My name is Sue Ruth. I am a wife, mother, and grandmother. For over 30 years, food was my greatest comfort. I turned to food for everything-when I was happy, sad, upset, or bored. Some days all I thought about was what food I was going to eat next. I would keep eating until I felt sick, I would feel guilty soon afterwards but the next day the process would just start all over again. I was always seeking to satisfy myself and always trying to fill that "empty plate". God allowed me to stay reigned in with diet laws. I would let myself get 30-35 pounds overweight and then I would start a new diet or exercise program. I had been on al the diets out there, and even became a lifetime member of some. The one thing I noticed was the older I got, the harder it became to lose the weight. I became a lifetime participant in Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, I joined a few fitness centers, did the Cleveland Clinic Diet, the Adkins Diet, the cabbage soup diet, The Formu III Diet, and many more. Food controlled my life.
In 1997, God introduced me to the Weigh Down Diet Book by Gwen Shamblin. As soon as I read the book, I knew the years of dieting, counting calories, and excercise were over. Through this message, God set me free from diets and my journey "out of Egypt and across the desert" began. I took my first Weigh Down class in May of 1997. I began to learn about God and how to have a relationship with him.
I confess that I was slow to accept the 100% obedience (giving ALL your heart, soul, mind, strength to God) part of the teaching because from 1997 to 2001, I was picking and choosing what I was going to apply. Then in November of 2001 after attending a Rebuilding the Wall Tour where Gwen Shamblin spoke the truth with the power and authority that can only come from God, I finaly understood the message of putting God first in Everything! Within 3 months after that, God had removed about 30 lbs. from my body along with setting me free from self-focus, self-pity, jealousy, gossip, manipulation, moodiness, over-spending, and complaining. I have never been so free in my life! I feel younger everyday instead of older, with so much more energy. My joints don''t ache, my cholesterol is normal, my blood pressure is normal, and my doctor recently told me I was a very healthy woman. Praise God Almighty! This is the path to follow for perfect health, physically and spiritually!
Sue Ruth