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Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

Speakers who have lost 100 pounds tell their stories.

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DonnaA_2023_01_22

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/01/23

I was packing food. Loved being full. Day after day - "I'll never do this again." I married the first guy who asked and had 2 kids by 21. I believed I was a victim . . .of my husband, of my disease of everything. It was always a diet, Goal weight and immediately 'game on' I got caught eating a spoiled sandwich for the first time I was outed for a particular behavior. When I admitted I was a compulsive over-eater I had my own identity for the first time. I embraced the concept of 'No Matter What'

32:35

MattS_2023_01_15

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/01/16

When I ate I got things done. I was choosing food over shelter. A 300 lbs I felt small. I went to OA, got embraced, hooked and started my recovery. I get an apartment and a job the first week. The foundation of my recovery is honesty. That creates the space for God to come in. My recovery is not a return but a discovery and becoming who I am. I am in multiple 12 steps programs and I need to be. but OA is my home base. I have been through a lot of emotional events and stayed abstinent. Question begin

16:49

DanielleO_2023_01_08

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2023/01/09

Thin to normal until late teens. by 24 years old I added 3 kids and 125 pounds. Tried to manage my weight myself with little results Came to OA 2 years ago, Had 1 short slip after 6 months and now a back on track. I have medical issue and medicine that affects my weight. At one point I would try to make my husband responsible for what I ate.

25:01

DomingoP_2022_12_18

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/12/19

As a child my constant discontent was only salved with food. Joining the service kept in under control . . for a while. When everything failed even in the program I finally surrendered and got a sponsor and followed direction. and i worked. Who knew?

32:40

LynetteP_2022_12_11

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/12/12

I am not an occasional or moderate over eater. I am addict as outlined in the Big Book My relationship with my higher power mirrors my recovery. My recovery jumped into high gear when I started working the program as outlined in the Big Book.

30:05

AmyB_2022_12_04

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/12/05

We are united by a very personal and individual disease. well over 300 LBS a number of times was one way my disease manifested in my life. Rapid weight gain and rapid weight loss was a recurring pattern. My therapist 'suggested' OA. I became abstinent immediately. It was a shock. I found I was able to out foods down for one day . . repeatedly. The Doctor's Opinion in the Big Book meant a lot to me. I Liked the effect of my reaction to my addictive behavior. As a result of this program I HAVE

26:48

File Progress DeniseG_2022_11_27

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/11/28

I had my stomach pumped at age 5. I ate over every single feeling. My family tried everything, doctors, bribes etc, some worked . for a second. Food was my second addiction, Poor me. Joined a very strict program, Felt great for two years, then back out and plus 100. Important to trick the fast food clerk that it wasn't all for me. Found OA in order to work the steps on food through the Big Book. Honesty was a real problem for me. Or rather lack of honesty. First miracle was starting on a Thursday

18:27

FaithD_2022_11_20

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/11/21

I had a good childhood. No major drama, church etc. However Love = Food and I wanted love. with weight - Loosing =Good, Gaining = Bad. Only in hindsight do I realize food was my drug even as a child. I was active which helped keep my weight down but I still used pills. Left on my own in college - Game on! Through marriage, kids the YoYo got bigger, more expensive, and more devastating. I knew there was a spiritual problem but knowing it didn't work. I ended up in OA,, surrendered to God, have

29:11

BethU_2022_11_13

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/11/14

Stats - came in 2011 at 35 years old and 320 Lbs. Now maintaining a 150 lb loss for the last 4 years. Only one of 5 kids who was overweight.. I was a participant in my life. My weight did not define me but it was always with me. Lost 90 lbs before getting pregnant, Put on 100 during and after. I had heard about OA from my mom forever so I knew where to go when I was ready. 3.5 years for physical recovery. Finally hooked up with a sponsor and worked the steps from a phone meeting way before Covid

27:42

JoeA_2022_11_03

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/11/07

I put on 250 lbs in high school. I had success with a soup, Valium and scotch diet, for a minute. I thought drugs would be my solution. I had highly negative side effects. I ended up in OA with 3 three meals nothing in between one day at a time and today I have a level of serenity and acceptance beyond anything I could have imagined. My goal weight is what I weigh today and adjust my food plan accordingly when it drifts. I can find an abstinent meal in any restaurant in the world. My never ending

