 Research points to a multiplicity of reasons for problems in maintaining proper or health weight levels. These reasons are predominantly psychosocial and physical. But the questions continue and may even begin to torment and imprison.
The causal factors most often include sexual abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, and family patterns that encourage dysfunction, secrets, and scapegoating. Other hindrances are the prevalence of loneliness and larned behaviors, such as unhealthy eating habits.
Confusion about excellence versus perfection gets many people into a scenario in which they are forever striving for something unattainable. Along with this line of reasoning comes fad diets and every attempt to "fix" the outer person, to show others how acceptable you are by how good you look. This is where obsessive-compulsive behaviors ruin a good life.
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death." (Proverbs 16:25)
Learning to recognize obsessive-compulsive thoughts and habits may seem easy for some people. But letting go or changing is usually difficult. If you desire better thoughts, more true beliefs, closer fellowship with God the Almighty, and the opportunity for a more abundant life ... it will take practice. (These words were written in Chapter 2). What is it you are willing to practice? What is it you really desire?
Acknowledging unhealthy behaviors is the first step to transformation. There is a way that is right for you. This is the way that leads to abundant life.
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