Continuing to eat only the food my body needs has been my greatest challenge.  In the past, I found excuses to overeat.  Once I slip, it is easy to keep eating excess food.  I also erroneously think I can start over tomorrow, or even next Monday.  Over time, God has helped me eat less food.  I can tell when I am full and stop eating.  Before, I ate until my stomach was physically bloated, stretching out over my pants.

Psalm 119:105 is, “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.”  (Holy Bible, New Living Translation, 1996, 2004, 2007).  God has shown me that the short lived joy overeating once gave me is not worth the pain.  My stomach has shrunk so if I overeat, I feel my stomach hurting to digest this excess food.  I also realized once I “got away” with overeating, I continued eating too much.  God guides me to stay off the path of overeating.

Since I have no set food plan, “cheating” is eating more food than my body needs.  I am not perfect and I still occasionally eat a few bites more than my body needs.  When that happpens, I stop eating.  I have to work at waiting to eat the next time until my body is truly hungry.  God gives me the strength to only eat food my body needs and the grace to overcome when I mess up.