relinquished control of her life to Jesus.  "In that moment, the obsession lifted," she said.

Hope Egan, 35, described struggling with her own choices about eating, and told the women that the ultimate diet book is the Bible. In Genesis, God gave humans as food all seed-bearing plants and trees that bear fruit, she said.  "He created foods that were naturally low-calorie, low-fat, disease-fighting and tasted pretty good," Egan said. "If we start eating the way God designed us to, we will be more prepared to serve him."  The messages fell on appreciative ears. "It's uplifting, refreshing, cleansing," said Jeanne Jesse, 35, of the South Side. "We beat ourselves up; this is a great way to start anew."  West, a North Sider, has been trying to put more of the spiritual in her own life. She gets up early in the morning for devotional time, cutting the time she spends getting ready