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Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

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TessieR_2024_09_15.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/09/15

i had to take the first step before I joined OA. I knew I had a problem. I have a daily reprieve. I wake up and the work starts. Te 12 steps are about Ego reduction. Self help books, workshops or pictures did not help. I went to my first meeting,saw God on the wall and walked out. I did not come back for a year. I had amazing weight loss in the first 9 months. and realized I was on my way out without the steps. Through grace I surrendered and became teachable. The ones who helped me the most in the

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MichaelA_2024_09_08.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/09/09

I was pretty normal as a child, athletic 6'4". Eating did not kick until my thirties going up to 360. I had a family and kids, seemingly normal, however on my way home for a family dinner I would stop at multiple drive-thrus to pre-binge before going home to eat another dinner with dessert. I could hide the nags but not the smell. A diagnosis of diabetes and a need to inject insulin sent me to a drive in. Another 4 years before getting to OA. When I left my job for a 'Sabbatical' to focus on my

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JudyR_2024_09_01

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/09/02

I put bows in my hair to keep focus on my head and not my body. I did well with pay and weigh programs, therapies, diets, everyone worked once. I wanted to have my jaw wired shut. I got up over 300 lbs after grey sheet helped me loose 40 lbs. I did not understand the concept of alcoholic foods. I bounced in and out of multiple 12 steps programs searching for the perfect program, the perfect sponsor etc. I would not surrender to anything completely. I manipulated everybody and everything to do it my

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JoyV'M_2024_08_25

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/08/26

3 Factions OA. Strict, Loose and in between. They all can work. The trick is to find what works for you. I am a compulsive eater and compulsive dieter. I think I have lost over 2000 lbs I quickly realized OA was much more than a weight loss program. My current weight loss that I have maintained for 14 years is over 100 lbs and I am not looking for it. Even after attaining my target weight I was not satisfied with me. Who - Did I eat differently around someone. What - What food might be creeping in

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LauraB_2024_08_18.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/08/19

Growing up we did not have a lot of food so we ate all we could when we could. Stayed thin through college and marriage until my first child. Then it was on. I was tricked to going to my first meeting unwilling to acknowledge my issue initially. Embraced the program slowly. Did not get a sponsor until after a year. I managed a food plan because of my health issues not because has surrendered. Today I honestly work my food and my life with my sponsor. Today I don't eat over the choices I make Good

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BrendaN_2024_08_04.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/08/05

Even with multiple physical and mental issues it was in these rooms I finally felt safe. I couldn't deal with my diagnoses and it took it toll bringing me into 3 programs. I would rather be an addict than have a mental issues. I had to write a letter about why I hated OA. Pretty revealing. Eventually I stopped blaming everyone else and accepted responsibility for my action. thus started my real recovery. I use multiple outside experts instead of self diagnosing, self medicating and failing. I am

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LaurenH_2024_07_28.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/07/28

In program almost 40 years. Both parents into their own addictions. I could manage my food, it wasn't that bad . . . until it was that bad. 7-11 Was my downfall as i promised to start over every day. I was leading a double life as psychotherapist and food addict. In the beginning (first 10 years) I made the group my Higher Power. so I left the program because I wanted to have a normal life. Back after 3 years. Came back and ended up weighing and measuring for the next 10 years. Knew it well enough

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NikkiS_2024_07_21.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/07/22

I started early 3 or less. There were no boundaries and no safety. I just wanted to be loved but food gave me that feeling. I was a 'chubby' kid and felt shamed even at the doctor's office. I was 6 with my first diet. It became a way of life proving my unworthyness. Food became the cause and the solution of my shame. My dad dies when I was 16. He was the only one who i felt loved me unconditionally. Now I was alone and leaned into the food like never before. 16 - 49 in my disease. Married kids

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AnnieF_2024_07_14.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/07/15

Started with sweetened and condensed milk and our family was a member of the 'clean plate club' When I left home at 17 it was Game on! I was not connected to my body and always shocked when I saw a reflection. When my husband left I stopped drinking but food took over. At 60 I went to my AA sponsor about my weight and they suggested OA in 2012 (287 lbs) I got a food plan from a nutritionist. I would get a little time. one bite - - then more again. Finally got solid abstinence Oct 2020. dealt

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DianeD_2024_07_07.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/07/08

Feb 11, 2020 398 lbs I was still not ready to 'surrender' I fell and needed fire department to get me up. Then I was ready. I have maintained a 185 lb weight loss. Spirituality - Humbug. It was about the weight in the beginning. I worked the steps and learned about me. One step at a time. I ended with a very strict food plan but could do it for one day . . .at a time. I made it back to the top of the Bariatric surgery list but HP said "do Nothing". By the time came to sign on the dotted line they

