Mandisa Blogs: “I’ve lost almost 65 lbs, can you believe it!”

By On 02/02/2009 · 10 Comments · In Uncategorized

Season 5 Idol, Mandisa, has just released a new single, available on iTunes now.  Ãƒâ€š   She shares some great news in her latest MySpace blog post–she’s lost 65 pounds!   Here’s an excerpt:

I’m sure that most of you know that I have battled with food addiction since I was a child. At a very early age I began turning to food to find comfort. Well now God is teaching me that I need to turn to Him to find comfort. There is no such thing as “comfort food”. Any comfort I received from food was always temporary and resulted in more pain. That is why my new song “My Deliverer” means so much to me. I’ve really wanted to share with you guys what He has been doing in my life concerning this food-related stronghold. HE IS SETTING ME FREE!!!!! I’ve lost almost 65 lbs, can you believe it!?!?! I’ll talk specifically about what I am doing later (soon, I promise), but the short version is that I am NOT dieting! I have simply changed the way I eat…for good! I have a personal trainer and workout about 5 days a week. But more than anything, the biggest change has been to my mind. I have had to change the way I think about food and change the way I handle temptation. For me, that has meant A LOT of prayer and meditating on God’s word. That is the only way I have been able to resist the temptation to give in to every desire that I have. You’d be surprised by how much the Bible has to say about food and temptation. It has been a lifeline for me. That is why I can say from my heart that “My Deliverer has rescued me from all that held me captive!”

Her new album, Freedom, is set to be released March 24.

 
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  • http://www.myspace.com/gwendolyndiane GwendolynD

    Great news!!

  • flicker

    I admire anyone who can lose 65 pounds. It takes a lot of will power. I have some weight to lose myself, and I know how hard it is.

    Good for Mandisa!

  • PattyP

    How great for Mandisa! She looks beautiful in that photo, and you can tell from her face that she has lost weight. I’d like to lose half that much myself … I will have to keep up with her to find out how she did it, but changing her attitude about food sounds like a good way to keep with it.

  • http://stores.ebay.com/BookWomanBlues-Book-Nook Bobbi

    Good for her!

  • CFIdolsfan

    I admire anyone who can lose 65 pounds. It takes a lot of will power. I have some weight to lose myself, and I know how hard it is.

    Good for Mandisa!

    I’m glad for her, too. It is harder after having had children and after 40, which is my case. She motivates me to be more diligent in my own attempts to lose what I don’t need. Her new single is great, too.

  • calimari

    Good for her – she was always beautiful but you could tell how much prettier & healthier she would be if she could lose the weight. Nice that she’s doing so well.

  • tierbee

    Good for her! Changing your habits is vital… I lost like 80 lbs after I had my last child but didn’t make the right changes and gained most of it right back. Now I’m working on getting it back off the right way with exercise and eating healthy. She’s a beautiful girl!

  • itsalleternal

    Good job Mandisa!

  • gingerly

    WTG! Mandisa. I was actually not a huge fan (yeah well a bit because you’re awesome, but maybe not for the music you did on Idol) but I give huge, huge props to anybody who can deal effectively with an additction. I think we all (or at least most) of us have addictions. Some just happen to be more out there (more obvious). Good for you and may God bless you and help you keep your courage for this.

  • cookcricket

    tierbee,

    I lost like 80 lbs after I had my last child but didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make the right changes and gained most of it right back. Now Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m working on getting it back off the right way with exercise and eating healthy

    I hear ya’! I lost a lot of weight too and gained it back. I wish you the best with losing again. You inspire me to work at it again too!

    Mandisa does look beautiful in that picture! I don’t know too much about her and her music. Yeah on the weight thing though!