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I began dieting and exercising
when I was sixteen years old as a means of controlling my weight. As I grew older,
I blamed marriage, having children, and stress for my weight gain. I can’t
remember not being on some sort of diet or exercise program and always tried
to eat low-calorie or fat-free foods. I exercised like a maniac five times
a week at the gym, took Dexatrim and drank Slim-fast and ephedra tea. My
ears perked up at the sound of another fad diet or exercise equipment commercial.
I just hoped that this one was the answer. I tried everything and anything.
Diet and exercise controlled and consumed my life.
In October 1999 I began attending my first Weigh Down Workshop class at the invitation of a friend from church. She approached me saying, “I know you don’t need to lose weight, but I really think you could benefit from this message.” I was 5’8” and weighed in at 190 pounds. This was just another “diet” for me or so I thought.
God used the Weigh Down Workshop to immediately deliver me from the slavery of dieting, excessive exercise, taking Dexatrim and drinking Slim-fast and that poisonous tea. I was no longer cooking two meals: one for my family and one for me. I was free to eat whatever I wanted as long as I was truly hungry. I remember the freedom I felt!!!! It was so simple!
I would lose fifteen pounds during the class and then put it back on during the summer when classes weren’t in session. It was as if I was happy with what God did for me and then I said, “Okay, thanks, I’ll take it from here.” This happened for two years until I saw Gwen Shamblin speak in South Bend, Indiana on November 10, 2001. This is the day my life changed forever.
I finally made the connection that greed for food is wrong. God’s boundaries of hunger and fullness are so generous. How could I continue to ask for more food? I was the god when I ate outside of hunger and fullness. How could the God who created me ever rule when I was bowing down to this false god of food? I was so convicted that day that I needed to leave the food behind and develop a love for God. God would never let food be my savior! I would continue to be cursed with overweight and depression for my disobedience and overindulgence with food as long as my heart was super-glued to it.
My family took Weigh Down Advanced which really drove home the need to repent of my past sin and obey ALL of God’s commands. I began to read my Bible in order to find what pleased God instead of what pleased me. I studied the Weigh Down materials and the scriptures and truly applied what I was learning. I surrounded myself with this message of truth. When tempted, I listened to an audio tape or read my Bible or the Weigh Down Diet book. Keeping my focus on God by surrounding myself with WDW materials was the answer. Eventually my love for food was replaced with an overwhelming love for God. I just wanted to obey His every command and learn what pleased Him so I could do it! When I obeyed God, I experienced abundant blessings.
I lost a total of fifty-five pounds and have kept is off for a year and a half. There is no going back. I was a size fourteen when I started and now I am a size six. My husband and I have been together for seventeen years and I have never been at this weight. I have never weighed less than him. What a jewel!
I am in the Promised Land with food. It no longer calls my name because I have chosen to love God more than anything in this world. I love God more than food and I show it by not overeating. Food tastes better when you are truly hungry and being a size six feels better than anything I could possibly eat!!! However, the change is more than being a size six. My passion for food has been replaced forever with a passion for God Almighty. The only God that can truly love me back!
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