"I HAVE
LOST 50 POUNDS AND AM STILL LOSING.
"PRAYER
REALLY HELPS ME. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL
SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH GOD ON MY SIDE.
PENNY FOSTER - 55YEARS OLD - LEXINGTON, KY
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"It's
AWESOME!!!!!!! Thank you so much!
"I have
already been so helped by WLGW, and here you go again! I
feel like a kid in a toy store, running from aisle to
aisle, playing with everything on the shelves!
"Oh,
boy! What do I look at next!? So many links, so little
time. Sigh. I guess
I'd
better get up earlier, which I've been meaning to and
motivated by you anyway.
"Thanks!!!!!!!
Sandra Julian - Franklin, Indiana
"p.s. Mark (husband) just told me that he bought his
very own copy of WLGW today. Yay! (I told him that it
was probably "the best 50 bucks he's spent lately."
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"Disgusted with myself and feeling defeated, I began to
pray and ask the Lord to show me how to conquer this
enemy called "overweight".
"God
for some time prior to my discovery of WLGW would deal
with me about getting my temple in order so He could use
me in ways I never dreamed.
"As
much as I wanted to, I just couldn't find the key to
successful and safe weight loss.
"Until
one day at the end of my rope, I searched on the
internet for dieting and weight loss in the Bible. it
was then I found Dr. Frank Smoot and his God-inspired
program called Weight-Loss God's way.
"The first time I saw it, I must admit that I was a bit
skeptical, so like every other perceived scam, I blew it
off.
"GOD
WOULDN'T LET ME OFF THE HOOK THAT EASY!!!!! Months
later, maybe 4 to 6, God brought it back to my
attention.
"Dr.
Frank continued to keep contact with me. By doing so, I
began to pray for wisdom and direction from God. He led
me to purchase the program and here we (me and my wife)
are today.
"We are
only entering the third day but I can already feel the
impact it has made on our lives. Especially mine!!! TO
GOD BE THE GLORY!!!!
"I
would love for my personal testimony to bless someone
else's life. Please keep me and my wife in your prayers
as we continue to plow the road to not only weight loss
success, but also success in everyday life.
"God
Bless!!!!
Chris Williams - Jackson, MS
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"Hi Dr
Smoot,
"I just
thought I'd email you to check in, and let you know that
everything's going wonderfully with your program so far.
"I'm
reading/listening to the chapters slowly and carefully
(nearly finished chapter 5), filling my new journal at
an alarming rate, and feeling good about myself and in
control.
"There's so much I'd like to discuss with you, but I
don't think now is the time - suffice it to say that I
think the program is just amazing and that I'm bubbling
with enthusiasm for everything I'm doing.
"So,
thank you, very sincerely - I'll keep you posted
(probably with lots of questions).
"Best
wishes,
Rebecca
Johnston - Cambridge (UK)
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"Hi Dr
Frank
"Twice
in the past week, I have met colleagues who I haven’t
seen since last fall. One of them didn’t even recognize
me, the other was completely dumbfounded by the changes
and just stood there with her mouth open.
"These
reactions help me to see how far I have come and to know
that I will never, under any circumstances allow myself
to become overweight again.
"The
outward changes are the most obvious, but to me it is
the changes in my being that are the most profound. I
have learned to put self care and self respect as a
priority.
"I have
learned to say “No” when being pushed to do something,
eat something or think something that isn’t in my best
interest. I approach every day with gratitude and joy.
"My
confidence level is high and meeting expectations of
others (or failing to meet them) is no longer on my
radar.
"There
isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t remember some
phrase or encouragement or wise words from the Weight
Loss God’s Way course.
"There
isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t thank God for
creating this opportunity to be healthy, physically,
mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
"Thank
you Dr. Frank and I look forward to talking to you soon.
"All
the best from Canada
Laurie
Denham - Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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"Dear
Dr Frank,
"Thank you for writing the Weight Loss God's Way course.
I am nearly at the end of week 3, and my thinking has
changed so dramatically it's unbelievable!
"I am enjoying reading the e-mails you have sent and
think that they compIement the course very well.
"As for
the course, I think it's wonderful! I always knew that
the problems were in my thinking, because I have read
about diet and nutrition until it comes out of my ears -
"I knew
all the facts, but I just kept sabotaging myself :-( -
BUT now I know much more clearly what I want and what I
don't want, and this is helping me make MUCH better food
choices, and I can walk past shelves full of chocolate
now and just ignore it!
Lucy
Armour - Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
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"Dear Dr. Frank,
"I know I'm supposed to be
taking the book one chapter a day, but I just can't! I
read the whole first week today because I just couldn't
get enough of it.
"I am amazed at the stuff
that pours out of my pen when I am writing in my Success
Journal! So many things I have repressed or denied or
didn't know existed just come flowing out!
"One of my issues with
this type of "self cleansing" has always been that I had
a Wonderful, Perfect, Loving, Caring, and Supportive
family, and I always felt like these programs were
trying to put the blame on them for my problem with
overeating!
"Not so with yours! I have
discovered the "general others" and just things that I
internalized probably in the wrong way!
