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Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

Speakers who have lost 100 pounds tell their stories.

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TerylB_2023_11_12.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/11/13

Topped out over 300 LBS Now I have 44 years abstinent. I was overweight early and hated myself growing up I was berated by my family. Went to first OA meeting at 17 in 1973. I had lots of difficulties with the steps The grey sheet helped me loose weight. . . A lot of weight. but not for long. I ate my way into the threat of diabetic blindness. All my reasons for avoiding OA were trashed my first meeting back. I was full of resentments and did not want to be told what to do. Eventually I began the

21:35

KenS_2023_11_05

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/11/06

My parents were both Holocaust survivors which brought food issues. My parents in the food business which made it easy for me to catch this disease. In 4th grade was prescribed Speed. as time went on I tried many prescription drugs as well as the pay and weigh. Working at Knotts Berry Farm there were rides I was not allowed to ride. I got a newcomer pack, read it, learned it and eventually figured i would be here for the long haul. In OA with a sponsor I got the unconditional love I was

16:26

ScottB_2023_10_29.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/10/29

I went to AA Meetings to support another and it filtered into me and my food. Even with sponsors I went insane with dieting. which led me away from the program. In 2008 I hit another bottom which took me back to program. I jumped into all aspects of the program, steps, service, a daily ritual. My experience is that with my yellow light foods I was in denial that they belonged to the red light list.

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GeneK_2023_10-23

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/10/23

My wife was taking a client to AA meetings sitting in the back. Mentioned they had a problem with alcohol like I did with food and mentioned OA. That did not please me. I ended up in OA wanting relief from the grief without making any changes in my behavior. Eventually I embraced actually doing as told, getting a food plan, doing the steps. I have done the steps and continue each time I take a sponsee through them. I have daily actions regarding my food, my programmed and my life. I can still be

20:10

DaveB_2023_10_15.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/10/16

I was adopted and that comes with its unique baggage. I always felt there was something wrong with me. My story matches so many others, My mom comforted me with food and it worked. I came to OA in 1976. I followed the strict food plan, lost weight and collected sponsees. It cost me my family which was not a bad thing. I started meetings at my apartment. And found a church that synced well with my program. I unknowingly married an alcoholic which led to my relapse. which led me to Al-Anon. which

18:32

RonF_2023_10_08.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/10/09

Always bought clothes in Husky.My parents would bribe me to loose weight. did it, got the prize then right back up. It was suggested. I go to OA. and found out it was not Order of the Arrow. First food plan was grey sheet. lost weight, too much weigh. I was sent to AA and discovered 'Solutions.. Learned to listen for the similarities, not the differences. I was directed to a sponsor who scared me the most. How do you keep weight off? - repeatedly running up the steps. Today I can be honest with

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SharonP_2023_10_01.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/10/02

My first food plan was no sugar which seemed impossible. When I got 21 Days i was eligible to be a sponsor. The foundation of my abstinence was still no sugar my food plan is built on that. That gave me too much wiggle room. I ended up down to 88 lbs on the food plan I had been given. It did not last and I left OA From then on I went up and own with insane eating and insane diets. I calculated how much laxative I need to take take to offset my eating. Today I have a daily ritual, solid food plan

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JacobS_2023_09_24.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/09/25

2 Periods of abstinence. For me abstinence is binary, I am or i am not. When I came back I was eating from the produce aisle and still gaining weight. There was a shift when I changed from eating emotionally to eating nutritionally based on a food plan. I have a Higher Power and I shorten it to God. I still feel the pull. Today I call me sponsor instead of giving into it. Half of my abstinence is an attitude, Program always comes first.

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DaveS_2023_09_17

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/09/18

Sober 32 years , Abstinent - 2 Food is a bigger deal and harder Top weight over 350 lbs. I am now in a body and a mind that does not include dieting. I just wanted the diet, I can do this! For a while For me steps 6 and 7 were the miracle steps. Transformed my relationship with me. I imagined a abstinent life of suffering. I din't hear that, just imagined that. I was not ready for so long, I prayed be ready and one day it happened. I stopped convincing myself of the path I imagined and started to

23:47

JohnP_2023_09_10

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/09/11

I have maintained an over 300 lb weight loss for past 4 years. in High school I had friends who were concerned. at 250 lbs. As I moved up in weight I just gave any thought of approproiate eating. I knew I needed more that a diet. I prayed to have the weight removed and it was still there in the morning. Massive health problem gave me pause to think about it No More. I was sure I was going to die and surrendered to that which led me to surrender to believing i was a compulsive over eater which

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BrigitteH_2023_09_03

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/09/04

Came in over 350. Was told I needed surgery but not until I lost 70 lbs - I put on 20. I got candy to keep my dad's alcohol secret and got paid with candy to rat him out. I learned to pray, but for stuff. I ended up married and pregnant an got permission to eat like I wanted. I volunteered for everything all over the place to prove I was worthy. There was a moment when I realize I was choosing between life OR chocolate cake. i am no longer alone. I work with a sponsor and my doctor.

