Tuesday, February 21st 2006


Happy am I (Gen 30:13)
posted @ 4:12 am in [ Overeaters ]
From: Donna hellooo@optonline.net>
     Q&A: Help Your Mind Release “Happy Juices”
      How can I stop myself from eating when I’m not hungry?     
 It’s often hard to realize you may be eating for reasons besides a nutritional need! You may be simply just eating out of habit, boredom, or to distract from some emotion like a need for affection, or if you’re worried, upset, or angry. First, after being conscious of “why,” ask God to help. Then, don’t deny God’s assistance or insult Him by continuing something you’d rather not do. Third, try to become even more consistently aware of your true desire to change, knowing full well that there’s a direct cause and effect relationship between overeating and obesity. 

      It will also help to regularly recommit to your weight and health goals, instead of having that extra food. Then, do something that will cause your brain to secrete endorphins, the “happy juices.”

      Next time you’re tempted to eat when you know you’re not hungry, try some other ways to feel happy quickly: Playing a physically active game, or watching really funny stand-up comedy, or getting tickled by your partner or friends.

 It is up to us to get our God given mind, body and spirit into that place of peace and contentment that God has designed for us. I have to share here a message board conversation and leave you with the wisdom-laced comment by one of our members, Toni. The subject was, “Why weight loss?” Ask yourself if you really want it, or if eating might be more familiar and pleasant to you than achieving success from God?

DD: I know this is a Christian site, and this is the reason I felt I could share my
TRUE self, sometimes we just need to stop the charade and be honest and that’s what I did.
Thanks, for the opportunity to do that.
The bible tells us to confess our sins to one another and be healed, and I guess this my attempt to do that. I hold back on even the complete truth, i will be honest to a point, but then i even will pull back because it’s getting a little bit to real…But the honest truth is I feel out of control, and if I truly knew what to do, then why don’t I do it, I have no power, I am helpless, I am @ the Lord’s mercy, and isn’t that a starting point?
Thanks for letting me be “naked and unashamed”.
editor: 
 DD, I am the Queen of Concealment. I can’t hide from God and perhaps my nakedness causes me to reach for a fig leaf once too often.
Toni: Do you think too that we use low self esteem as a comfort zone sometimes? I can talk about this because I fight with this. I think I feel comfortable there sometimes because it doesn’t demand anything of me…
  

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