Did you slip with your food plan?  Did you “fall-off-the-wagon,” so to speak?  No problem, all is not lost, surely God forgives you – just don’t let it snowball.

In my efforts to be sugar-free, and lower fat, I often slip.  The other day, someone offered me a candy bar.  It was my favorite, the kind with peanut butter covered with chocolate.  I thought I’d only have one bite.  Then one thing led to another, and I ate most of it!

I went right into my old pattern of sugar and fat addiction.  I now know my brain is wired to eat unlimited amounts of it; there are scientific studies to prove that.  That little bit of high sugar was enough to set months worth of sugar free living down the drain.  Before I knew it, I was ordering desert that night.  I was totally off the sugar-free campaign!

I also know that having this brain-wired addition to fat and sugar, I cannot stop it by myself.  There’s just no amount of will-power in me to stop the tidal wave of desire.  So I must do like I’ve done for the past 20 years or so: stopped and asked God for help.  Then I just say no to more of it.

This thing is beyond all logic.  I am conscious that I will not feel well after I eat a candy bar, but the lies of the beast still haunt me.  “I’ll get some energy.”  Or, “it will make me feel good, clear, and happy.”  Those deceptions are never real.  I’ve experienced the falsities of sugar/fat addiction over and over, but still I’m not convinced. This is just the old addictive patterns talking.

The ONLY method of intervention that works with me is to call on God’s mighty strength.  If I can manage to put myself aside and put God first, then the cravings actually go away.