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KendallM_2023_08_27

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/08/28

Highest weight - 460 I had lots of real feelngs, food kept me safe. I had skills, sought and achieved validation. but it was never enough. I had a way of pushing people way, and feel rejected. Food never rejected me. 2018 dangerous diabetic diagnosis.doubled up on food and medicine.Made since to me. 11/11/2020 arrived in OA and admitted I was powerless over food. Had negative side affects. Got a sponsor early on and went through the steps but still do step 1,2 and 3 every day. Every step was

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CliffG_2023_08_20.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/08/21

1st abstinence I lost over 200 lbs. Verbally and physically abusive upbringing. Food helped. Top weight over 400. 2 devastating losses brought me to my knees. My self talk was extremely negative until I started working the steps Still working on improving my relationship with a higher power.

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JoeA_2023_08_23

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/08/14

Thin untill High School Up to 350. Drugs were the only diet than helped until OA. After car accident 1983 I ended up in OA. I heard my story. Abstinent since 5/31/83 Initially I was reluctant because of the God stuff. Jumped into the steps I WANTED what you had. When my sponsor went out I moved to the middle of the herd. I realize now I was very angry my first 5 years. I hate the phrase 'More will be revealed' It is true and today I have twe steps to handle this new stuff. I talk the tools in and

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ColleenT_2-23_08_06

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/08/07

Missing first two minutes of recording. :( Dieted in college comparing myself to everyone else. First time I thought it was a problem. Going to Weight Watcher did not work as I was not willing to take directions and be different from my peers. Somehow I thought the larger I got the more invisible i became. Knowing I could eat in class was a gift from God. By the time I got to OA I was pretty beaten down. I could not fit in a booth etc. Could not keep lying to myself. In OA I saw the light in people

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GailC_2023_07_30.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/07/31

I came from a long line of good cooks and compulsive over-eaters. I thought I could eat whatever my husband ate, added baby weight and kept it all and more. Medical, pay and weigh, hypnosis and a multitude of other weight loss schemes failed to work for very long. June 201 I started a diet took me form 317 to 192 in two years. No steps yet. 2020 landed in OA, qualified according the test questions, discovered my tribe but didn't know it yet. Today I am retired andand not afraid. I work the programs,

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LoniG_2023_07_23

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/07/24

Abstaining over 37 years. Came in over 340 lbs. I came to OA because a friend but n=knew nothing of any anonymous program. My only motivation to come to OA was because I was afraid of loosing my children. Could not come up with a good enough lie to not go to the 2nd meeting. I got a sponsor who tricked me into more meeting per week and discovered a thurday night meeting of people just like me. Still my home group. I do everything for one day. Same routine. I invite my higher Power into every aspect

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MichaelM_2023_07_16

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/07/17

Topped out 576. lbs in 1999. Came into program thinking I would loose enough weight to do Barriatric surgery. God had other plans. It was 'suggested' I work the program. My food plan has changed but my program has not. i was a compulsive rebel - today I have a pause button which helps me to take more appropriate actions. Today I have a God of my understanding which, like my program, has never failed me. I am blessed with a home, a family a career and a partner. I am 350 Lbs lighter without surgery

20:09

TessieR_2023_-7_02

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/07/03

I recovered through AA literature and it has stayed my focus. I remember the anticipation and pleasure from my first steak when I was 6 and my life changed. I would binge on bologna sandwiches. I could not stop doing the binging which caused me so much misery. I realized there was something wrong with me. Nobody did what I did with food. In my mid thirties my world became very small. Working a graveyard shift allowed to go to 3 meetings a day. I had physhical success from my diet. No recovery

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LynneW_2023_06_25

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/06/26

I discovered comfort food as a infant. I was tall and big before I was 9. At 25 I had my first suicide attempt. I was blackout eater. I have been paddled back to lifetwice at 350 lbs. There is so much more. Today I have a daily ritual, which keeps me sane, abstinent and useful. I record my food and and express my gratitude to my Higher Power maintaining a 150 Lb. weight loss.

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