I decided that I wanted to turn this page into something a bit more. I want to share with you my life experiences and what Jesus is teaching me through His Word.

I have struggled since highschool with my weight problem. I always thought that I was "naturally" fat.(Born to be fat) So, eventually I gave up on the futile attempts to lose weight, until now.

When I heard about the "Weigh Down Diet" and heard all the testimonies of people who had lost anywhere from 10 to 150 lbs, my first reaction was " I bet they had to eat rabbit food and exercise until their legs dropped off". But the more I heard about it, the more I became curious.

In the Spring of 1997 (April) I was having health problems, so I went to see my doctor. It was there that I got a rude awakening as to the seriousness of my weight problem. I went to the doctor for repeated sinus infections. I would recover from one and another one would start within days. The nurse there, took my blood pressure. It was very high! 150/100.

At first, I didn't think too much about it. But, the doctor told me that that was not a normal blood pressure and that I needed to make some diet changes losing my health!

People who are overweight run the risk of all kinds of problems from cancer to heart disease to diabetes, just to name a few.

I decided to "make myself" lose weight. All I needed to do was "force myself" to eat rabbit food and walk a mile everyday. I made a few good dietary changes, but even that didn;t last long and before I knew it I was back into my old habits.

There I was eating the same "garbage" food that I said I would never eat again. In the meantime, eating the rabbit food and walking helped to lower my blood pressure.

Its now June of 1998, the month that I decided to move back to South Dakota to help my family with the salvage yard. I was the heaviest I had ever been, and I was climbing dangerously up the scale.

That fall, my church was offering the "Weigh Down" workshop. After much prayer I decided to try it. At first, the program was difficult. The program is based upon biblical principles. It teaches you how to have a healthy relationship with food. In other words, food is not used to fill a void or stuff emotions. Instead, when hard times hit, we should run to our Savior! Only HE can fill our deepest needs or heal our pain.

During this time, I developed a strong, positive desire for exercising. I LOVE it! I also have had an attitude change towards food and caring for my body in general. God has opened my eyes to His truth.