food

[kittypl]

i have been doing very poorly lately. i have been working on overeating for the past 2 years or so and made some great progress in the last few months. i think because of that i am telling myself "im not so bad anymore i dont need to be so strict"
im not sure what is true. overeaters anonymous takes the approach of total abstinence from processed foods. i am just not sure i can do that.
sometimes i feel like God is asking me to do something and i keep saying "is that God? is it really wrong to do x?"
can anyone relate? of course we obey in the obvious things but what about when you think God is giving you specific directions? how do you know it's God?

 

[AlexDTX]

i have been doing very poorly lately. i have been working on overeating for the past 2 years or so and made some great progress in the last few months. i think because of that i am telling myself "im not so bad anymore i dont need to be so strict"
im not sure what is true. overeaters anonymous takes the approach of total abstinence from processed foods. i am just not sure i can do that.
sometimes i feel like God is asking me to do something and i keep saying "is that God? is it really wrong to do x?"
can anyone relate? of course we obey in the obvious things but what about when you think God is giving you specific directions? how do you know it's God?

About 10 years ago there was a radio station that frequently had Joseph Christiano discuss his Blood Type book that claims that certain foods are not properly assimilated due to different blood types. I kept getting the nudge from the Holy Spirit to pay attention. I had at that time the assumption that all food was permissible therefore it did not matter what I ate. I realized that I was disregarding His promptings, and since I was having severe indigestion, as well as mild obesity, I repented and got the book. It drove my wife crazy since when I jump on board I jump all the way on board. The key thing he said was that we do not pay attention to the consequences of what we eat, usually only being concerned with flavor. We should be sensitive to how food feels after we eat, especially several hours to watch the results in digestion.

I do not follow the Blood Type anymore, although I know that there is truth in what he said. However, the obedience to the Spirit's prompting put me on a discovery journey that helped me to understand how damaging processed food is and the incredible depletion of nutrients caused by commercial agricultural practices. So I have loosely changed many of my eating habits but tend to blend eating some processed food with some organic food and some commercial agriculture food.

My weight still goes up and down since I am not strict in how I eat, although I do have an overall lower weight due to a change in my eating habits, eating more vegetables, lean meats and increased fruit consumption.

One other important point, you should listen the discussion on wheat belly . Whether his information is correct or not, I had a personal experience that supports his claims. I had an acrobatic gymnastics team when I was 48. I had a men's four who performed circus skills in a dance routine. My 19 year old base got his girl friend pregnant so he quit to marry her. That meant I had to lose weight and train again to step into his role. I stopped eating all bread products and lifted weights to rebuild up my body strength and to lose weight. Which I did and we won the National Championship for our level and age group. It took me a good 8 or 9 months to lose that weight and to get into shape. After we won I went back to eating my old food which had wheat products. I was astonished to see that my weight jumped right back to my old weight from before training within just a few weeks. Point being: eliminate wheat and grains from your diet, or drastically reduce how much you eat and you will lose much of that weight. As the man explains, it is not because it is wheat, it is because almost all wheat is genetically modified today and we do not eat the natural wheat that God created. Watch the video and you will understand.

 

[AlexDTX]

In another thread on vegetables I made another comment that applies to this one, too. Our health is a combination of two things: our physical care of our bodies and our spiritual care of our soul and spirit. Proverbs 18:14 says this:

Pro 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

I believe the proverb is saying that our spirit is what heals our bodies, but if our spirit is wounded, what can heal that? A healthy spirit is just as important as natural health. We need wholesome diets, proper exercise and sufficient sleep to maintain healthy bodies, but if our spirits are not healthy due to anger, stress, unforgiveness, hate, prejudice, bitterness and such, our physical health will also decline. Walk in the spirit and heal the flesh.

 

[kittypl]

thank you i feel like what you wrote gave me some clarity

 

[ESK]

i have been doing very poorly lately. i have been working on overeating for the past 2 years or so and made some great progress in the last few months. i think because of that i am telling myself "im not so bad anymore i dont need to be so strict"
im not sure what is true. overeaters anonymous takes the approach of total abstinence from processed foods. i am just not sure i can do that.
sometimes i feel like God is asking me to do something and i keep saying "is that God? is it really wrong to do x?"
can anyone relate? of course we obey in the obvious things but what about when you think God is giving you specific directions? how do you know it's God?

