It's hard to break free from entitlement eating because we hear the message everywhere we go: Life should be fair. You shouldn't have to suffer. You deserve the good life. This philosophy encourages us to eat in a couple of different ... [ 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
How to Set Boundaries
If you want to break a bad habit, the first thing you need to do is establish some boundaries. The boundaries should tell you two things: How often can you do your habit? How much of your habit can you do? How Often If your habit’s a sin, ... [ Read More ]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 4
- 5
- 6