When I was in high school, I was on a dance team. Before each performance we had to weigh in. If we made weight, we performed. If we didn’t, we had to sit out. Because of this policy, those of us who were border-line in the weight department got ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 3: Justification Eating
The more I work on breaking bad habits, the more I realize how deceitful my mind is. I rarely come right out and say, I’m going to break my boundaries. Instead, I try to make it seem like I'm not really breaking my boundaries. I do that by telling ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 2: Careless Eating
It’s 11:30 in the morning, and I’ve already broken my boundaries. Not because I was dying to eat anything. But because I wasn't trying that hard not to eat anything. Granted, I’m on vacation right now. But if I think of past experience, vacation ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study: Day 1
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could solve all our eating problems in three weeks? I’ve been madly racking my brains for the last month trying to come up with a Bible study that would do just that. ... [ Read More ]
Christian Weight Loss: App and Free Bible Study
I Deserve a Donut iPhone app is now available in the app store! Here's the link: I Deserve a Donut. Also, I'll be starting the three week weight loss Bible study on Monday, June 25 on this blog. Hope to see you there! Update: I Deserve a Donut is ... [ Read More ]
I Deserve a Donut: Stay-at-Home Mom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgy3IBrF9Xs Finally figured out how to post a video to my blog! Three more coming (better late than never!) ... [ Read More ]
Seven Questions that will Help You Let Go of Stress
Do you ever get so stressed you have a hard time relaxing? I've been feeling that way a lot lately. Between the i-phone app, various writing projects, and regular life, I'm feeling overwhelmed. Too often I handle the stress by continuing to work ... [ Read More ]
Coming Soon: Christian Weight Loss App
Last year I was teaching a Bible study on habits and emotions to a group of teenagers when one of the boys in the class said, "Hey, you should put these questions on an iPhone app - call it iBarb!" I laughed. iBarb. That would be fun - but of ... [ Read More ]
Breaking a Habit: Tips for Success
This week I felt like a total failure. I’d had several days in a row of wasting time on the internet, not getting a lot accomplished, and just being a general slug. I spent some time with God renewing my mind, but it didn’t seem to be helping. Why ... [ Read More ]
Accepting the Unacceptable
In a world of I-can-do-anything-if-I-set-my-mind-to-it, accepting the unacceptable seems wrong, somehow. It's like giving up. And we're not supposed to give up. We're supposed to fight for what we want. Be tenacious. Never give up. ... [ Read More ]
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