The Beginning

My whole life I have suffered with a weight problem.  It started as a child, I was beginning to become overweight when I was in 1st grade. I come from a huge family and we all love to eat. My mother is the only one of us who has always been thin. I can remember as a child thinking sweets were treats and the more I got the more I loved them.


In high school I weighed around 165-170 lbs. I had went on and off of a few diets thru high school but never really commited to anything, then when I was 19 I started Weight Watchers, I lost about 80 lbs and got down to a size 5, I weighed about 125 lbs for about a month then got pregnant with my 1st child. After I had her I got down to about 175 lbs again which was still overweight for my height and build. From that point my weight went up and down alot but still stayed around 180 lbs.


Next came the Phen-Phen, I started it and lost 77 lbs in 3 months, WOW!  Yeah, I also had severe chest pains and thought I may of had a heart attack a few times, so that was that and of course I gained the weight back and then some.

By the time I gave birth to my second child  my weight had soared to 245!  I was tired of being fat, so I made up my mind I would starve if that is what it took and that is what I did!! I lost down to 105 lbs and looked anorexic, finally I was skinny, loving those size 0 skinny jeans, yet I was fatigued all the time for mere starvation! I kept it going for about 5 years and yea, you guessed it I gave up again.


About 4 years ago Jesus came into my life! This was a very hard time in my life but it was also great because God picked me up out of the ashes and saved me! I had been set free from worry and stress, which were about to kill me, but I still struggled with my weight. I knew in my heart that Jesus could deliver me from this but I did not know how to give it to him. I knew I did not want to ever let dieting run my life as it had before. I want to be obsessed with God and God alone not diets! So what was I to do? I have been praying for 3 years for God to show me how to do this his way, and how to keep him in focus and not let dieting control my life.


Well on December 17, 2010 God gave me the answer. My friend Stacy and I were out  finishing up our Christmas Shopping and I was telling her I wanted to start dieting again on Jan 1, but I wanted to do it God's way. She told me about a plan she had heard of called the "Weigh Down Workshop".  She said alot of churches were doing it but she didn't know all the details. The next day I looked it up and found the videos free on youtube. It was a 12 weeks series with 4-5 videos in each week. I watched them all that day, I felt God dealing with my heart, he was delivering me! I started on Dec. 19, 2010 and have lost a total of 12 lbs so far and it is only Dec. 29, 2010.  This program is not a diet, it is listening and asking God to show you what he wants for you. ! It has nothing to do with dicipline of self control, but rather letting God have complete control!!!!! It is wonderful and the chains of bondage to food are gone!!!! Thank you Lord for loving me and showing me the way and setting me Free!!!! Yes, there are people who will not believe and be sceptical and that is ok because I know the TRUTH!! The Truth is Jesus!! He is the WAY, the TRUTH!!!! This is a journey I just started and will be doing regular posts to document what is happening along the way. If anyone would like more info on this program you can find it at www.weighdown.com

John 8:32 

³² Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”