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Losing Weight and Getting Healthy with Sarah

January 20, 2020 By: Barb Raveling

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Do you ever feel like life will be super boring if you give up sweets? Do you have a hard time saying no to sweets? Do you feel like you should be able to eat if someone else is eating?

These are just a few of the things we’ll be talking about on the Taste for Truth Podcast this week. I’ll be doing a victory interview with Sarah who lost 30 pounds and has been maintaining even over the holidays.

Sarah struggled with her weight ever since she was young. After the birth of her son, she decided to address her eating issues. She found Freedom from Emotional Eating and started losing weight. We’ll see what she did to gain success in today’s podcast interview.

Before and after pictures of Sarah

Here are a few of the things we’ll be discussing on today’s episode of the podcast.

Things We Talked About:

  • Finding motivation after multiple failed weight loss attempts
  • Importance of having well-defined boundaries
  • Changing portion sizes
  • Overcoming sugar and simple carbs addiction
  • Reminding yourself of the truth every day
  • Having a reward system as motivation
  • People-pleasing
  • Addressing underlying causes of unhealthy eating
  • “Treating” anxiety with food

Lies We Talked About:

  • If my husband’s having this much, I should be able to have this much.
  • It’s impossible to say no to your addiction.
  • Life would be so boring if I gave up sweets.

Resources We Talked About:

  • Freedom from Emotional Eating
  • Taste for Truth

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  1. Kami says

    January 27, 2020 at 5:18 pm

    I am working through the freedom from emotional eating bible study and I keep getting stuck on what I know I is a lie, but can’t seem to find truth

    The lie is: “ God doesn’t really care about what and how I eat. This is such a little thing to bother Him with.”

    If you have words of wisdom for me, I would appreciate them.

    • Barb Raveling says

      January 28, 2020 at 6:15 pm

      Hi Kami, I think it’s great that you were able to identify the lie, and I’m guessing different people would answer that differently. It would be interesting to see what others would say. Here’s what I would say for the truth:

      God cares about everything in our lives. If he knows how many feathers the birds have and knows when one bird falls, He cares about us and wants to help with our eating habits. That said, I don’t think God is a micromanager – so I think He doesn’t really care that much what we eat on an every-single-bite level.

      I do think He cares about certain principles – not constantly eating too much (gluttony), not turning to food for comfort and to cope with life on a regular basis, and not obsessing over what we’re going to eat. Within some of those basic guidelines, I think He lets us make our choices. I guess I would say He also wouldn’t want us to be eating constant junk food because that wouldn’t be good for our health. Do you have any ideas on this, Kami?

      • Virginia Duckworth says

        February 1, 2020 at 7:14 pm

        I think in one of your podcasts on “The Christian Habits Podcast” Carrie Greenaway explains very well why God cares about our following our boundaries with food. I believe it is Episode 24.

        • Barb Raveling says

          February 3, 2020 at 4:30 pm

          Thanks for that tip, Denise!

    • Sarah C says

      February 3, 2020 at 10:50 am

      That one “little” lie kept me stuck being overweight, anxious about being over weight, and so frustrated. But if you care about what and how you eat, then God does too. Throughout the bible we are told to bring our worries to the lord. “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you” 1 Peter 5:7. Are you worried about what you’re eating and how much your eating? I was because of my weight and health reasons- very real things that needed attention. If you do worry about what and how you eat, chances are those worries plague you at least 3 times a day when you eat. That’s not just a little thing! That’s literally the entire day! He cares for us and wants us to address these issues so you can have some peace Him <3

      • Barb Raveling says

        February 3, 2020 at 4:33 pm

        Thanks for that input, Sarah, and the reminder that God cares for us. And since He does, He’s happy to visit with us about these things!

  2. Virginia Duckworth says

    February 1, 2020 at 7:11 pm

    Great episode! I can so relate to Sarah’s journey. What a blessing to have found your work at her young age! She sounds like she has been working hard and the Lord has been leading the charge. I find that I, too, need to stay close to one of your books to remind me what to do when I get stuck. I am a “forgetter.” I I have a three copies of “The Renewing the Mind Project”, one upstairs by my bed, one downstairs where I study and one in my car for when I’m out! Anyway, what a wonderful testimony Sarah has. Thank you for bringing it to all of us and for all you do.

    • Barb Raveling says

      February 3, 2020 at 4:32 pm

      Yes, I loved her testimony too, Denise, and loved some of the things she did such as her sticker calendar! I also have ROMPs all over the house!

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