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Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

Speakers who have lost 100 pounds tell their stories.

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DowO_2025_02_02.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/02/03

Missed 1st 30 Seconds - Dow Compulsive over eater also celebrating 38 years sober. I first got abstinent through HOW program. In abstinence I remembered things I had suppressed. I got sober at 31, quit smoking and ate to stuff all the feeling and it worked. I was not willing to give up the food. No wonder I couldn't connect with God, I was worshiping my refrigerator. Maintaining my abstinence is related to my being of service.

18:53

HaleyG_2025_01_26.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/01/27

Feb 20, 2025 =8 years I grew up in dysfunctional family like so many others. Food felt like an escape. The voice of my disease told me I needed a smaller body. what ever it was. I knew the squeaky tiles in my house so I could sneak to the fridge. I became completely obsessed with food and my body. I cried a LOT in the beginning. Now, for me, it is OK to be vulnerable, I realize I am not the center of the universe. Living in the grey area is equivalent to being right sized. My criticism of me can

18:16

JulieD_2025_01_19.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/01/20

From Early childhood always full plates. Both parents were compulsive eaters. I learned how to sneak food without being heard or discovered. I was the only kids in the point system program with my mom. I did not get it and hated it. i went to college at about 300 lbs. I learned all about nutrition but it didn't help me. My parents encouraged me to try OA. Much of my life was working but not my food. I did my first meeting on Zoom and cried and still felt at home. In the beginning is was all about

20:04

LisaM_2025_01_12.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/01/13

Very active childhood. Family outdoor activities. I was driven to seek attention and approval. so I excelled. It was a slow weight gain spanning 30 years, 2 kids Occasional diets led to a short term dip but adding more eventually. I was led to the 15 questions and passed. I belonged. There 5 OA Actions that worked for me.

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CarrieN_2025_01_05

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/01/06

While in Weight watchers I never got under 250. Knew I wanted a sponsor and got one almost right away. I did whatever she told me to do. within a couple of weeks I noticed I was not always thinking of food. Then my mind got quieter. After a short term recreational relationship with chips I tightened my food plan and dropped to 146. I had an 'Event' with pizza which undermined my serenity and ultimately my abstinence. I finally admitted I was not abstinent. I found my tribe who were also compulsive

20:33

AllisenP_2024_12_29.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/12/30

By the time i was 21 I needed to give up a plethora of inappropriate behaviors. Food was my drug of choice. My dad paid me for every pound I lost. I could present well but hated myself on the inside regardless of how I looked. I raised my hand for my 'First 30 days' for 4 months. Finally i have not had sugar since 1985 I was sober for 4 years but my world was grey because of my food. I thought OA abstinence would be a daily struggle to not eat. I no longer hate myself. There is more to improve but

20:31

IrisJ_2024_12_22.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/12/23

I was filled with anger and resentment. I weighed in at 370 for cancer surgery. I don't remember how I found OA. at that Time I was a wreck on many levels. in program Briefly and quit for 28 years. I went on a brutal binge when my brother died. Today I will go to any lengths for my recovery. That insures I have received the gifts of the program. I am adjusting my character. I read with my sponsee. I embrace the prayers and the slogans to remind me of what is appropriate.

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DaveF_2024_12_15.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/12/15

My mom, when she cooked it was for six kids even though there was just me. I was a people pleaser but I never felt it was real. My brother was a drug addict who got clean and introduced me to concepts of the 12 step programs. I went to AA because that is all I ever heard of. I got a sponsor who was also in OA and led me there. He was my higher power. He passed away. I left. Found me way back. My 3rd sponsor help me actually get a relationship with a higher power and got me writing in my big book. My

19:58

CaroleC_2024_12_08

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/12/09

in program 15 years with intermittent abstinence until I found my current one. My first meeting in 78 but resisted the God talk. Married, one child maintaining weight. No so for second child. I realized I could start my abstinence mid day. After my First OA Retreat I left food on my plate and experience grief. Retreat in 98 asked what I was bringing rather to than what I was getting from the meeting and the program. Today I am a service junkie at all levels of OA. I often bookend my meals with a

09:21

SolomonI_2024_12_01

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/12/01

Solomon Desc

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MikeG_2024_11_24.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/11/25

