Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

Topped out over 300 LBS  Now I have 44 years abstinent. I was overweight early and hated myself growing up I was berated by my family.  Went to first OA meeting at 17 in 1973. I had lots of difficulties with the steps The grey sheet helped me loose weight. . . A lot of weight. but not for long.  I ate my way into the threat of diabetic blindness. All my reasons for avoiding OA were trashed my firs...

My parents were both Holocaust survivors which brought food issues. My parents in the food business which made it easy for me to catch this disease. In 4th grade was prescribed  Speed.  as time went on I tried many prescription drugs as well as the pay and weigh. Working at Knotts Berry Farm there were rides I was not allowed to ride. I got a newcomer pack, read it, learned it and eventually figur...

I went to AA Meetings to support another and it filtered into me and my food. Even with sponsors I went insane with dieting. which led me away from the program. In 2008 I hit another bottom which took me back to program.  I jumped into all aspects of the program, steps, service, a daily ritual. My experience is that with my yellow light foods I was in denial that they belonged to the red light lis...

My wife was taking a client to AA meetings sitting in the back. Mentioned they had a problem with alcohol like I did with food and mentioned OA. That did not please me.  I ended up in OA wanting relief from the grief without making any changes in my behavior. Eventually I embraced actually doing as told, getting a food plan, doing the steps. I have done the steps and continue each time I take a sp...

I was adopted and that comes with its unique baggage. I always felt there was something wrong with me. My story matches so many others, My mom comforted me with food and it worked.  I came to OA in 1976. I followed the strict food plan, lost weight and collected sponsees. It cost me my family which was not a bad thing. I started meetings at my apartment. And found a church that synced well with my...

Always bought clothes in Husky. My parents would bribe me to loose weight. did it, got the prize then right back up. It was suggested. I go to OA. and found out it was not Order of the Arrow. First food plan was grey sheet. lost weight, too much weigh.  I was sent to AA and  discovered 'Solutions.. Learned to listen for the similarities, not the differences. I was directed to a sponsor who scared...

My first food plan was no sugar which seemed impossible. When I got 21 Days i was eligible to be a sponsor. The foundation of my abstinence was still no sugar my food plan is built on that. That gave me too much wiggle room. I ended up down to 88 lbs on the food plan I had been given. It did not last and I left OA From then on I went up and own with insane eating and insane diets. I calculated how...

2 Periods of abstinence. For me abstinence is binary, I am or i am not.  When I came back I was eating from the produce aisle and still gaining weight. There was a shift when I changed from eating emotionally to eating nutritionally based on a food plan. I have a Higher Power and I shorten it to God. I still feel the pull. Today I call me sponsor instead of giving into it. Half of my abstinence is...

Sober 32 years , Abstinent - 2 Food is a bigger deal and harder Top weight  over 350 lbs. I am now in a body and a mind that does not include dieting. I just wanted the diet, I can do this!  For a while For me steps 6 and 7 were the miracle steps. Transformed my relationship with me. I imagined a abstinent life of suffering. I din't hear that, just imagined that. I was not ready for so long, I pra...

I have maintained an over 300 lb weight loss for past 4 years. in High school I had friends who were concerned. at 250 lbs. As I moved up in weight I just gave any thought of approproiate eating. I knew I needed more that a diet.  I prayed to have the weight removed and it was still there in the morning. Massive health problem gave me pause to think about it No More.  I was sure I was going to die...

Came in over 350. Was told I needed surgery but not until I lost 70 lbs - I put on 20. I got candy to keep my dad's alcohol secret and got paid with candy to rat him out.  I learned to pray, but for stuff. I ended up married and pregnant an got permission to eat like I wanted.  I volunteered for everything  all over the place to prove I was worthy. There was a moment when I realize I was choosing...

Highest weight - 460 I had lots of real feelngs, food kept me safe. I had skills, sought and achieved validation. but it was never enough. I had a way of pushing people way, and feel rejected. Food never rejected me. 2018 dangerous diabetic diagnosis.doubled up on food and medicine. Made since to me. 11/11/2020 arrived in OA and admitted I was powerless over food. Had negative side affects. Got a...

1st abstinence I lost over 200  lbs. Verbally and physically abusive upbringing. Food helped. Top weight over 400. 2 devastating losses brought me to my knees. My self talk was extremely negative until I started working the steps Still working on improving my relationship with a higher  power.

