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Amy Adamo
 My name is Amy Adamo, and I am 37 years old. I was overweight pretty much all my life. I was a chubby child and started on special diets when I was 13 years old. I've been on every diet out there, and nothing ever worked. I thought that being overweight was just a part of who I was or a medical problem, and there was really nothing I could do about it. I gained a lot of weight in college, and weighed 180 when I got married. I gained even more weight until I was at my peak weight of 230 pounds right after I had my son.
I had high blood pressure, borderline preeclampsia, and gastric reflux. I had to be induced because my blood pressure became dangerous. Praise God that he spared my son and me. Right after I had my son, I had to have my gall bladder removed and have hernia surgery. It was then that my sister and mom told me about Weigh Down. My husband told me he wouldn't pay for another diet, because I would spend too much money on the diet and just gain all the weight back along with even more weight. My mom paid for my first Weigh Down class, and that was why I was able to go.
From the first class, I couldn't believe what I was hearing! I had never been taught that it was a sin to overeat beyond God's boundaries. I was never taught that you must do the Will of God. I was so excited that there wasn't a food plan that you had to follow. God instantly started taking off weight from my body. I was able to eat any food my body needed within God's boundaries of hunger and fullness. I was out of bondage to the slavery to dieting and overeating!
God also revealed other things in my life that I was in bondage to which were: praise of man, fear of what others thought of me, or what I thought they could do to me, addiction to soap operas and TV, self focus, and anti-authority. I was consumed by what others thought about me, and I was a slave to other people's moods and reactions. It was really debilitating, because I would worry about what other people thought about me all the time. That disappeared!
Praise God for taking 90 pounds off my body, along with so many other strongholds. I went through a second pregnancy, and lost all my pregnancy weight (30 pounds) in just two months! My husband also lost 25 pounds, and laid down horrible road rage and pride. He is a different person, as I am. My family is so joyful now because we love to find the will of God, instead of being in the prison of self.
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