First 10 minutes of recording failure. recording starts @ 9.40 into pitch. First few notes about it It all started with a new years resolution to loose weight. In November I joined OA. Richard Burton is my higher Power. My anger issue got much better. I did not want to make amends. A half gallon of ice cream did never got its lid put back. I began to consider what others a might be going through. Acting the same at work as in meetings. I do not eat white flour, white sugar, white potatoes, and

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BethM_2024_11_17.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/11/18

Before; I was extremely shy, no social skills, compete introvert. My grandmother made three bowls of M&Ms for me and my sisters. I always compared who had the most until I found the 1 lb bag. I really discovered amazing food in college and there was no monitor. I studied and 'mastered' Bulimia. Food and alcohol were my paired vices. I joined the beverage program but still purged to handle my food- sort of. Finding OA I was asked if I was willing..... I thought "No', said "yes and did it. Today I

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Frank P_2024_11_10.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/11/11

OA - Topped out at 285 I have tried to use exercise to outrun my compulsion. I tried fasting. diet pills, protein shakes, all failws quickly. In 2014 I came back for the third time and embraced OA Recovery adjacent. I finally embraced the concept of red light foods and held to it... for 4 years. A workshop called 'Sober Eating' really buttoned up my current recovery, I have a sponsor, I have service commitments, I have sponsees, I have a daily ritual focusing in my recovery.

21:29

CindyW_2024_11_03

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/11/03

Tech issue this week, No promo details. A great speaker and has spoken several times in the past year.

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JimB_2024_10_27.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/10/28

I am not a 100 pounder so I would compare (I'm not that bad) in the beginning. I used food to anesthetize myself and it worked in my youth. I was known in my family as a sneak eater. Somewhere I knew it wasn't all about the food but I still thought it was about the food. I was a sneak eater even when I didn't have to. Holidays were a time when I didn't have to sneak. But I still did. Relationships were a trigger for weight gain. I was clear that God could not help me with my food. But he did. I

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HeidiE_2024_10_20.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/10/21

Grew up in a small town. Married and unmarried at 19. Married once more in 2014 until present. I called OA and the conversation just calmed me. She is still my sponsor today. I cleaned my pantry of any foods I would be sad about loosing. I learned alternative ways of handling my emotions rather than binging. I lost 80 lbs.got pregnant and lost that weight. Maintenance has been a challenge. The traditions are important fore recovery. I personalize them and use them as the basis for my relationships

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ManuelA_2024_10_13.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/10/14

Skinny until 15. My family was full of chaos. Food was my friend for home and school. I was always hustling to get money to buy what I wanted. I was a very unskilled thief. I was over 260- was prescribed diet pills and made it down to 190. Food was only one of the bad choices I made which cost me my marriage. In mid 30's I got almost to 300. First introduced to How and it worked for a while as a diet for the wrong reasons. got up to 350. OA has hooked my up with a higher power. Today I live OA, Use

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CatherineM_2024_10_06.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/10/07

When moving, I would clean the refrigerator with my mouth. They asked me to read at my first meting. What I read did not resonate with me. I was told to 30 in 30 and being an over achiever I complied but still didn't really get the program. and it didn't last long. I finally asked God for help to get home with eating and it worked. My eyes, ears and heart began to open. I did the steps in a week and a half. full time and thoroughly. however 9, 10 and 11 were hard for me to grasp. If something was

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ElaineW_2024_09_29.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/09/30

I began my journey onto my food addiction at 18 years old I always felt different and like I didn't fit in. Food was my friend. My pattern was binge and purge I left home at 20. I married my 'project' to change my behavior. Each of my pregnent was a major weight gain followed by dramatic weight loss. Started OA in '88 but abstinence didn't start until I did treatment in '90 Multiple long term relapses became my story. driven by My Will. When I finally connected with my higher power my life really

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SharonS_2024_09_22

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/09/23

Free from binging and purging from Nov 1986 thanks to God I did all the nasty things overeaters do. No normal suggestions helped at all. When I am talking, I am not learning. I have fallen in love with my Higher Power. and I believe he returns the favor. My God was big enough to help me with the IRS. Not all my dramas have happy endings but I do get through them and stay abstinent.

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