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In this special episode of Taste for Truth, I want to share an update and invite you to continue this journey with me over at the Christian Habits podcast, where I talk about breaking free from overeating, habits, procrastination, and growing in our relationship with God. I’m so grateful for all the guests who have shared their stories here, and if you’re new, I recommend starting with the episode “How to Break Free from an Overeating Stronghold or a Skinny Stronghold.” While Taste for Truth will remain available as a resource, I’m excited to offer new online courses at barbraveling.com/course and hope to see you over at my other podcast for ongoing encouragement and support.

Chapters 0:24 - Introduction to Taste for Truth Podcast 1:34 - Future Plans for Online Courses 1:54 - Closing Thoughts and Encouragement Episode Summary In this episode, I take a moment to share some updates with my listeners regarding my ongoing journey with the Taste for Truth podcast and the new direction it’s taking. While I have cherished the time spent discussing topics related to overeating and emotional eating, I want everyone to know that I am also actively podcasting at the Christian Habits podcast. This platform has allowed me to expand my discussions beyond eating habits, exploring various aspects of life including how to break free from negative emotions, procrastination, and strengthening our relationship with God. Each of these areas plays a crucial role in addressing the struggles associated with emotional eating, and I aim to provide listeners with the tools they need to honor God in their eating habits.

I want to express my sincere gratitude to all the guests who have joined me on the Taste for Truth podcast. The vulnerability displayed during our coaching and victory interviews has been a profound experience, and hearing from authors and coaches has enriched our discussions significantly. It's been a pleasure to connect and share insights with everyone about the challenges of overeating, and I hope to continue providing valuable content that resonates with our audience.

For those who are new to the podcast, I recommend starting with my recent episode, “How to Break Free from an Overeating Stronghold or a Skinny Stronghold.” In this episode, I summarize my key recommendations on overcoming overeating, which I believe will serve as a solid foundation for anyone seeking help in this area. Additionally, I encourage listeners to explore the previous episodes and interviews for more in-depth discussions and insights that can guide them in their journeys.

Looking forward, I am excited to announce that I will be transitioning toward online courses that will further delve into subjects like emotional eating and renewing the mind. For anyone interested in these upcoming resources, I invite you to visit barbraveling.com/course for more information. As I reflect on the experiences shared through this podcast, I remain hopeful and prayerful for all of you as we navigate our paths and seek guidance from God in our lives.

Resources Mentioned * Christian Habits podcast * Weight Loss Bible Studies * Barb’s Online Courses

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Many of us have struggled with food for years—turning to it for comfort, relief, or even a sense of control. Others have battled with the pressure of being “skinny,” believing that achieving a certain body shape will bring happiness. But what if true freedom lies not in food or body image but in shifting our perspective and relying on God? In this episode of the Taste for Truth podcast, we’ll explore how to break free from these strongholds and embrace a healthier, more fulfilling life.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * The difference between biblical strongholds, which were places of refuge, and the spiritual strongholds of overeating or having a skinny idol that keep us in bondage * How to weaken our strongholds by renewing our minds * Why it's important to set boundaries around food, and then renew our mind whenever we break them * What fuels a "skinny stronghold" and how to break free * How praying for others and loving others well can help break insecurity about our appearance * Why we need to develop a habit of going to God for refuge * Key Bible verses: Colossians 3:12-15 to show notes and 1 Corinthians 13

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Christian weight loss books and resources * I Deserve a Donut app * Weight loss Bible studies * Renewing of the Mind Project * Course signup * Christian Habits podcast * Faithful Counseling

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Do you struggle to make yourself renew your mind or set boundaries? Have you had a difficult trauma in your life that has caused you to gain weight? Do you ever feel like you need to be perfect (and perfectly skinny) to be loved?

These are all things my guest Denise has struggled with. Thankfully, she learned how to make herself renew her mind. God used the renewing of the mind to help Denise see herself through His eyes, set boundaries, follow boundaries, and lose weight. She shares her journey with us in today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast.

What We Discussed * How to make yourself renew your mind when you don't feel like it * Why Denise did the Taste for Truth Bible Study five times * How being skinny and eating healthy becomes a control issue * Tips for maintaining weight on three meals a day * How grief affects our eating habits and causes us to gain weight * Why it's important to not base our identity on being skinny * Tips for leading a Taste for Truth Bible study at your church

Resources Mentioned * Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg * Taste for Truth Bible Study * I Deserve a Donut by Barb Raveling * I Deserve a Donut app

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The live 7-Week Master Class on Transformation Begins January 28, 2025!!! Do you ever say, “I can’t believe I’ve been a Christian for x number of years and I’m still struggling with this?” Are you reluctant to work on transformation because you’re afraid you’ll fail like you did last time? Do you have some area of your life where you feel stuck?

My guess is that we can all answer “yes” to at least one of those questions. It’s discouraging to fail over and over again.

Romans 12:2 tells us that the answer to our struggles is to renew our minds. But there are two problems with this approach: 1) We don’t necessarily know what that means or 2) we do know how to renew our minds but we can’t make ourselves do it consistently enough to see transformation.

My 7-Week Master Class on Transformation will help you with both of those problems. We’ll get together, each choose an area of our lives to work on, and work together on transformation.

What area of transformation would you like help with? Here are a few areas you may want to work on during this transformation class:

• Break a habit such as overeating, overspending, or too much time on your phone even though you have zero discipline in that area.
• Achieve a goal such as writing a book, developing a habit of consistently completing your to-do list each day, or starting a business even if you’re a born procrastinator and can’t make yourself work on your project or list.
• Break free from a negative emotion like anger, worry, discontentment, and insecurity even if that emotion has been with you as long as you can remember. Often we think we can’t let go of the negative emotions. Our only hope is to escape them with some self-destructive behavior, stuff them, or control our behavior so the emotion doesn’t hurt ourselves and others. But the truth is, God can help us let go of those negative emotions situation by situation and live in peace and joy (Galatians 5). We’ll learn how to do that in this class.

What are some side benefits (but often the biggest benefits of all) of working on transformation? No matter what practical area you choose to work on, God will use the transformation process to help you achieve the following goals:

• Grow closer to God and more excited about your times with Him as you develop the practical habit of carrying each thought captive to the truth through the renewing of the min.
• Live in peace and joy as you learn how to corral, process, and let go of the thoughts that are swirling in your head, threatening to drive you crazy.
• Improve relationships and learn how to love others better as you grow in the fruit of the Spirit.

What is the set up of the class? Here are a few features of the class:

• It will be live. We’ll meet on Zoom but the sessions will also be recorded if you can’t make it.
• I’ll give 15-30 minutes of instruction but we’ll be pausing during the class to apply what I teach to the area of your life that you want to work on.
• We’ll meet once a week for seven sessions but I’ll have six weeks of homework for you to do during the week to apply what you learned to the area of your life you’re working on.
• At the end of each class, I’ll have breakout rooms where you can share how you did with your renewing each week and what God taught you during the week.
• You’ll also have a chance to find accountability partners.

When will the class start? The class will begin on January 28, 2025. We will meet weekly for 7 sessions on Tuesdays at 12:00 EST. Each class will be be 1 to 1 1/2 hours long.

What if I can’t make the live sessions? If you can’t make the live sessions, I’ll have a replay available by the next day, possibly sooner. The replays will be available until at least 6/1/25, possibly longer, so that you have time to do the class.

What is the cost of the class? Although classes like this are often quite expensive, I want everyone to be able to take it, so I’m offering the class at $27 USD.

Is there a deadline for signing up for the class? Yes, the deadline is January 28, 2025. This is not an on-demand class so even if you plan to take it later, you’ll need to sign up now so I can email you links to the class videos and homework each week.

Where can I sign up? To get started, go to the click here to go to the product purchase page and sign up.

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Six years ago, Stacey had just lost 150 pounds. Today - she is still living in victory! Many who are successful in weight loss, unfortunately, have difficulty keeping it off and continuing to live in freedom. My conversation with Stacey today on the Taste for Truth Podcast is chock full of insight about not only how to lose the weight, but also maintaining a 150-pound weight loss with God's help.

Listen to my first interview with Stacey here.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How Stacey has become totally free from cravings * How putting in the work with one particular practice has helped keep the weight off this time * The reasons that Stacey used food to numb and be "invisible" * How to manage the social difficulties that arise when following boundaries with food * Navigating some different challenges after the weight started coming off * The first step to change

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * I Deserve a Donut * Upcoming Online Courses * Counseling Resource * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating

Announcements I also wanted to mention that I will be tapering off and ultimately ending the Taste for Truth Podcast in January of 2025. I will still be doing my Christian Habits Podcast, and all of the past Taste for Truth episodes will still be available! I'm just at a place in my life where I need to find a work-life balance that is sustainable, and going down to one podcast seems like a very helpful way to do that.

I am also planning to give online course creation a try. If you are interested in staying informed about that, click here.

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[This interview was originally published on 10/10/2018.]

Have you ever been completely hopeless about weight-loss? Do you think you've tried it all, and you are on the verge of giving up? My guest today, Stacey, felt exactly the same. However, with God's help, she has been able to lose (and maintain) a 150 pound weight loss!

Today on the Taste for Truth Podcast, I am doing something I have rarely (if ever!) done before: replaying a very encouraging interview! One reason for doing this is because I recently had a second interview with the same person, Stacey, and she has successfully kept the weight off for over 6 years! I wanted it to be easy to have a frame of reference between the first and second episodes. The new interview with Stacey will come out in December.

Stacey followed a program where she had to cut out sugar and white flour and plan out what she would eat each day.

One of the problems with programs like this is that we feel like life is boring because we can't have sugar. Towards the end of the podcast, Stacey shares how she deals with that issue, renewing her mind before she enters into situations where she might feel like she's missing out by not eating sugar.

Whether you follow Stacey's boundaries or not, you'll be able to learn from her experience as she goes to God for help with life.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * What the difference was this time that led to Stacey's 150 pound weight loss * The revelation of how we often use food isn't what God intended * How Stacey was able to stay the course, even through her strong cravings * Different strategies for renewing the mind * Lies that Stacey had to work through when getting to maintenance

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * I Deserve a Donut * Upcoming Online Courses * Counseling Resource * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating

Announcements I also wanted to mention that I will be tapering off and ultimately ending the Taste for Truth Podcast sometime in January or, at the latest, February, of 2025. I will still be doing my Christian Habits Podcast, and all of the past Taste for Truth episodes will still be available! I'm just at a place in my life where I need to find a work-life balance that is sustainable, and going down to one podcast seems like a very helpful way to do that.

I am also planning to give online course creation a try. If you are interested in staying informed about that, click here.

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Many of us picked up lies about food and eating when we were very young. Those lies tend to follow us into adulthood and sabotage our relationship with food. However, there is hope! Through the renewing of the mind, and going to God (instead of food) for help with life's difficulties, we can regain a healthy relationship with food. On the Taste for Truth Podcast today, Jennifer talks about her journey to finding victory in this area of her life.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * The early lessons Jennifer learned that sabotaged her relationship with food * The surprising result of giving up the skinny idol * Trigger times of the day * What was different in Jennifer's weight loss journey this time around * "Growth points" and perfectionism * The disconnect about having boundaries in other areas of our lives and having boundaries with food

Announcements I also wanted to mention that I will be tapering off and ultimately ending the Taste for Truth Podcast sometime in the next 2-4 months. I will still be doing my Christian Habits Podcast, and all of the past Taste for Truth episodes will still be available! I'm just at a place in my life where I need to find a work-life balance that is sustainable, and going down to one podcast seems like a very helpful way to do that.

I am also planning to give online course creation a try. If you are interested in staying informed about that, click here.

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Counterfeit Gods by Timothy Keller * Upcoming Online Courses * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Freedom from Procrastination * The Renewing of the Mind Project

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Stress is an everyday struggle for most of us in Western society. We turn to many unhealthy things to cope which often lead to health struggles and weight gain. It actually makes the problem worse! However, stress eating does not have to be our reality any longer. I'm excited to have Katrina Sequenzia as my guest again today on the Taste for Truth Podcast. Katrina shares her personal struggles in this area as well as many practical tips to overcome the unhealthy coping mechanisms in our lives.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * A personal struggle that had Katrina turning to another coping mechanism to get through * The lie that we always tell ourselves in the midst of stressful times to justify our out-of-control eating * Some of the biological reasons why we turn to food during times of stress * Many practical (and healthy) ways to cope with difficult moments in our day-to-day lives * What movement does for us with regard to stress * Loads, limits, and creating margin

Announcements I also wanted to mention that I will be tapering off and ultimately ending the Taste for Truth podcast sometime in the next 3-5 months. I will still be doing my Christian Habits Podcast, and all of the past Taste for Truth episodes will still be available! I'm just at a place in my life where I need to find a work-life balance that is sustainable, and going down to one podcast seems like a very helpful way to do that.

I am also planning to give online course creation a try. If you are interested in staying informed about that, click here.

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Online counseling resource * My initial episode with Katrina: How to Stop Sugar Cravings by Katrina Sequenzia * Katrina's free gift for my listeners! * Katrina's website: healthyfreelife.com * My recent episode with Kirby Kelly * Upcoming Online Courses * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Freedom from Procrastination

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If you've ever wondered how all of those people I've interviewed in the past are doing now, you'll enjoy today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast! I'm having a second "check-in" interview with Sarah whom I previously interviewed over four years ago. Back in 2020, Sarah was a new mom and was experiencing great success with changing her eating and lifestyle habits. Today our discussion centers around how pivotal exercise has been for Sarah in her journey, and about her struggles and victories while navigating many life changes.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How Sarah is doing four years after her first victory interview * How finding exercise that matched her temperament has helped Sarah achieve her goals * Viewing exercise as spiritual warfare - using your body to fight a spiritual battle * New research that highlights the importance of exercise for mental health * The importance of asking for help * Why we can have hope even when we have yo-yo dieted and feel that we have tried everything * What being poor in spirit really means, and how it's a good thing * The story of "20-steps back" and how it relates to success with healthy habits

Announcements I also wanted to mention that I will be tapering off and ultimately ending the Taste for Truth podcast sometime in the next 5-7 months. I will still be doing my Christian Habits Podcast, and all of the past Taste for Truth episodes will still be available! I'm just at a place in my life where I need to find a work-life balance that is sustainable, and going down to one podcast seems like a very helpful way to do that.

