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God has delivered me from destructive eating habits, but I am still not perfect.  Last night, I thought I was hungry and had a bedtime snack.  I broke my streak of not eating after dinner for three weeks. The positive is that this snack was just one Pop Tart and about four ounces of yogurt.  The negative is this is extra food my body did not need.  This morning my stomach feels sour and is rumbling, trying to process this excess. I have several choices about what to do next. I can try and justify my slip and tell myself I am so much betterRead More →

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I have difficulty forgiving others when the hurt is painful.  It is hard to let go of my pride and admit I am wrong. I like hanging on to hurt feelings so I can throw a pity party. The pain from past situations has faded over the years and I can’t believe some things bothered me.  I feel sometimes as if I have mastered to act of forgiveness, and then someone offends me again.  I let the pride over “how can they be that dumb to do this” and hurt over “how can they be this mean” come into my brain.  Once the emotions getRead More →

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Fear causes stress, disrupts my sleep and pushes me to overeat. The anxiety of not knowing how a situation will turn out, leads me to imagine the worst possible outcome.  Instead of helping me feel better, this usually makes me worry more.  In the grip of emotional distress, I hit the pantry or refrigerator for something to ease my pain.  The truth is overeating salty snacks does nothing to calm my fear, but instead gives me stomach pain.  Instead of eating, I need to turn to God to help me face my fear. Most of my fears are only exist because of my imagination. My mostRead More →

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God created people to fellowship with Him.  He created me with an empty space in my heart that only He can fill.  In vain, I have spent my life trying to stuff this space with food.  Even though I know food will not cure the problem, I continue overeating as a solution.  When I realize I have fallen, I am embarrassed because I chose food over God. After I slip and overeat, I want to hide from God as Adam and Eve did in Genesis 3:8.  Deep down, I know I have not fallen too far to never come back.  I also know I need toRead More →

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I was once bound by the chains of food addiction.  Food was my stronghold, my source of comfort, and solution for my problems.   I called myself a Christian, but actually loved food more than God.  I loved food so much that it became my idol.  Since I ate more food than my body needed, I was overweight.  I tried diets, but was unable to permanently keep the weight off.  Even when dieting I overate, eating excess “healthy” foods like flavored rice cakes and baked chips. Food did not make me happy like I thought it would.  I was miserable and eventually cried out to God forRead More →