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My name is Tish Dunn and from the time I was young I had been on a roller coaster ride with my weight. In fact, my nickname in school was “Porky.” I tried to control it by watching my fat grams and carbohydrates. The results? I lost some weight, but put it right back on!! It certainly had no permanent results and it never changed my heart for the food. I was in more bondage because I was more focused on the food!
In 1997, God mercifully allowed me to see the first Weigh Down class video in Germany while my husband and I were visiting family. It was an answer to prayer and it made so much sense!! Eat when you are hungry and stop when you are full. Because we were only there for a short visit, I only got to see that first video. We were actually living in Wales at the time and I didn’t realize that I could have started my own class. So I just put the basics into practice and lost fifteen lbs!!
We moved back to the States shortly after that and immediately called Weigh Down! I was desperate for the spiritual/Biblical side of it. My husband and I were very involved with our church at the time, but I felt spiritually emaciated!! Over the next two years, I coordinated three Exodus Out of Egypt classes and participated in several Exodus from Strongholds classes as well as Weigh Down Advanced. All of these classes helped me die to my will and live only for God’s will!
Exodus Out of Egypt helped me lay down my desire to eat when I wasn’t hungry and helped me lose the first fifteen pounds (I arrogantly thought that I only had fifteen pounds to lose because I was at the lowest weight I had seen in high school – so I fed the lie that “I will never be any thinner!”). Exodus from Stronghold’s dug deeper into my heart and revealed idols of control, seeking man’s approval over God’s approval, lack of submission to my husband, paranoia type fears, etc.!! This class was SO convicting and helped me lay down all of them!! It was a freedom that I had never experienced before!!
After Exodus from Strongholds, I participated in two Weigh Down Advanced classes where the last twenty pounds came off!! I had no clue that I had more weight to lose! It was a powerful series that revealed that I still had a root of greed for over-indulgence in my heart for food. I wasn’t waiting every time for hunger and didn’t always stop when pleasantly satisfied. Weigh Down Advanced helped reveal that I was playing God by allowing this to stay in my heart! How scary!! This class helped me attack the root and get rid of it. God quickly came in and rewarded the obedience with allowing me to be thinner than I had ever been and I felt incredible!!
In summary, I lived the first twenty-three years of my life full of self, full of greed, full of praise of man, full of selfish ambition, etc. and reaping the consequences!! Basically, I was MISERABLE and on a downward spiral straight to Hell!! Since being involved with Weigh Down and putting the principles into practice, the past five years have been full of peace and joy and in increasing measure!! I am so thankful to God for His merciful patience, His precious Son who allowed us to return to God and showed us how to die to self, His servant Gwen Shamblin and her obedience to stand up for the truth!!!
I pray that if you are struggling, you will test the fruit of this Truth by putting it into practice and going after Total Obedience to God Almighty!!! Do not serve yourself - serve God! Stay in His boundaries and you will find true freedom by dying to your will and living only for God’s will!!
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