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Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

Speakers who have lost 100 pounds tell their stories.

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JeanJ_2026_03_29.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/03/30

Top weight pregnant 5'3" and 213. Started in OA in 1990. Lasted 5 years, stayed abstinent throguh second pregamancy. I got this... not - 7 rear relapse. I gave up sugar before I came back - It was my heroin, Came home from Paris after gaining 7 lbs in a week realizing I had a problem but didn't need a sponsor. Still wanted the diet. I surrendered VERY slowly. I was just fat. I have had one more slip. waas back quickly, had nowhre else to go. I have a Higher Power whom I don't always listen to. I

20:40

OliviaR_03_22_2026.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/03/23

Being a hundred pounder came with the shame that I let it get that bad. Now it is with acceptance of my recovery. Came in OA at 24 years old 375 lbs. Food was my solution for a dificult childhood. I kept that solution when that danger was no longer there. There were clues along the way which did not work. I wanted to win on my own ... Got gave me the tools, if I failed it was on me. I was excited to get to day 30. After that was day 31. As I approached the 100 lb mark I had the thought I was

20:07

LisaP_2026_02_15.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/03/16

There are lots of 100 pounders who are not here. Been here since 1988 and got 8 years but no higher power. I went out on 'look alikes' Diet foods etc. Took 5 years to come back. Next time 3 years to gain it back. Then 1 year. Nothing scared me into recovery, I knew how to be a fat person and it kept calling me. My dad was a bulemic to stay thin for his daughter. What I put in my mouth affects what comes out of my mouth.

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BeccaE_2026_03_01.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/03/02

Getting, Hiding, getting rid of, getting more was what I always did with food I staged a kitchen fire to hide my behavior. I did not want recovery, I just wanted the consequences to stop. I loved AA Parties and the food was my best friend. AND I Got credit for staying sober while gaining weight. After failing as my own sponsor I hired and fired a bunch. I eventually understood I needed to listen to someone else. I did the steps- with a sponsor - and did get dose of recovery without my excuses. It

12:03

MarkL_2026_02_15.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/02/16

I was an exercise bulemic. I was in many sports and a 'healthy' eater. I was a 5th degree black belt by 15. I had to go to the hospital to get my stomach pumped 8 times i 2 years. That time the repercussion were laid out. Today I will be there when called. Whatever I can do for you is doing it for me.

20:54

KelleyS_2026_01_25.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/01/26

I was always tall/big and felt fat. I always felt different. 1st Diet in 8th grade. thus started the yo-yo of thin and not. Everyone diet worked once. with diminishing results when repeating it. I got to 125 lbs overweight while binging AND purging. I have been in OA for 43 years and never left, but do not have continuous abstinence. I did several OA variations which also worked initially. Finally I heard the message of putting down the food to work the steps to get a relationship with God. Food

19:57

CarrieN_2026_01_18.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/01/19

Top Weight 305. Snacks I picked up at 7-11 were my friends. Coming into OA this time I got a sponsor and got direction which I followed. After a week I noticed a silence in my mind. My psyche is tuned to crave a certain type of food and MORE of it. Reading the Big Book of AA I discovered an explanation of why I was different that other people. I have an understanding and a relationship the a higher power. I was never hungry when I was in the food. Now I do get hungry. and I don't panic I have a

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RichB_2026_01_11

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/01/12

Started as obese kid. At 11 I was in a UCLA program for obese kids. Diagnosed but no solution. 235 @ 13 yrs old My roommate binge buddy went with me to to OA when I was 19, never been on date and just scared. After 16 years I had a single fork of a dessert. I was up 100 Lbs in 6 months. I gained weight on the Weight Watcher's snack bars. No repercussions (medical, emotional or physical) stopped me from overeating and getting close to death. My current food plan has to reflect the damage I have done

20:31

CK_2026_01_04

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/01/05

I had to be the grownup during my childhood in a very unsafe environment. I had the illusion I needed to be in control of everything.. I felt I was in control when I had my food. I ran my life using the CK program with disastrous results. After 3 major losses the food was not enough.. Oct 24 I cried out for help. And meant it. Gave up the CK program and started using the OA Program. Gave up illusion of controls and had way better results I do a daily 10th step. Not perfect yet. I began to realize I

20:41

GenieB_2025_12_28.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/12/29

Maintaining 120 lb weight loss, 36 years abstinent Born in rural PA. Dad a coal miner. Grew up doing farm work. I was always fat. Gained and lost over 700 lbs prior to QA, down 30 up 50, down 40 up 70 on and on. I had a lucrative job allowing me to seek the answer to my compulsive eating. I could change my food, for a while. size 4 to 22. I was the same miserable woman with my nose in everyone's business regardless of my weight. I could manage my weight (for a while) but never my life. I ended up