I am also planning to give online course creation a try. If you are interested in staying informed about that, click here.

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * + My initial episode with Sarah: Losing Weight and Getting Healthy (January 2020) + Elaina Koyl Coaching + Upcoming Online Courses + Taste for Truth + Freedom from Emotional Eating + Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating

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On this episode of the Taste for Truth podcast, I am doing something different and kind of fun! I decided to do a mish-mash of sorts of a few different episodes. I'll be doing a meditation from my book Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating ("It would be crazy not to eat this!"), and then also a series of "Ask Barb" questions that I've received from listeners. There a variety of topics covered, but all of them are centered around eating habits for ourselves or others. I hope you find something that is helpful and encouraging!

Announcements I also wanted to mention that I will be tapering off and ultimately ending the Taste for Truth podcast sometime in the near future. Don't worry - I will still be doing my Christian Habits Podcast, and all of the past Taste for Truth episodes will still be available! I am just at a place in my life where I am needing to find a work-life balance that is sustainable, and going down to one podcast seems like a very helpful way to do that.

I am also planning to give online course creation a try. If you are interested in staying informed about that, click here.

Lastly, my online Philippians Bible study is still going on (as of May 2024). If you'd like to join in for the last 3-4 sessions, click here for more information!

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Philippians - Closer to God Bible Study * Better Help - Faithful Counseling * Do You Eat When You're Tired? * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Rally - A Personal Growth Bible Study

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It's so easy in our culture today to get caught up in trying to find our self-worth in material things, money, our jobs, or the way we look. The idea of being skinny can be something that we begin to obsess over because we somehow think our identity is wrapped up in our appearance. This isn't what God wants for us and, consequently, also makes us very unhappy. On today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, we'll debunk 10 lies that perpetuate this skinny idol.

I also wanted to mention that I will be leading an online Bible study through my new Philippians Bible study in the month of May. If you're interested in finding out more and signing up, get the info here. I do think it is so helpful to go through regular Bible studies - even when you're trying to lose weight or be healthier - because we are getting more of the truth of God's word in our system (which helps us combat all the lies we believe that fuel our eating problems). This particular book deals with many different topics in the book of Philippians, one of them being finding our identity in God. I hope you'll find it helpful!

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How our "Good Christian" list can adversely affect our self-worth * Different things we turn to to find our identity in rather than God * "I need to be skinny to be accepted." * "When I'm skinny, I'll be happier." * "People think I'm a loser because I'm overweight." * A passage in Philippians that reminds us what we cannot have confidence in * Some tips for truth journaling

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Philippians - Closer to God Bible Study * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating

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If you feel like you will never get over your food struggles, today's episode of the Taste for Truth podcast will be a great encouragement (links below). I'm doing something different on this episode: I'm interviewing three people at one time! It's a mom and her two adult daughters, and we talk through many of the struggles they have had with food over the years, and how they are all finding their way to freedom in this area of their lives.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * Free-for-all holiday eating * Perfectionism eating * Strategies for avoiding a binge and a 3-month hiatus from boundaries * These lies and their corresponding truths: + "It's a holiday, I can eat as much as I want." + "If there are sweets in the house, you should eat them." + "I'm bored, food would be a great way to deal with it." * The key part that submission to God plays in breaking free from an eating stronghold * Different renewing of the mind strategies * Food as a coping mechanism

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Life Unbinged Program with Kristy McCammon * I Deserve a Donut - Weight Loss App

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A few weeks ago, I had an interesting conversation with a reader. She talked about how hard it was to get her kids to eat healthy things. Many parents these days can relate to the challenges of picky eaters, meal-time meltdowns, and general food struggles. On today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below), I answer some reader questions revolving around helping our kids to avoid negative eating habits.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How my husband and I raised our four children to eat * My take on whether or not kids should eat the same meal as the parents * How I inadvertently taught my kids some emotional eating tendencies * Practical ways to help our kids to not be entitled regarding food or otherwise * The two unhealthy routes we can take with regard to obsessive eating * My thoughts on how to train our children regarding food that has the best chance for a healthy result

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * I Deserve a Donut - Weight Loss App * The Renewing of the Mind Project * The Homeschool Sanity Show Podcast

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Many of us turn to food when we are bored, or when we want to avoid a project we know we should be doing! Unfortunately, this can easily become an unhealthy pattern that leads to weight-gain and out-of-control eating. If you're all too familiar with this struggle and want to stop the cycle of boredom eating, my episode today on the Taste for Truth Podcast should be helpful (links below)!

Share an Update! I also wanted to mention that I'm excited to try something a little different for a few episodes of the Taste for Truth Podcast. I would love to have updates and "victory moments" from people that I've interviewed over the years! If you would be willing, go to this website and record a brief message letting us know how you're doing! This is not an interview at all, it would just be you recording whatever you'd like to say in a short message - I think the limit is 4 minutes. Anyway, I think it'd be so fun and encouraging to hear how everyone is doing! Give it a try!

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How often our childhood shapes our interactions with food * Non-diet boundaries * Why sometimes we should first begin renewing our minds NOT about food or eating * The emotional toll of procrastination * How to renew your minds about specific situations * What it means to hold losing weight with an "open hand"

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * To record an update or victory moment from your weight loss journey, go to speakpipe.com/BarbRaveling. * Freedom from Procrastination * Rally: A Personal Growth Bible Study * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * I Deserve a Donut - Weight Loss App * Overcoming Nighttime Eating with Kimberly Taylor * How to Stop Boredom Eating (10 Strategies) * Renewing of the Mind Tools - This page on my website has many tips for renewing, but also a section dedicated just to how to truth journal.

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I would love to know how many pounds I've gained and lost in my life. In the old days it was all about "Go on a diet, lose weight, live it up, then gain the weight back." Over and over and over again. Every once in awhile I could muster up the self control to lose the weight, but I always gained it back. I had little self control, I loved food, and I was an emotional eater. And because of that I gained the weight back every single time.

I actually knew how to lose the weight, but I didn't know how to keep it off. So today I'd like to look at why we gain our weight back and how to stop the old merry-go-round. Let's begin by looking at why we gain it back.

7 Reasons We Gain Our Weight Back 1. We let go of boundaries once we lose our weight. Think of it. Have you ever lost weight without setting some sort of boundaries? Maybe you did intuitive eating and ate only when you were hungry and stopped when you were full. Or you joined Weight Watchers or you did intermittent fasting. But in some way you set limits for yourself. Unfortunately, once we lose the weight, all limits go out the window and that's the biggest thing that makes us gain the weight back. There are two ways we do this: 1) We do it consciously. We think, "Yay!! I get to live it up again!!" Then immediately go to living it up and gain our weight back. 2) We do it without realizing we're doing it. So for example, I may have lost my weight by counting carbs faithfully with a set limit each day of how much I could have. When I lose the weight, I still try to watch how many carbs I eat, but I don't have a set limit. Or I lose weight with Weight Watchers. I still focus on free foods and eat as many as I want--but I no longer count points. So what we have are some practices, but we don't have actual boundaries. 2. We switch to different boundaries and don't go through the necessary work to learn how to follow our boundaries. In the first reason, we let go of boundaries altogether, but with this reason, we actually do have boundaries--we just haven't learned how to follow them. Here's an example. Let's say you lost your weight with a diet, but then you decide to switch to 3 meals and one snack a day for your boundaries. Since those boundaries are looser than what you're used to, there is a learning curve to figuring out how to maintain your weight within those boundaries. If we don't make the effort to learn how to make those boundaries work, we'll gain our weight back. 3. We have a new trial in our lives that makes us feel like eating. Often we'll be going along smoothly and then something happens that makes us want to eat. Some trial that triggers all our emotional eating tendencies. Maybe there's a pandemic. Or the world is looking a little scary. Or someone you love is having a crisis. Or you're having a crisis. When those new trials crop up, it makes us want to eat. And we may gain our weight back at that time. 4. We stick to our boundaries most of the year but go off during holidays and vacations. This is a good one to think about now because we're smack dab in the middle of the holidays--halfway between Thanksgiving in the United States and Christmas. When we go on vacation or it's a holiday, it's easy to justify a few extra treats. We think, Oh I'll just eat this now and get back on track when I get back to normal life. When we do that, we usually only gain a few pounds a year, but after ten years, those few pounds a year have become 30-40 pounds and we're back in a situation where we need to do the whole thing over again. 5. We reintroduce sugar and/or flour when that was part of the reason we lost the weight to begin with. I've talked to many people who lost their weight without renewing their minds. They were able to do it because they took away their biggest source of temptation: flour and sugar. Unfortunately, I've also talked to a lot of people who then reintroduced sugar and flour at some point and either gained all their weight back or at least a good share of it. 6. We lose it with self control and/or obsession rather than renewing. I've talked to many women who are either all in or all out. When they work on losing weight, they have a hard time doing it without obsessing about it. The temptation is to think about being healthy, exercising, and eating right all the time. This becomes so exhausting that eventually they can't handle the stress anymore and go back to eating. Then there are people like me who don't obsess and have no temptations in the exercise-too-much department, but I still used to gain my weight back because I never took the time to change the way I thought about food. 7. We start believing new lies and don't take the time to renew. With this reason for weight gain, we do renew while losing it. In fact we renew our minds so much that we change the way we think about food and we no longer even want to overindulge or binge. But then if we're not careful, we start fudging our boundaries.

So what do we do? With so many reasons driving us to gain our weight back, is there still hope that we can avoid all of that? Yes, there is hope! The Bible tells us we can do all things through Him who strengthens us. It also tells us that He who began a good work in us will complete it. God can help us stay free from the control of food. Let's look at seven strategies we can use to stay free from the control of food.

7 Ways to Keep Our Weight Off 1. Keep relying on God for help with life. So many times I've had women tell me, "I'm so thankful I learned how to truth journal. It has helped me go to God for help with so many things." They started out renewing for food, but then started renewing for life and that drew them closer to God. With me it was the opposite. I started renewing first for the hard things in life, and only later started renewing for food. Here's the truth: God wants us to go to Him for help with life. And the more we go to Him, the more we'll fall in love with Him and the more we'll grow in our character and be like Him. And as a little side benefit, if we keep going to God for help with life, we'll be far less likely to gain our weight back because we won't be going to the refrigerator. 2. Renew often about each new trial that comes up. Things will often be trucking along just fine, and then some new difficulty comes up in life that causes us stress, worry, or fear, and we find ourselves reaching for food again. When we learn the valuable skill of truth journaling, we can start going to God right away when a new trial comes into our lives. We can truth journal and ask Him to show us the lies we are believing about our current situation. By going to God about the trial first, we will be far less likely to continue to run to our old idol (food) to bring us comfort. 3. Catch any weight gain early. It's far easier to lose a couple pounds than 20 pounds. And it's far easier to lose 20 pounds than 100 pounds. Some women will put away the scale for good, but when they find their clothes getting tight it's a wakeup call to be more diligent about following their boundaries--and renewing if necessary. For me, I weigh about once a week. If I find my weight is up for several weeks in a row, I try to be careful about eating less at meals. 4. Continue to have firm lifelong boundaries. I can't emphasize how important it is to have some sort of boundaries with food if you're a person who loves food, is not opposed to large quantities, and has a tendency to eat emotionally. Boundaries keep our passions reigned in. 5. Be VERY careful about reintroducing sugar if you lost the weight without it. And by careful I mean either don't do it, or do it carefully. 6. Be careful during vacations and holidays. Fudged boundaries (which might involve actual fudge!), lead to weight gain. 7. Check to see if you still believe any lies that make you overeat and also look out for any new lies that crop up (see below).

Lies We Often Believe after We Lose the Weight 1. It's okay to break my boundaries because I'm free from the control of food now. I may be free from the control of food, but that doesn't mean I can't gain my weight back and I will gain it back if I consistently eat too much! 2. This little bit of sugar won't hurt. While it's possible this little bit of sugar won't hurt, it's also possible that this little bit of sugar will set in motion weeks or months or years of overeating. I should think carefully if I really want to do this and then make a plan for it if I decide to do it and go back to renewing if necessary. The truth is that I am a person who tends to overeat with sugar--I just love it too much--so I'll probably have to be careful all of my life. 3. I still have boundaries. I don't actually have boundaries. I have intentions--more fruit and vegetables for example--but I don't have primary boundaries that tell me how often or how much I can eat. If I really want to keep this weight off, I need to have boundaries and follow them. Boundaries keep me safe.

Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating I talk more about boundaries in my recent book, Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating, and hope to do a video or podcast about them sometime as well. Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating also contains 100 exercise you can use to renew your mind to break free and stay free from the control of food.

Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study is a 30-day Bible study focused on the lies that make you eat, body image, and the weight loss process. I wrote this Bible study to go along with the questions and Bible verses in I Deserve a Donut, and it’s best if you have both books when you do this study. I Deserve a Donut is also available as a free app for your phone. The Android app isn't working on new phones at the moment (November 2023), but I hope to have it up and running again soon!

