Watch out for gluttony. Those who love themselves too much tend to be gluttonous. Those who hate themselves tend to starve themselves. The key is to be somewhere in the middle. Here are some good verses on the topic of gluttony:
Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
Put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit.
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.
This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.
“All things are lawful for me,” you say, but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything.
Happy are you, O land, when your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness.
I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Behold, this was the guilt of Sodom: they had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty.
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. The one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable.
May God bless you with the ability to take care of yourself well but also to have self-control with food. :)
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