I came home today and The Weigh Down at Home had arrived! I watched the first video and I am so excited! I know that I will be soon easily turning down food instead of struggling not to eat what’s left on my plate (and Mark’s plate and the kids’ plates.)

God has already started showing me that food is not the answer to my depression and hopeless feelings. God is the only answer. I started (with God’s prompting) to take note of when I was likely to hit my candy dish at work. It was sometimes before and sometimes after lunch. The before lunch was usually prompted by a phone call from Home Office (my boss) asking me to do something more that the pile of work I’d already done. The before lunch was out of control. The after lunch was one or two candies at most. Then I’d be satisfied and not look at the candy dish again that day.

So, phone calls from the boss started me munching. Not really the phone call, but the stress of needing to get something else done right away was the problem. Wow, major eye opener. I knew that stressful situations did make me eat more, but I hadn’t recognized this pattern before.

Now, instead of reaching for the candy dish when the phone rings, what should I do? Not answer? No, I have voice mail so that won’t help. I have to face the music sooner or later. Turn to God? That’s what I am doing. I ask God to help me calm my stress instead of soothing it myself.

I have lost 23 pounds. Praise God! He is the best!