VICTORY OVER WEIGHT ISSUES

Several years ago, a Sentinel that focused on overcoming obesity really woke me up. I was surprised to learn that some within the medical profession consider obesity a disease. Until then, I'd been quite content with the extra body weight I'd carried around with me ever since I was a kid. But the spiritual ideas in that Sentinel really got to me.

After I read the magazine through from cover to cover, my first reaction was defensive. I felt uncomfortable with some of the ideas that were shared. After all, as a practicing Christian Scientist I felt that I was being so "spiritual" by not thinking about my weight or getting involved with diets. So I just put that issue of the Sentinel aside and (supposedly) out of my thought.

Even though I'd often read the statement in Science and Health that "gluttony is a sensual illusion ...", I'd neatly sidestepped the issue by assuring myself that I couldn't possibly be a glutton (p. 221). But the truth was, I'd been making a god out of food. I ate whatever I pleased, whenever I wanted to, regardless of whether I was hungry or not.

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