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DonnaA_2025_12_21.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/12/22

In OA since 1987 I got a sponsor right away. I was happy a higher power worked for them but it couldn't for me. I have lots or sponsors and each gave me something I still carry. My first inventory was through OA HOW. all 170 questions. I Since then I have done the steps lots of times and lots of different ways. 2017 I was sure I had it down and did not need the program so I stopped listening for about a year and a half. I found I have to find at what really works for ME and then do that, no

19:06

Noel_2025_12_14.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/12/15

Grew up where food was love. At 8-9 I was eating noticbley more than others, My being active helped it stay 'manageable' In my teens I thought 'they were out to get me' and rejected any suggestion of moderation. I ended in OA directed from another 12 step program. I got a sponsor but I knew better than him. I started doing it my way with the expected outcome. When I came back with more issues I didn't trust anyone, did it my way to 300 lbs. The shame kept me away. 10 years on my own, Back to OA I

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LynnS_2025_12_07.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/12/08

I didn't fit in the world or in my clothes How can I get it, hide it, eat it, get more? Even at 11 I had stretch marks I lost my first 100 in weight watchers became a poster child for the program but my life was still lacking and finally the yop yo began for the next 20 years. At rock bottom my higher power slipped me into OA and I was relieved of the obsession. I stopped fighting everyone and everything. I had a couple of periods of relapse I had to white knuckle it - - like a dry drunk.

17:42

ToniaG_2025_11_30.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/12/01

I was in denial of my compulsive eater all my life. My dad committed suicide wen I was 8 and blamed God and everyone else. Today I have freedom from the bondage of food. I would measure every part of my body and it was depressing. I have relapsed many times but never left the program. The steps are the foundation of my program. Making amends was super important (details in talk_)

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GeneK_2-25_11_23.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/11/24

I do service when I am asked. My mom thought her value was based on her cooking and our enjoying it. I was a body builder and could eat alot - always wanted more than my share. I had a black hole in me I was trying to fill with food. I can into OA and wanted to get by. My men's group has been my foundation for 12 years. I never experienced the honesty I heard there. I surrendered to the 'fact' I was a regular compulsive eater and did what was required to handle it (recover) and started using the

18:28

AnnieB_2025_11_16.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/11/17

Lost and gained 100 lbs twice and 60 once. I binged, staved, pills and laxatives just to be attractive to men. Entered OA in 1993. and knew I was home. Got a sponsor but did not get abstinent for years because I wanted sugar. I had 9 years of abstinence and decided I could got off plan slightly only when I at out. So I started going out more not believing I was powerless over food. after 9 months and an extra 100 lbs I went to a treatment center. and eventually dropped the 100. I now have 20 months,

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Chinwendu_2025_11_09.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/11/10

Started with 'Set Aside Prayer' In 2006 I was over 600 Lbs I did not care about drugs or alcohol. I judged them not realizing I had found my drug of choice. I came into OA and just ate 3 meals a day, lost weight and figured ' I got this' until I didn't. I kept separate based on how big I was. I finally found someone who was abstinent and was willing to do whatever he asked. I ended up 'Telling the truth about me food' and everything changed. It was months of withdrawal but I did not eat. This thing

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MariaC_2025_11_02.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/11/03

Topped @ 296 - Now 146 I see the difference every day in the mirror. Complete abstinence for almost 3 years People noticing my weight loss was very disconcerting. Came to OA 9 years ago, heard the word God and did not come back for a year. I recognized I had some compulsive behaviors but I could not embrace the seeming rigidity of abstinence. In 2022 I watched people come in and recover following the program I was unwilling to follow. In Jan 23 all the pieces fell into place for me to attend the OA

19:39

VanessaG_2025_10_26.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/10/27

Stats -pic @ 330 a little less than my 360 top weight. As I grew up the was no eating restriction. My dad dieted annually and I learned that was the way. Not the freshman 15 but freshman 50 and kept going. I went to an OA meeting early, thought 'I'm not heat bad' and tried to diet on my own. In sobriety I was eating alcoholically and went back to OA pretty quickly. Lasted until I had a piece of cake at an AA meeting. I considered Surgery and lost so much in OA I didn't qualify for the surgery.

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SuzanneD_2025_10_19.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2025/10/19

Everything I have learned has been through the 12 steps. Topped out at 248 lbs. and 30 years sober. Now at healthy body weight. After dinner my kitchen is closed!!! In 6th grade I turned to food for comfort and got all the pain that goes with that. I had been angry at God and threw myself into multiple vices. I knew the 12 steps could work for food if I worked it. and I did. Got sober, got married and good things were happening . .; so I ate my way up and doubled my weight in my marriage. I know

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