If you are looking to lose weight you need to PRAY! (310.0 pounds)

I was listening to the radio on Saturday and the DJ was asking people to call in and give him advice on how to lose weight.  Now, I will admit that I am no expert on weight loss even though I have had some success with it lately.  The answers that people were sharing were ones that I have heard many times before like:

Don't eat after 7pm.
When you get the munchies, eat veggies instead of chips and chocolate.
Drink a lot of water.
Stop drinking pop.

The list went on and on.  I attempted to call and didn't get through, but I have some advice that I wanted to share so I thought I would do it here.

If you are looking to lose weight you need to PRAY!  For me, I pray that the Lord would make the smaller amount of food that I eat satisfying.  I pray that my appetite for the things I should be eating would remain and my appetite for the things I should not eat would be diminished.  Most of all though I pray that God would let me use my story to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others around me. 

You see, even after losing 120 pounds I know that I still have a problem with the sin of gluttony.  If I give myself over my desires, I will put that 120 pounds back on just as fast (if not faster) than I lost it.  Knowing this, I have tried to share my story with as many people as I can.  In doing this, I have a built in accountability that I NEED!  All of you as my friends and family are part of my accountability network when it comes to my weight.  If I stop posting on this blog that most likely means that I am not doing well and I hope some of you will contact me and urge me on.  Experientially I do know that I could never have lost the weight I have lost on my own.  Additionally, I know that on my own I will not lose the weight that I still need to lose.  If I go this alone, I know that I will gain back every pound that I ever lost and more.  With this all being true I need to rely on the grace and power that I have through Christ.  He is the only way that I have had any success at all.  I just wish I could have shared that on the radio on Saturday with 100's of more people.

I lost 3.8 pounds this week and 125 pounds so far total.  God amazes me every day with the miracle he is doing in me.