Do you find yourself overeating or drinking too much when you’re under stress? Do you have a tendency to people please? Do you eat for emotional reasons? If you struggle with any of these issues, you'll find encouragement in today's podcast episode. ... [ Read More ]
Raising Healthy Kids, Tired Eating, Depression Eating, and More
In this episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, I go back to the old "Ask Barb" format of some of the podcasts a few years ago. This is an episode I found in the archives that I hadn't ever posted. Here are a few of the things we talked about on the ... [ Read More ]
Christian Weight Loss Resources and Book Giveaways
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to let you know Freedom from Emotional Eating is available again on Amazon, both in paperback and Kindle. I've also included a Christian Weight Loss Resources tab on my blog with frequently asked questions and links to the ... [ Read More ]
Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
This is an excerpt from Day 1 of Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study Do you ever feel like you’ll never break free from the control of food? I used to feel that way. Overeating was that one thing in life I thought I’d never be able ... [ Read More ]
Finally, a New Book!
When I was driving to the hospital to have my first baby, I remember thinking, How bad could it be to give birth? I bet it's not as hard as everyone says it is. I was wrong. I'm afraid I have a bad habit of underestimating how much time and ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 12: Hopeless Eating
Have you ever thought, I'll never get over this, I'll be struggling with my weight 'til the day I die? I used to think that. ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 11:”Losing Weight is Hard” Eating
You've seen the headlines: 50 Easy Ways to Lose Weight! How I Lost 20 Pounds in Just 3 Weeks! Eat All You Want and Lose! Combine those headlines with our American belief that life should be easy, and we have a recipe for a lifelong problem with ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 5: “I Have to Be Skinny” Eating
Do you ever feel like you have to be skinny? I used to feel that way. Weight was that one thing in life I could never control. And because I felt like I had to be skinny, I made "losing weight" more important than God wanted me to make it. I ... [ Read More ]
Weight Loss Bible Study Day 4: Indulgent Eating
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 ]