Why People Dont Lose Weight
Most People will tell you that they would like to lose a fewpounds. Somehow they would also like to eat healthier. Whatstops people from doing this great desire that they have on theinside of them? We all know that if we cut back on our intake offood, we will lose weight. This is so elementary but somehow westill dont believe it will really happen. So we spend lots ofmoney on diets that promise to really show us how to do it! Butguess what? Every diet that you buy, or read about is going tosay the same thing…cut down your food intake and exercise!
These fancy diets might have a new plan of how to arrange yourintake of food, and it might be more appealing with new shakesand bars to try, but the bottom line is, you will be eatingless, and doing something different than you are already doingwhich has gotten you fat. Paul said in Galatians 5:17…For thedesires of the flesh are opposed to the Holy Spirit, and thedesires of the Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless humannature): for these are antagonistic to each other (continuallywith standing and in conflict with each other), so that you arenot free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do. Inessence, Paul was saying, if you are controlled by the flesh,you will not follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.
The flesh (being the desires of our bodies), is a very powerfulforce. If one has addictions in the area of food, the only wayto be free of those addictions is to ask for Gods help. Manypeople start a new diet will great hope that they will stick tothe decision that they made to follow a diet plan. They maystick to it for a week through sheer will power, but after thatthe flesh comes through strong and says, “Okay, the weeks up,wheres my cookies!?.”
The problem is, that most people are excessively hungry. Theproblem is with the root of their appetite. We were all made topassionately love. That passion has been put inside us by GodHimself. The World has done a good job of marketing everythingit can to appeal to this passion and desire in order to makemoney. Weve been programed to seek after food, other people,and things. We spend our lives
trying to impress people in orderto gain their approval and attention. This is a dead end road.It will never bring satisfaction.
God created us to love passionately. He created us to love Him.What we truly desire to feed, is that hunger inside of us tofind the object of our love and passion. The secret is, thatobject is God. It is not a man or a woman, food, sex, success,or more possessions. This is what has driven man to destructionfrom the beginning of time. When we discover our true hunger,and begin to seek after God will all of our passion and desire,the desire for food becomes less of a stronghold. We must becomecompletely honest with ourselves and God and expose our passionto Him, knowing He completely understands and satisfies allthose who thirst and hunger after Him.
Christians who still struggle with food issues (or otheraddictions) have not sought after God in the most intimate waythey know how to. It would be impossible for their physicalhunger to be so distorted if they were seeking God enough tosatisfy their true hunger. I will also venture to say, thatthose who do seek God in great measure, and still havefood/addiction issues have great passion and need to seek Himeven more. We can use our hunger for food that seems out ofcontrol at times, as a barometer of how much more we need toseek after God. God will fill us. In Psalm 81:10 He said to openour mouths wide and He would fill it. Ask God to invade yourfood. Youll will be able to follow any good, healthy eatingplan with His help. Things will become more clear, and you willbe on the road towards the real desires of your heart, which isGods plan for your life.
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About the author:
Kathy Guidry has studied nutrition for twenty years. Shestruggled with wanting to lose weight and look right in her teenyears and got way out of balance through severe dieting andeating disorders. Out of great desire to change and be healthy,she began studying Psychology. She then attended Lesley Collegein Boston and received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology.
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