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Do you feel discouraged by your weight-loss journey? Are you starting to believe that you will never overcome your struggles with food? If so, you will be greatly encouraged by my enthusiastic guest, Shelly, on today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below). Shelly shares with us many practical tips - and lots of joy - on how she finally broke free from the control of food.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How turning to food during a very difficult trial in Shelly's life caused her to gain a significant amount of weight * How the turning point in her struggle came when she realized what was at the root of the issue * Tips on finding pockets of time to make mind-renewal a priority * Why the enemy is opposed to us breaking free from our food struggles * The difference between knowing truth intellectually-only vs. at the "gut level" * Lots of encouragement and practical tips to persevere!

Resources Discussed on the Podcast * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Taste for Truth * I Deserve a Donut App * Made to Crave by Lisa Terkeurst * Winning the War in Your Mind by Craig Groeschel * Sweet Journey to Transformation by Teresa Shields-Parker

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What does it really mean to renew your mind? Though I have spoken about this for years, I find that many people are still a little fuzzy when it comes to understanding the purpose or the how-to of renewing for weight loss. In today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below), I will answer some of the most common questions about renewing and go through some practical examples.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * The two different types of renewing * How often you should renew * What does renewing really look like? * An example of truth journaling from Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating (p. 133) * If/when you should repeat renewing exercises * What it means to hold food and eating with "open hands" * An example of a scripture mediation from Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating (p. 99)

Resources Discussed on the Podcast * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Taste for Truth * I Deserve a Donut App (The updated Android version is nearly complete!) * Breaking Free from Anxiety Eating (YouTube) * How to Renew Your Mind - A Practical Guide (Christian Habits Podcast)

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Shouldn't food be simple? In our minds, we believe it should be, and yet - in daily life - so many of us find food and sugar addiction to be very complicated to overcome. Today on the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below), Tammy and I discuss different factors that contribute to our struggles with problem foods and overeating, and how renewing our minds helps us to break free once and for all.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How past trauma and currents stressors push us to cope with the pain through addictions * How our identity and body image contribute to the binge cycle * How we can reframe our thinking in regards to foods that we've given up, either for a time or for good * Why any one way of eating alone is not the real answer to our food struggles * How to apply the skills we've learned in overcoming other trials in our lives to our problem with food * How to dismantle lifelong food strongholds

Resources Discussed on the Podcast * tammydove.com - Connect with Tammy and learn more about her life-coaching. * When Hope Rises by Tammy Dove * Who I Am in Christ by Neil Anderson * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Taste for Truth * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * I Deserve a Donut App

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Most of us would agree that in order to have a change in our eating habits, we must first have a change in our minds! Yet, even knowing this, many of us still struggle to make the commitment to renewing our minds on a regular basis. On today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below), I coach Tonya through identifying many of the lies that keep us from renewing.

What We Discussed on the Podcast + Identifying possible stressors in our lives that would cause us to emotionally eat + How sometimes it's better to renew about emotions (or problems) we face in the day quickly to keep them from becoming really big emotions + How to be proactive in truth journaling + Why truth journaling is such a powerful tool for realignment + The idea that making a goal that makes your life easier (like truth journaling) is a strategic way to approach change + Some tips for having a really effective truth-journaling session (also found in Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating)

7 Lies That Keep Us from Renewing 1. It's not going to work. 2. I don't feel like doing it, so I shouldn't do it. 3. Truth journaling isn't a fun way to relax, so I shouldn't do it. 4. It takes too long. 5. If I do it, it will make me not want to eat. (And I want to eat.) 6. I'm too bad to go before God. 7. I've messed up so God doesn't love me.

Resources Discussed on the Podcast - Freedom from Emotional Eating - Taste for Truth - Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating - Rally Bible Study - I Deserve a Donut App - My YouTube Channel - Letting Go of Emotional Eating with Karen Seager (the interview with one of Coach Sarah's clients that I mentioned) - Contact Information for Nutritional Coach, Sarah Truitt (Tonya's health coach): Website: http://Arayahopehealth.com

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Contact: sarah@arayahopehealth.com

Note: I will be taking the summer off from the Taste for Truth Podcast. I invite you to subscribe to my YouTube channel as I plan to put up some videos about emotional eating in the next few months. I also want to challenge you to make a renewing commitment for the summer... If you take a moment 2-3 times throughout your day to renew your mind whether by using one of the resources listed above, or simply by truth journaling, I have a very strong feeling that you will find it easier and easier to follow your food boundaries this summer!

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Do you ever find yourself reaching for some exciting food because you're bored? Eating is quick-fix way to conquer boredom, but often leads to regret. In this post I want to talk about ten strategies to help you stop boredom eating. Let's begin by asking the question, "Why am I eating when bored?"

Why am I eating when bored? For those of us who crave excitement, we want anything that will take us out of our mundane life and into a little bit of fun and excitement. And of course the most easily available option is the refrigerator. So of course we'll eat when we're bored if we enjoy food! It gives us that quick fix of fun and excitement to ease just a tad bit of our boredom. A better question to ask may be, "Why am I bored to begin with?" Let's take a look at that because if we can stop being bored, we can stop boredom eating.

Why am I bored? Have you ever heard a friend say, "I'm never bored" or "Boredom is a choice"? I have. And each time I hear it, I think to myself (or more likely out loud), "I'm often bored!" In fact some days I feel like I'm going out of my mind with boredom!! So why are we bored, when our friend is never bored? I can think of ten reasons.

1. We like being busy and get bored when we're not. I listed this reason first because even people who are almost never bored sometimes struggle with boredom during evenings and weekends. If your life is filled with work during the day—and you're a person who enjoys being busy—then you may be bored at night or on weekends.
2. We're fun-loving people who crave excitement. When I think of my friends who aren't bored, they usually fall into three camps: they love accomplishment, they love stability, or they love hobbies. When you think about it, all three of those types of people can be satisfied in everyday life. The ones who love accomplishment can make a list no matter what's happening in their lives and work on accomplishment. The ones who love stability don't care if they have excitement because excitement by its very nature is a bit unstable. And the ones who love hobbies can usually find a hobby or two to fill up their free time. It's only people who crave excitement that have a hard time meeting those needs because regular life by its very nature isn't all that exciting because it's .... regular life!
3. We're procrastinators and the thought of all that horrible work we should be doing is making us feel bored. I don't know how many times I feel bored just because I have too much on my plate and all of it sounds very boring to do. That makes me want to avoid work and go get something fun to eat.
4. Our regular life doesn't fit our personalities. My dream job is to be a counselor at a Christian backpacking camp. Unfortunately, that's not a possibility for me right now, not to mention the fact that most Christian youth camps aren't looking for a 63-year-old married woman to be their camp counselor! We live in a culture that tells us to follow our passions and go for that dream job, but let's face it, the dream job isn't always practical, nor is it always what God wants us to be doing. That said, living a life that's different than our dream life can still lead to boredom. This leads to the fourth reason for boredom.
5. We have unrealistic expectations for life. When we believe the hype that we need to be living our best life and our passion, we start having unrealistic expectations for life. We might think all of life should be just as fun and exciting as the summer we spent as a backpacking camp counselor, when there is no way the rest of our lives will be that fun on a consistent basis. Our unrealistic expectations for life make us feel bored because we're focusing on what we don't have rather than on what we do have.
6. We expect ourselves to work too much without reward. When I was working full-time before I had kids, I rarely got bored. This was because my days were filled with work. And since I worked at a bank, my days were also filled with people. I enjoyed my work and also enjoyed all the visiting. Work in and of itself was a reward. But when I started working at home, first as a stay-at-home mom, then a homeschool mom, and finally as a writer, I often got bored (and still often get bored). I'm beginning to realize that one of the reasons I get bored is because I'm doing a job that doesn't energize me without taking enough "reward" breaks. This is a recipe for continued boredom, not to mention procrastination. Which leads us to the next reason for boredom ...
7. We don't manage our work well. For those of us who spend the majority of our days at home, one of our biggest problems is that we have too much time on our hands. That doesn't mean we don't have a lot to do. It just means we have to manage our time ourselves and that can lead to long blocks of time with nothing to do (because either we don't have that much to do or we're procrastinating). And those long blocks of time can lead to boredom.
8. We don't have enough on our plate. Another possible reason for being bored is that we don't have enough to fill our time. Many people reported boredom during the pandemic because they were out of work and weren't used to being out of work. Or you may be in a season of life such as retirement where you haven't figured out how to fill up your time and that leaves you with a lot of boredom on your hands.
9. We've trained ourselves to need constant excitement. Educators say that it's hard to teach kids today because kids have been trained to expect constant excitement through playing video games, watching TV, and doing other forms of electronic entertainment. Kids aren't the only ones with this struggle. We also struggle because we have the same temptation to constantly jump on our phones whenever we're bored.
10. We're making life about "having fun and excitement" and not about God. Whenever we try to fill ourselves up with something other than God, we never get enough to satisfy us. So if I'm trying to fill myself up with fun and excitement—and feel like I need that fun and excitement to live a great life—I'll never get enough to satisfy me and I'll live in boredom.

We'll take a look at ten strategies for how to stop boredom eating by learning not to be bored in a minute, but before we do that, let's look at three practical tips to stop boredom eating.

3 Practical Tips to Stop Boredom Eating 1. Hide or remove exciting food from your house. Let's face it, more often than not, if it's there to eat, we'll eat it! To solve that problem, try not to have exciting foods in the house--or if you can't do that, ask someone in your house to hide them from you! 2. Make it harder to buy exciting foods when you're out on the town. If you have a tendency to stop and get exciting food when you're out driving, find a way to make it harder to get that food. You could change your driving route, put your wallet in the far corner of the back seat so you can't reach it when you go through the drive through, or renew your mind before you make that drive so you don't want the exciting treats. If you're within walking distance of exciting treats, consider leaving your billfold at home so you won't be tempted to get them. 3. Eliminate exciting foods from your diet. Sometimes it's easier to have none than one. At different phases of my life I've given up sugar. Was my life boring in the food department? Yes!! But did it help me give up boredom eating? Again, yes!! This is a drastic move, but it can actually make life better if you're constantly craving sweets or chips or something like that and then giving into your cravings whenever you're bored.

Okay, now that we have the practical tips out of the way, let's look at the bigger picture. And in some ways this bigger picture is about how to stop boredom itself--because if we learn how to stop being bored, we'll learn how to stop boredom eating.

How to Stop Boredom Eating (By Learning How to Stop Being Bored!) - 10 Strategies 1. Let go of unrealistic expectations for this phase of your life. While we might expect life to be constantly exciting if we're backpacking counselors at a Christian camp, we can't expect life to be constantly exciting with most stages of life! Take a minute and think about your current life phase. On a scale of 1 to 10 how exciting should you expect your days to be? Based on your answer, give up your unrealistic expectations and then move onto the next step. 2. Embrace regular life. Think of this way. What if you lived in a war-torn country and all of a sudden the war stopped. Life wasn't fun and exciting but at least there wouldn't be a war going on. Would you be thankful for regular life or would you be craving excitement! I think we'd all be thankful for regular life. The more we can embrace life as-is and tell ourselves that this regular life is great, the less bored we'll be. 3. Make life about God. I still remember years ago complaining to a friend about how boring my life was. My friend, said, Barb, what is excitement from a biblical perspective? I thought about that for a minute and replied that excitement from a biblical perspective would be growing closer to God and serving Him and even doing things like helping others break free from strongholds. From a biblical perspective my life (and work) was exciting. But I wasn't seeing that because I was wanting some traditional cultural excitement. 4. Learn how to manage your work or day-to-day life. If you spend your days at home, learn to manage your work and time well. I talk a bit about this in my book, Freedom from Procrastination, and I am learning more about this as I go along. This is something that will be different for each of us, and it's a project in and of itself. 5. Work on overcoming procrastination. The less we procrastinate, the less time we'll spend being bored. Not only will we have less down time (because we'll actually be getting those things done), but we'll also be less bored because we won't have that dreaded job hanging over our heads. That said, it's incredibly difficult to overcome procrastination. If you need help with it, check out my Bible study and workbook, Freedom from Procrastination. 6. Plan rewards for work or find ways to make work fun. If you're a person who is more fun-focused rather than accomplishment focused, you'll be far happier if you find a way to make work fun or at the very least plan some rewards for work. 7. Get more on your plate. If you don't have enough to fill your days, think of new ways to fill it. God never meant for us to spend our days watching Netflix all day! Find ways to serve others and love others well. The more we focus on others, the less we focus on ourselves and how bored we are. 8. Find non-addictive ways to fit excitement into your day. There is nothing wrong with trying to make life more exciting, as long as God would approve of the type of excitement we're adding to our lives! If you're in a season of life where you don't naturally have a lot of fun and excitement in your life, try to plan for it. For example, when I'm planning coaching calls, podcast interviews, or appointments, I try to space them out through the week so I have at least one of those a day since I'm energized by being with people. I also usually talk to one friend or family member by phone each day. These are non-addictive ways I can add fun and excitement to my life. You may be different than me, so you'll have to ask, "What energizes me?" and try to add some of that to your life each day if possible. 9. Put limits on your phone, Netflix, or other entertainment sources. We spoke earlier about how we train ourselves to need constant excitement. We do the same things with food. When we eat exciting food too often, we train ourselves to need exciting food all the time. It seems counterintuitive, but the more we reign in our desires for constant excitement and learn to have it as treats rather than regular life, the less bored we'll find ourselves. 10. Make a plan for downtime. If you regularly experience boredom in the evenings, late afternoons, or weekends, make an actual schedule for how you'll spend your time during those periods. It can be a schedule with time slots (7:00-8:00 board game with kids, 8:00-8:30 read, etc.) or it could just be an order of events: certain things you'll do in a certain order each day during that downtime but without a time tied to them (do dishes, fold clothes, go on a walk, renew my mind, read, etc.).

I also wanted to add that I have another helpful post about dealing with boredom, it's called: Use These Verses When You're Bored Instead of Eating! Check it out if you need additional support with overcoming boredom eating in your life.

