Posts: 5,627
10/18/12 3:38 P

Romans 7 14 The low of course as we now it is Spiritual .But I am nonspiritual . I have been sold as a slave to sin I cannot understand my own behavior. I fail to carry out the things I want to do And I find myself doing the very things I hate When I act against my own will I That means I have a self that Acknowledges that the low is good and the things behaving in that way is not myself but sin living in me The fact is I now now nothing Good living in my nonspiritual self For though the will to do whot is good is in me I carry out the sinful things I do not want When I act against my will Then it is not my true self doing it but sin that lives with in me. If Poul had this problem It is no surprise that we have some of the same struggles.

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 5,627
10/16/12 11:54 A

Matthew 11 28 to 30 Come to me ,all you who labor and are overburdened And I will give you rest.Shoulder my yoke and learn from me For I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls Yes my yoke is easy and my burden light.

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 5,627
10/15/12 8:37 A

Love God teaches us to love him our self and others Love your self You are worth it .If you do not love your self You will not get to loss weight or look ofter your self God loves you unconditionally With him you will make it.

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 5,627
10/14/12 8:59 A

With God we can grow and do more then we thought we can do .We all so are given by God a mind to learn how to eat .To examine our self and Find out whot is holding use back He can help us deal with that .We might need help doing that Then we can move on Learn all you can about healthy eating.God be with you and give you pease

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 5,627
10/13/12 8:24 A

The Jerusalem Bible I was reading Mathew 5 That the new slandered is higher then the old The beatitudes.I found that we have to learn and understand more then the commandments We are the salt and light of the earth .We are to learn and grow in Christ ,When any one Gives you a verse read that whole chapter and you will learn so much more.We are the wheat we will grow to be harvested by God.

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 5,627
10/10/12 7:51 P

When we let God in he will lead us step by step to help us become who he wants us to be He molds us to his likeness prunes are useless branches test us with fire Hard ships Sends the holy Ghost into us-to teach and lead us. We are his sheep he will find us when we go off track a little This is a life long Journey.We get better in time our faith grows we find the peace we so long for the love that's is unconditional from God.A lot of the restriction we put on our self God wants us to eat less and healthy food because we are to look after our body's. Not starve our self He wants us to move more and exercise more not become a exercise fanatic .What is inside our heart is whot God loves not how Good we look.In joy thank God daily for all he did Talk to him and ask for help when you meed it God bless you all

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 109
10/10/12 1:53 P

Hello Ladies,

Today I was reading Jeremiah chapter 2 and 3 and something stuck me that I just had to share. In these chapters Jeremiah is talking to Judah. They have been a rebellious and idolatrous people who, despite God's deliverance from Egypt and provisions throughout their lives, have turned their backs on the one true God to worship god's of their own choosing. In these chapters Jeremiah is imploring them to repent of their sins and turn back to the one true God who promises to deliver them.

This has so much application to my life! To begin with Judah was riding the fence. They were both turning to their own gods, but when trouble arises they turned back to the one true God. This is me! This is why I have struggled so long. I, too, am riding the fence. I profess the one true God, yet decide to "tweak" things (just a little) to make them easier for me. I am in essence making a god in my own image, idolatry. God had created in me the desire to follow Him and bring Him glory by my eating and abstaining from soda. YET, I continue to follow him half-heartedly only to fail and then run back to Him in tears.

It occurred to me that although I am doing "better" then I use to be, I am still failing. God doesn't demand our best shot at something. He demands utter obedience. As humans I know that is impossible, but God does promise that we can have some degree of success if with lean on Him and allow Him to work through us.

My point is that I am still not being obedient when I give things my "best shot". It's really a cop out for me to say "well, I tried, but being obedient must just not be in the cards for me". If I were to tell my hubby that I will give it my best shot at being faithful, that just doesn't seem to mean a lot.

So I need to strive each moment to keep God's Word EXACTLY how he wants it kept. I must watch out for my tendencies to "tweak" things a little and lean on Him, knowing that he has a far better plan for me.

I have also gotten into this weird cycle of thinking about TLT. Since, it has been the only way that I have lost weight easily and successfully, I elevated it to a position that it does not belong. I began to subtly think that if I was not following TLT that I must be being disobedient to the Lord. TLT is a fabulous and fantastic TOOL that is God exalting, BUT it is NOT the only way to lose weight and cling to God.

Reading these chapters has shown me that it all about my heart. Why TLT works is because it takes the focus off of you and puts it onto God. It exposes your heart and your sin against a Holy and perfect God. It takes away all the chances to "tweak" things and pushes you to total obedience.

Here, I was giving the program all the credit for helping me lose weight. In reality, it was my obedience to God that was causing the change in my life. So, I am no longer going to beat myself up if I am not doing the TLT fast/eat program. It was a great program and thank God for it, but God is so big he can work ANY way as long as I am obedient to Him.

God Bless you all!

