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!
2 comments:
I got some marbles today! I'm trying to figure out how to do this without drawing attention to it. My family will never let me hear the end of it, but I think it would help me!
I love the trapeze metaphor! When this program works for me most is when I let go and trust God!
Sometimes this means letting go many times a day!
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