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating

Freedom from Procrastination

I Deserve a Donut Weight Loss App

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Do you feel hopeless that you will never be able to get over your food addiction? Have you had success with weight loss in the past only to find yourself back at the same (or higher) weight again? If either of these describe you, you will be greatly encouraged by my interview with Debbie on today's Taste for Truth Podcast (links below). Debbie went from a size 28 to a size 12 and has been living in victory for over six years!

In this interview, Debbie and I go through many of the lies that she has had to overcome in her journey. I've listed these below along with their corresponding truths.

Debbie's List of Lies & Truths 1. You'll never be good enough.

• Truth: You don't have to be good enough, Jesus is.

• You'll never be accepted.

• Truth: Jesus accepts you as you are, and honestly, most other people also accept you as you are!

• Food has to taste good.

• Truth: Food has to be good for me and nourish my body.

• It's not fair.

• Truth: It's an opportunity to grow closer to God.

• Truth: Everyone has something that they struggle with.

• More is better.

• Truth: Less is better for me because I feel better.

• Truth Journaling won't work unless I do it perfectly.

• Truth: There is no such thing as perfect.

• Truth: Mistakes are part of learning.

• You're a failure.

• Truth: I'm not a failure! Mistakes are part of learning.

• I can't do this.

• Truth: God can, and I am depending on His strength to change me.

• I'm a horrible person and I feel ashamed.

• Truth: God loves me as I am, and I am actually a wonderful person even though this area of my life may be a struggle.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How eating was a numbing drug for Debbie * How an "all-or-nothing" or perfectionist personality plays into weight loss efforts * Deep insecurity from years of being overweight * Learning to forgive culture for not accepting people who are overweight * How Debbie truth-journaled about body image before actually journaling about food * "I didn't know how important the truth was until it set me free." * Learning to listen when we bring our lies and our thoughts before God * Truth journaling to get rid of mental commotion * Debbie's four big takeaways from her weight-loss journey * Grace over guilt

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Freedom from Emotional Eating * I Deserve a Donut App

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Perhaps you've heard me talk about truth journaling over and over, yet you still wonder: is it really that important? Well today on the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below), I speak with Tami who has discovered the profound impact of consistent renewing and truth journaling. Talking with Tami was so personally inspiring, I have made a fresh commitment to more consistent renewing myself!

What We Discussed on the Podcast * Why Tami nearly gave up on truth journaling when she first tried it * Tami's particular boundaries which are the keto diet (no sugar) * How sometimes it is okay to modify boundaries once a goal is reached * How different seasons of life may bring us back to difficulties with eating * That the real end goal is a closer relationship with Jesus, not a different number on the scale * Tami's success with renewing three times a day * Why it's important to consider the lies we learned growing up (even if they're not food-related) * The added difficulty of living in an age of instant gratification * Making renewing a priority * The importance of a renewing commitment * The inevitable peace that comes as we renew, follow through on our commitments, and draw closer to God * Learning to rely on God in the stressful moments of daily life (rather than running to food)

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Barb's newest book: Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * I Deserve a Donut App * Rally: A Personal Growth Bible Study * The Renewing of the Mind Project * How to Truth Journal * How to Renew Your Mind * Purposeful, Present and Wildly Productive with Jordan Raynor

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Do you find it difficult to make yourself exercise consistently? Or do you find yourself avoiding renewing your mind? If you struggle with either of these two things, you will be greatly encouraged by my interview with Anna today on the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below).

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How different formats of exercise can work with some and not others * Anna's great experience with peer-led workouts * How for some people challenges or check-boxes are highly motivating * The difference between starting a habit (exercise) and stopping a habit (overeating), and how stopping a habit is like breaking a stronghold * Consistency is the key * Strategies for how to renew before the actual time of temptation occurs * How for some people, the desire to have a lengthy renewing session will make them want to avoid it * Strategies for shortening renewing sessions * Remembering that God doesn't tell us that we have to renew our minds in a certain way or for a certain length of time to be set free

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Barb's newest book: Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * The Renewing of the Mind Project * Barb's YouTube video: Charts and Stickers - Awesome Tool to Help You Lose Weight!

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Do you feel like you are addicted to food? Do you find yourself eating to manage the stress in your life? If so, you will be encouraged by this victory interview on the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below). I speak with Karen Seager about using the renewing of the mind to finally let go of her emotional eating.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * Family sin patterns and how they affect our lives * How food can be an addiction just like other substances * How emotional "habiting" keeps us from gaining spiritual maturity * The importance of overcoming condemnation on our journey to food freedom * How lies we believe fuel our negative emotions * Overcoming lies with truth journaling and the renewing of the mind * Identifying the messages that loop through our minds frequently * How overcoming the struggle with food is a new way of thinking

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Barb's newest book: Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Leader's Guide to Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Soul Care by Rob Reimer * Praying God's Word by Beth Moore * Freedom from Emotional Eating * The Renewing of the Mind Project * Redeeming Your Phone Time * Trim Healthy Mama Eating Plan * Blog post & podcast episode: 8 Tips to Maintain Your Weight Loss

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When life gets stressful, do you find yourself running to food to cope? Do you find that any emotion causes you to want to eat, and to eat too much? If so, you're not alone. On today's episode of the Taste for Truth podcast (links below), I speak with Kristy McCammon, the creator of LifeUnbinged, about her struggle to break free from a life controlled by food.

What We Discussed on the Podcast * How sugar and white flour abstinence helped Kristy tear down the idol of food * How "none is so much easier than one" * Learning to sit with uncomfortable emotions * How different personalities approach weight loss * Victory over emotional eating always boils down to renewing our mind using a variety of tools * How reaching out in times of failure can circumvent an unhealthy spiral * What a life of food freedom truly looks like * How viewing boundaries as "life-giving" rather than "restricting" can help us stick to them * Kristy's mantra: Stop - Pray - Walk Away

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Barb's newest book: Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Leader's Guide to Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Kristy McCammon's website and coaching program: LifeUnbinged * Life Unbinged on Facebook * Life Unbinged on Instagram * I Deserve a Donut App

About Kristy McCammon

Kristy McCammon is a speaker, blogger, influencer, and coach in the area of Christian weight loss. She spent most of her life food obsessed and overweight. In 2017, she started using boundaries in regards to food and lost 100 pounds. She has been maintaining that loss for 4 years now. She specializes in Christian weight-loss by combining faith and food boundaries. She is on a mission to help others become free from food addiction and fully live out God’s plan for their life. Her signature course is called the 60 Day Surrender.

You can find her on social media where she shares trips, tricks, and recipes to help others on their journey to food freedom:

Website www.Lifeunbinged.com

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Do you feel like you'll never break free from the struggle with emotional eating? I felt that way for many, many years. In this episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below), I talk with Trish of the Happy, Holy, Healthy Life channel about how I finally broke free from emotional eating and also about my new book, Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating, which launches TODAY!

What We Talked About on this Episode * Definition of emotional eating * My own journey with emotional eating * The difference between emotional eaters and non-emotional eaters * Common lies we believe that contribute to overeating * What a truth journal session looks like * Why willpower doesn’t work to overcome emotional eating * How to let go of negative emotions and emotional eating * Why boundaries are important * Can food be an idol? * Does it ever get easier to maintain your weight?

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Do you ever find yourself saying, "I can't believe I'm still struggling with my weight! I should be over this by now!"? If you do, you're not the only one. That's one of the most frequent comments I hear from women about their weight.

We think we should have it all together, but it's not surprising that we don't! After all, we love food. We eat for emotional reasons. And this isn't a goal we can check off our list and say, "There! That's done!" Instead, we need to keep following our boundaries day after day, month after month, and year after year. No wonder we feel like a weight loss failure at times!

Here's the thing though: We're not weight loss failures. Let me say that again. We're. Not. Weight. Loss. Failures. Instead, we're people who broke our boundaries today. It's important that we make that distinction in how we talk to ourselves. Because if we're defined by failure, there's no use going on. We might as well give up right now and start eating what we want. But if we're just a person who failed at following her boundaries today, then it would be better to look at why we failed and correct our course so we'll be less likely to fail tomorrow.

We can do that by looking at how we spend our days, what food is in the house, what we do when life is hard, and what we do when we break our boundaries. In this podcast episode, we'll look at what we do when we break our boundaries.

Picture yourself following your boundaries. Life is going well and your weight loss program is going well, but then one day you break your boundaries. Majorly. You now have five options of what to do next.

5 Options When We Just Broke Our Boundaries and Think We're a Weight Loss Failure 1. Give up. Quit trying to follow your boundaries. Eat what you want for the rest of the day or better yet for the rest of the week! 2. Persevere in your own strength. Get up the next morning and say, "I'm going to follow my boundaries today!" but then don't go to God for help when you break them. (And I don't know about you but I am FAR more likely to break boundaries the next day if I broke them the previous day.) 3. Persevere in God's strength by asking Him to change you. Keep trying to follow your boundaries and regularly ask God to help you follow your boundaries. 4. Persevere in God's strength by asking God to help you follow your boundaries and then renew your mind every once in awhile. Renew your mind every once in awhile (but not often enough for the truth to really sink in), and visit with God about what you learned. Ask Him for wisdom, insight, and strength to follow our boundaries. 5. Persevere in God's strength by asking God to help you follow your boundaries and then renew your mind either every time you feel like breaking our boundaries or several times a day. Renew your mind several times a day or every time you feel like breaking your boundaries (even though you don't feel like it and you're sick to death of doing it), and visit with God about what you learned. Ask Him for wisdom, insight, and strength to follow your boundaries.

Now let me ask you a question. Which option do you think would give you the best hope of lasting success with following your boundaries--which translates to lasting success with weight loss?

I think we'd all say the 5th option, but we also know how hard it is to take that 5th option. Our flesh doesn't want us to take it (because it wants to eat), we don't want to take it (because it takes too much time), and Satan doesn't want us to take it (because he likes to see us controlled by food). I'm hoping my new book Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating (on shelves November 1) will help you take the third option.

In fact let's take that third option right now. Following is one of the renewing exercises from Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating. In this exercise I list five lies we believe when we feel like a weight loss failure. These lies come from lies women have told me in coaching sessions and also lies I've told myself!

When You Feel Like a Weight Loss Failure (page 220 in Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating) Write truths for the following beliefs.

Beliefs

1. I'm a failure because I can't stick to my eating plan.
2. It's terrible to be an overweight person.
3. I am not worthy in the eyes of the world.
4. I have to be skinny or I'm an utter failure.
5. People will like me better if I'm skinny.

Truths

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

What I Would Write for the Truths Did you write down your truths? What I usually find as I record truth to the lies I'm believing is that my desires and emotions actually change as I'm writing them. If you find that your desires and emotions aren't changing, check out the 8 tips I have for recording the truths to your lies in the chapter on truth journaling in Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating. Following are five possible truths you could write. (Note: I may write a completely different set of truths if I was doing this exercise tomorrow.)

1. I'm a failure because I can't stick to my eating plan. I am not a failure. I'm a person who failed today at following my boundaries. And as I said earlier in this blog post, this is normal. I will fail! The question is, what will I do after I fail? Anytime I stop, it's a victory. So if I stop after seven donuts, that's a victory because I could have had eight donuts! Renewing my mind will help me stop. Lord, please help me to develop this habit of renewing every time I break my boundaries!
2. It is terrible to be an overweight person. War is terrible. Child abuse is terrible. Famine is terrible. Being overweight is unpleasant, not terrible! Lord, help me to be thankful for the blessings I have and see myself through your eyes!
3. I am not worthy in the eyes of the world. I may not be worthy in the eyes of the world I've drummed up in my mind, but that's not the real world! While it's true that our culture seems to be obsessed with skinny, it's not true that the people in our world are obsessed with skinny. Most people care how they themselves look. Some (maybe few) people care how their kids or spouses or boyfriends/girlfriends look, but very few care about how anyone else looks. What they really care about is how I interact with them, how I treat them, and my character. Those are also the things God cares about. Seek to please Him, not man!
4. I have to be skinny or I'm an utter failure. This is soooo untrue!! There are so many parts to who I am. I'm a person who likes to hike. I like doing puzzles. I enjoy visiting with strangers. I love helping people grow. To say that I'm a failure because I'm skinny objectifies me and turns me into just a body. Don't do that! Be thankful for how God made me and all the gifts He's given me!
5. People will like me better if I'm skinny. The vast majority of people out there could care less what I weigh. The only person (people) I can think of that might like me better if I'm skinny is (fill in the blank). And my guess is that that's because I'm related to him/her and it hurts his/her pride when I'm overweight. This is his/her problem, not mine, and God doesn't want him/her to be proud so this is a good trial for him/her to work on that. :) (NOTE: I'm just giving one possibility here!) It's also true that some people might like me better if I'm overweight as some people are intimidated or jealous of skinny people. And I also don't want to cater to that! The truth is, I will feel much happier at a lower weight. God wants me to accept myself as I am, but He also wants me to work toward being more healthy.

Do you see how writing the truth would change my desires? Truth really does set us free. It makes us want to follow our boundaries!

When we break our boundaries, it's essential to see ourselves through God's eyes, rather than our own self-condemning eyes or the (imagined) eyes of a society who (we think) condemns us (even though most of them don't). God doesn't look at us and say, "You're a weight loss failure!" No, He looks at us and says, "You're my beloved child. You're my beautiful creation. Or even, you're my friend!" And then He says, "Come to me, my beloved, and let me help you."

Renewing is a way we go to God for help with changing the things we can't change in our own strength (Romans 12:1-2).

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating * Pre-Order Bonuses at saygoodbyetoemotionaleating.com

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Have you lost weight only to find it creeping back up again? Do you feel like if you could just get to your goal weight, you could go back to eating whatever you want again? I used to feel this way until I realized that losing the weight was really only the beginning! Today on the Taste for Truth Podcast (links down below), I share eight tips for being successful in maintaining your weight loss.

