God Is Doing a New Thing: HEAL

So What's New? :-)

September 2009 - During the past year, I have made little compromises that have resulted in some BIG changes to my body physically. God is faithful and I am hanging in there. We WILL make it through. If you wanted just the "weight loss success story," though, I am afraid that ended in September of 2008.

Actually, God is showing me that this is about SO MUCH MORE than my body! True "success" comes when changes in the *heart* are permanent. God is definitely working on those!

The past year has brought lots of changes. Many, many of them VERY good! But with some of these deep changes has come a tendency to head back toward old coping mechanisms. Not blatantly...so it has been easy to "ignore."

Now, as evaluate where I currently am and where GOD wants me to be, I am allowing God to show me TRUTH and am processing it with Him. I have a renewed commitment to this.

This is about SO much more than what size my body is. In spite of the ever-shifting nature of my size, in fact, I think I am really learning some important things.

If you are new to this blog or visiting for the first time in a long while, WELCOME (back!). We studied the Thin Within book during the summer. You can study it with us at any time. If you would like to see the first assignment, visit this blog entry.

Regardless of where you are in your own personal journey with the Lord, I hope you find something here to encourage you!

What IS Thin Within?

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!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

HEAL

Hi, folks! YES! I will begin the HEAL book on Monday, October 5th! I will try to go slow enough to linger 6 weeks...that should take through Thanksgiving or just about. But I have so many other things to share...yes yes yes...the journey through the wilderness...the focus being getting OUT of the wilderness...God is showing me so many things! :-) I am glad that others are being shown this too! I don't feel quite so "out of it!"

I must confess that I have waaaaay overextended myself in personal commitments. Thus, the reason I haven't blogged much. I haven't even ridden my horses! Today was the first time in over a month! You know life has gotten too crazy when I won't take my time with my ponies! :-)

I hope to write more tomorrow or this weekend. I hope some of you will join me as we study HEAL by Allie Smith and Judy Halliday!

3 comments:

sunshinemama said...: Hi Heidi! I am so excited to start studying the HEAL with you and I know several other ladies have mentioned being excited about it as well! yay!! I am so glad to start this study and learn what God has been teaching you and see what He has in store for me as well!!
God Bless You!
Kim; October 1, 2009 2:48:00 PM PDT
Cher said...: Me too. I pray you know what you should do when. I completely understand!
Do we need to have anything read before Monday, or you'll let us know that kind of stuff then?

CherHim; October 2, 2009 8:17:00 PM PDT
trainedbyhorses said...: Assignment will be posted...uh...tomorrow...Sunday. Yep, I think I will try to post assignments on Sunday for the upcoming week! :-) Pray for me! I am so swamped and really want to do this! :-) HUGS!; October 3, 2009 5:59:00 AM PDT

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