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JoanT_2024_06_30

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/07/01

Condensing 43 years into a 20 minute talk I was eating anything I could as long as I can remember. Rather than a defect my eating was a defense. I took massive amount of diets pills. and YoYoed on the heavy side of the Yo. I married and got pregnant. the doctor said my my weight could harm the child. I did not care. Gave birth at 300. In 1981, at 329, I planned to eat until died . 6 Months later I went to OA. 6 months later I got a sponsor. I was dilegant n my food plan, got down to 115 and still my

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KaraL_2024_06_23.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/06/23

OA Speakers,100 pounder, Hundred Pounder, Millcreek, KaraL

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JulieA_2024_06_16.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/06/17

I was an obese baby. First diet at 5 years old. In my family compulsive overeating was our life. There was never any leftover candy in our house Fat was not a problem, it was who we were. I learned to diet and was successful, for a minute. As I was loosing weight I would think about what I was going to eat at the end of the diet. 1st time in OA I lost weight, broke abstinence and put all weight back on. 2nd time came back on really fast. God did not sprinkle pixie dust on me to relieve the

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CindyS_2024_06_09

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/06/10

I came in to OA in 1975 at 25 years old, 340 Lbs. and have been in 50 years. I lost jobs because of my weight. They could do it and told me so. Started with grey sheet food program. You guys spoke honesty and I did not know that language. I had a huge issue with the spiritual components of the program. I was sure we didn't meditate in La Hambra, CA. Today I sponsor, do service, travel, and have a good life.

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LisaP_2024_06_02.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/06/03

Originally in OA in '88. I had a problem with lookalikes. Sugar free type alternatives to red light foods. At events I would click the disposable cameras so I was always behind the camera, never in front, I experienced the progressive nature of the disease. 5 year first relapse, 3 years second, then 1 year Embracing Step one perfectly is required to eliminate the first compulsive bite I wore scrubs because the had all sizes and pockets. I did have Bariatric surgery but did not tell anyone due to

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MarnaN_2024_05_19.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/05/19

My mother was Manic/Depressive and a Compulsive Over-eater. When I was 9 , my older 19 Year old brother was hity by drunk driver and was in a coma for 3 months. I needed more allowance to buy more candy. I went to diet DR. at 16. Goal weight in a week. Game on! What ever I did. I didn't look good enough. In 1976 I wen to OA, They sent me to AA and my food took off. Much later (2013)I was working in chemical dependency and weighed 230.. They intervened and sent me to OA. Today abstain from some

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GaryV_2024_05_12.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/05/13

I grew up in NY and a large Italian Family. Eating was a sacred ritual. I needed to learn to protect myself from my brother.I protected my self with food up to over 500 lbs. Everyone felt it was OK to give me advice. My wife passed in 2020 presenting my with major life choice. I had the bypass surgery but statistics told me I might need more help. OA was that help. I originally thought they were nice because they paid by the pounds loose. I learned my phone could be used for more than just

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DowO_2024_05_05.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/05/06

Both parents alcoholic so I grew up in a dysfunctional environment. My father killed himself rather than stop drinking. I treated my body like garbage can for drugs, alcohol. and food. Sober at 31. Even though I was around the 12 step community I was outside as I was still eating compulsively. I was in and out of OA for years. Couldn't do it my way. I didn't need meetings I 'Lived' the program. Not. I completely forgot what meetings did 'for' me After 2 seizures, multiple brain surgeries and a

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KarenT_2024_04_28.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/04/29

Bulimia and anorexic was an eating disorder, I was just overweight. Every day was the same,Great intentions, Break my intentions and then beat myself up. I am a poster child for step one. with an allergy of the body and obsession of my mind. Today i am living the definition of abstinence. for 12 years Resentments are the thought' The past didn't go my way'. My fears are the thought the 'The future will not go my way. There was a lot of time between my coming to OA in 1988 and the start of my current

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DomingoR_2024_04_21.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2024/04/22

Pictures. Shame based eating even very young. No matter how poorly I was treated growing up no one treated me worse than I did. Joined the military to loose weight, it worked AND I was dismissed for failure to maintain below weight limit. Came into program 2008 and followed direction. I has worked ever since. Even at a good weight I am still working on the authentic Domingo Today I like others, I like me and value those relationships. I use the big book, steps and tools of this program for any

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