Discussed on the Podcast * tips that I have personally used in my life to maintain my weight (for over 15 years!) * how we should see ourselves as mountain climbers when losing weight * getting realistic with how much food our bodies really do need in maintenance * how being "rigid" with boundaries is a good thing * recognizing that sacrifice will always be a part of our journey * the new lies that crop up when we reach the maintenance phase of weight loss * how trials always affect those of us prone to emotional eating

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Recent videos and renewing challenges on my YouTube channel

New resource Available November 1st - Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating! Orders the book on or before October 31, 2022 and take advantage of some great pre-order bonuses!

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In this short bonus episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast (links down below), I talk about the backstory behind my new book, Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating, and how it's different than all of the other books that I have written about eating! If you'd like to download the first chapter for free and find out about some great pre-order bonuses, go to saygoodbyetoemotionaleating.com.

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Do you ever feel guilty for focusing on weight loss and your health? Or, do you need to lose some weight but believe that you simply don't have the time? If so, you may be believing lies that are sabotaging your efforts to improve your health. Sara Borgstede from theholymess.com and I discuss these and other lies on today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast (links down below).

Things We Discussed on the Podcast * how we are better able to care for others when we care for ourselves * the specific challenges we face in today's culture with regard to losing weight * how Sara lost over 100 pounds and has kept it off for two decades * managing our environment to help with weight loss * what gluttony really is * if God cares what we weigh

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Faithful Finish Lines - Sara's weight loss and coaching program * Free 5-Day Challenge from the Faithful Finish Lines Program * theholymess.com - Sara's website * Overeating is a Sin (Here's How to Overcome It) - blog post Sara mentioned * Taste for Truth Bible study * Freedom from Emotional Eating Bible Study

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Do you struggle with vacation eating? Are you quick to throw all of your boundaries out as soon as you head out of town? Upon returning home, are you filled with remorse and find it difficult to return to healthful eating? In this coaching interview with Stacie, we'll discuss how to control vacation eating. (Find the links to listen down below.) Things We Discussed on This Episode * The challenges we face and lies we believe when we binge on vacation * How much more difficult it is to return back to "normal" life after being on a trip * How out-of-control eating on vacation often can last for weeks or months after we are back home * The emotional and physical draining we experience when we break our food boundaries * We need to decide what kind of life we really want * We need to rid ourselves of the cultural perspective on self-control * How we need to learn new ways to "have fun" on vacation that don't revolve around food

Resources Mentioned on This Episode * Stress Eating and How to Truth Journal with Stacie * Taste for Truth * I Deserve a Donut * I Deserve a Donut App * James Bible Study - My newest book now available on Amazon!

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Do you find it challenging to maintain your weight after weight loss? Are you experiencing difficulty knowing what new boundaries to set for maintenance? Are you struggling with different lies than you did while losing weight? If you answered yes to any of these questions, today's episode (links down below) with Michelle will be tremendously helpful!

Lies We Discussed on the Podcast 1. I don't need boundaries anymore! 2. I'll start again tomorrow. 3. I shouldn't have to track anymore now that I've reached my goal. 4. I can relax my boundaries now.

Other Things We Discussed on the Podcast * Different boundaries for losing and for maintaining * Alternate ways to renew your mind if your regular method is getting boring * Why it's good to have multiple tools for mind renewal * How the maintenance phase is like a "new trial" * How to know if using the scale is helpful or harmful

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * I Deserve a Donut App * The Renewing of the Mind Project * "How to Truth Journal" blog post * "How to Renew Your Mind" blog post

New Book! Check out Barb's new bible study on the book of James! This study is great for individual study, one-to-one mentoring, and small groups. Anyone interested in spiritual growth through the word of God will benefit from this book! Available on Amazon here.

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Breaking free from sugar cravings and managing your weight is about more than diet and exercise. Sugar is highly addictive and requires multiple steps to break free from its bondage. In this podcast episode, I am interviewing Katrina Sequenzia; Katrina is a Certified Health Coach and Registered Nurse on a mission to help Christians fulfill their God-given purpose by sharing the tools and resources to live a healthy lifestyle.

Katrina shares Seven Habits To Stop Sugar Cravings in today's interview, based on the signature framework from her life-changing programs. By the end of this episode, you will understand why some foods are more addictive than others, the impact that food and stress have on our bodies, and how you can begin the process of healing from your food and sugar addiction.

Episode Highlights: * [00:01:17] Understanding why we become addicted to sugar and other foods? Katrina breaks down the spiritual, physical, and emotional aspects of cravings.

• [00:03:48] The body’s chemical reaction to sugar and why we were created to love sweets.

• [00:04:48] Dopamine is the feel-good chemical that our brains release, but can we have too much of a good thing? Katrina explains why the answer is Yes!

• [00:08:24] Have you ever wondered why diet and exercise sometimes fail to produce results? Katrina and I discuss why and you should avoid extreme diets and fads.

• [00:15:49] Katrina reveals the Seven Habits To Stop Sugar Cravings and provides a deeper insight into kicking the sugar habit once and for all.

• [00:18:14] The importance of relaxation and hydration and how it can help or hinder us in our journey.

• [00:19:15] Sleep and movement and why it's more important than you think.

• [00:24:03] Where to start your weight loss journey and how to use Katrina's framework to lay the foundation to healing your relationship with sugar.

• [00:24:58] Special gift for podcast listeners.

Key Takeaways: * When we attempt to break free from the bondage of food addiction, we often start with exercise and food preparation. Still, the areas that are often ignored make the most impact in our journeys, like putting our faith front and center, rest, and relaxation, to name a few. * Food isn't the enemy- the goal of any program should be to develop a relationship with the glorious foods that were created to be consumed according to God's instruction.

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It's January 19th, and many of us have already given up on our commitment to "Be Healthy This Year!!!!" It's not that we don't want to be healthy. We do! We're just demoralized by the constant failures that go along with working on a be-healthy habit.

So what do we do to get out of that slump? Pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and make a commitment to try again tomorrow? I don't think so; I used to do that all the time and it didn't work. I didn't have enough self-control to make myself do the things that would lead me toward health or not do the things that kept me unhealthy.

If we really want to be healthy--and we're not one of those people who love exercising and eating healthy--we need to renew our minds. The Bible tells us we're transformed by the renewing of the mind. This works for anything we do in life, including becoming healthy.

The more we get God's perspective on life and food, the more we'll want to do things that will lead us toward health. If you'd like to become healthy this year, here is what I would suggest.

5 Steps to Becoming Healthy if You Don't Have Oodles of Self-Control 1. Renew your mind about food 2-3 times a day by doing 1) the questions in I Deserve a Donut (app or book), 2) the questions in Renewing of the Mind Project, or 3) truth journaling. I would suggest renewing at lunch and again sometime between 3:00 and 5:30 to prepare you with enough truth to make it through the evening. 2. Make a commitment to exercise. If you don't already have a habit, make this a really short commitment: 5-15 minutes or 3000 steps a day. Then increase it as you gain more self-control in that area. 3. Renew your mind when you can't make yourself exercise. You can use the questions in Renewing of the Mind Project in the Starting a Habit section for this. Here are some of the thought in that section of the book that have corresponding questions and Bible verses: This is so boring. I really don't want to do this. I shouldn't have to do this. There's a good reason I can't do this again. This is no fun. I'll do it later. I'm too busy. Will this be worth all the work? 4. Memorize a few Bible verses and meditate on them throughout the day. In the Bible we see Jesus use Scripture to battle temptation. If Jesus used Scripture to walk the straight and narrow, how much more do we need to use it? Here are a few suggestions of Bible verses you could memorize: Luke 12:15, Romans 13:14, 1 Corinthians 6:12, 1 Timothy 4:7b, Philippians 4:11-13, Hebrews 12:11. JULIE - could you ad links to these maybe using the ESV translation? 5. Do a weight loss Bible study. Renewing will help you with the lies that make you overeat and avoid exercise. But it also helps to have a biblical foundation for the truths that will set us free from an unhealthy lifestyle. Bible study will help with that. People often ask me which of my Bible studies to do first. I recommend Freedom from Emotional Eating first if you struggle with emotional eating or entitlement. And Taste for Truth if you're more of an indulgent, careless, or bored overeater. If you like variety, I'd recommend doing the first six lessons in Taste for Truth, then switch over to Freedom from Emotional Eating and go back and forth between the two.

But What If I Can't Make Myself Do Those Things?

Now you may have noticed one tiny little problem. All the things I just mentioned also require discipline! This is where you need some friendship or group support--to make yourself renew your mind. Usually we use accountability to make us follow our eating guidelines or make ourselves exercise. This is nice, but it doesn't change the way we think about eating and exercise. And we need to change the way we think if we want to have lifelong change.

So I would suggest finding a little group. In my last podcast episode with Dr. Melanie Wilson, called How to Achieve Your Goals - 10 Tips, we talked about how to gather a couple of people for the purpose of following through with goals. This would be the perfect thing to do to avoid getting discouraged about your attempts to be healthy. You could start a Bible study at your church (even though that might be scary) or just gather two friends and meet weekly or even monthly. You could do daily accountability for renewing. Let each other know what your goals are (I'll renew 3 times a day, for example), then each morning text each other and ask, did you renew?

Just remember as you do this, though, that you will have bad days. We all do when we're working on a new habit. The key is just to get through those bad days and don't give up. Don't beat yourself up. Don't say mean things to yourself. And don't despair. Every single person on the planet has something they can't get over. Eating too much might be that thing for you.

But... we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us! We just need to keep going to Him to get that strength! In today's podcast episode, you'll get a chance to do that. Following are the questions we'll be visiting with God about on today's podcast:

Tired of the Struggle Questions, Bible Verses, and Tips Note: The questions, Bible studies, and tips are all from I Deserve a Donut (and Other Lies That Make You Eat).

1. Do you ever wish life were easier?
2. Why do you think it’s so hard to lose weight and keep it off?
3. What do you usually do when you get discouraged about it?
4. What will happen if you keep doing that?
5. Do you want that to happen?
6. How do you think God feels when He sees you suffering? (Hebrews 4:15)
7. What do you think God wants to do for you in the midst of your struggle? (See Hebrews 4:16 and the other verses below for ideas.)
8. What do you think He wants you to do in the midst of your struggle? (See verses below for ideas.)
9. What will you gain if you go to Him for help with this struggle?
10. When you think of all you’ll gain, is it worth taking the time to fight the battle with spiritual weapons?
11. Would it help to have someone hold you accountable to the renewing of your mind? If so, who could you ask?

Bible Verses Psalm 30:5b Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?

Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?

Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Galatians 6:9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

Philippians 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 10:36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Hebrews 12:11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

James 1:2-4 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Tired of the Struggle Tips Let’s face it. It’s hard to keep dealing with the same problem over and over. Sometimes we feel like throwing in the towel and just giving up.

Don’t do it.

Spiritual battles are just what they’re called: battles. And battles aren’t easy. You can’t enter into battle without entering into suffering.

Here’s a comforting thought, though. It’s far better to suffer with God than without Him. Spiritual battles can be intense, sweet times of fellowship with God—so sweet it almost feels like it’s worth struggling through the problem just to have those times with God.

I want to encourage you to keep going to Him for help. Renew your mind. Take off those lies and put on the truth. Let the Holy Spirit work in you and minister to you and conform you to His image.

The journey won’t be pleasant, but afterwards, you’ll experience the peaceful fruit of righteousness (Hebrews 12:11). And that will be worth the struggle.

Other Podcast Episodes Where You Can Renew If you'd like to listen to more podcast episodes that allow you to renew while you listen, check out these episodes:

• Renew: Indulgence Eating
• Renew: I'll Start Tomorrow
• Renew: Vacation and Holiday Eating
• Renew: Entitlement Eating
• Renew: Failure Eating
• Renew: Careless Eating
• Renew: Sneakiness / Opportunity Eating

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Taste for Truth Bible Study * Freedom from Emotional Eating Bible study * I Deserve a Donut book * I Deserve a Donut App * Renewing of the Mind Project * "How to Truth Journal" blog post * How to Achieve a Goal - 10 Tips with Dr. Melanie Wilson and Barb * Christian Accountability Partner: A Beginner's Guide

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It's that time of year again when parties and treats abound! Many of us who already struggle with overeating find it even more difficult to resist temptation during the holidays. What's a person to do?! Well, there are actually some ways to healthfully navigate this tempting time of year. Let's look at some helpful tips to stop overeating during the holidays.

Change Your Mindset First, we need to adjust the way we think about food. We do this by renewing our minds and confronting any lies we believe that make us overeat. When we overindulge (or with any bad habit, really), there's usually something going on in our minds that is creating that intense desire to overeat.

We may think, I've waited all year for this [insert special food]. We begin to anticipate all of the goodies that we don't regularly eat during the rest of the year. When we start to fixate on our favorite holiday foods - without trying to stem the tide of these thoughts - the desire for them just grows bigger.

Many of us also probably have a strong association between eating and holiday festivities. It's almost as if - in our minds - every party or event is primarily centered around what we plan to be eating. It's often our first thought! We have to learn to focus on the people and fun at the events to begin to decrease the allure of indulgent eating. If all we are looking forward to is the food, then we're setting ourselves up for failure.

Another lie we believe is I only get this food at this time of year, so I better eat up while I can. Here's the truth: almost of all of our favorite foods can be made at any time of the year if we are able to cook it ourselves. We just don't usually think of making it during other seasons. Telling ourselves, you can make this any day you want, will help us avoid the frenzy to eat all of it at once.

We may also think, This is so delicious, I need to eat more! The truth is, the actual taste of the food diminishes for us when we eat too much of it. It's actually way more delicious if we eat a small or just regular amount! We can eat slowly and savor every bite.

