The Lord's Table II Testimony: Velina

I have enjoyed this course very much and have benefited greatly. From a physical/weight viewpoint, I had stalled at the same weight for several weeks and was getting discouraged. I didn't lose as much weight as I was hoping (7 pounds), but it is still a great encouragement to be losing pounds again and continue on this journey. The Bible study was very helpful. What a good reminder to put on the armour. I will try to incorporate this into my life. And I do hope to fast on a regular basis now, probably shorter fasts more often. I have never tried to fast for this long before, so it was very challenging. It gave me a new awareness of how full our lives are of food!

So many of my normal routine activities involve food: church potlucks, family nights with extended family, on and on it goes. The main benefit was losing seven pounds. It wasn't as much as I thought I would lose, but it is a great encouragement, since my weight had leveled off for a few weeks. Now I am encouraged to go forward and lose till I get to goal. Also, now I have had the experience and will do it again, probably shorter fasts more often. A benefit of this course and also phase 1, is that my attitude toward food has changed, praise the Lord! I don't feel controlled by it anymore. My biggest challenge was preparing three meals a day for my children at home and not eating with them.