"Thank you! I am so
excited about starting the program. I can't wait to see
where I am as each week goes by! I just know this is
truly an answer to my prayers to take better care of
myself.
Pam Collier - Earlysville,
Virginia
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"So far
I'm only on day 4 of the program and am really enjoying
the wisdom I've gained from your book. I'm finally
feeling free of some of the chains that have bound me
for years!
"I'm
seeing 'the light' that wants so desperately to
illuminate from within me. It's amazing how a simple act
of treating yourself with love and kindness can produce
such profound effects in your day to day life!
"I now
face my day with joy and gratitude. I praise God for the
many blessings he has bestowed upon me.
"I have
gained a new outlook on life. I feel lighter because my
new attitude won't allow stressful situations "weigh" me
down, instead I turn to prayer and calmly face
challenges!
"I'm so
looking forward to the weeks ahead.
Sue
Schaffner - New York
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"Hi Dr.
Frank,
"I've so appreciated the emails that you have been
sending me all these weeks. I am finally getting some
things straightened out in my head.
"I am
realizing that with my job I have certain
responsibilities and, if I do say so myself, I am like
someone programmed to do the job the way I was told it
should be done and take that responsibility very
seriously.
"I am
now seeing that I need to take the responsibility of
taking care of myself much more seriously and see it as
a very serious job that I have been given by God to do.
I know that HE will help me stay focused.
"I have
to say to you that the part in the book where you talk
about the voices in our heads not being ours is been
such a help.
"Now
when I am at work and there are situations around that
overwhelm me and I think what a rotten person I am and I
should do something unthinkable to myself and suddenly
realize that this is not me but satan himself and
immediately rebuke him in Jesus name and wow!!
"He has
to take a hike. So my goal for this year is to take
better care of myself. Thanks for all your encouragement
and may you be blessed beyond your wildest dream.
God
bless - Beatrice
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"Hello
Doctor Frank,
"I have been reading your literature from Day 1. Yes, I
believe the information is invaluable.
"I was
near tears in my own struggles with the world of being
overweight then I accepted this as being a part of me.
"As I
thought buying clothes to look smaller, wearing make-up
to look good, hanging with the right type of friends,
attending Sunday Mass and being as ordinary as possible
but still looking good was important.
"No I
did not have an ugly upbringing. I truly love myself,
not for egotisitcal thoughts, and not in the sense of
who God is or how he is involved with my life.
"It is
absolutely astounding on how I am faithfully reading and
absorbing the informations that you are sending.
Firstly, I believed in God all along. I believed he was
watching and observing me from a distance and I was
living on my own wisdom with some daily bible reading.
"WOW!
You opened a door to my mind and I an so pleased at how
GOD is of me and not at a distance I perceived him at.
"I have
much more to say however, I wanted to respond to tell
you I am with the program and I am feeling miracles
already.
"I have
lost about 5 pounds. I actually thought I was 240 pounds
but was amazed to see 225 pounds. You see the last time
I weighed my self I was 230 pounds as I avoid the scales
afraid to see what I really weighed.
"Well
to see 225 pounds was simply shocking. I love your
articles, and I want you to know I am reading it
intently with pencil and journal at hand.
"Just
because this is January, I am not on a New Year
Resolution kick, rather I am making this my way of life.
Donna
Prince - Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
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"Hello
Dr Frank
"I have
just been introduced to your programme after 28 years of
being 160lbs overweight.
"I have
been on every diet there is, and have just been given a
date in July to have a gastric bypass operation, as my
health is not so good. I cannot tell you the despair i
have been in for having failed so many times to loose
weight and now having to resort to very drastic measures
of having a gastric bypass.
"When i
received my letter telling me of my date of surgery(we
have to wait along time here in the UK for that
operation) i felt even more of a failure, as a
Christian!!!!!
"Why? I
am a Christian, you are supposed to be an overcomer!!!
Christ lives in you, but it didn't work for me, His
promises didnt seem to be for me!!!
"Well
when that letter arrived giving me my date for the
operation, there came such a cry from within for God to
intervene in my life, surely i could loose weight with
God's help!!!!!!!!
"It
seemed to me that i was turning to the worlds way by
having the operation, and i wanted Gods way.
"Anyway
in that cry i asked God to help, the two thing i wanted
was that i would get my life and health back to be able
to do Gods work and for my life to be a testimony to
Gods grace, i have tried and failed at every diet, and
exercise plan, with one diet, i lost 120lbs in 9 months,
to just put back 100lbs in 7 months.
"For me
to reach my target weight of 175lbs, and have a changed
lifestyle would mean that only God could have done it.
And my testimony would be one with power, as it would be
part of my life rather than just words, i long for that.
"Well 2
days after my prayer someone i knew who did not know my
struggle sent me your website address and said "Shayne,
i thought you may be interested in this".
"I must
say when i saw and started to read, i was hugely
sceptical, but the more i read the more it made sense
and hope came, that this was an answer from God.
