LIGHTWEIGH SITE REPORT: The Light Weigh is a 12 week Video Series - Bible Study where you will learn a new approach to eating and to prayer. Light Weigh members learn to eat the foods they enjoy in moderation. The Light Weigh is international and is done throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland and Australia. All Light Weigh groups use the same format.
The Light Weigh Video Series is designed to be done in small groups in your parish or in your home. The Light Weigh is Catholic, and so it is able to draw upon the FULLNESS of the Truth found in our beautiful Faith, the Faith that Jesus Himself founded personally and designed.
By following The Light Weigh, you will learn to attain peace with food by imitating the example of Jesus and the spirituality of two of His devoted followers; St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Therese, The Little Flower.
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
OVEREATING verses PEACE WITH FOOD
The reason people overeat is not due to a nutritional need, but an emotional need. We tend to go to food for emotions such as, stress, worry, anxiety, boredom, relaxation, nervousness, distraction, anger, sadness, loneliness etc.. God (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit) has designed everyone with a ready made hole in their heart. God did this so we would be incomplete without Him. This longing, this incompleteness, causes us to seek Him; which is what He wants us to do! God is the only thing that will fill our "heart hole" perfectly. The problem is in trying to fill this spiritual hunger with everything but Him. God alone is the perfect "piece" to our hearts, that gives us perfect "peace." This is why it is so important to approach attaining peace with food from a spiritual perspective.
Dieting puts people into a "shortage mentality" and steals from them the ability to gain peace with food. The goal of The Light Weigh is to help you attain "Peace With Food." Dieting will never give you peace with food, because it is totally food-focused and self-focused. In The Light Weigh, God’s Love transforms.
MAIN MESSAGE and MATERIALS
The main message of The Light Weigh is to remind people how PRECIOUS they are to God. To remind them of God’s immense and continuous love for us, no matter what they weigh. God wants us to go to Him for the spiritual hunger we have been trying to fill with food. When we begin to fill our heart with Him, that is when we begin to see our temptation to overeat diminish. The filling of the heart is a process and The Light Weigh gives members specific materials; a Light Weigh Workbook, a Light Weigh Audio series and a Light Weigh Spiritual Growth Kit, which when used along with the Light Weigh Video series, help this transformation in the heart to take place. The Light Weigh also does an eating example every week to reinforce The Light Weigh approach to eating and peace with food. NOTE: The Light Weigh videos remain the property of The Light Weigh. The Light Weigh video series is on loan to your group for as long as you are meeting as a group and doing the program. When you are finished with the program you return the videos to The Light Weigh.
MEETINGS
The Light Weigh meetings are an hour and a half, once a week for 12 weeks. There are no weigh-ins at the meetings. The first 30 minutes of the meeting is spent discussing the Bible Study, written around the topic of the week; the rest of the meeting is spent watching the weekly Light Weigh Video. The videotapes for each week vary in length, but are not longer than an hour.
A GROUP PROGRAM
Why do I have to do it in a group?! The Light Weigh is designed for group use only. It takes 3 people including yourself to make a group. A group provides many things necessary for you to change. Your group meetings are a sign of commitment on your part; they help you to fit the program into your busy schedule and provide a weekly check-in and accountability. Jesus has said, "Where two or more of you gather in my name there I will be also." Groups provide encouragement, friendship, example and the opportunity to help one another. Suzanne Fowler, the author and founder of The Light Weigh, also joined and started a Light Weigh group when she launched the program many years ago and lost her weight in a group setting. It makes a difference when people pray and make sacrifices for each other. Over and over The Light Weigh has heard how much people enjoy getting together for their Light Weigh Bible Study and meeting. It’s fun!
BECOMING A LIGHT WEIGH MEMBER
Once you have become a member of The Light Weigh and receive your materials, you are ready to begin! The cost of The Light Weigh materials is $135.00 plus S&H, per person. This covers the workbook, audio series, spiritual growth kit and attending the video program. As long as your group is continuing to meet, you may repeat the program as many times as you like during the first year without paying the full cost again. All you need do each time your repeat is purchase the next audio series for $30 plus S&H. Light Weigh Members have told us they love their meetings! They have formed wonderful friendships and gained wisdom, strength and encouragement from other Light Weigh members.
Over and over we hear how The Light Weigh has changed peoples lives, and we give total credit to the Holy Spirit. Read the "Success Stories" section. It is our prayer that each Light Weigh member will experience a greater appreciation of God’s great love for them, rediscover and connect more deeply with the Catholic Faith and the treasures our Church contains to help them in their daily struggles and attain the peace with food they seek.
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