have a great week!
Thanks, Karen! Always great insight from you…..I will share with my husband, too , as he was just saying “I’m craving something salty!” Proud of him — he’s lost 25 in 5 weeks….I’ve lost 12!! We aren’t dieting — we are changing our eating habits and exercising/walking!! Isn’t is amazing and wonderful that our creator & Lord cares about EVERY detail of our being???
Continued success to all on being healthy — from the inside, out!!
Amen! I hadn’t thought about how I let my stomach be a god, but I do. I’m down one pound this week. I’m feeling better, and clothes are not so tight. Sports season is in full swing for my family. Does anyone have suggestions for quick, healthy meals? It seems like conveinent at the grocery store equals unhealthy. Need to resist making a run for the drive-thru, too. Have a good week!
AMEN! I’ve not really changed much in the last few weeks-up 1, down 1 the roller coaster continues. My sister-in-law asked me to be her matron of honor for a December wedding so I have even more motivation. Side note: doesn’t ‘matron of honor’ sound like someone who is really OLD???
I’m going to the beach in June so I better get cracking!
I pinky swear!!!! and I also thank God that He does care so much for me and my health. Ya know… He did command “thou shall have no other gods before me” hummmm. I guess I never thought that much about how the “stomach god” is one of those gods. I started Weight Watchers 2 weeks ago and I’m down 5 lbs. Praise the Lord!!!!! Its so comforting to know that when I am really relying on God, then I don’t have to come up with that willpower all by myself. I can rely on His!
I had a pretty good week! Passed up some donuts at work this morning! I’m also working on making my food – attractive and tasty, yet healthy. My new favorite find is the Kangaroo Salad Pockets (whole wheat). I’m doing WW and they are only one point. Then, I added some great lunch meat, salad and tomato! Just made a refreshing food to eat (and filling).
Amen to that Karen,
My week was a bit up and down due to in laws staying , and bringing to large bags of chocolate with them and me helping to eat them and now my gal bladder is playing up. I however and still trying to keep to a spirit controlled Appiette, a thing I learn to do while reading a book called How to stop dieting and start living, by Sue Prosser ,fantastic book, worth a read.
So it is about listening and obeying that still small voice. So tune in girls, and we’ll get there, I’m still not weighing waiting to see what clothes say. Have a good week.
AMEM! Have had a crazy 2 weeks and gained a couple of pounds. Now back on track. Thanks karen for this article and reminding us Who and What to listen for. Off to a good start this week.
Amen and amen! The stomach god is so LOUD and my heart is so quiet (sshhhhhh – I can’t hear it). Nancy B, I am right there with you. This past week has been daily do-overs and tomorrows. I can’t get with and stay with the program. God is good, beacuse the scale didn’t show my struggle. But I know how bad I did with resisting. And how disgusted I am with myself.
Thanks to a yucky sinus infection (and hubby’s mental illness, which is making him very grumpy), I have lost 4 pounds since last week. The best part is that I’m now in size 14 jeans, which I haven’t worn in well over 15 years!!! (Not the jeans from 15 years ago, but just now fitting into this size)
I have the “stomach god” verse written on pretty pink paper in my bedroom to remind me that MY God doesn’t live in my tummy! I love the encouragement and praying along with my sisters here- Thank you and God bless you all.
Jennifer
Amazing how we can be all in different parts of the world in different time Zones, yet we are all struggling with the same problems, yet we have a great God who can help us, and we can pray for each other, how good is that, karen you and all these girls are such a blessing.. Thankyou.
Thank you for this verse. I hate the stomach God too! Ever since your post of the 3 cords I have lost 9lbs! I am so thankful for your ministry. It is a huge encouragement in my weight loss journey. Thanks!
The number on my scale is the same, but my clothes are fitting better!! I have really struggled the last couple days with waiting for the physical hunger before eating, and eating only what I need (the stomach is really only the size of your fist, so I really need to eat a LOT less than the brain thinks).