NIcole

Posts: 2,000
10/9/12 6:28 P

Good news, SANDRALEET is willing to take over as leader of this team. God bless her for taking on this responsibility.

current weight: 147.0

152.8 145.85 138.9 131.95

125

Posts: 2,000
10/9/12 4:25 P

Due to my inactivity on this team, I am going to attempt to remove myself as leader of this team. Anyone who would like to take it on can message me privately and I'll add you as leader. I will be deleting myself by this Saturday.

current weight: 147.0

152.8 145.85 138.9 131.95

125

Posts: 163
9/25/12 7:42 A

Hi I'm new

Pounds lost: 7.0

0 11.25 22.5 33.75

45

Posts: 15
8/21/12 5:54 A

I love pink vapor's 9th August post on this thread. I'll try and keep my thread posts here in future as I think I saw somewhere that the leaders can keep up with them easier then. Have a great day all.

Posts: 349
8/8/12 8:28 P

so today was day 2 liquid and one meal its was very refreshing but the strangest thing happen in the rest buttercup i ordered a grilles turkey burger on whole wheat bun with salad.. I cut sandwich in half never done that before and after eating half of it.. my inside voice says simone do you really want that whole sandwich i could not eat the other half I but it in take home box.. girls had ice cream after and i had my cup of coffee for my dessert and I didnt eat ice cream I didnt feel deprived.. just strange but its victory today for me.. so ill take that receive that Blessing Amen..

May Minutes: 0

0 250 500 750

1000

Posts: 349
8/7/12 10:11 P

thanks

May Minutes: 0

0 250 500 750

1000

Posts: 5,627
8/7/12 7:40 A

God is with you trough your whole life journey.

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 349
8/7/12 6:49 A

today is day one for me please pray for me thank you

May Minutes: 0

0 250 500 750

1000

Posts: 389
8/2/12 9:12 A

Welcome to the new people who have joined our list. It is so good to see the list growing.

My BIL was back in the hospital and he could use prayer. The doctor's can't seem to find out what is wrong. He is out of the hospital now, but it all depends on what the results of the test he had say, as to whether he stays out.

Through all the extra things I had to do for the family, I started to not pay attention too much of what I ate, mostly on the run. I also bought most of our meals instead of cooking everything. Now I am back to the weight I was when I first started TLT. All that time and effort has all been wasted in just a few weeks time. I am very discouraged.

There is a website that you can go to that has articles that help to keep you motivated. I have been saturating myself in them in order to get the inspiration to basically start over yet again.
It is called Fitness Gazette. This guy also puts up 20 minute workouts daily to help you along as well.

This losing weight is a life time change and I am learning that I can't lose sight of my goal for even a few days without repercussions. Our Lord is faithful to us, but we fail Him. My failure shouldn't be any reflection on Him.

Posts: 314
7/18/12 11:24 P

welcome girlontherun! it is great to see you! i remember my first week, i was one of those ones who really had some major heart issues! hope your first week was way less work than mine had to be! lol!

i see you lost 3 lbs! it must have been. :)

current weight: 125.4

177 162 147 132

117

Posts: 5,627
7/17/12 2:53 P

Well come to the team Nice bunch of people here

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 152
7/17/12 2:42 P

Hi I'm new to this board. I just started SCF 4 days ago and I found you on Spark People :) I am glad to have found outside support!

Pounds lost: 0.0

0 12.5 25 37.5

50

Posts: 5,627
7/16/12 7:39 A

I have found that over the years God high light and teaches me something no matter how many times I read the Bible I get something new.

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 314
7/15/12 9:51 P

hey all.

today i read a scripture that i kind of missed over in the past. 1 Peter 2:9 is what most people focus on... a chosen people. a royal priesthood. and he calls us out of the darkness and into his wonderful light.

and today, in the NLT, i saw 1 Peter 2:10: Once you had no identity as a people, now you are God's people. once you received no mercy. now you have received God's mercy.

and i thought: wow. there it is. truth. i had no identity. i literally was nothing. and now i have an identity. and i have mercy. a mercy i don't deserve. i don't know why it is i forget that. i really really am nothing, without God. why do i dare think anything other than this?

current weight: 125.4

177 162 147 132

117

Posts: 5,627
7/14/12 11:11 A

God has a way of doing that.He puts things in our life to teach us.

Pounds lost: 6.0

0 15 30 45

60

Posts: 389
7/14/12 9:07 A

I am now back. My BIL has been released from the hospital and has been home for two weeks. He is doing well and has been cleared to drive himself. We now have our life back and it feels good to only be responsible for our own home and lives. Prayer has been answered and my BIL speaks perfectly, only has a slight balance problem that rehab will be taking care of. I can see improvement in him each day. No one will ever know that he has had a stroke.

I have much to share with you over the next few days. I just finished reading a book of inspiration. The man, Bill Irwin, is blind and he and his seeing-eye dog, Orient, walked the Appalachian Trail, all of it, the full 2100 some odd miles. He told how he didn't like walking, how out of shape he was and yet, he felt that God wanted him to walk the trail and be a witness for Him.

I thought a lot about his courage and all that he had to face on that walk and all the hardship he went through. You know, in comparison, it puts me to shame that I can't say no to a "goody" that not only makes me fat, but takes a tole on my health. Reading his book Blind Courage, put a lot of stuff into perspective for me.