McDonald's Sermon

Many of you may not know this, but Monday I will be going in for surgery. I am going to have gastric bypass surgery a.k.a. weight-loss surgery. This may come as a surprise for some, but really, I do qualify, I promise.

I have struggled with my weight for many, many years. I have been on every diet that I could afford, even so far as taking some really weird pills from the UK. I took phentermine for a while and lost a lot of weight, but just like with everything else it came back on with vengeance. I began thinking about weight loss surgery (WLS) last year and began praying about it.

My dear sweet hubby underwent WLS in March 2006. He has lost over 200lbs. Now, my sweetie was a totally different story. He had to have WLS to live. I don't doubt in my mind at all that if he had not had this surgery, I would be a widow today. At his highest weight he was 517 lbs. He could hardly walk and breathing was getting labor intensive, so you see, he had to have surgery.

I am not doing this because my hubby did. I am doing this because I want to be me! I want to play soccer with my kids, on the field, not sitting on the sidelines watching. I want to run and not feel like my ankles and legs are going to break. I want to be able to get on a roller coaster and not be afraid that my harness is going to pop open. There are lots of things that I want to do. But, most of all, I want to obey the Lord. I'm sure you are wondering how on earth WLS and God go together, but they do. A few years ago I heard a sermon and it has stuck with me more than any other sermon. I don't even remember what the preacher, who shall remain nameless, was preaching about, but he made a side comment and said this: "Every time you and I go through a fast-food restaurant, load up on fries, fatty burgers and such, the devil does a happy dance." I just stood and stared. I don't remember all of what he said exactly, but what he was getting at was that if the devil entices us to eat that food, gets us fat, and unhealthy, then how can we do the work the Lord has for us to do. One day closer to the grave and not able to do the very work that we were created to do! Ouch...and it stung hard.

Monday, November 24th, I began my journey to fix the out-of-control eating for good. I am sharing this because I think that their are others who need to prayerfully consider what the Lord thinks about their weight and lack of self-control. Really, it is His opinion I care about, not anybody elses. (I also put this out there, because this is my blog and I can say whatever I want! haha) The only thing I ever want to be addicted to, from here on out, is Jesus Christ!

This blog will not turn in to one of those blogs that only ever talks about how much weight they have lost, or constant talk of WLS, it is going to be my story and there is more to me than just WLS!