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A Real Game Plan for Losing Weight

  • by Anonymous Author
I have been battling what I thought was a weight problem for a long, long time. I've finally come to realize it's a spiritual, thinking and acting problem.
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Who Is My Best Friend? God or the Scale?

  • by Anonymous Author
That probably sounds ridiculous, even ludicrous. And it is. But having had anorexia nervosa, my "best friend" was once the scale. The numbers on the scale don't rule all my thoughts as they once did, but I could probably still tell you the approximate caloric value of most foods I consume.
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Healing from Anorexia and Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family

  • by Anonymous Author
July 18, 1988: "I have to do something about myself and quick. It's getting very hard to breathe. I have no energy. I hate myself. I always feel sick, and I'm so skinny that my stomach sinks in and I can see my heart pumping and my stomach working. I'm really scared now. What if my potassium drops? Then my heart will quit and I'll die. I sure hope I don't start hating myself again because I'm...
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Extremely Obese: Does God Still Work With Me?

  • by Anonymous Author
This is a question that I have meditated on for a long time. Of course, I know throughout our converted lives we ask why God called us. We understand that He calls the weak and the base of this world (1 Corinthians 1:27-29), so we know that we are not perfect. However, we strive to be. The Bible says: "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect" (Matthew 5:48).