Losing Weight and Overcoming Sugar Addiction through Faith and Food Boundaries
Kristy McCammon is a Christian wife and mom, author, speaker, blogger, and coach in the area of weight loss. She spent most of her life food obsessed and overweight. In 2017, she started eating with food boundaries and lost 100 pounds. She has been maintaining that loss for 7 years now. She specializes in weight-loss by combining faith and food. She is on a mission to help others become free from food struggles and ultimately live Life Unbinged.
Her signature course is called the 60 Day Surrender.
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Life Before Food Boundaries
For most of my life, my relationship with food was complicated. As a Christian woman, I loved God deeply — but I often found myself turning to sugar instead of Him when life got hard. Stressful days ended with eating. Boredom was filled with snacking. Emotional highs and lows were celebrated or soothed with sugar.
At first, I didn’t even realize how much control food had over me. It started small — just one bite. Then a handful. Then the whole thing. I would tell myself:
It doesn’t count if I eat it fast.
It doesn’t count if no one saw me.
I’ll just start over tomorrow.
But the truth was, it always ended the same way: sick, ashamed, and angry with myself for losing control again.
I believed my problem was just emotional eating, but looking back, I can clearly see it was sugar addiction. Sugar had become my comforter, my companion, and my reward. And yet, it left me stuck in shame, weight struggles, and endless cravings.
The Vicious Cycle
Like many women, I tried diet after diet. Each one promised weight loss, food freedom, or control over cravings — but nothing lasted. I’d lose a few pounds, then fall right back into the cycle of overeating.
I loved the Lord, but carried guilt and shame because I didn’t have self-control over food. I felt like I should be able to “fix this,” so I kept Him out of this area of my life. I wanted to be healthy. I wanted to live free. But sugar addiction kept whispering that I was too weak, too far gone, and destined to fail.
The Turning Point: A Desperate Prayer
There came a day when I was completely broken. I had eaten more sugar than I wanted to admit, and I felt physically sick and spiritually empty. In that moment of defeat, I prayed one of the most desperate prayers of my life:
"Lord, please rescue me. I can’t do this on my own."
And in His mercy, God answered. Not with a fad diet. Not with another rule book. But with a simple truth:
I had to eat to live, but I did not have to eat processed sugar and flour. And I certainly didn’t have to eat all day.
That revelation was like a rescue boat in the middle of a storm. God showed me that food boundaries — not restrictions, but loving boundaries — could give me the freedom I had been craving all along.
Life After Food Boundaries
When I surrendered my food to God and embraced boundaries, everything began to shift.
In the first month, I lost 20 pounds.
My constant sugar cravings disappeared.
I found peace with three abundant, satisfying meals each day — meals filled with protein, vegetables, fruits, and healthy grains and fats.
My mind grew quiet. The food noise I thought I’d live with forever was finally gone.
Ten months later, I had lost 100 pounds. And seven years later, I’m still living free.
Healing Beyond the Scale
The weight loss was incredible, but the deeper transformation was even greater.
My energy returned.
My sleep improved.
My mood stabilized.
My confidence grew.
But most importantly, my relationship with God deepened. Instead of turning to sugar to soothe my emotions, I turned to Him. Instead of numbing with junk food, I prayed. Instead of hiding in shame, I walked in freedom.
The Bible became my anchor. Verses like Psalm 119:45, “I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts,” reminded me that God cared about every part of my life — even my food choices.
Why Food Boundaries Work
At first, I thought boundaries would feel like punishment. But in reality, boundaries were protection. Just like guardrails keep us safe on a winding road, food boundaries gave me safety and peace.
By cutting out sugar and flour, I stopped fueling the addiction cycle. My taste buds reset. My brain calmed down. My body healed. And suddenly, I had clarity and freedom I hadn’t experienced in decades.
For the first time, I wasn’t controlled by cravings or food obsession. I was free to live the life God had called me to live.
Encouragement for Christian Women Struggling With Food
If you’re a Christian woman struggling with sugar addiction, emotional eating, or weight loss, please hear this: you are not too far gone.
I once thought I would live trapped forever. I carried the shame of failed diets and the hopelessness of believing I’d never change. But God had another plan.
We are called into freedom — not just spiritually, but in every area of life. And yes, that includes your relationship with food. When you surrender your struggle to God and embrace the food boundaries that heal, you’ll discover the food freedom
How to Take Your First Step
Breaking free from food addiction doesn’t take years. Your body was created by God to heal and restore quickly when you give it the chance.
Here are a few steps to begin:
Pray honestly. Invite Jesus into your food struggles. Nothing is off-limits to Him.
Set simple food boundaries. Focus on real, nourishing foods: protein, vegetables, fruits, and healthy grains and fats.
Remove sugar and flour. These processed foods feed addiction and keep cravings alive.
Eat three meals a day. Abundance and structure will bring peace to your body and mind.
Spend daily time in God’s Word. Let Scripture renew your mind as much as real food renews your body.
My Life Today
Today, I live in freedom. I no longer obsess over food or live in shame about my weight. I enjoy real meals, I nourish my body, and I walk with Jesus through every craving and challenge.
My life isn’t perfect — but it’s no longer controlled by sugar addiction. Instead of living stuck in emotional eating, I live with joy, energy, and peace.
And if God can do it for me, He can do it for you too.
Final Encouragement
If you’re tired of diets, sick of shame, and weary from the cycle of sugar and weight struggles, it’s time to try a different way.
Food boundaries aren’t punishment — they’re the path to peace. When combined with faith and daily surrender, they can transform your health, your weight, and your life.
You don’t have to stay stuck. Take the first step. Invite God into your journey. Embrace boundaries that bring life. And watch how He can turn your story of food addiction into a testimony of food freedom.
Kristy McCammon