This verse is great–when the stomach is the god, it wants to be filled and overstretched to overflowing. That is not healthy, and it is not God’s plan for me.
Praying for a great week for all of us! THANK YOU Karen!
I think that referring to the uncontrolled appetite as a stomach god is really a great way of putting it. At times that god can speak so loudly to me that it causes me to rationalize all the well-laid plans for healthy eating. As I take pause to try and figure out what triggers that loud voice I believe that much of it is a result of allowing my blood sugar to drop by not eating enough in my zeal for losing weight, or not eating plenty of protein. And of course in times of stress it seems so natural to solace myself with the sweet comfort of sugary baked goods, ice cream or chocolate.
Recently I found this quote which I printed out and now have on my refrigerator: “NEVER SATISFY A SHORT-TERM IMPULSE AT THE EXPENSE OF A LONG-TERM GOAL.
Reading that reminds me to not allow the stomach god to sabotage my efforts.
My strength MUST come from my reliance on God, my Creator, who created me in His image, for indeed, my “citizenship is in Heaven.” I want to hear Him say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.”
Interesting week…I learned from my doctor I am pre-diabetic. Wake-up call #99…now I am out of options.
I have spent the last few days trying to figure out what to do so if anyone knows how I should be eating (I can’t seem to find anything specific) I would love to hear it. (danetteh2004@yahoo.com)
I’m a little bummed that obviously I have let my stomach be my god.
Danette
Amen!
I, too, pinky promise to not obey my stomach and put it in its place
as flesh.
God is my only God, too, and this stomach doesn’t call the shots either!
THANK YOU Karen for writing about it.
This week we ate out most of the weekend due to several projects, family visits, and running errands.
Half of the time I gave in to temptation and chose the high calorie items.
My scale of course says I went up five…what I don’t understand is that my clothes are fitting loose? Maybe the exercise and moving more helped.
This weekend I went to exchange a pair of pijamas my mom gave me. She lives out of town and gave me what I was wearing back in December.
I went down four sizes!!!!
Thank God for His help, grace, mercy and patience.
Danette,
When I first started loosing weight I tried the free 7 day meal plan from Prevention Magazine and my family and I liked it.
http://www.prevention.com
pray about it and start researching at the library, Internet, bookstore, and doctor’s office. Then try the one you like.
My husband and I attended our local hospital classes on nutrition for Diabetes and they were very helpful. Ask your doctor about them.
I’ll pray for you
It’s under nutrition and then under food remedies then click on Diabetes
Prevention Magazine
7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
1 Peter 5:7 NLT
AMEN! I was just thinking a few weeks ago how God warned us about idols, and how we can definitely make food an idol.
Andrea and Cristi – re: the Zumba – would be interested in this, but can’t afford a class or dvd right now. Is this on television at all? Lisa A. – YES this group really helps me to feel accountable. It is on my mind daily – not that I always make the right choice, but at least I think about it more. Maybe awareness is a first step.
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Church Lady – I agree with you on several counts. Eating out (fast food) when the schedule is crazy makes sticking to eating right much more difficult; and I, too, hate to “waste” food. Between my upbringing, my sincere gratitude for having food when so many in the world do not, and because money is tight, makes me finish what my kids don’t finish. For a while I was willing to throw things away, and it was easier to lose when I did that; but I didn’t feel good doing that. Not that I feel good when I eat it – I know that is wrong too. I guess I just have issues! Ha ha ha.
Jessica B. – I sympathize with the two job issue. I work four part-time jobs and have three kids, and I know it is very hard to either desire to exercise or follow through with it. But you are right – start somewhere. That is the main thing right now.
Susan – I never liked the words “matron of honor” either. When I remarried at the age of 34, and my two attendants were even older than I was, I called my Matron of Honor my “best woman.” I really like that term – she was my best friend after all. (Though my mother-in-law got on my case for not being proper.
Judy L. – I just wrote the quote out and will put it on my fridge, too. THanks for sharing.
Danette – if your doctor diagnosed you as pre-diabetic, he/she should be providing you with some education and support for the changes you will need to make.
