Good morning,
So I taught in church yesterday in Relief Society on a talk by Elder M Russell Ballard titled "O That Cunning Plan of the Evil One" from the October General Conference. He talks about fly fishing and how the fly fisherman designs his flys to fool the trout into thinking that it is the real thing. That is how the adversary (Lucifer) does it with us, he makes good look evil and evil look good. The main subject of the talk was addiction. The different kinds, like drugs, pornography, and many others. Anything can become an addiciton if not done in moderation. The definition of addiction is: "addiction of any kind means to surrender to something, thus relinquishing agency and becomin dependent on some life-destroying substance or behavior." Anyway I mentioned food. One of the sisters raised her hand and said how can food be an addiction? It is not life destroying! I replied with yes it is and thank you for bringing that up. It can become lif destroying. I then told the sisters that I had a food addiction, I am an emotional eater. When I am angry or sad or happy etc. I eat. It become life destroying when my weight ballooned to 270 lbs and I developed Diabetes, High Blood Pressure and Neuropathy in my feet. The doctor told me I would not live past 55 years of age if I did not lose weight. That news just depressed me so I continued to eat. I have fibromyalsia, had it since I was 18 years old, I am now 48 years old. So excercising is hard sometimes. Anyway I finally decided on some drastic measures, went to the Lord and recieved confirmation that I needed to have a gastric bypass. I had the surgery performed in July of 2010. I have had no complications. I now weigh 150 lbs and feel pretty awesome. I stick to the healthy eating plan from my surgeon with only a few adjustments of protien. I could not have done any of this without the Lords help. He has been with me every step of this journey and continues to be. This food addiction and fighting my weight problem will be with me the rest of my life. But with Gods help I can continue to eat healthy. The doctor said I added years to my life. I am truly blessed. So Life's Lesson today: "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" Phillippians 4:13 Have a great day! Kim