Get Things Done Early Another reason we overeat is to avoid doing the things we don't feel like doing. This happens throughout the year, but even more so on the holidays because we often have more on our plates at that time of the year. The more we work on overcoming procrastination, the less likely we'll be to overeat. One way to overcome procrastination is to make a list of your top three things to get done each day.

Don't put things on the list that you'll do anyway. Put those things on the list that you hate to do and know you'll procrastinate. Get those things done first and you'll be less likely to overeat during the day. If you struggle with procrastination, here's a podcast episode that will help: The Dream Planning Podcast - How to Overcome Procrastination with Barb Raveling and Polly Payne.

Go to God for Help with Negative Emotions Often we turn to food, not God, for help with life. Something is going badly and all we want to do is eat. Drown our sorrows in that yummy bowl of ice cream. The more we go to God for help though, the less we'll feel like overeating. He'll help us see life from His perspective, and give us strength and comfort. Eating on the other hand, will only give us immediate relief. It's a temporary fix that leaves us with a life of consequences.

In my experience, it's far better if I go to God early. When I first start feeling upset with something. If I wait until later in the day--when that small emotion has become an overwhelming emotion--it's hard to let go of it. On those days, you often just have to wait until the next day to feel better. If you'd like some tools for dealing with negative emotions, check out the Renew Your Mind tab at the top of this website or the Live in Peace tab. If you're reading this on a mobile device, you can find those tabs by clicking on the menu at the top of this post.

Go for Quality, Not Quantity When I was in high school, my mom encouraged me to buy fewer clothes but higher quality clothes. This was back in the days when there weren't a lot of discount stores around. Because of this philosophy, I missed out on some fun clothes. But what I gained was an uncluttered closet. Most of us would be better off if we had less belongings. Less to take care of, less to clean, and less to clutter up our lives.

Most of us would also be better off if we had less food! What would happen if you started thinking about quality, not quantity in the food department? I'm not talking about being a spoiled person (I'll only eat food if it's high quality!) I'm talking about a philosophy. To enjoy each and every bite of any food you eat, but to stop before you reach the food equivalent of an overflowing closet that adds stress to your life.

If you'd like to give this a try, you could say a little prayer before each meal and ask God to help you dwell on the good, to be thankful, and to praise Him for each and every bite. Let each meal be a time of fellowship with God and with the people with whom you're sharing the meal.

Hold Weight Loss with Open Hands Focusing on weight loss often leads to overeating. It seems counterintuitive--shouldn't I eat less if I'm trying to lose weight?--but here's what happens: every time we break our boundaries and eat too much, we go on a binge. Why? Because we've already broken our boundaries and this is a brilliant opportunity to eat more before we get serious again tomorrow. If we instead just focus on developing healthy habits--like following our boundaries, for example--we'll be less likely to overindulge.

Does that mean we can't go on a diet to lose weight? No, we can still do that if we want. We just need to remember to hold weight loss itself with open hands.

Give Yourself Grace In some ways, this tip is tied to the last tip. If we're holding weight loss with open hands--not feeling like we need to be skinny to be acceptable--we'll be far more likely to give ourselves grace. We beat ourselves up when we feel like we're a total failure. But if life isn't about being skinny (which it's not), then we're not a total failure if we're not skinny! This is just one aspect of who we are.

If you're tempted to beat yourself up after eating too much at a holiday party, come home and do the self-condemnation questions or the regret questions from my I Deserve a Donut app as soon as possible. This will help you avoid that late night binge session. Usually, we haven't even "messed up" as bad as we think we did. We just ate more than usual. It's the late night binge sessions that really contribute to our weight gain.

Take Practical Steps to Stop Overeating We'll be far less likely to overeat if we take some practical steps before we're in that tempting situation. Here are some practical steps you can take to stop overeating before you ever start.

1. Don't keep your favorite treats in the house.
2. When baking, make smaller amounts, or freeze some of it.
3. Make sure you're not completely famished when attending a holiday event where there will be lots of tempting foods.
4. Renew your mind before every holiday eating opportunity.
5. Do a Bible study like Taste for Truth or Freedom from Emotional Eating to better prepare your mindset.
6. Create a simple plan (like a specific menu) for the days following an event so that you can more quickly get back on track.

I hope these tips have been helpful. We talk about some other things on the podcast as well to help stop overeating. In fact, you could listen to the podcast on the way to an event where you'll be tempted to overeat!

Resources We Discussed on the Podcast * 10 Things to Thank God for When You're Trying to Lose Weight * Community Sugar Fast beginning in January 2022 - hosted by Wendy Speake * The 40 Day Sugar Fast * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating

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There is no more powerful influence in a child's life than that of her parents. But what if those parents are negative, critical, and broken people? How can we overcome the detrimental messages and negative body image that this can cause us to have, even into adulthood? That's our subject on today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast.

Things We Discussed on the Podcast * How the beliefs and messages we receive as children follow us into adulthood * The lasting effects of parents who have their own health and negative body image problems * How we have to change our mindset before our behaviors or habits will change * Pushing back against society's wrong notion that only skinny people are beautiful * The truth that there is "beauty at every weight" * Trusting that God can work all things together for good

Lies We Discussed on the Podcast 1. It's inevitable that I'll break my boundaries. 2. Why even try? 3. You're just going to break your boundaries anyway.

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * I Deserve a Donut App * Going Gray by Anne Kreamer (This is a secular book but it does have some helpful things on body image as it relates to aging in particular.)

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Do you ever find yourself struggling with your eating boundaries when your normal routine is interrupted? Do you find it difficult to get back to "real life" after coming back from a vacation or a holiday? If so, you'll want to listen to today's episode of the Taste for Truth podcast. I get to talk with Linda, who is a school teacher, about the challenges she faces with her eating during those transitional times in her life.

Types of Transitions We Talk About on the Podcast - when plans change suddenly

• from summer break to school or school to summer

• from vacation to real life or from real life to vacation

• from weight loss to maintenance.

We didn't talk about transitions from one task to another on this podcast, but I find that's another common time for us to break boundaries. For this type of transition, the first step is to be aware of it. It's often caused by procrastination. We don't want to switch to the next activity so we procrastinate. And we often eat to procrastinate! This type of transition eating could be solved by doing the procrastination questions in the I Deserve a Donut app or by asking two questions: 1) Why am I procrastinating, 2) What's the first step? Then focus on the first step.

Tips for Overcoming Transition Eating 1. Plan for Transition.
2. Renew more than usual.
3. Plan some things you like to do for the first 2-3 days of a transition to help ease yourself into it.
4. Remember how much you enjoy life with boundaries.
5. Practice gratitude and let go of entitlement.
6. Make time to think and prepare ahead of time (like putting notifications on your phone to remind you to think about it).
7. Let go of unrealistic expectations (for how perfect you should be by now, for regular life, etc.).
8. Focus on being nourished by God (rather than feeling like you need good food and fun vacations to get your nourishment needs met).

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast * Taste for Truth * Freedom from Emotional Eating * I Deserve a Donut App * How to Pray with Thanksgiving blog post

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Do you find yourself turning to food when life is stressful? Do you find it hard to recommit to healthy eating after breaking your boundaries over and over again? Did you know that truth journaling is a powerful tool to help with both of these things?

On today's episode of the Taste for Truth podcast, I talk with Stacie, a registered nurse, who has been finding it increasingly difficult to handle all of the recent stress in her life without turning to food. Stacie is new to the idea of the renewing of the mind and truth journaling, so we get to go pretty in-depth on the practical steps of truth journaling.

Lies We Discussed on this Episode 1. Food calms me down after a hard discussion.

1. Food is a good comforter.

2. I have no control of my food right now.

3. Life is so stressful now I can't follow my diet.

4. I might as well break my boundaries now and start again tomorrow.

5. This is going to make me feel better.

6. This is just what I need.

Resources Mentioned on This Episode * I Deserve a Donut App * How to Lose Weight on 3 Meals a Day blog post * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Taste for Truth

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Do you ever have a hard time getting back on track after you break your boundaries? In today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, I visit with Brooke about how to get back to your boundaries as quickly as possible.

Topics We Discussed on This Episode * How perfectionism messes us up * How food can still be an issue even when you are at a healthy weight * What people who never struggle with weight loss do after they eat too much * Perfectionism lies and how to overcome them with truth * How we feel when we break our boundaries * Why it's hard to stay on track once we break our boundaries * Lies that make us break our boundaries for days instead of getting back on track * How to adjust your boundaries for different events or seasons in your life * Strategies for getting right back on track when we break our boundaries * Shifting our mindset after a setback * Emotional eating

I need more interviews! If you're interested in doing a coaching or victory interview, please click here. I will be accepting interviews for a limited time. Not all interviews will be used for the podcast, but it's a great way to get a free coaching session!

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Do you constantly think about losing weight? Do you struggle with a healthy body image? On this episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, Heather Creekmore gives insight into her own struggle with body image and how she learned to stop obsessing about weight loss!

Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Her first book, Compared to Who?, encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her new release, The Burden of Better, offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a way off the treadmill of constant comparison. Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, For Every Mom, along with dozens of other shows and podcasts, but she's best recognized from her appearance as a contestant on the Netflix hit show, Nailed It. Heather and her fighter-pilot-turned-pastor husband, Eric, have four children and live in Austin, Texas. Connect with Heather at Comparedtowho.me.

Topics We Discussed on This Episode: * The "Body Image Idol" and modern day idolatry * Being obsessed with weight loss and exercise * The treasure principle found in Matthew 6 as a test for idols in our lives * Looking for salvation in the next new diet and being controlled by rigid food rules * The cure for idolatry * The lie about loving our bodies * A grace-filled approach to looking at our lives

Resources Mentioned on This Episode: * Heather's Website: www.comparedtowho.me * Heather's Podcast:https://comparedtowho.me/podcast/ * Heather's Books: Compared to Who? and The Burden of Better

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Do you struggle with consistency in following your boundaries? Are you halfway through your weight loss journey and looking for help with the second half? Do you ever feel like you need to be skinny to be loved? Have you experienced chronic pain? These are just a few of the topics we discuss on today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast. This is both a coaching interview and a victory interview.

Lexi is a young mom with four kids between the ages of 2 and 12. She lost 30 pounds with three meals a day boundaries. Then she switched over to Weight Watchers which helped to jumpstart her weight loss again. Before losing weight, Lexi struggled with chronic back pain. She is almost pain-free now.

Here are a few of the topics we discuss on the podcast:

• What Lexi did to lose 30 pounds with three meals a day boundaries
• How Lexi renewed her mind
• Why she answered the I Deserve a Donut questions in writing
• Lexi's advice for others starting out - Be easy on yourself! Plus more tips
• How to work on losing weight without making an idol out of skinny
• Why it's so hard to follow your boundaries when you experience chronic pain
• Lies that make you break your boundaries with chronic pain
• How weight loss can (sometimes) help with chronic pain
• Lies that contribute to the skinny idol
• How to determine a goal weight (and do you need one?)
• How you decide what your goal weight is
• The importance of renewing in writing
• How to know when you're breaking a boundary with Weight Watchers
• How to use the activity and weekly points with Weight Watchers

Note: If you're not interested in Weight Watchers, skip ahead to the last four minutes of the podcast as that's where Lexi gives her tips for weight loss.

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast. * Going Gray by Anne Kreamer * I Deserve a Donut * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Taste for Truth Bible Study

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Do you feel overwhelmed when trying to choose weight loss boundaries? Or do you fear that if you choose something as simple as "3 meals a day" for your boundaries, that you won't lose weight? On this episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, I go over how to use 3 Meals a Day as an effective boundary for losing weight.

How it Works For this set of boundaries to be effective for weight loss, you would need to:

1. Eat only 3 meals per day, plus one or two snacks (if needed),
2. Not have second helpings, unless planned,
3. Try to eat as little as possible at each meal.

How to Renew As with any set of boundaries, it is important to renew your mind when you break your boundaries. For the 3 Meals Per Day, boundaries, you would need to renew:

1. Every time you have an extra meal or snack,
2. Every time you have an unplanned second helping

If you're still not losing after a couple of weeks, consider adding a 3rd time to renew your mind: every time you find yourself eating as much as possible rather than as little as possible. (Don't try this "as little as possible" idea, though, if you have anorexic tendencies.)

Truth journal or answer a set of questions from I Deserve a Donut or the Renewing of the Mind Project in writing every time you break your boundaries. Here are the examples of truth journaling that I mentioned on the podcast:

If You Don't Find Yourself Losing 1. At the end of the day, think back to what you ate and count calories or points to see if you're eating too much to lose weight. 2. Consider giving up your problem foods altogether (sweets, for example) or limiting them in some way. I discuss several ways to limit them on the podcast.

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Are you someone who doesn’t know how to deal with negative emotions in a positive way? Do you find alcohol numbing and emotional eating attractive when you’re under stress? If you’re finding it difficult to handle stress and worry, join this episode and be inspired as Jana shares her journey to losing 82 pounds on Weight Watchers.

Jana has been amazing with keeping it up with her weight loss program for six years. Admitted to having had an alcohol and binge drinking problem to numb emotional pain, she surrendered her life to God, and through the Holy Spirit’s conviction, her alcohol addiction had rapidly left. However, having that removed, all of a sudden, her habit of drinking away the pain has morphed into binge eating. As her weight skyrocketed, she got introduced to a weight-loss program called Weight Watchers which began her weight-loss journey.

