<img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rofl.gif" alt="" /> Weight Watcher's Bible hehehe

I was thinking as I was reading this thread about the verse in Hezekiah. "You shall not have a BMI over 25. You shall not eat any processed food with any chemicals. You shall not eat white flour, or white sugar. You shall drink no caffeine. All are an abomination."

I started doing this awhile back. Til I realized that I was thinking WAY too much about what was going on with my body. I started feeling as though my body was becoming a sort of idol. I was going to post the verse, but Joe already did, that we should eat what is set before us because, when we thank God for it, He sanctifies it. I always pray over our food too.. with that in mind, with a truly thankful heart that God has provided for us and that I was able to come up with something to cook.

I am overweight.. but I have been pregnant for FIVE years! lolol. And I am working on it now.. counting calories and all. But I don't think I am in sin because I am overweight. However, I do feel convicted when I eat til I'm sick like I did at Christmas. People don't need to be fat to be gluttons either.

As far as Spurgeon goes, he did not have the benefit of Tony Robbin's "Gazelle' or the nordic track, or the total gym. The man was in pain all the time, and I am thinking he didn't exactly have the energy to go for a couple mile jog.

Also, from what I understand, the tobacco that was smoked during his time was not the harsh addicting kind that we have these days. So this is in defense of Spurgeon.. as though he needed it.

Guess what? I smoke! I have seen these kinds of discussions before and have found them rather fruitless. I've even had them with myself in my own head <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bash.gif" alt="" />

I have tried everything to quit and just can't. I sometimes wonder if God will have to be the one to "deliver" me.. because if I do it on my own, I will get prideful. Who knows.. what I DO know, is that this in particular is between me and God. This is one of those areas where one should not judge. I think that if I were just a casual smoker, I would not have any issue with it.
Anyway.. that's it! Just my nasty little opinion <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Michele