“I am stressed and need sugar,” and “I did a good job so I deserve a treat” are lies I used to believe.  I loved eating so much that I looked for excuses to indulge.  Other times if food was available, I ate because the food was too tempting to pass up.  Old habits and patterns can be changed with God’s help.  It has been a process to leave these habits and lies behind.

2 Corinthians 10:4 is, “We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.” (Holy Bible, New Living Translation, 1996, 2004, 2007)  Only God is capable of destroying lies that can keep me in bondage to food.  After years of rewarding myself with food, I finally see how overeating for any reason hurts my body.  Extra food my body does not need causes weight gain.  Even one extra bite starts me down a slippery slope of overeating.  I have found it is easier to stop myself from eating one extra bite than to get back on track after a week of overindulgence.

Food and emotions continually urge me to eat when I am not hungry.  I have started to ask myself, “Am I hungry or seeking comfort,” before I eat.  God gives me the strength to resist eating when I seek His help.  When I pray before eating, asking for guidance if I need to eat, God answers.  He gives me strength to walk away from food my body does not need.  With God’s help, I am overcoming lies from the past that drive me to overeat.