33:32

RussellW_2022_10_30

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/10/31

Young trauma, Covered it up with food. There was a moment when I really did eat a full dinner for 5 by myself. I used my size and was successful in football and still wanted to avoid the spotlight. My binge was a cycle. dramatically dropping weight for specific events. I struggled with letting people in. Good at work but no social skills. A woman, God and church came into my life and chased the binges away - for a while. I was sure if anyone knew how I ate they would reject me - horribly. I had a

28:54

SkylarS_2022_10_23

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/10/24

I come from an obese family so we were all big boned. I was able to be a large drug addict. My 20's and 30's was a series of Pay and Weighs. I started out as an OA Rockstar led to 'I got this'. Back up to 300. I came back and have been weighing and measuring for over 5 years. It works for me. It took me while to find my spiritual groove for my life and my food. Everyone is different. I have been in the same weight zone and have been the same size for years. I no longer weigh myself so I am not

12:08

CarlaC_2022_10_16

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/10/17

I did not realize I was overeating until I found family photo when I was 9. I was devastated. I believed I was a hopeless case. Came to OA at 29 and found my people. Got a sponsor and got up to step 5. Then I met him. Got to top weight. The was series of OA meetings I didn't go to. Finally back to OA 26 years after the first time. I have done the steps multiple times; each time different because each time I am different.

26:42

ReeL_2022_10_09

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/10/10

I thought nobody did what I did, lied, hid etc I have had the same food plan for 18 years. Today food is fuel for my body. I came in just to change my body, what changed was everything. As I read the big book I identified with so many of the stories. I have admitted, accepted, surrendered and changed. My sponsor says "What do you want to talk to me about that you don't want to talk to me about?" Action is the magic word. Now my life is the opposite of the Bedevilments (Big Book P. 52)

28:07

JimA_2022_09_25

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/09/26

Geographics, Hair/no hair, nothing helped me stop eating. Today I have over 15,000 days abstinent. I thought OA was going to be a cult, I went to a meeting halfway out the door. Instead I heard MY story and had recovered. I resonated with the term ' Food Addict'. I Did go through withdrawal. and I only had to do it once. Aha - If it works for you it might work for me. Worth a try. Much to my chagrin the day I hit goal weight was just another day. Our spirituality is based on service.

23:34

AmberC_2022_09_18

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/09/19

1st abstinence after my third son for a few years and thought 'I got this' and did not leave meetings. Thought I couldn't do school and OA, -I Picked school. Ended up in pain unable to walk much and all the physical stuff. I was scared I would die in my sleep. Controlling my program got me to 242. Following a food plan gave me food neutrality. My life is not perfect but I am not in the Hell I had with the food. The least of my positive results is my weight loss. My family relationships are so much

26:00

MonicaP_2022_09_11.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/09/12

Food was my little buddy. Didn't know how to be without it. In Jr High I controlled my weight but I was an emotional wreck. I vacillated between managing my food or my emotions but not both. I had the lap-Band surgery and gained 20 lbs because I was always a grazer, small amounts all the time. Second surgery for sleeve, same results. just took longer. Covid was my last food failure but OA on Zoom became my Savior. I got a sponsor who gently dragged me through the steps and I have some recovery. My

14:39

CliffC_2022_09_04

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/09/05

Missing First 15 Minutes of the speaker. Outreach calls are gestures to God that I am willing to participate.

30:50

EdaS_2022_08_28

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/08/29

We do not have to face this disease alone. I was trained to be open and tell the truth. I got the sponsor and threw myself to the steps. I wanted to make my amends abut my sponsor made me do the steps in order. Her amends are inspirational. 35 years of service in OA has uplifted my program and my fellowship. My 27 year amazing marriage was a direct result of OA.

28:20

JuenleeB_2022_08_21

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2022/08/22

I was obese and active, leave me alone. My OA Journey started 5 years ago when I was traveling. But I didn't have a problem. Even though 5 doctors had told me to loose weight. I was already a member of several 12 step programs but OA started to drip into my consciousness opening the door to listen and change. OA Birthday parties always kicked my program back into gear. Suddenly 7 months in I am in a hotel with a microwave feeding 2 for months. It wasn't pretty. I did it better each of the next 5

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