Things We Talked About: * How Jana had the opportunity to put an end to her binge drinking and alcoholism by accepting the Holy Spirit into her life * What Jana did when she gained the weight back to lose it again * Dealing with alcoholism and emotional eating * How Jana deals with stress * Lies that Jana commonly believe in * How Jana handles a negative emotion * Is Jana still struggling to turn to food during stressful times? * Does Jana still follow the Weight Watchers boundaries for maintenance? * Jana’s advice to someone like her way back years ago

Quotable Quotes: “I was impressed with the Holy Spirit saying, it’s not too late to try.” - Jana

“Believe that God has got this under control, no matter what it is. That’s where your comfort should be.” - Jana

Resources We Talked About on the Podcast: * Telling Yourself the Truth: Find Your Way Out of Depression, Anxiety, Fear, Anger, and Other Common Problems by Applying the Principles of Misbelief Therapy by William Backus and Marie Chapian * I Deserve a Donut App

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When I ask women what time of day they most often break their boundaries, I usually get one of two answers: either mid-afternoon or evening. Since I've already done a couple of podcast episodes on how to end evening eating, today I'd like to talk about how to stop overeating in the afternoon. Let's begin by looking at why this is a tempting time of day.

Who struggles with afternoon eating? While anyone can struggle with overeating in the afternoon, here are the most common groups of people:

• Stay-at-home moms
• Homeschool moms
• Retired people
• People who work from home: entrepreneurs, writers, etc.
• Homemakers

I think the reason these groups struggle the most is because we're actually at home in the afternoon! Chances are good that people who work outside the home would love to start eating at 3:00 in the afternoon but their jobs prevent them from eating at that time. Although if you often pop down to the vending machine at work or in your college dorm around 3:00 in the afternoon, you know the struggle to stop overeating in the afternoon.

Why do we feel like breaking boundaries in the afternoon? If we want to stop overeating in the afternoon, we need to first find out why we're tempted to eat in the afternoon. This will be different for everyone, and also different on each day of the week. You may find that you eat for all of the following reasons. Let's take a look at some of the reasons we're inclined to overeat in the afternoon.

1. We've already used up all our willpower for the day. In my interview with Drew Dyck on how to increase self-control on the Christian Habits Podcast, Drew said that we each have a limited supply of willpower. Towards the end of the day, that willpower starts to dwindle--so what we could have said no to in the morning, we may not have the strength to say no to in the afternoon.
2. We're bored. Often we've been busy all morning working or spending time with the kids and by mid-afternoon we're bored. We want some excitement in our lives!
3. We're physically tired. We may also be plain old tired and in need of a nap! The problem is that we're often either not in a situation where we can take a nap, or we're in a situation where we can take a nap but for whatever reason we don't do it. When that happens we feel like eating because we think a snack will perk us up.
4. We're tired of working. Sometimes we're not physically tired, we're just tired of working. Tired of always being on task and always responsible. If we don't feel like we can justify taking a break, we'll be tempted eat in rebellion.
5. We're emotional. If something happened earlier in the day to upset us and we didn't take the time to process our emotions, those emotions will keep getting bigger and bigger throughout the day. Soon they'll be so big, they'll spill out and cry, "Let's get something to eat! WE NEED A TREAT!!!!" That often happens around 3:00--and sometimes earlier!
6. We're procrastinating. Another reason we eat in the afternoon is because we've been procrastinating some terrible job all day and one of our best coping techniques for procrastination is to eat. Until we actually do that job, we'll probably feel like breaking our boundaries and eating.
7. We're beating ourselves up for what we didn't get done that morning. Often when we procrastinate, we have a tendency to beat ourselves up. We say, "You got nothing done today, you lazy oaf!!" This just makes us want to open the fridge and eat everything in sight to drown out the sound of our failures.

How do we stop overeating in the afternoon? Now that we've seen the reasons for afternoon eating, let's look at some solutions that will help us stop overeating.

1. Try not to have treats in the house. (Depleted Willpower) If we don't have treats in the house, we'll be far less likely to break our boundaries at 3:00 when our willpower is depleted. We could still drive out and get those treats, but often we're so tired we're unwilling to make the effort to drive anywhere. Another option is to ask your spouse or roommate to hide the treats from you until they get home from work. If you do that, though, don't get mad at them if they don't tell you where they are when you call to ask! The minute you do that, they won't want to hide them anymore. They could also take them to work with them if you're the type of person who searches for the treats until you find them.
2. Take a break and do something fun. (Boredom) This doesn't have to be a major fun event. It could be as simple as turning on some great music and dancing to one of the songs, bundling up the kids and going on a walk, calling a friend for a visit, or reading a few pages or a chapter in a non-addictive book. If you have more freedom, you could have a bath or run out and do errands (if you enjoy errands). Anything you can do to give yourself a change of pace from normal life will help you avoid eating due to boredom. Another thing that helps is to change your expectations - life is not a vacation! The more we learn to enjoy regular life and work, the happier we'll be. For more on how to overcome boredom eating, listen to this podcast episode: How to Stop Boredom Eating.
3. Take a nap or do some exercise. (Tired) So often we think food will perk us up, but it will only perk us up if our body needs food. If our body doesn't need food--or if we're feeding it unhealthy food--it just makes us more tired. One of my friends used to go to our local coffee kiosk to get a beanaccino (a white chocolate frappe) for a little pick me up in the afternoon. After a week or so, he discovered that every time he did that, he was energized for about 30 minutes and then had a big crash. So while the 30 minutes was nice, it wasn't worth the rest of the afternoon of being tired. Taking a nap or getting a little exercise will do wonders to give you the energy you need to get through the day. For more help to stop overeating because you're tired, click here: 8 Questions to Help with Tired Eating
4. Take a mandatory break. (Tired of working) People who work in an office take breaks throughout the day. They talk to co-workers, take phone calls, and even check their emails. They also have a lunch break and some of them take two other 15-minute breaks. Yet those of us at home sometimes think we need to keep working ALL day. That's crazy! Not only is it stressful, it's also unproductive because we don't get the reset that a good break gives us. To remedy that situation, take mandatory breaks--even if you feel like you can't. Those breaks may look different for the stay-at-home mom than the empty-nest entrepreneur (not quite as cushy with kids afoot), but they can still be wonderful and refreshing. If you work at home, consider having a hard cutoff time for the day's work, then celebrate being done and go do something else. If you're not trying to force yourself to work when you shouldn't be, you'll be less likely to break your boundaries because you'll no longer need to eat in rebellion! An added advantage is that it gives you the fresh start that Drew Dyck talked about in my interview with him on how to have self-control. If you take a mandatory lunch break for example and a little time with God at that point, that could do wonders toward giving yourself a fresh start and replenishing your willpower for the afternoon, which will help you stop overeating.
5. Renew your mind. (Negative emotions) If something has happened to upset you during the day, the sooner you renew your mind the better. Take some time to truth journal, go for a prayer walk, or do the questions from I Deserve a Donut or the Renewing of the Mind Project so you can get rid of those negative emotions. If you get rid of the emotions that make you feel like eating, it will be much easier to follow your boundaries during the afternoon.
6. Break dreaded jobs into a series of small tasks and start on the first task. (Procrastination) If you're tempted to eat because of procrastination, the best way to get rid of the temptation is to just do the task and get it over with. That said, we all know how hard that is to do! It's far easier to focus on one small step than the whole huge task. Pull out a sheet of paper and start writing down little action steps. You may have three or you may have ten. Each action step should be easy enough that you can make yourself do it. If you'd like more help with procrastination, check out my Bible study on procrastination.
7. Give yourself grace. (Beating yourself up) Self-condemnation is a tool of the enemy. He uses it to get us so discouraged and hopeless that we want to give up. We think, "What's wrong with me that I can't follow my boundaries?" But here's the truth: we all struggle in some area of our lives! No one is perfect and we all fail daily in many ways. So if you're struggling, this is nothing shocking or terrible. It's life as a frail human being and life as a sinner. Go to God for help, confess your sin if you've been sinning, and then move on, walking in the grace, strength, and hope that God gives.

I hope these tips have given you some ideas of what to do when you feel like breaking boundaries in the afternoon. The next time you feel that way, begin by asking, "Why do I feel like breaking my boundaries?" Then look at the list above for suggestions on how to get back on track.

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Struggling with weight loss for the longest time? Overwhelmed with a lot of programs out there? Confused because you felt like nothing really works for you? You’re not alone. Listen up as Angela Pryor talks about her struggles in her weight loss journey and how she came about losing 80 pounds with God’s help, just accepting him into her life and acknowledging his agenda.

Angie is a reader of I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat): A Christian Weight Loss Resource book. She renewed her mind with the questions she found in the book and by meditation. She has been on the weight loss journey since she was 12 and found herself struggling with every weight loss program that she tried until she finally found Bright Lines Eating and accepted it as God’s gift. She shares how meditation with scriptures helped her follow her boundaries.

Things We Talked About:

• Is Angie still following the Bright Lines Eating guidelines?
• Angie talks about her struggles with insecurities and overeating in her weight loss journey
• How Bright Lines Eating not only helped Angie with her weight loss but also with her lung disease
• What Angie does if she broke her boundaries especially at the beginning of the program
• How having a goal to renew the mind changed the way Angie thought about food
• Making the commitment to renew, not just following boundaries
• Ways Angie renewed her mind
• How often did Angie renew her mind then and now to follow her boundaries
• What does God want to teach Angie with her experience?
• How God showed Angie his love during her experience
• Angie on loving herself
• Angie’s advice to someone struggling with weight loss

Quotable Quotes:

“Only the Word of God sets free, not boundaries.”

“Whatever God gives you to seek him, that’s the way you would have to renew your mind.” - Angie

“Meditation on God’s Word replaces those thoughts that come from the enemy”- Angie

Resources We Talked About on the Podcast:

• Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin and Free by Susan Peirce Thompson PHD
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat): A Christian Weight Loss Resource by Barb Raveling
• Freedom from Emotional Eating by Barb Raveling
• The Renewing of the Mind Project by Barb Raveling

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Today on the Taste for Truth Podcast, I’m excited to visit with Dory about her Thin Within weight loss story. Dory lost twenty pounds using Thin Within’s hunger/satisfaction boundaries. She shares the struggles and victories along the way in this interview. She also shares examples of some of the truth cards she made to help her renew her mind. (Keep scrolling to see those.) Here are a few of the things we discuss on the podcast:

Things We Talked About: * Why Dory felt like she couldn’t trust herself around food * What Dory realized the day she moved out of her family home for 25 years * How did Dory do on her hunger-fullness boundaries? * Dory’s hunger and fullness signals * Handling emotional eating * Dory’s ways to renewing her mind * Did Dory feel like quitting? * How Dory saw God’s love through this experience * Dory’s advice for someone who’s weight has been going up and down

Quotable Quotes: “What I really try to do is taste my food and use my senses and take in–more than just ingesting but actually take in– that this experience is such a blessing and enjoy my food.” – Dory

“The biggest thing is giving myself permission to ask questions.” – Dory

Resources We Talked About on the Podcast: * Thin Within: A Non-Diet Grace-Based Approach * Truth Cards 101 * I Deserve a Donut App * I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat) by Barb Raveling

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Have you ever lost weight and then gained the last 5 or 10 pounds back? Or lost a bunch of weight and then stalled at the last 5 or 10 pounds? Join me in this victory and coaching interview with Anne as she talks about her weight loss victory and losing the last 10 pounds.

Things we Talked About:

• Is setting food boundaries effective?
• How Anne finds time to do Bible studies and renew her mind
• How has the pandemic affected Anne’s eating habits?
• What would be a good reason to lose that last 10 pounds?
• What are the benefits of having self-control as opposed to just ignoring boundaries for a part of the day?
• How to follow your boundaries
• Anne’s biggest takeaway on what can help her get back on track to losing the last 10 pounds

Quotable Quotes:

Once I start controlling the food, I have more time and space to connect with God because I’m not overcome with guilt and I’m not trying to live in secrecy. - Anne

Once I start making those little changes, other bigger changes that I want in life start to happen. - Anne

Resources We Talked About on the Podcast:

• Perfect Portions
• Freedom from Emotional Eating by Barb Raveling
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat) by Barb Raveling
• I Deserve a Donut App
• The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
• The Renewing of the Mind Project by Barb Raveling
• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study by Barb Raveling
• (Link to Anne’s Art project)
• (Link to the BLANK art project)

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Do you have a hard time making yourself exercise? Or do you ever find yourself becoming obsessed with exercise? In today’s podcast, Jessica Hottle shares three lies that keep us from exercising and the truth that will help us want to exercise.

Jessica also talks about the problem of putting too much importance on exercise and appearance, and how God can help us change no matter what side of the spectrum we lean toward.

Jessica Hottle is a successful online entrepreneur, speaker, author, podcaster, and faith-based fitness coach who helps women find freedom from their past and healing in their bodies. While she believes that we’re called to steward our bodies well, what matters most is what’s in our hearts and our standing in Christ.

Things We Talked About on the Podcast:

• Lies that keep you from exercising
• Why it’s important to be consistent with exercise and how to discover what consistency looks like for you
• What to do on the days you miss your workout
• How to avoid becoming excessive with exercise
• How all-or-nothing thinking affects exercise and how to get rid of it
• Why it’s important to ask, “What does my soul, spirit, and body need?”
• Other questions you can ask for self-evaluation
• How to make time for exercise
• What to do if you’ve always failed at creating an exercise routine in the past

Quotable Quotes:

“Your body is your biggest storyteller.” - Jessica Hottle

"Ask yourself these questions: 'What does my soul need? What does my body need?'" - Jessica Hottle

Resources We Talked About on the Podcast:

• What’s the Truth Podcast with Jessica Hottle
• Jessica's Instagram
• I Deserve a Donut App
• Know Your Worth by Jessica Hottle
• Own Your Worth by Jessica Hottle

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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 podcast.

