Some of you may be coming to this blog for the first time or may not have a clue what
Thin Within is. You may have done a Google search for Christian dieting or diets or bible based weight loss. The great news is,
Thin Within is even better than a diet or weight loss program! Totally based on biblical principles, the message is refreshing and freeing!
Thin Within is a book by Judy and Arthur Halliday and it is also a website available at
http://www.thinwithin.org/. It is an approach to life--not just eating. It is surrendering who I am to the Lord, inviting him to invade my life completely. He becomes my sufficiency, my satisfaction, my strength. When I am excited, depressed, anxious, instead of turning to food, I learn to turn to Him to satisfy the heart hunger.
Thin Within teaches me to eat only when I am physiologically hungry and to stop eating when I am physiologically satisfied or not hungry any more. We call that 0 to 5 eating.
No foods are "off limits." So I released 100 pounds while eating chocolate, pizza, mexican food, McDonalds french fries (don't be disgusted! LOL!).
As time progressed, however, I found myself gravitating more towards more beneficial foods. I still eat Godiva chocolate and french fries (have had both today, in fact), but the goal is that NO food will have mastery over me.
This way, not only is the weight released from my body, but it is done in such a way that I can live this way for the rest of my life. I released all of the extra weight by eating normal foods only when hungry. While I live a relatively active lifestyle, shedding the extra weight involved no obsessive exercise. If I have a more active day, I am likely to be hungry more frequently. If I am hungry, I am free to eat! No calorie, fat gram, or point counting.
I am free!
Once I am no longer hungry or "satisfied" I stop eating.
The trick is all those other reasons many of us eat! My heart is to turn to the Lord anytime I have a desire to eat when I am not physically in need of nourishment.
Thank you, Lord, for relieving my body of 100 pounds!
4 comments:
Loved the video. Such a great analogy. I'm nearly tempted to get some marbles and a jar to remind myself!
I love your object lessons! Thanks so much. I needed this today. The length didn't bother me at all. I love watching your videos.
I had my monthly weigh in and measure session at Curves today. My weight stayed the same, but my measurements are going down! I'm encouraged.
Heidi,
This was a great video. Thanks for sharing it. Not only can I use it in my Thin Within journey, but also my journey in a stressful life right now.
Each day matters and each morning is new. I can focus on the "marbles" that are put in when I respond in a good way to a stressful situation instead of focusing on the fact that it was stressful.
Don't worry about the length being over 2 minutes. It is the content that matters and it was well worth it!!!
By the way, I am in a classroom situation for the summer and I love this idea for my class! Excellent. I have used other methods, but not this one. The sound will be a good positive encouragment for the kids.
Thanks!
Thanks for the comments, girls! I am so glad that you like the video ok. Autumnseer, some of the ladies at the Thin Within forum *have* done precisely that! I think the book makes a suggestion of putting coins in a jar...and use the money to reward yourself with something you have been wanting (probably non-food related LOL!) when you get to the top. That might be fun!
YAY, Senkyoshi! YAY!
Deanna, I actually used this when homeschooling my kids...one year we switched from Mom's loosey goosey version of homeschool to a very stringent Abeka DVD series for homeschool. My oldest (then in 8th grade) thought the marble jar idea must have come with all the Abeka books and DVDs! LOL! My old kids loved it and we DID celebrate when we filled up the jar. Maybe we will do that again this coming year as we are returning (again) to a very intensive year...they are 17 and 15 now. That would be interesting! LOL!
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