Over the past couple of days, God has offered opportunities for me to become keener with my food practices. Over the past few weeks, I have be come sloppy with my eating: purposefully increasing portion sizes, adding in foods that ,though "healthy", are high in natural sugars and fats; also, highlighted was the need to write down my food plan (foods that are healthy and unhealthy for my consumption) and to realize how important clarity with food is to clarity with relationship with God.
These awarenesses came as result of attending telephone meetings one was an Overeater's Anonymous telephone meeting (www.oa.org) where a speaker shared how the need to remove certain foods popped up (the same exact foods I had added into my eating: nuts and dates); that he took the advice and weight balanced out. I could identify...though my weight is considered healthy (only a few pounds above my norm), I still much be alert when small shifts occur in my weight because of the nature of food compulsion challenges. I have decided to remove handfuls of nuts and consumption of dates by themselves from my eating.
Additionally, after attending a Christian food addicts meeting (www.bibleforfood.org) and speaking with a member with long term healing from compulsive eating patterns, realized that having a food sponsor (someone committed to avoiding compulsive eating patterns, and honoring God with eating) as an accountability partner. So, I will surrender and do what is best for long term recovery from unhealthy patterns with food.
How are you willing to change to acquire a healthy patterns with food?
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