Trying to lose weight?

Are your eating habits out of control? Do you need to lose weight?

One fear dieters often confront when trying to get a lust for food under control is the argument of “If I don’t eat, I’ll get hungry.”

Gluttons get in the habit of stuffing their mouths at will or whim. It brings pleasure, they believe, and also prevents them from feeling hungry.

“Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled,” Jesus taught.

When I committed myself to spiritually losing weight over 20 years ago, I saw the need to reduce snacking between meals. I wanted to pray more instead of weigh more! But 11 a.m. would roll around, and I’d feel starved.

One day, after struggling with the temptation to snack, I realized that I didn’t need to fear hunger. Waiting until noon to eat was not going to kill me! I didn’t live to stuff a stomach. I lived to glorify God, and eating more than I needed did not glorify God.

As I prayed daily for spiritual support and strength instead of going to the kitchen for more cookies, the dreaded hunger pangs left. I soon found it easy to wait until mealtime to eat with no snacks in between.

I lost the extra weight, and I’m wearing the same size pants today that I discovered in the new me back then.

Don’t fear hunger. It won’t hurt you. God is giving you everything you need internally to feel happy, contented and well without having to chomp on something between your teeth.