• Feb. 11, 2008
Article for local Curves newsletter June 1, 2006

Ta-da!  I am officially past the half-way point between my highest weight and my goal!  I still have a long way to go, but I am trusting that the down-hill side of the mountain will not take as long as the up-hill side did.  Not that I would trade it for anything.

 

As I try to put to paper all that I have learned, all the lessons from the journey so far, I am absolutely overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of them – not many that are super profound, and even fewer that have anything to do with the literal physical aspects of weight loss.  My lessons that have motivated me, that have kept me on the path or brought me back when I have wandered from it, have been spiritual.  Truths learned, patiently taught, from the one who is the Truth. 

 

I have known for a long time that the secret to successful weight loss was not finding the right eating plan as much as finding myself in a place of humility and loving obedience before God my Creator and Father.  God made me with this desire to be filled, and when I come to Him daily he satisfies me like no amount of simple carbs can!  When I relinquish control and humble myself before God, he lifts me up and takes my hand to lead me along the path, in step together.  Who would have thought that the way I felt about myself, the way I approached my weight for so long, was a form of pride?  It didn’t feel like pride – it felt like depression and embarrassment and a dozen other things.  But as I’ve learned more and more, one day at a time with Him, I’ve learned that any attitude that is centered on me instead of centered on God is a form of pride.  Even focusing on my inability.  So now my focus is knowing that I can’t but that God can; learning to say “Yes, Sir” the first time instead of being an obstinate brat with him; being overwhelmed by Him instead of my circumstances or inability; claiming his faithful mercies every morning instead of being so hard on myself.

 

“Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”  Psalm 103:2-5

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