Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV Bible
Well, the Lord God allowed me an 80+ pound weight loss. Just prior that time, Jesus showed me lots of lessons about myself. Some of them where difficult, and I would have rathered not have had them, but that's the price have to you pay for being thin. In my opinion, if you lose all your weight and don't make any changes in your life, your eating, and your routines, your weight won't stay off for long. I know this, because I was on so many diets during the years prior to this and lost weight only to gain it back, and often much more than I lost.
It's difficult to face that I had: been hiding portions of food from my family; begrudged them eating anything I wanted for myself; pushed them and God away from me, because I didn't feel good about myself; and the worst was, that I had let food become a false god in my life! I would turn to food in times of stress, instead of putting it into the Lord God's very capable hands.
It wasn't easy facing what I had been doing and how it affected those that I love dearly! Every now-and-then, I start to backslide into some of these old patterns, but fortunately for me, the Lord helps refocus me. But as I said, learning the lessons that the Lord has for me about my eating, choices, stress, and priorities, are the price you have to pay for being thin...but they're worth it. The sense of calm I get for putting my life and family into God's hands, is so amazing, even more amazing than His allowing the vast majority of the weight to stay off for over 30 years. I don't want to ever go back to those old patterns, but fortunately God reminds me!
