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How much weight have you lost? What does recovery mean? How do you do it? I couldn't ever give up those foods. These are things I hear frequently. In this 3 year abstinence anniversary update, I address some of these questions and talk about what these past 3 years have actually been like for me.

May 8, 2017 I started on a path that I honestly had no idea where it would lead. I hoped it would lead me to shedding the unhealthy pounds of weight I had accumulated on my body (and it did! I've lost over 100 pounds and maintained that weight loss), but what my life has looked like over these past 3 years is something I never could have imagined.

The Biggest Loser, Jenny Craig, 80/20, I had tried all the diet programs out there and nothing ever worked. Until I chose to stop whiteknuckling it and actually surrender my control to God. To live His way and not mine when it came to food. It was sooo hard to admit that I couldn't do it on my own and so frustrating that I couldn't have it all the cake, the cookies, the chips AND the weight loss :/ Funny, but true.

When I finally came to the point of realizing that it wasn't really about the food, but it was about my desire to retain CONTROL over the foods that I ate, everything changed! Truly living in a way that says God, I'm going to let you reign in my life, even in the areas I think don't matter much to you. We can want to keep the "not so important" areas in our control, but God wants us to surrender everything. We can't live our way and His way at the same time, it just doesn't work.

Choosing to no longer eat sugar or flour was a MASSIVE lifestyle change for me. It's like keto, but not. Haha...but for real! Trying to order at a restaurant is sometimes impossible. But would I do this 1000 times over again. Absolutely yes! I am so much happier. Experience my relationship with Jesus so much more deeply and fully. And am no longer ashamed by not only my body, but my choices and habits when it comes to food. No longer sneaking around, hiding food wrappers or eating from sunup to sundown.

It can be hard to come to the point of saying I know what I need to do but I just don't want to. We stomp our feet and pray for God to give us an answer, when we know full well he already has. I'm gonna drop some truth bombs in this video because I think there are probably people who need to hear them. Stop allowing yourself to find excuse after excuse to be disobedient. Put down the food and walk in the fullness of what God has for you!

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Programs/Books mentioned:
www.fulloffaith.com
Life Recovery Bible