The tension exists because you are doing the difficult work of no longer cooperating with dysfunction.

I am made to rise up, do battle with my issues and, using the Lord's strength in me, defeat them — spiritually, physically, and mentally — to the glory of God.

God has given me power over my food. I hold the power -- not the food. If I'm not supposed to eat it, I won't put it in my mouth.

I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I was not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.

Struggling with my weight isn't God's mean curse on me. Being overweight is an outside indication that internal changes are needed for my body to function properly and for me to feel well.

I am made for more than a vicious cycle of eating, gaining, stressing...

A good approach to something requires enough resources to handle the demands of that activity.

Victory is possible, sisters, not by figuring out how to make this an easy process, but by choosing - over and over and over again - the absolute power available through God's truth.

Yes, I've lost pounds and inches. But not being weighted down mentally and spiritually by the constant feeling of defeat is the real victory.

God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So , i keep asking for your wisdom to know what it eat and your indwelling power to walk away from things that aren't beneficial for me

Dare to set your toes firmly on the pathway of victory you are meant to be on. Whether we're on the path toward victory or defeat is determined by the very next choice we make. Not the choices from yesterday. Not the choices made five minutes ago. The next choice. Our very next choice. May it be that of an overcomer. An overcomer made to crave God alone.

this journey really is about learning to tell myself no and make wiser choices daily. And somehow becoming a woman of self-discipline honors god and helps me live the godly characteristic of self control which is among the fruit of the spirit.