Crushed esteem from overweight and soda pop

[Ruba]

Hello everyone,


I have to admit I am soda addict. I could drink 10 pints of that stuff everyday, and now I cut that amount down to half with water, and I felt a lot better. I been doing good for several weeks and I was hoping I can cut more and more over time, but... I crashed and just gorge down on soda for like 4 days straight ignoring water. It scared me because I felt like I gave up on my goal to end the addiction on soda. Even if it takes a long time to just get use to water, this is the first time I got an opportunity to change in years, because I been praying hard to God months before to just make me enjoy water more or something to just get me off the hook with soda. ( I became a Christian in March 2013) I finally manage to get water into my life without resisting it completely.

Now I am just scared I'd lose it again. I don't want to keep drinking soda because its the main reason why I am overweight. I get my exercise, I don't eat a lot of food, and I have hardly any interests in sweets. Soda is just being my number 1 downer on me. I get scared to just go for a walk because I feel everyone is judging me, and I feel like someone is calling me addict because I loved soda so much to where its not hard to notice.

I know it sounds kind of silly when you compare it to smoking and drug addictions, but it does hurt me a lot. And it does hurt my esteem as a woman who wants to be healthy and at the right weight range. I been wanting to achieve this for 13 years. I don't want to keep this worry in the back of my head all the time. I just want it to be gone.

All I ask is for a prayer to help me keep me from being discouraged from all the slip ups I do. Without God, I wouldn't be trying in the first place.

Thank you.

 

[Scott1979]

I know exactly how you feel believe it or not. I am trying to lose weight and I am a serious Mountain Dew addict. I've gone 4 days without one but is NOT easy. Keep God close during this time because your health is VERY important. Best of luck

 

[Kristen.NewCreation]

it takes a lot of work to make the changes in our lives that we need to make. Great job on taking this step forward.

 

[ToBeBlessed]

Hello everyone,


I have to admit I am soda addict. I could drink 10 pints of that stuff everyday, and now I cut that amount down to half with water, and I felt a lot better. I been doing good for several weeks and I was hoping I can cut more and more over time, but... I crashed and just gorge down on soda for like 4 days straight ignoring water. It scared me because I felt like I gave up on my goal to end the addiction on soda. Even if it takes a long time to just get use to water, this is the first time I got an opportunity to change in years, because I been praying hard to God months before to just make me enjoy water more or something to just get me off the hook with soda. ( I became a Christian in March 2013) I finally manage to get water into my life without resisting it completely.

Now I am just scared I'd lose it again. I don't want to keep drinking soda because its the main reason why I am overweight. I get my exercise, I don't eat a lot of food, and I have hardly any interests in sweets. Soda is just being my number 1 downer on me. I get scared to just go for a walk because I feel everyone is judging me, and I feel like someone is calling me addict because I loved soda so much to where its not hard to notice.

I know it sounds kind of silly when you compare it to smoking and drug addictions, but it does hurt me a lot. And it does hurt my esteem as a woman who wants to be healthy and at the right weight range. I been wanting to achieve this for 13 years. I don't want to keep this worry in the back of my head all the time. I just want it to be gone.

All I ask is for a prayer to help me keep me from being discouraged from all the slip ups I do. Without God, I wouldn't be trying in the first place.

Thank you.

God does not expect perfection from us. When we sin,we repent, He forgives us, we dust ourselves off and go do better the next time.

You fell off the wagon. Try to think about the conditions going on or how you were feeling when it happened? Was it an emotional crutch? Lack of discipline? try to remember why, what you were feeling or the conditions that were around when you fell.

Then put that failure behind you and get back up and try again.

 

[1watchman]

I can surely appreciate this trouble --it is so common. One might handle temptation by drinking some juices and much water, which will satisfy some of the craving, and fill one up so the desire to drink is subdued.

As to overweight, there are many ideas offered, but even a little discipline can help --like going out for a long 15 minute walk away from home everyday, then return on the same path (for a total of 30 minutes). Once a week one should jog part of the time. This should be a discipline one requires of self; also, using stairs whenever possible rather than elevators, etc.

Certainly diet is important, which should mean eating ONLY the right kinds of food (with no second helpings); and, cut out bread (or only use multigrains), and minimize all fats except natural things such as peanut butter, etc. Fill up on fruits and vegetables.

This all will help.