[praytherosary822]

I don't know what your religious beliefs are, and I do not intend to offend, but if you are a christian, Jesus is there with and for you. Now He won't come and perfom a miracle and take away all that excess weight, but He will be there to encourage You. Let me personalize a Scripture for you and write a prayer from that Scripture and hope that helps. Remember you are not alone.
Proverb 16:3
Michael, entrust your works to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.

Prayer
Heavenly Father, I entrust my weight loss to You, because You have promised in YOur Word, that if I do my plans will succeed. Grant me the success YOu have promised in Jesus Name. Amen.

My husband went to a Lightweigh weight loss program. It is based on the Catholic faith, but all faiths are welcomed. Try this. Only eat when you are hungry, I mean stomach growling hungry! Eat only about a clenched fist of food, because that is the size of your stomach when it is shrunk to it's normal size, when tempted to eat unite that temptation to the Cross of Christ as a sacrifice for yourslef, another person or a situation. Try it. WHat have you got to lose, except excess weight. My husband and I will keep you in our prayers.

[StarPrincess]

Just keep coming back, baby. Talk to us. Get to know us. Let us get to know you. We're all here for you.

Big huge hugs to you!

[praytherosary822]

I wrote this prayer for my husband and I and would like to share it with you I hope it helps. God Bless you and remember to take things one meal at a time because for some of us it's even too hard to take things a whole day at a time. Some of us are emotional eaters and we use food to self medicate or to cure boredom or to be our friend, or to relieve stress, or to help us get over being lonely or whatever is our need. We turn to food for comfort. So I wrote this prayer to help my husband and I. Michael you may want to consider joining a support group such as Weight Watchers, TOPS, or a christian one like First Place or a catholic one like Lightweigh. You may want to check their websites or call the local churches to see where they may have meetings in your area.

Heavenly Father, I eat and often am not satisfied. Help me to discern the hunger of my soul with the hunger of my body. Help me to eat only when physically hungry and stop when full and satisfied. If I am not satisfied, or if I want to eat when not hungry, help me to discern my need and bring it to You. Heavenly Father, You are the only One who can truly satisfy my soul. Amen.

[GwenDL]

Michael -

Hi. I just joined about a half hour ago, and I wanted you to know that I know where you are coming from. I have days where I feel completely out of control and it seems like I just can't stop myself from eating. I need to lose 150 lbs, so I have a VERY long road ahead of me. Please come back and talk some more. I haven't met anyone yet (being a member for 30 minutes at 1AM will do that!) but just from reading some of the posts I feel like the people here will help me. Remember that it is a daily process, and every day gives us a new chance to try. If you have a bad day, leave it behind you and try again the next day. Don't give up hope.

GwenDL