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Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

Speakers who have lost 100 pounds tell their stories.

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SeppyA_2021_05_02

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/05/03

Food was my crutch when I was 12. Even pudgy brought about massive shame. God was for uneducated, weak- willed people. I attended meetings without participating until somebody actually talked to me. Not a program of feeling, thinking, wanting... It is a program of action !

30:36

StacyS_2021_04_25

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/04/26

lost 140 lbs first time in OA. After a major relapse I have 17 years today. I am a skid row compulsive over eater. I learned to show up, sit in the front, raise my hand, be of service and tell the truth. The Doctors Opinion nails it for me. My program is the infrastructure for my life. I now have someone who I love and loves me. I never thought it could happen for me.

27:14

DorotaT_2021_04_18.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/04/19

Abstinent since 9/8/2003 My addictions does not get triggered if I avoid foods I am allergic to. I knew the foods I was allergic to but kept buying and eating them into oblivion. and wake up with another failed commitment to do it differently. A friend from another 12 step program mentioned OA. I went but did not work the OA program. I was afraid to go shopping at first. I did all the steps in order out of the big book with a sponsor. It worked. Today I am dependent on my Higher Power ... in a

30:25

TracyZ_2021_04_11

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/04/12

Growing up I looked good on the outside. But..... Everything I did I did compulsively, Food/ Sugar was the major negative one. I learned to tap dance at as a child and used it physically and emotionally for years. I created a seemingly cool life on the outside as a designer in Europe until I can back to US. Not cool = Not OK Women were meeting is a restaurant I worked at were having an OA meeting. Ding Ding.Ding. I picked my sponsor because she judged like I did. I have maintained a healthy body

29:08

AnneB_2021_04_04

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/04/05

I always saw myself as a fat child, but in retrospect is was not always true. I had heard about stopping hard drugs and it sounded like my trying to stop eating chocolate. Long before I got into OA. 2 weeks into OA I discovered Fear and Resentment were the underlying issue for my compulsive eating and cravings. Growing up I never learned how to identify and talk about my emotions in realm time. This is my current work. I can get a resentment when things are not clear and/or consistent and I can eat

27:53

LarryW_2021_03_28

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/03/29

Lonely kids. I knew all the 'Lonely' songs. Big in elementary school. Got sober in '75. Introduced to OA in '76. started on to 18 years of abstinence. Was involved, did service. did not stick. Basic instincts went awry. PAGGLES 7 deadly sins On me to make adjustments with God's help 12 steps in 10 words. 1 Give up 2,3 Look up 4-9 Clean up 10, 11 Keep up 12 Show up

26:19

DianeK_2021_03_21

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/03/22

9 of 10 Children. Family dinners were always an adventure. If I excelled in sports I could get Dad's attention. Led to perfectionism and people pleasing and led me to my first 12 steep program. Sugar got me so high my face would tingle. Anytime I step on a scale I feel bad. So i don't step on a scale. Once I got to OA I never left. I didn't do the program well but I never left. I lost my first sponsor - then fake sugar led to weight gain, changing meetings, thinking a nutritionist would be better

28:44

KariB_2021_03_14

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/03/14

Recovery can bring back memories of how bad it was. A Fat American in France I ate violently, destructively and disturbingly. At one point I did a cost-benefit analysis of my addiction...didn't help. My fancy education made no difference. Once in the program I became Miss OA. My physicality came back. 'I got this' led to an 80 lb weight gain I finally did get this Nov 3 2008. Today I have a daily ritual morning and evening which includes reading, writing, step work and A E I O U Y I really do

29:17

LaurieY_2021_03_07

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/03/08

Grew up thinking I was unwanted as 5th of 5. Within 3 days of joining the program there was a month long orientation workshop which gave me a deep understand on the program and what I could expect. Unity between my program, my marriage, my higher power and my life keep all the parts working.

26:23

LauraS_2021_02_28

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/03/01

I was a sensitive kid obsessed with my body image. At 15 I got diet pills, then speed and was not actually overweight. I restricted, was an exercise bulimic and tried it all. I stopped eating sugar because I was a people pleaser. AND just kept coming back. Today the program and my higher power have helped me all the challenges life has thrown at me and maintained my abstinence. The promises have come true

30:34

TyroneS_2021_02_21

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/02/22

In my youth I got a rush from stealing and an escape with the food. Long term cycles of feast and famine(excersize, restriction tec.) I was in OA for 8 years without a sponsor. 'Surprise' I had no recovery. Today i have a daily ritual for my recovery which has led to my 2.5 years abstinent,

31:37

DulcieS_2021_02_14

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/02/15

I was given sugar instead of a bottle. Program worked when I laid down the food and picked up a pen. Never, Never, Never give up. my 4th step made me suicidal because I had no God. Since I developed a belief and relationship with a Higher Power he has saved me regularly.

27:56

Zan_2021_02_07

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/02/08

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JackS_2021_01_31

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/02/01

Lost 100 lbs and put it back before entering Law School. Wore Tee shirts until I was 30 because I was afraid of bursting my buttons. The beginning of my recovery was a spiritual experience that makes no sense, cannot be explained and has been with me 40 years.

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CarolB_2021_01_24

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/01/25

Huge amount of food and huge amount of laxatives. It took four months after a 3 week relapse to feel sane. After a long time in the program I had to give up all my sponsees to work on myself. I am on a spiritual journey. The food blocks me from this process.

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EdaS_2021_01_17

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/01/18

All about Step one. When I came to OA I thought everyone was abstinent, so I did to. Last Xmas I 12 stepped 2 caregivers. I will never have a normal relationship with food.

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SusS_2021_01_10

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/01/11

Weight kicked up at puberty My first OA Meeting the church was locked. There was one other person and I knew I was home. I lost 100 lbs in 9 months and was rocking in OA until Iost my sponsor and decided to sponsor myself. 160 later I found my way back to OA and was welcomed. The OA community and service makes me know I am not alone.

28:39

JessicaH_2021_01_03

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2021/01/04

Dieted from 7th grade to age 50. yo-yo-yo and the swings got bigger. I had a plan for my college reunion to loose weight. I did not go to my reunion. I had a friend who talked about OA. She lost weight while I gained. Gave up sugar after my first OA Meeting. God was the hardest part of OA for me. That is absolutely not the case for me today.

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JoyceW_2020_12_27

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2020/12/28

in my 20s and 30s I was a great dieter as a restrictor leading to being under nourished. Today I turn to my Higher Power in times of stress instead of the food. 1st OA was just me and the speaker. She spoke and got my attention. Weighing, recording and reporting honestly is critical for my recovery.

27:08

RoxanneP_2020_12_20

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2020/12/21

Excellence was expected at home and it separated me from my peers. Food filled my emotional holes. Eating other's leftover from the trash was a hint something was wrong. In college my life looked good superficially, but it wasn't. I completely gave up, was suicidal and my recovery began. My spiritual awakening was transformational but not the end of my journey with food. I could rationalize minor incremental moves away from abstinence. Today my FIRST priority will be my addiction OR my recovery

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