Totally. Since I've been sober off alcohol, food (and caffeine [COFFEE]) seems to be my new vice. Oddly enough I lost like 25 pounds (down to around 190 right now from 215 only several months ago) but I am just like you.

I was doing good and getting closer to my weight goal of around 180 (give or take) and something in me said I could take lightly the "diet" that I was on and have a "cheat day". Well the cheat day turned into a poor week and now I'm struggling to stay around 190.


It's brutal. I feel like I want to get to my goal of around 180 (honestly maybe even 175) and then I will be able to maintain it and get away with a weekly cheat day, but I don't know if that's how it's going to work.


Right now my worst addiction is to peanut butter. Literally it is like the vodka I used to crave - I'm driving to the store at weird hours just to get a jar of peanut butter.

Problem is, peanut butter is literally some of the most fatening stuff you could ever imagine - it's as bad as butter.

And I will literally go through a jar of it in a couple days. A small jar of it is like 2800 calories...no wonder why my weight control/loss is WAY off, you know?


Honestly walking through Walmart last night though, looking at all the new Twinkies out now though just makes my brain literally bounce off my skull though. Chocolate covered, peanut butter, strawberry Twinkies...? insanity I tell you.


All I can really do is continue to pray about it and be steadfast in my goal to get to my desirable weight.


All the best my friend.

 

[ESK]

sufficient sleep

There is no doubt my sleep issues I've had lately (likely related to the insane amount of coffee/caffeine I am consuming) have also led to very poor eating habits. I'm bordering on miserable with the insane sleep patterns I am getting and I can absolutely tell my poor/strange eating habits are a part of that.

 

[kittypl]

Totally. Since I've been sober off alcohol, food (and caffeine [COFFEE]) seems to be my new vice. Oddly enough I lost like 25 pounds (down to around 190 right now from 215 only several months ago) but I am just like you.

I was doing good and getting closer to my weight goal of around 180 (give or take) and something in me said I could take lightly the "diet" that I was on and have a "cheat day". Well the cheat day turned into a poor week and now I'm struggling to stay around 190.


It's brutal. I feel like I want to get to my goal of around 180 (honestly maybe even 175) and then I will be able to maintain it and get away with a weekly cheat day, but I don't know if that's how it's going to work.


Right now my worst addiction is to peanut butter. Literally it is like the vodka I used to crave - I'm driving to the store at weird hours just to get a jar of peanut butter.

Problem is, peanut butter is literally some of the most fatening stuff you could ever imagine - it's as bad as butter.

And I will literally go through a jar of it in a couple days. A small jar of it is like 2800 calories...no wonder why my weight control/loss is WAY off, you know?


Honestly walking through Walmart last night though, looking at all the new Twinkies out now though just makes my brain literally bounce off my skull though. Chocolate covered, peanut butter, strawberry Twinkies...? insanity I tell you.


All I can really do is continue to pray about it and be steadfast in my goal to get to my desirable weight.


All the best my friend.

thank you for sharing i will pray for you

 

[kittypl]

There is no doubt my sleep issues I've had lately (likely related to the insane amount of coffee/caffeine I am consuming) have also led to very poor eating habits. I'm bordering on miserable with the insane sleep patterns I am getting and I can absolutely tell my poor/strange eating habits are a part of that.

i have heard that coffee increases apetite, triggers cravings. also interfering with your sleep schedule can throw your whole mood off also causing you to want to over eat :-(

 

[AlexDTX]

Problem is, peanut butter is literally some of the most fatening stuff you could ever imagine - it's as bad as butter.

And I will literally go through a jar of it in a couple days. A small jar of it is like 2800 calories...no wonder why my weight control/loss is WAY off, you know?

If you are eating natural peanut butter that has nothing else in it. If you are eating the name brands sold in most grocery stores you are not actually eating peanut butter, you are eating hydrogenated vegetable oil which is a neurotoxin.

 

[ESK]

What's a neurotoxin?

 

[ESK]

I googled it - it's a poison (on the nervous system)?

 

[AlexDTX]

I googled it - it's a poison (on the nervous system)?

correct

 

[ESK]

Well I guess I'll have to stop eating it (outside of the non-additive style)