This is just about the oddest diet I have ever heard of (and I will put something in parentheses here in order to avoid that dangling participle.) It is by grace you have been saved, so ask Jesus if you’re allowed to eat before saying grace:
Gwen Shamblin, a former dietician turned weight-loss guru, founded the Weigh Down Workshop on a simple premise in 1986: Let God tell you when you’re hungry and when to stop eating.
But as it turns out, letting God tell you when to eat isn’t exactly the safest idea in the world:
A woman in California said she developed bulimia after participating in the Weigh Down Workshop and said she knew lots of others who had developed severe eating disorders as well, fearing that if they gained weight it could somehow affect their ability to go to heaven.
My idea of heaven being a giant bag of salt-and-vinegar potato chips, a pile of bacon, and some brie, I don’t think I want to go to this heaven they keep mentioning.
January 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
You know Julia Cameron of Artist’s Way fame has a new diet book that also has to do with relying on a higher power to lose weight…. I was thinking of buying it to review it. Perhaps you’re observing a trend about God-influenced dieting (based on AA principle?).
In my sophisticated version of heaven, there are also salt and vinegar potato chips, dark beer, and chocolate. I might alternate that meal with salads. Or not.
January 25th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
That’s a nifty way to handle the dangling preposition!
The topic reminds me of a bumper sticker made available by the Christian Vegetarian Association, “What Would Jesus Eat … Today?” http://www.all-creatures.org/cva/
The CVA offers two others also, and all three come with a magnetic backing option.
I use them because I figure most drivers on the road around where I live are likely to be Christian.
The CVA has increased my appreciation and respect for the meaning of their faith.
January 25th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Perhaps you have heard of Slim for Him or More of Jesus Less of Me? Along the same lines. I read about it Marie Griffith’s Born Again Bodies which is all about this stuff.
January 25th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I personally ascribe to the “listen to your body’s cravings” school of thought.
Unfortunately, stupid body always craves Mexican food. When I tell it “You live on the East Coast, you do not want this Mexican food” it just starts sobbing hysterically. And then demands salt-and-vinegar potato chips (which, BTW, is all Ms T’s fault in the first place…)
Charlie–Oddly, that slogan was my alternate title for this post.
January 26th, 2008 at 12:10 am
“Slim for Him” and “More of Jesus Less of Me?” Elizabeth, please tell me you’re joking!
January 26th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Jesus saves (calories).