Have you lost weight? what worked for you ?

[Dreamer]

With good health comes more beauty too

Quick fast tips on fast, healthy, natural weight loss:

- green tea (read thread here on green tea's health benefits)
- all natural foods (organic is best as well, whole wheat or rye over white)
- daily exercise (walking/jogging/running, cardio/aerobics)
- eat 6 small meals daily instead of 3 big meals, easier on digestive system

Ask the Holy Spirit to provide you strength in Jesus Christ to overcome any food / laziness bondages you may have. Jesus delivers!

Can't argue with any of that!:boy_hug::girl_hug:

 

[calluna]

With good health comes more beauty too

Quick fast tips on fast, healthy, natural weight loss:

- green tea (read thread here on green tea's health benefits)
- all natural foods (organic is best as well, whole wheat or rye over white)
- daily exercise (walking/jogging/running, cardio/aerobics)
- eat 6 small meals daily instead of 3 big meals, easier on digestive system

Ask the Holy Spirit to provide you strength in Jesus Christ to overcome any food / laziness bondages you may have. Jesus delivers!

Chad this is wonderful advice, I love green tea.
However as I have learnt just recently, we can overindulge in the healthy foods aswell, so the key is not necessarily what we eat, though of course as you suggested, natural God given food is the best, it is how much we eat. And it's true because I have been on various natural type diets over my lifetime, raw, vegetarian, non- processed, whole foods, all land based and so on, and my underlying problem still existed, I still ate for the wrong sinful reason and often overindulged.

And I of course agree with you that.. strength in Jesus Christ is the only answer to overcome any sinful habit in our lives. He is my hope.

calluna

 

[MAJ52653]

It is

That sounds like something I might be able to do!

THE hard part is simply starting it. After a month or so, I actually found that I was less hungry on the days I could eat and started eating less on those days.
Of course the really hardest part was my family. They insisted that I was insane, killing myself, etc., and nagged and browbeat me until I stopped. I actually still had 20 pounds to lose.

 

[Truedawn]

I've enjoyed reading this thread

Thank you each one for sharing on this topic. I too struggle with food. Most of the time when I am feeling feelings that I can't deal with and am not willing to talk with the Lord about. It's easier to just shove food in my mouth than to feel the feeling & talk to the Lord about it. And give it to Him...

In the past I was able to "stay on the wagon" for a couple of years. Dealt with the feelings & brought it all to the Lord right away. Don't know what happened.

Now I will got to the Lord eventually but not usually until after I've self - medicated with food. Like tonight, I was looking at pictures of our friend's toddler twins from another state (8 hour drive away). And I realized that those beautiful children will not likely grow up knowing us well. I felt and feel so sad about that and that we can't spend time with our dear friends like we used to... we used to be in Bible study together and really shared life together. I miss them and to see their picture, I felt so sad. We love the time together when we can get together, but that is once a year or so. So after crying for a bit - I then ate a frozen fruit bar, then cashews right from the can. This is after plenty of food today. Guess what? My heart still is sad (even though I know that the four of us will hangout in heaven someday) and now I've added calories to my body at a late time of night. Ugh. I choose to do that yet it was not a good choice. Better would have been to put on the p.j.'s climb into bed and pray. Cry more if I needed to and rest in Jesus' arms.

I'm glad that I don't have to be perfect to belong to Jesus. Well it's late and I need to close this note. God bless each of you.

True

 

[Dreamer]

I do this too, Truedawn. Hugs to you. I understand your frustration.

I worked hard, very hard to lose some weight recently. Then, when I became depressed, I gained the pounds back because I was depressed and used candy several times to gain a sugar high. The 4 or 5 pounds I'd worked so hard to lose were back.

My very good friend calluna recommended an online course to me. Even though I was a little afraid of it at first, I enrolled and did my first lesson yesterday. I feel so SECURE knowing that I don't have to try to do this on my own anymore.

The bible has ALL answers to life, even how to eat. I'm putting my eating problem in God's hands and let Him guide me. I have needed to repent of my selfish, sinful ways.

The course is called "Setting The Captives Free". There are some different courses, but the one I take is for eating problems, and it's called, "The Lord's Table". It is scripture-based and so excellent. I will go get the addy and pm it to you.

Hugs to you. We love you, and God has the answers to your problem! Let's work and grow together. I need another accountability partner, by the way.
Pray about being mine? Thanks Truedawn, God bless.

Love,
Dreamer