10 lbs, that is! I hit a milestone this week in my renewed effort to get rid of some excess weight and realized I am down 10 lbs since the end of June. Yay, me! Or more importantly, yay, God! I know it's only with His help that I've been able to do this and that's no exaggeration. I have absolutely no will power when left to my own devices. I am like a spoiled toddler sometimes when it comes to food.

I never struggled with weight until after the birth of my third child. At that point I heard of another program that introduced me to the hunger/fullness idea (ie wait till you're hungry to eat, stop when you're comfortably full)  Makes sense, right? I fairly easily dropped about 35 lbs. Went on to have another child, found out the founder of that program, Weigh Down, was a lulu who was going off the deep end. (c'mon folks, she started her own church and began  firing staff members who wouldn't join) To anyone involved in that, I'd say run! Fleeeeee!!!  The original premise is good, but there is so much other baggage that goes along with it, it's not worth it. There is a lot of legalism and guilt that go with it.

Enter Thin Within  I just started reading this book about 2 weeks ago and it compliments what I feel the Lord has been showing me about eating. They have been around for 30 years, and have a more 'grace-oriented' approach. It's like a breath of fresh air. I beat myself up enough when I mess up. So to those of you who also need to 'release' excess weight (I love how they say that. I don't want to 'lose' it, because it implies I will 'find' it again!) I highly recommend this book!