TAKE A SNACK OFF MY HIPS!
by Sandy Campbell
August 1998
I gave up hope on losing weight years ago. My husband was always trying to
persuade me to try harder. Finally, I told him; "Honey, just face it, I'm a
big woman!"
He looked at me incredulously and responded; "That's the most stupid thing you
have ever said!"
Well, I didn't think it was stupid at the time. I had tried every diet you
can think of. I'd do good, then I'd gain my weight back, plus more. I
remember the Sunday when I saw the notice about the Weighdown Workshop in our
church bulletin. Hopeless as I was, I let my curiousity get the best of me.
Thank God!
In one split second I went from hopeless to hopeful at that orientation class.
Wait until you're hungry, stop when you're full. It seemed too easy. I knew
instantly that I was going to be able to do this! Why, oh why, did my mother
never tell me to wait for hunger? Food was always placed on the table at the
appropriate times and I was expected to eat it....all of it! I didn't want to
think about all the poor, starving children across the world, after all.
There were seven children in our family and we all ate fast and furiously.
You snooze....you lose!
Then came Weighdown! Hunger! What is hunger? I've never been hungry in my
life, I realized. So, I waited for the growl. And I waited for the growl.
Finally, it came. The only problem was that it was three o'clock in the
morning and woke me from a sound sleep. It startled me fully awake. What was
that noise? I looked down at my stomach and it growled again.
"Shut up!" I said out loud. I wasn't about to get up and eat at this time in
the morning. "Just go take a snack off my hips!"
I rolled over in bed, pulled the covers up, and went back to sleep.
Wow! I have completely changed my way of eating! I went through my first
session of WDW and lost a whopping 25 pounds off these hips! Our class made a
"fat" offering to God and I actually cried when I picked up the box of canned
goods and realized how heavy it was. I did nothing. God did it. He is so
awesome.
I am going to be coordinating the second session of our Weighdown Workshop. I
believe that this is something God wants me to do. I am growing so close to
Him and it is wonderful. Thanks, Gwen. I needed this.
Sandy Campbell
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