"I am
only on day 2 of week 2 but already i can see a change
in my thinking, i have shed many tears since getting my
copy, and i am wanting to take things slowly so as to
get everything out of what you say.
"All i
can say is thank you for your faithfulness in doing what
you are doing, i believe i will get there, but i am
taking one day at a time, as i read and do the
exercises, more faith comes.
"At the
moment i am not able to cancel the operation, but i am
excited for the first time in many years. THIS IS SUCH A
DIFFERENT APPROACH TO ANYTHING I HAVE DONE BEFORE.
"Thank
you Dr Frank and are you planning to come over to the UK
at any time, i for one would love to come and meet you
and to join in any conference you may have.
"God bless you
Mrs. Shayne Whitaker - Brentwood, Essex, United
Kingdom
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"Dr.
Frank, I am so happy to tell you that I finally GET
IT!!!!!
"I have
had your program for over a year. I could not get past
page 100 and would start all over again, because I
struggled with the "image of God" and being a "god" that
you quoted.
"I
already knew that man was created in God's image, but
lost the holy perfectness in the Fall into sin. I knew
that I was a child of God, that means He is my Father
and brother and I am in His family. I knew that we, as
Christians reflect the light of Christ.
"But.....What I didn't get was, to reflect, we have to
BE the IMAGE reflected. So therefore, I am the image of
God, and I have the power to create what God has given
me to do in this life.
"This
came to me in my sleep last night and I just had to tell
you, I finally got it! Thank you so much and I thank God
for you every day.
"I also
want to let you know that I have learned alot in this
year of study, it enabled me to handle a very ugly
situation with my daughter-in-law over Christmas.
"It
helped me to know that those ugly things she was saying
to me were not my sin, but hers. Although they pierced
my heart, I was able to forgive her for them and even
pray for her.
"It has
also helped me deal with a controlling boss who enjoys
preying on my self-esteem with put downs, and other
traps to make me look incompetent. She attempts to
sabatoge me with candy and nuts that she constantly puts
out for us girls to tempt us to eat when we aren't
hungry.
"I am
now able to say NO to them and walk on past. AND the
best thing of all is the weight is now starting to come
off.
"I still have alot of work to do in the goal setting and
dreaming because those have been shut down for so long.
I keep a note to myself in my lunchbox so that I will
read it everyday.
"Thank
you again,
Linda
Robinson - Topeka, Kansas
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"Dear
Dr. Frank,
"I was about half way through the book you wrote about
Losing Weight God's Way when I realized I needed to
start over and go slower and take it more into my spirit
instead of just my head.
"Two
questions among several that impacted me was "How would
you think and feel if you were already thinner?" and
"What would you be doing?" I took time to think about
those questions and when two of my children joined ski
club, I did too. (I used to ski a lot 20 years and 60
pounds ago.)
"Yesterday was our third time and we took a lesson. The
instructor asked us "What do you want to learn?". No one
in the group answered. Then I stated "I want to ski well
on the black diamond hills."
"So he
worked with us a little and then took us to one the
black diamond hills. We all did wonderfully. But what I
found was the very thing you communicated in your book.
"We
have to say what we want and do what we want, we cannot
just think about it. The joy I am finding in doing is
incredible. I do not hate myself anymore.
"My brain is changing as my mind is being renewed. I am
finding more emotional strength, spiritual enthusiasm,
social connection, and my body is following.
"I have
lost weight too. I was very skeptical, but not anymore.
Good bye self destruction! Hello
"Keep building our faith! Love,
Lynda
Kopacz - Seville, Ohio
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"Dear
Dr Frank - It's Ann from Aussie land just letting you
know my progress.
"I
restarted on WLGW 26th Dec08 I'm still on week 1 Day5
but have been trying to concientiously work on this
because it's about me!
"In two weeks I have lost 4kg/8.8/lbs without trying!
Its so so true that it is the mind that has to be
renewed first. Thank you so much for your programme and
your personal support.
"God bless you supperabundantly, above and beyond that
you could ask for or even imagine!
Ann -
Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
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"Hi Dr
Frank,
"I want let you know, I started reading your book the
same time I received it, but I am not sure about my
writing skill, because english is my 2end language, and
some times I don't understand and I need to ask my
daughter to help me to get the point, so I am asking you
is it OK with you? (To let her read your book some pages
to help me )
"But good news is ,even with this much understanding
from Dec/28-till now I lost 8 lb. It is 30 year I have
this problem, and I tried every diet, and nothing ever
last after, I stopped my diet, and
"I have
to tell you short testimony. God saved me 6 years ago,
and my 2 children 2 years later, my sun became a youth
pastor, and my daughter is a criminal youth justice
worker by GOD'S grace and mercy, (I am a single mom).
Ashley - Vancouver B.C Canada
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"This
is awesome newsletter, Thank You so much for sharing it
with me Dr Frank!
"Reading your messages(and already also other Christian
resources) I'm starting to see my faith recovery:-) May
God bless you and your work richly!
"After
reading that I felt, I have to send you my thank note!
Dorota
Vivaldi - "I'm from Poland, but currently I live
in Ireland"