Gabriella – congratulations.
As for me – I think I stayed steady this past week. I participated in a fundraising 5K on Saturday with my husband and children. The past two months to train for it were horrendous, in the sense that I am so NOT a runner and hate to exercise. But, I’m so glad that I did it. I was surprised at how being with other people pushed me to exceed the limits on exercise that I thought I had; and I was also surprised at how great I felt when it was over! It was very empowering. Not sure if that is runner’s high, or just relief that it was done. Ha ha ha. It was a bonding experience for the family to do this together, too. Now that I am beginning to master moving a bit more, I need to work on the eating. With more exercise, I am also more hungry! I know that it is a delicate balance. But the really great thing is that although the numbers on the scale don’t move very quickly, I am so much stronger than I was a few months ago, and can do more without getting out of breath, and my clothes are not so tight. I don’t think I can say I’ve dropped a size, but getting closer!
Hi Everyone, Thank you for each of your inspiring words.
Karen, God sent you to me and in spite of myself I think I am on my way to improving my health and my spiritual walk. I am glad to learn that my stomach is the size of my fist (never knew that) also had an endoscopy (they look inside your stomach) because of problems with nausea and reflux. I am more thoughtful of the amount of food I am eating now, and also instead of snacking at night in front of the TV I am now occupying my hands with a needlework project and ignoring those gods who live in the t.v. who say it’s time for a snack.
It’s a long hard road. I am Thankful for all of you on it with me. I PINKY SWEAR and say AMEN!!
I haven’t weighed in at my WW meeting this morning as one of my kids is home from school, sick. However previous to this I have had a week at home with no exercise and too much food freedom. My mind has been screwing me up too this week, and even before giving into the ‘stomach god’, it had been a massive struggle for me.
I am now fitting into smaller jeans and will try to wear them rather than my comfy elasticised pants to help with motivation.
On to better things this week.
Take care
Amen! Thank you Karen for the verse. I’m always amazed when Scripture written so long ago can shine a light on the weight loss issue I’m dealing with today. God is with us!
This week was a good week for me. I lost 1.5 lbs, made healthy snack choices (red grapes and strawberries), and got on the treadmill for 5 days.
Thank you Karen for sharing your wisdom and thank you everyone for your encouraging words and ideas. Being a part of this group keeps me accountable.
I am new. I read the post today and I can certainly relate. I have been letting my stinkin stomach and brain dictate what I eat. In a matter of 4 months I gain 20 pounds and I was already overweight. I need to lose 70 pounds. I have good days and I have days where I become complacent and listen to the stinkin stomach. I also get discouraged when I don’t see results. I’m really glad I found this site. I don’t have to walk this walk alone. I have Christian friends, but none are overweight as I am and they really don’t understand how the extra weight makes me feel. I want to feel energetic again, I want the back, knees, and tendonitis to be gone. I long for the day I can feel light on my feet again. I am 37 years old and I have 4 sons. I want to live a long healthy life with them and my husband.
Amen and Amen! Thanks Karen for reminding us all whose we are and where our citizenship lies. Food is an idol (anything that is more important than God in life) for me, but I am working hard to eliminate it from my life. I did WW a few years back and lost 50 pounds, but have gained in all back. For me, counting points and weighing food and looking a fat grams and fiber grams became an idol too. Now I want to remember God has provided all good things for us to enjoy, but not over indulge in. I want to experience all He has planned for me, but have to clean up the temple(my body) to be ready for those plans. May God guide us all this week and may we listen to the small voice, instead of the screaming stomach.
Right to the heart and soul of the matter – Thanks Karen! I am about the same this week. But have been doing lots of stressed out poor eating and too many trips to McD’s for their addictive caramel frappe. I think I need a 12 step program! I am becoming more aware of how these poor food choices make me feel – not good! Time to restart and reprogram.
