Get real, to get healed!

I was reading through an Instagram post of a young woman who was boasting about the fact that she had weight loss surgery and still ate all the food she did before. As I was reading the comments, I became very aware that she like most people in general, still had the "magic potion mindset" concerning weight loss.

For years all I wanted to do was to loss weight.  I didn't want to eat right or give up the items that caused me to binge. I just didn't want to be big any more.
I wasted years looking for the "magic" pill that would make all the fat just go away.  I took pills, drank powders, went to thousands of meetings, and yet healing didn't begin until I was willing to let go of the pain, and the food that locked me into my self-imposed jail cell of fat.

The weight wasn't the issue, it was never the issue.  The weight, and the chaos was the suit-case that held the pain, unmet needs, and unresolved issues.  The issues expressed themselves through the way I ate and lived.

During my journey to having weight loss surgery, I begin a different healing journey.  I stopped focusing on the outer appearance, and focused on the heart, my heart.  While focusing on the inner healing journey, God started  to instruct me to process my emotions, take care of my body, eat well, and get the sleep and rest I needed.

I found the truth that made me free!  I needed to do the work, the healing work with God, then I had to do the natural work.  I had to change the way I ate, the way I processed my emotions, and the way I rested.

Health, healing and wholeness is not a magic pill.  There is no potion we can drink that will make the pain of yesterday, and fat on our bodies go away. 

Wholeness is God's desire, not just weight loss.  It is a full, complete process that we must commit to, and take full part in.

Lacy Lange