Returned Rebel
Posted on the WDW Encouragement board
by Kristen
25 August 1998
Hello, all at Weigh Down the rest of you out there.
I'll try to make this brief, though that may not work well *smile*.
I woke up this morning very discouraged, and a bit depressed that my current diet was not working. I was also a bit angry at God. My pastor had lost 24 pounds on the diet, and a friend of mine in my church has also lost about 17 pounds. I began the diet, too, all the time knowing that the Holy Spirit was prodding me to bite the bullet and go back to Weigh Down. I began Weigh Down two years ago, but full-time college and full-time work, as well as a family to raise, kept me from attending the meetings. Because I had no accountability, nor anyone to be my "desert pal", I slipped completely off the Weigh Down principles that I know are from God.
Suffice it to say, that in the two years since, I have put back on all the weight I had lost at Weigh Down, plus some, by sheer rebellion. I gave up trying, until my pastor said that he had lost 24 pounds in a month by a particular "miracle" diet. I jumped hook, line, and sinker. I'm the queen of the "quick fix". Guess what? It doesn't work. In fact, I am so sick of the foods that I dread mealtimes (which you're not allowed to miss or deviate from).
I've spent three days discouraged as nothing on the scale seems to change from week to week, though these other people have touted success. I've also gotten mad at God for allowing them to lose the weight on that diet, but not me. Well, this stubborn, willful child is coming home.
I repent, and just want to let you all know that I'm finding out tomorrow when the next cycle of Weigh Down meetings in my town starts (in fact, I sent the coordinator an e-mail begging her to let me come in now, since I'm an alumni, because I'm so desperate to get back into a program that I know God has his hand in).
I want all of you out there who are discouraged after one or two cycles of Weigh Down, and you still don't feel that you are doing well, or you haven't lost the weight, to hang in there, and don't make the mistake I did of trying a quick fix before coming back to God's plan. Stick in Weigh Down, and keep developing a closer love relationship with the Father. I don't know how long it will take me to lose the weight in Weigh Down, but at least I know that I'm back in God's will concerning my weight loss methods.
Anyone who would wish to e-mail me or become a desert buddy with me can write to jakes30@hotmail.com. Thanks to all of the people here who encouraged me tonight through reading their posts and testimonies. I'm so glad I found the WDW encouragement Board site!
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