Weigh Down

May 21, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 21, 2020
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Freedom from Eating Disorders

The way to end the entire nightmare cycle of eating disorders is to get to the root problem—you have a desire to go against the will of God and it must stop. The way to end this is to transfer your passion for food—or in anorexia, for too thin of a body—to passion for God...
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May 20, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 20, 2020
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Weigh Down and Eating Disorders

Weigh Down has helped many anorexics and bulimics to let go of control and become at peace with their bodies. The anorexic person who responds to physical hunger as taught through WeighDown will gain the appropriate weight their body needs for good health...
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May 19, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 19, 2020
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Exercise and Weight Loss

Exercise will not increase the speed of your weight loss, because, when using hunger and fullness, the body already knows how much energy you spent and it will ask for more food...
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May 18, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 18, 2020
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What about Exercise?

Just as dieting does not help your heart desire less food, neither does exercise. Appropriately motivated exercise can be a help for physical training. There is no substitute for exercise when it comes to muscle toning, cardiovascular conditioning, and bone strengthening. It can also help with digestion and with healthy functioning of your organs. “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” I Timothy 4:8...
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May 17, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 17, 2020
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How to Approach the Scales

The body is made of mainly water, and water can fluctuate. If you have been obedient to hunger and fullness, you will lose weight. Therefore, keep food records of hunger and fullness. Do not be surprised if your weight goes up if you are disobedient to the stomach...
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May 16, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 16, 2020
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Ideal Body Weight

The body is amazingly made; you are amazingly made. God designed all of us in His image, but each body is quite unique. Again, what the ideal body weight is for one person is not the ideal body weight for another...
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May 12, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 12, 2020
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Transferring Your Concern to the Right Body

We are to take care of our body, and it should not be abused. We must do the best we can. We are to glorify God with what we have been given just as all the animals do. However, we are not to obsess over looks. Do your best, and then forget your looks and show concern for others...
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May 11, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 11, 2020
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How to Let Go of Worry

The world may applaud outward beauty, but they are attracted to righteous people who are a light in this dark world. Jesus had no appearance that men would desire (Isaiah 53:2b), however, look at how the world has flocked to him and his teachings. Jesus taught the love of God first, and then love of man, in that order. It is not about how you look but what you give back - your response to the love you have been given...
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May 10, 2020
Published by Gwen Lara on May 10, 2020
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A Misplaced Focus on the Body

People focusing on their own looks often claim they hate their body. But Paul tells us in Ephesians 5:28-29: “In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church...”
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