{"id":241,"date":"2009-06-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/06\/chose-to-lose-comment-of-the-w.html"},"modified":"2009-06-22T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T01:00:00","slug":"chose-to-lose-comment-of-the-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/06\/chose-to-lose-comment-of-the-w.html","title":{"rendered":"Chose to Lose: Comment of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonya A. said it all, &#8220;For the majority of my life I &#8220;chose&#8221; to imprison myself with food, low self-esteem and weight issues, it was not until recently with a much renewed connection to All Mighty God that I am learning what true love is, I have learned to accept myself, just the way I am instead of waiting until I am perfect. That within itself is a major accomplishment for me, all the negative things I believed about God and myself were never true. I am on the road to losing this baggage I have been wearing all my life as a shield, it&#8217;s easier knowing I can do all things thru Christ Jesus who strengthens me. I have already begun to turn my health issues around, I have not smoked in 37 days that&#8217;s an upper for me who smoked 2 packs a day for a lot of years!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Sonya!&nbsp; I know it&#8217;s true, God gives us miracles.<\/p>\n<p>Share YOUR love of God below, please!&nbsp; Post a comment on how God is with you, watching over you, loving you into health and happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Take me with you all day!&nbsp; Follow drnorrischumley on Twitter.com<br \/>Post comments below &#8211; everyone likes to read what YOU write!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonya A. said it all, &#8220;For the majority of my life I &#8220;chose&#8221; to imprison myself with food, low self-esteem and weight issues, it was not until recently with a much renewed connection to All Mighty God that I am learning what true love is, I have learned to accept myself, just the way I&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18,9,3,4,10,5,12,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet","category-food","category-happiness","category-health","category-joy","category-lifestyles","category-prayers","category-spirituality","category-weight-loss","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chose to Lose: Comment of the Week - Dr. Norris J. 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