For the last several weeks and maybe months I have been struggling with keeping to my calorie count. I have been faithful with my exercise but the eating has, at times, gotten completely out of control. I pray frequently for the Holy Spirit to give me the strength to say “NO” but then I get in the way and say well just tonight or I’ll just eat this one. I can totally identify with people who say they can’t stop eating but I would still say it’s not can’t buy won’t if God is involved. I claim His promise of not tempting us beyond what we can bear. God never said it would be easy and in many ways I’m glad it’s not easy as it does help me to empathize.
What I did in my situation is try multiple ways of CHanging my eating habits. I told myself I wouldn’t eat past 8:00p or I will always sit down to eat or I won’t eat standing up. These all worked somewhat but situation seemed to arise that sabotaged them so I didn’t stay consistent. Then in my reading it became clear to me that one of my, and perhaps the nations, biggest problems is with sugar. There are some indications that it is addictive and sugar apparently is at the heart of fat gain. I therefore CHallenged myself to not eat sugar for two weeks. This seems to be working great for me as I find that other foods don’t create the same cravings for more that sugar does.
I’ll keep you apprised.
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