Inspirational Writings from Gwen Shamblin Lara
How to Sense Internal Cues
The body processes food more slowly than the mouth chews it and swallows it. It takes 20 minutes for the food to hit the bloodstream...
January 12, 2026
We suggest that you drink only non-caloric drinks, such as water, diet sodas, and artificially sweetened tea while you are learning how to sense the body’s needs. If you drink sugared tea or sodas, milk, fruit juice, or sports drinks throughout the day, the glucose or the sugar from them will keep your blood sugars up, the result being somewhat like an IV bag in the hospital...
January 11, 2026
God is my morning and my night; He is my Alpha and Omega. He is the Beginning and the End. God is my everything and He is your everything, but you might not know that yet. There is nothing that He can't do, and He wants to show you if you would only give Him the floor for a few minutes. I learn something new every week. I am going to start a list of the things that He has been to me and for me, and you can add to it...
January 10, 2026
A major concern in starting WeighDown may be “How can this work for me?” because: 1) “I am not particularly religious anymore” and “I feel a distance between me and God because I have been told this is a chronic disease or genetic and I see no cure,” or 2) “I have tried every diet 10 times, every diet pill and exercise, and failed miserably—so how can this work?” What we are really asking is... “Am I a failure? Has God forgotten me?” Well, you are not a failure...
January 9, 2026
As we learned yesterday, we have been trying to feed our hurting, longing hearts with physical food and substances, but you can reverse this...
January 8, 2026
We have all been created with two empty, needing-to-be-fed holes in our body. One is the stomach, and the other is the heart...
January 7, 2026
Going back to eating the way the Creator wants is huge because it is deeper than just eating...it is going back and getting in touch with the guiding hand of God...
January 6, 2026
Diets are everywhere we look, and on every diet, the dieter is asked to think about food content, consider the fat gram count, examine food pictures, discuss food and recipes in support groups, depend upon the scales (a focus on body and self), and prepare special meals. This focus on food makes it irresistible, for you fall in love with what you focus on...
January 5, 2026
We’ve talked about some tips for getting through the sudden temptations, but are you experiencing daily challenges that sometimes seem almost insurmountable? You can make it! Just remember that God is personally attentive to your individual specific needs, so always pray! ...
January 4, 2026
Here are some more tips to help break your focus on the food – especially during this busy time of year. Do not eat in your car. Do not eat in your room. Do not keep a food drawer at work loaded with unnecessary snacks. Do not eat in front of the TV. You do not need to eat your way through the day! ...