Once
upon a time, I wasn’t fat, but I thought I was, so I acted accordingly. Size has affected my whole life
adversely. In this blog, I will share
glimpses into the past, but mostly I will be looking forward, and sharing some
valuable information and helpful tips, hints, and ideas on getting mentally
healthy. When we begin to renew the
mind, our body will follow.
Sometimes,
when we’re begging God for something, we need to listen for the answer. There are moments of truth that we miss when
the answer isn’t exactly what we’d hope for, or expected. In my case, over the many years that I’d
been begging God for freedom from this pesky food addiction, there were three
doctors, one Overeater’s Anonymous leader, two counselors, and perhaps a few
others who suggested I was addicted to sugar.
Had I only been listening for Truth instead of what I wanted to
hear!
I
began a low-carb way of eating on August 13, 2012. I have lost 29
pounds in six weeks, and it’s one of the easiest things I’ve ever done
(to lose weight). There is an
excitement in my life now (when I step on the scales) that far outweighs any food
I may have given up.
The
simple truth is that from the first day that I gave up high carb sugar, bread,
pasta, I began a trajectory where, for once, I am effortlessly eating
less, easily losing weight, and I am not fighting seemingly uncontrollable
urges to eat and eat and eat.
I
have uh lot of weight to lose. I’m going to write about my progress
here. I hope, if you’re in the same
boat I have been in for most all of my life where food issues have been
a constant source of sorrow for you, you’ll walk with me on this journey. With faith, each day, we’ll learn something
new and exciting, and start living life as God intended, free and abundant,
instead of being so wrapped up in the heartbreakingly vicious cycle of counting
calories/weighing/gaining/losing.
Tomorrow: Is low carb right
for you? Low carb is not the best
choice for everyone. I have done some
research that I will share with you that may help you decide which freedom route
to take.
What? You can’t do it? Can’t do it alone? Can’t give up pasta/bread/chocolate? Before you say “can’t” walk with me a few
days…let’s see if we can find something you CAN do.
Thanking God for your progress, Meg! I think we are all like this, we are waiting for the answer we want from God instead of being still and listening to the answer he is giving us. What is really neat all along was that God was answering your prayer for freedom and constantly reminding you of it through various counselors, doctors, etc. so he had not abandoned you or forsaken you; you, like the majority of us (especially me) are just slow learners and slow to listen but definitely quick to speak.
ReplyDeleteI am so pleased with your weight loss and finding what that is that is working for you. I look forward to your progress that you report as well as your things learned as you continue on this journey.
betty
WAhoo! :D
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the weight loss!
It's so good to read hope. :)
I, too, have found that low carb eating is the right choice for me...except that I keep trying to convince myself that that couldn't possibly be true. :} I find that when I relinquish my right to eat "what everyone else" can eat and stick to low-carb, my cravings leave, or at least quiet to a whisper, and I lose weight.
My trouble is that I get to feeling "safe" and think I can have just a bit, just this once, for just this occasion--and the downhil slide begins. I so badly want to believe the siren song of moderation...
This blog launch came at exactly the right time for me. Before I left on vacation, I posted that TODAY would be a relaunch for me, too.
It's funny. I had my on=plan breakfast this morning and when I came upstairs to read my Bible on the computer, I decided to log that legal breakfast into SparkPeople. And I felt such a check in my spirit about it. (Now, I'm NOT saying this is for anyone but me.) I felt the whisper that freedom doesn't require counting and tracking and tabulating--it just requires obedience. I wasn't sure if it was the Lord or me, but this post reminded me of that moment.
Anyway. It is for freedom that He set us free! I'm marching along with you, girlfriend. Jesus saves...and sets free.
Deb
What a wonderful launch! I'm happy for you. Reading your progress made me smile. I love your tagline at the top: "From impossible to Godpossible." :-)
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