Losing weight with God
As I continue to pray and develop a deeper relationship with Jesus and our Blessed Mother, your mind and soul start to get flooded with ideas and you begin to see life as if you had a new set of eyes. It’s like a puzzle beginning to form right in front of you. It’s pretty amazing how God works. About a few weeks ago, as I was starting to feel upset about my weight, a thought just popped into my mind….Lose weight with God. Hmmm….as I pondered those words I started to feel like this was it for me….it was time for me to get my body healthy and truly allow my body to become a Temple for the Holy Spirit.
When I receive the Holy Eucharist, I always ask Jesus to enter my body and cleanse me and become a part of me. I never once thought that my body was not a healthy place for him. But slowly He is finding ways to nudge me and guide me to follow Him and allow Him to help me become how He always intended for me to be in the phystical, emotional and spiritual forms. God doesn’t create ugly. We do that to ourselves. We deform our bodies and souls to such an extent that there isn’t a trace of God’s beauty. That is when the vicious cycle begins of spending money on cosmetic improvements, fad diets, operations, etc. It’s never enough or we lose weight and gain it right back and plus some more. The vicious cycle continues. Break free once and for all . . .
One day I woke up and felt my soul saying . . . Today is the day! I started my day by praying and asking God, my Blessed Mother Rosa Mystica, my Guardian Angel, St. Raphael and my Patron Saint to help me break free from the bondage I have with food. I asked them to help me through the day so that I could lose weight and become healthy again and be able to become a true Temple for the Holy Spirit. I asked for the strength to withstand the hunger pains and overcome the need to eat and eat. The one thing that I really feel has helped is that I offered up my hunger, pains and discomforts for the conversion of a soul that is dear to me. I have been praying for this conversion but it feels like the more I pray the harder the nut to crack! But I know that God will not refuse me this conversion because I am now offering my hunger. I must tell you how liberated I now feel. I feel empowered because my body no longer controls me but through Heaven’s intercession, I am able to control my body. The moment I acknowledged and accepted that I am nothing without the help of God, our Blessed Mother and all the Angels and Saints, I allowed my soul to be liberated. I have opened the door to my heart and soul and God is now the driving force in my life. Everyone has different nutritional needs so you can choose the method that best works for you as far as dieting goes. Whether you decide to follow a program like Weight Watchers or do it on your own like I am. The majority of people are like me who know what we are supposed to do but just don’t have the willpower to actually stick with it. So it should be fine for you to do your own diet. Especially now with the economic challenges we are faced with, we need to make ever dollar stretch! You can start with baby steps and just start to cut down on what you are already eating. If your eating habits are that poor than just by cutting down in portion than you will still lose weight. The first few weeks, you will start to drop weight fairly quickly as your body is in shock and adjusting to change. It’s later on when your body start to get used to what you are doing and slow down the weight loss than you will need to jumpstart things but changing your routine. Start cutting down on calories and increase your activity levels. Losing weight is not complicated. We make it complicated by our weaknesses but that is where God comes in. Pray Pray and don’t stop praying especially at your weakest points in your day and he will give you the strength. God doesn’t fail us …..we fail Him! I personally have been doing more of a liquid diet with meal replacement shakes. It is a drastic change from what I was eating and I am doing this because this causes me to have severe hunger but I want to offer my hunger and desire to eat to God. This is my way of making reparation for my sins and requesting conversion for someone I love. Whatever you decide to do the most important thing to remember is to pray. I can’t stress that enough. Pray in the morning and if you have time in the afternoon especially when you get that afternoon sluggish feeling and pray at night. Throughout the day when you start to get a craving, an overwhelming desire to eat or severe hunger, say ‘I trust in You, Jesus’ over and over again and you will be amazed at how powerful those words can become. I am happy to report that I have lost already about 10 pounds and I have 60 more to go. Join me on this journey if you have some weight to lose. God will not fail you. If you truly humble yourself and acknowledge that nothing happens in this world without his intercession, than you will triumph and finally once and for all break free from the bondage of any yo-yo dieting. Your mind will become clearer and your body will become a Temple of the Holy Spirit. You will start to transform yourself and slowly that beauty for which God had always intended for you will start shine through!
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