Comments on: Losing Weight, Dieting and the 400 Calorie Diet from a Christian Perspective

By: Naz

Naz — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:41:46 +0000

I have struggled to lose weight for a long time now. Since I have made a CONSCIOUS CHOICE to get healthy, I have felt great. I CANNOT do it without the Lord’s help. I find that walking ‘from’ and back to my childrens’ school has benefitted me greatly, and I listen to worship music at the same time. (I leave my car at the school, and save petrol!)I’m literally taking small steps, but it is a daily thing. I dont want to be an overweight unhealthy Christian, I want to be an example of Godly living, which means being healthy. It’s a good testimony, even a way to share about God to others with similar issues.

By: Cam

Cam — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:44:16 +0000

This is a link to a site of a doctor who teaches nutrition. She is a believer.

http://dockopelson.synthasite.com/

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:26:08 +0000

As a Christian, I would highly recommend a private bible study called the Lord’s Table, found at settingcaptivesfree.com. It has an entirely different and biblically based focus on the Lord, rather than on food.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:00:22 +0000

Managing our bodies in a healthy way should be a concern of all followers of Christ. I Corinthians 6 teaches us that our bodies are joined to Jesus, temples of His Spirit, and God’s possession. We ought to therefore treat them with care and respect.

Diet and exercise primarily for cosmetic reasons are not bad but this misses the more important purpose that our bodies are to be God’s instrument of righteousness (Romans 6) and his living sacrifice (Romans 12). I only have one body with which to serve God and others. Keeping it healthy is a vital part of enabling it to perform that service to the best of my ability for as long as I can.

Slow and steady wins the race.

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:15:07 +0000

1600 calories is a lot of food, if you are eating good for you food and not too much junk. A gallon of water is a lot to drink, please check with someone (doctor or someone in the medical field)to see how much you need.

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:19:10 +0000

I think this is a great jumping off point for anyone who has seriously struggled with weight issues. It doesn’t make you feel like you are starving because you eat 4 times per day. Anytime you eat smaller more frequent meals, you are guaranteed to lose weight. Your body is like a furnace. If you continually add fuel all day long, your furnace keeps burning at a steady rate. BUT if you dump all of the fuel in first thing in the morning or even late at night, eventually the fire burns out and it takes a great deal to get it going again.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:39:14 +0000

It think the 4 400 calorie meals a day is fine if you are small. I am short and small boned. I have started drinking lots of water (a gallon a day)and no cokes and I have lost 7 pounds in 7 days. I could’nt drink nearly that much a first. I feel so much better that I have started walking for and hour a day. Before I did’nt feel like exercising. And I eat less because I am not as hungry!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:31:13 +0000

Caroline, to be fair, it’s four 400 calorie meals a day. However, I still don’t think 1600 calories is enough in a day.

I agree with you though that any weight loss that isn’t slow and steady is harmful to our bodies, and we miss the spiritual impact of a concerted effort to change our lifestyles.

By: Caroline McDonald

Caroline McDonald — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:16:03 +0000

400 calories a day is dangerous,it puts the body into starvation mode and means we put on the extra food that we eat when we return to normal as fat.
Eat as many calories as one needs to maintain their target weight then eventually we will reach that weight. The weight went on slowly so it will also reduce slowly without and shock or stress to the body.
As we reduce we can seek the Lord with all our hearts and enjoy time with Him as we move through new things. This is what I did.