Dear Karen, I just came across your blog today through Lysa Terkeurst’s blog. What a wonderful blessing this Monday morning! Your words (both on your blog and through you interview on the 700 Club) have resonated within me. Although I do not have an extreme weight issue, I have long given food a place in my life it was never meant to have. It is a sin issue, an obedience issue, I need to address and resolve – with God’s help and through his love. Thank you for the gift you have given me this morning to encourage me to take the road that God wants to meet me on and prove himself faithful. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways, acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 Thank you and God bless! P.S. I absolutely LOVED your hat skit!! Hilarious!
I needed to read this tonight. I am truly addicted to sugar and came off a 40 day sugar fast on Easter Sunday. Now I’m back where I started. Tonight on the way home from Costco, I was having this tug-of-war inside of me over whether or not to stop at See’s Candy for “just a few pieces.” My stomach god won, and I stopped in for 5 pieces that I did not need. I ate them and gave into my craving, which I do every single day. Tomorrow is a new day; I will remember what you wrote!
I too am overweight and have been for years. My weight is like a roller coaster ride. I really need encoragement and know that God can help me if I will only turn this part of my life over to him. I need to loose 70 lbs.
AMEN!!!! I am so upset with myself–I moved in with my Mother 2 months ago–I have put on 12 lbs!!!
My god-daughter has asked me to read a scripture reading at her wedding July23–I really thought I was being good. I have no self-control–I HATE SATAN–but he slips in when I am around food. I am so depressed I want to crawl under a rock or under my covers. Please I need help!!! Thank you, Barb Wall
Praying for you Barb…. take it one day at a time and remember that God loves you where you are right now!
How true it is that my stomach “god” screams and my heart “god” whispers. God himself said that his voice can be heard in the quiet whisper. I am going to commit to listening to that still small voice of my heart.
Amen indeed. I was doing so well when I was doing the “Made to Crave” by Lysa Terkeurst. I gave up sugar for 3 months or so. Then I lost my job, I “surrendered to sugar” because after all I just lost my job.
Not wise I know, especially since I was made to crave God more! I am paying the consequences now. I haven’t weighed myself, but my self-esteem has hit a rock bottom. Not only do I feel “sad” because I haven’t got a job YET, but my old habits came back and bit me! Everyone says, “You can have sugar in small amounts, quit punishing yourself”. Well I tried dear sister, small amounts wasn’t enough. Only God is enough, I know thqt. Time to get back on track – I am very thankful that I have been exercising a lot! Of course that is part of my “punishment” for eating all that JUNK! Oh why is it so hard to QUIT listening to SATAN’S lies? Why is it that the BATTLE of being healthy is such a battle?
“So if you too are sick of the stinkin’ stomach god, pinky promise with me that together, we will listen to our hearts and ignore our stinkin’ stomach and its partner-in-crime ‘bossy brain’. ” — YES I AM!!!! I’M WITH YOU!!!
Thank you Karen, I have been trying to eat healthy for over a month. I am also going to weight watchers. None of it works without God. I love the scripture in Philippians 3: 18-20, I don”t know why I never saw that before., or at the very least had it click in my brain with my cravings. I want God to be God over everything. I want to surrender. I have been reading Made to Crave, which is an excellent book. I have never thought of God being God over this part of my life. I have been walking and listening to Praise music as I go. I am going to check into a Zumba class. Keep encouraging us. Thank you. I really need this.
I have never really seen this verse. I’ve done enough planning & organizing my physical, not it’s time to listen to my heart with the Lord.
I have lost 175 lbs since 2010 through prayer, exercise and diet. Now I am trying to maintain and I am running into difficulties. No longer having to “deprive ” myself, I’m trying to learn how to eat normally which is something I’ve never done.. I find that right now I am on a cycle of overeating and gaining weight and then dieting and losing the same 5-10 lbs.
I have received prayer at church for this problem, because it really affects my self image. If I have binged I feel as though I weigh 326lbs again, if I stick to my food plan and weigh in at the right amount then and only then I feel ok. I am learning that God loves me regardless of what the scale says and that he loves me enough to want me to be healthy.