Thin untill High School Up to 350. Drugs were the only diet than helped until OA. After car accident 1983  I ended up in OA. I heard my story. Abstinent since 5/31/83 Initially I was reluctant because of the God stuff. Jumped into the steps I WANTED what you had. When my sponsor went out I moved to the middle of the herd. I realize now I was very angry my first 5 years. I hate the phrase 'More wil...

Missing first two minutes of recording. :( Dieted in college comparing myself to everyone else. First time I thought it was a problem. Going to Weight Watcher did not work as I was not willing to take directions and be different from my peers. Somehow I thought the larger I got the more invisible i became. Knowing I could eat in class was a gift from God. By the time I got to OA I was pretty beate...

I came from a long line of good cooks and compulsive over-eaters. I thought I could eat whatever my husband ate, added baby weight and kept it all and more. Medical, pay and weigh, hypnosis and a multitude of other weight loss schemes failed to work for very long. June 201 I started a diet took me form 317 to 192 in two years. No steps yet. 2020 landed in OA, qualified according the test questions...

Abstaining over 37 years. Came in over 340 lbs. I came to OA because a friend but n=knew nothing of any anonymous program.  My only motivation to come to OA was because I was afraid of loosing my children. Could not come up with a good enough lie to not go to the 2nd meeting. I got a sponsor who tricked me into more meeting per week and discovered a thurday night meeting of people just like me. St...

Topped out 576. lbs in 1999. Came into program thinking I would loose enough weight to do Barriatric surgery. God had other plans. It was 'suggested' I work the program. My food plan has changed but my program has not. i was a compulsive rebel - today I have a pause button which helps me to take more appropriate actions. Today I have a God of my understanding which, like my program, has never fail...

I recovered through AA literature and it has stayed my focus. I remember the anticipation and pleasure from my first steak when I was 6 and my life changed. I would binge on bologna sandwiches. I could not stop doing the binging which caused me so much misery. I realized there was something wrong with me. Nobody did what I did with food. In my mid thirties my world became very small. Working a gra...

I discovered comfort food as a infant. I was tall and big before I was 9. At 25 I had my first suicide attempt. I was blackout eater. I have been paddled back to lifetwice at 350 lbs. There is so much more. Today I have a daily ritual, which keeps me sane, abstinent and useful. I record my food and and express my gratitude to my Higher Power maintaining a 150 Lb. weight loss.

I Was in mental hospital at 16 and learned about drugs. It did not help my weight but I was taken to AA. Found OA grey sheet in 1977. Got physical recovery and several relapses. For me the "OA Diet" worked briefly several times  with more weigh gain up to 300. For more than 35 years I took what I liked and left the rest.  Eventually I actually did all 12 steps with a sponsor Today I have a food pl...

First came into OA in  2006.  After multiple relapse I finally realized my recovery HAD to be my primary focus in order to have the rest of my life. As a child I wanted to be invisible but my weight made that impossible. I had excel spreadsheets for the diets I would start on Monday. Today I have am maintaining a 150 lb weight loss. The level of my honesty is reflected in the quality of my recover...

33.75 years abstinent and maintaining121 lb weight loss. Prior to OA I was a nutritional expert gaining and loosing over 700 lbs a little at a time.  I knew how to get shinny, but not for long. Heavy I was angry, Thin I was angry. Hmmmm. About the time I was planning my suicide I went to OA. Found people who didn't overeat AND they didn't want to. They had the 12 steps. I have had tragedy and good...

2002 Came to OA hundred pounder. Knew about AA and felt sorry for those poor addicts. My pitch is for those who are tortured by what they eat. I was convinced I need a sponsor, needed to call him and I recived a new life. Got involved in service, met a girl and got married.  By 2017 I lost interest in recovery. my weight climbed, my enjoyment in my life plummeted. Every plan I made feel through un...

There are some gaps in the recording due to poor internet. *****  Even as a child the goal of being thin and eating as much as possible were at odds. At 11 I went OA. They were nice but that was all I remember. At 15 all I wanted them to do was' Stop Talking!' I followed a diet and called it recovery. In '94 I began my recovery, getting a sponsor and following directions he gave me. I got amazing...