Deep down, I want to eat when I feel like it. When I feel like eating, I am not hungry. Instead, I want food to soothe my emotions. I desire food because it looks yummy. I miss grazing on chips and snacking while watching TV. Other times, I want to keep eating, even though I am full.

Matthew 16:24 is, “Then Jesus said to his followers, ‘If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.'” (Holy Bible, New Living Translation, 2015, emphasis added) God has shown me I can lose weight and keep it off by only eating food my body needs. I would rather follow Jesus than devour excess food. I must give up my way, which is stuffing food down my body whenever I feel like it. God brings me comfort and peace that excess food can never deliver.