After years of yo-yo dieting and berating myself for never sticking to any long-term health plan, I vividly remember the day everything changed for me. I had prayed, I had cried, I had gritted my teeth over and over again, determined that this time, this diet, would be different. But just a few weeks (or maybe months) later, I would be right back where I started; disgusted with myself, depressed, and feeling the heavy, invisible chains of emotional eating wrapped around my body like Jack Marley's ghost in Dickens "A Christmas Carol".
Fast forward to today, and I am so grateful God didn't give up on me, and by his grace I didn't give up searching for the answer. One morning that answer came to me through a still, small voice deep within my heart. "Your consistency lies in your relationship to Me". But God, I complained, something always drives me to let go of the healthy habits I'm living. "Why do you think I said to Me rather than in Me?" Now I don't know how your belief system fits in with this conversation, but for me, it was a pivotal moment in what has since become my foundation of freedom from emotional eating and yo-yo dieting. As I sat reflecting on what I heard in those quiet moments, I realized that for years I've held the belief that "I'm not good enough". The conversation continued - "What makes you good enough?" My relationship in You. "Yes, so if you relate to Me as one who is good enough because of your relationship in Me, you will rise above the lie that you're not good enough and you'll glorify Me in spirit, soul, and body.
That false belief of not being good enough permeated everything I did, including caring for myself in a way that honors my body, God's temple. And because I came to God with that same sense of not being good enough, it hindered me from being able to receive his gift of freedom, including freedom from emotional eating. This cycle, while unbeknownst to me, kept me overweight for years and constantly looking for the "answer" somewhere outside myself.
If you believe God has given you everything you need that "pertains to life and godliness", yet you find yourself stuck in a cycle of being overweight and depressed about your body, I want to invite you to go deeper for your answer. It's there for you, waiting for you to open your arms and your heart to receive it. Ask yourself:
- How do I come to God? Do I show up as someone who is cherished, adored, and loved as the bride of Christ or do I show up with a sense that I'm not worthy enough, good enough, whatever enough?
- Do I really understand that in God through Christ I am already free, and I can create the kind of healthy lifestyle that brings glory to Him and honors the hopes and dreams I have for my life?
These two tips may be different from any you've ever considered when it comes to losing weight, but I am confident of their power to move you into a place of receiving the freedom that's already yours to create a body you love, and that freedom will enable you to say good-bye forever to yo-yo dieting and excess weight.
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About the Author:
A highly successful Christian Life Coach, Ginny Edwards specializes in assisting her clients find freedom from emotional eating and reach new levels of spiritual, emotional, and physical health. Her passion is to help her clients reach higher levels of health so they can in turn discover and pursue God's highest purpose for their lives. She offers a free ebook, "10 Powerful Weight Loss Principles For Christian Women" at http://www.GinnyEdwards.com.
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