Questions We Talked About: * How to choose weight loss boundaries * Which weight loss Bible study to do first: Taste for Truth or Freedom from Emotional Eating * Beating yourselves up and feeling guilty about eating too much * Feeling depressed about trying to eat with boundaries * How to renew your mind for pain, tiredness, and non-situational depression * Helping teens and older kids with eating boundaries

Resources We Talked About: * FB Live Video: How to Choose Weight Loss Boundaries Without Going Crazy * RALLY Bible Study—a Bible study that will help you with trials * Freedom from Emotional Eating Bible Study * Taste for Truth Bible Study * Self-condemnation questions * I Deserve a Donut App * Tired eating questions * Online Christian Counseling – This is an online counseling organization where you can get help. They’ll assign a counselor to you and you can visit with the counselors by Skype or phone.

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Do you ever have a hard time making yourself renew your mind? Maybe you've found that truth journaling or doing the I Deserve a Donut questions works, but you just can't make yourself do it. Or you're willing to do it, but can't remember to do it. In today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, I'll be coaching Jamila about how to renew consistently.

We'll talk about what renewing looks like and how to do it in less than five minutes.

Other Things We Talked About: * How perfectionism gets in the way of renewing * Can you truth journal in less than five minutes? * Why it's important to start small with Bible study and renewing * A new way to look at failure * Practical things you can do to help you remember to renew * How to find the time to renew * How to renew consistently

Lies We Talked About: * I'm hungry (so I should eat). * I'm tired (so I should eat). * I already broke it so I might as well eat. * I'll start tomorrow.

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Do you ever feel like you have to be skinny? Do you obsess over what boundaries to choose? Do often find yourself with too many boundaries? If so, this podcast will help. Anne and I will be talking about how to let go of weight loss obsession.

Things We Talked About: * How to let go of the idol of skinny * The dangers of seeing ourselves as “skinny” * The dangers of seeing ourselves as “fat” * Why we need to stop seeing ourselves as one-dimensional * A helpful way to see ourselves * How obsession with weight loss (the skinny idol) keeps us from losing weight * Why it’s necessary to let go of weight loss obsession if you want to stop bingeing * How junior high and high school is different than the rest of life (and why we need to start believing that!) * The value of truth journaling through the past

Lies We Talked About: * I need to be skinny to be acceptable. * If I’m not skinny, I’ll lose my friends. (One thing I forgot to mention on the podcast is this: If our friends will only like us if we’re skinny, how valuable is their friendship?) * If I’m not skinny, people won’t like me.

Resources We Talked About: * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Taste for Truth * Dear Daughters Podcast by Susie Davis: How Memories Impact Your Spiritual Life * The Christian Habits Podcast * The Neil Anderson episode of the Christian Habits Podcast * FB Live Video: How to Choose Weight Loss Boundaries Without Going Crazy

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Do you struggle to find time to renew your mind amidst the everyday chaos of parenting? Do you emotional eat due to stress? Do you find yourself saying, “It’s just one bite?”

If so, today’s episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast will help. I’ll be visiting with Amy about some of the following topics:

Things We Talked About: * Dealing with everyday chaos * Emotional eating due to stress * Spending enough time with God * Renewing the mind when you’re too frazzled * Things to accept about parenting * Truth journaling as a parent * Children having a good relationship with God * Letting go of perfection

Lies We Talked About: * I don’t want the food to go waste. * It’s just one bite. It’s not going to hurt me. * I can’t lock myself in my room to renew. It’s unfair to my children.

Resources We Talked About: * Freedom from Emotional Eating * Taste for Truth * Renewing of the Mind Project

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Do you have a hard time following your weight loss boundaries when you go out to eat? Does exercise make you so hungry you feel like breaking boundaries? Do you wonder if you should add calories when exercising or going out to eat?

If so, today’s coaching episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast will help. Here are just a few of the topics we’ll be discussing on the podcast:

Things We Talked About:

• Should you add calories for exercise and going out to eat?
• Craving for snacks after exercising
• Internal rewards
• Ways to eat out while trying to lose weight
• Immediately putting half in the box when eating out
• The three-bite rule
• Renewing your mind after breaking your boundaries
• Importance of priming yourself in the morning

Lies We Talked About:

• I deserve a snack because I exercised.
• I’m going out to eat; I deserve to eat all of it.
• I’ll just choose a healthy option at dinner….
• I’ll just eat healthy tomorrow.

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Sarah struggled with her weight ever since she was young, dieting as early as 13-14 years old. After the birth of her son, she decided to address her eating issues. She found Freedom from Emotional Eating and started losing weight.

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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On today’s episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, I visit with Joy, who is just getting started with the Freedom from Emotional Eating Bible Study and also with truth journaling for weight loss. Joy listened to the podcast for a year before she decided to jump in and start a Bible study and renewing.

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

Things We Talked About:

• How to truth journal throughout the day.
• Stress eating
• Eating to make you feel better
• Why it’s better to truth journal more often
• The hurdles to truth journaling
• Effective motivations for truth journaling
• Secret eating

Lies We Talked About:

• I deserve this big portion because I haven’t eaten all day.
• I’m so stressed this will help me calm down.
• It’s been a hard day. This will make me feel better.
• I already dished it up so I might as well eat it all.

Resources We Talked About:

• Freedom from Emotional Eating
• Renewing of the Mind Project
• Trim Healthy Mama
• Craig Groeschel sermon series on addiction (See the following links for those sermons.)
• https://youtu.be/BrPpYO0osP8
• https://youtu.be/Y4yL0J9a2kU
• https://youtu.be/ptDuPxyS5lY
• https://youtu.be/XoeE6PQN7DQ

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It's that time of year again. When we throw caution to the wind and break our weight loss boundaries left and right eating Christmas cookies and other goodies!

On today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, I do a coaching call with Judy and Amy about how to follow weight loss boundaries during the holidays.

Amy and Judy have been working through the Taste for Truth Bible study, and they have both been losing weight. Amy has lost 10 pounds so far and Judy has lost 22 pounds!

I hope today's podcast will help you as we head into this holiday season.

Here are a few of the lies we'll be covering that make us eat too much:

Lies That Make Us Eat Too Much Over the Holidays 1. I don't like being left out (during holiday parties so I need to eat like everyone else). 2. If everyone is snitching cookies, I want to have my fair share. 3. I need to eat this when no one is looking. 4. It's the holidays. I'm going to indulge a little bit. 5. It only happens once a year (so I need to live it up!). 6. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. 7. That's so good, I should have another. 8. I'll just have one more.

We'll get to these lies at about the 8 or 10-minute mark. At the beginning of the podcast, we'll be talking about making Christmas cookies and how to do that without eating too much.

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This is a podcast episode I've been wanting to do for a long time. I guess it's appropriate that I finally made the commitment to do it after publishing my new Freedom from Procrastination Bible Study!

In the podcast, I'll share my own weight loss journey and how God set me free from the control of food. Overeating and weight gain was an issue in my life from the time I was in high school until I was writing my first book, Freedom from Emotional Eating, in 2006.

I published that book in 2008 and at the time I worried I would gain my weight back and be embarrassed that I had written a book on how to gain freedom from Emotional Eating! I didn't realized that I ate for procrastination and whenever I set out to write, I felt like procrastinating! It was disconcerting to be writing on weight loss and feeling like breaking boundaries while writing. 

Thankfully, God has kept me on the straight and narrow and I have continued to live free from the control of food. I've found that it's a much more peaceful way to live and -- surprisingly -- a more fun way to live! Overeating may be fun in the moment but eating with control leads to a much more fun life. 

It's take me hundreds of truth journal entries to break free from the control of food, but that freedom has been long-lasting. If you'd like to hear more about my journey and how God set me free, listen to today's podcast episode.

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Do you find that it's hard to get back on track after vacation with your weight loss boundaries? Even if you followed your boundaries while you're gone, it's often hard to follow them when you get home.

Not only are we tired and in catch-up land with all the work that piled up, but we also often find ourselves feeling sad when we get back. We miss vacation--or if things went badly on vacation, we're sad about what happened.

Thankfully, God can help us recover from the post-vacation blues and help us to follow our boundaries. On this podcast, we'll talk about 7 things we can do to get back on track after vacation.

7 Ways to Get Back On Track After Vacation

1. Give yourself grace.
2. Process the vacation, if necessary.
3. Get a biblical perspective.
4. Make a plan to slowly get caught up.
5. Re-establish your eating and exercise boundaries ASAP.
6. Make a "fun" plan.
7. Spend extra time renewing the first few days back.

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Do you ever rebel against losing weight because you just can’t stand following the rules? Do you feel like other people want you to lose weight, and that kind of bugs you? Do you hate authority, especially when it comes to diets and weight loss boundaries? If so, this podcast will help! We’ll talk about what to do when you want to lose weight but hate following rules.

In this coaching interview, I visit with Trish about how to change your mindset towards rules and authority so you don’t really mind having weight loss boundaries and may even learn to love them.

Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss:

• Why it’s important to associate consequences with breaking weight loss boundaries

• Authority: Is it good or bad? What makes it good or bad?

  • Why parents and significant others often want us to lose weight
  • How to not let it bother us when people want us to lose weight
  • How to change our attitude towards weight loss boundaries or rules
  • How focusing on renewing our minds rather than following our boundaries can keep us from feeling like failures when we break our boundaries.

  Resources Mentioned on the Podcast

• I Deserve a Donut (and Other Lies That Make You Eat)

• Taste for Truth Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut app (There is an internal link at my blog for this – you can find it under the weight loss tab.)

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Do you ever feel like you keep doing the same things over and over, and the needle on the scale never moves? On today’s episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, I’ll be answering a listener’s question about what to do when you’re discouraged with weight loss.

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast

• I Deserve a Donut (and Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Online weight loss Bible studies

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You know what it's like. You finish dinner, clean up the dishes, and sit down to relax. That's when the cookies start calling your name. Or the ice cream. Or the chips. It's hard to say no to their insistent voices because you're tired of saying no all day. In today's podcast, Kimberly Taylor will give us some help with saying no and overcoming night eating.

Kim blogs at takebackyourtemple.com and she recently did a session on overcoming night eating with her blog members. She asked everyone why they ate at night and came up with three groups of people:

1. Soothers. The soothers eat to ease their emotions. They may be stressed, lonely, or emotionally distraught in some other way and eating makes them feel better.

2. Sleepy Eaters. Sleepy eaters eat because they're tired and feel like they need a little pick-me-up to make it through the night.

3. Social Eaters. Social eaters eat because their spouses or kids or friends are eating and they want to join in the fun.

Kimberly tells us that what we really need to do if we want to overcome night eating is to ask the question, "What do I need?" then listen for the answer. Usually the answer won't be food!

On the podcast, Kim gives lots of examples and practical tips for each of these groups of nighttime eaters.

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One of the beliefs that keeps us from losing weight is the belief that we should be able to eat “what we want when we want.” The truth is, we can eat “what we want when we want.” We just don’t lose weight when we do that! In today’s podcast, we’ll talk about how to break free from entitlement eating so we can lose weight and keep it off. This is a replay of a recent Zoom chat.

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Do you ever find yourself eating too much at dinner? Do you ever feel uncomfortable at social gatherings and console yourself with food? Do you feel like you’re wasting time at some event and eat to while the time away? In today’s Taste for Truth podcast episode, I’ll be coaching Becky McGeorge about these subjects. 

Here is a sampling of the topics we’ll be discussing:

* eating too much at meals

• failure eating
• overeating at social gatherings
• eating because you feel uncomfortable at social gatherings

• how the I Deserve a Donut failure eating questions can help you avoid a binge

  • how to renew your mind before social events
  • how to think differently about social events you don’t want to be at
  • how God can use social events for your good if you’re a person who would rather be working on your to-do list rather than going to the social event

We also discuss the following lies:

• This social gathering will take a long time. I need something (food) to occupy me.

  • I’m a little uncomfortable here. I’ll feel better if I eat.
  • I should be using my time better (than being at this social gathering).
  • I’m wasting my time here (so I should eat).

Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)

  • I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

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In today’s Taste for Truth podcast interview, Jo shares how God helped her lose more than 100 pounds and maintain her weight loss for more than a year. We’ll discuss some of the things Jo did to lose the weight and also to maintain her weight loss. Here’s a sampling of the topics we’ll be discussing: * intentional living as it’s related to eating * motivations for weight loss * what Jo did when she was tired and tempted to overeat * the Bible verses Jo used to gain victory * tips for avoiding overeating in the evening * why it’s so hard to lose the last 20 pounds if you have more than 100 pounds to lose * why it’s important to review your reasons for losing weight * reward eating * what to do when you’re tempted to overeat * the importance of knowing why you’re overeating * the value in taking baby steps for weight loss and exercise

Resources we Talked About on This Podcast: * Weight Loss God’s Way * MyFitnessPal app

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In today's Taste for Truth Podcast interview, Stacey shares how God helped her to lose 150 pounds through the renewing of her mind using Bright Line Eating boundaries.

Bright Line Eating is a program where you give up addictive foods, such as sugar, and plan out what you're going to eat each day.

One of the problems with programs like this is that we feel like life is boring because we can't have sugar. Towards the end of the podcast, Stacey shares how she deals with that issue, renewing her mind before she enters into situations where she might feel like she's missing out by not eating sugar.

Whether you follow Stacey's boundaries or not, you'll be able to learn from her experience as she goes to God for help with life.

Before and After Pictures

Also wanted to share before and after pictures of Stacey's journey!

Online Weight Loss Bible Studies Starting Up

I also wanted to let everyone know that there are a couple of new online Bible studies starting up in September. You can find out about them here: https://barbraveling.com/christian-weight-loss-podcast/

How to Listen to the Podcast

If you're viewing this on a mobile device, scroll to the bottom of this page and you'll see links to the various podcast platforms. If you're viewing this on a desktop, look over on the right side of the screen and you'll see links!

Resources We Discussed In the Podcast

Here are some of the resources we talk about on the podcast:

• Bright Line Eating website
• Taste for Truth Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut app

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Do you ever feel like it’s too hard to follow your boundaries? Maybe you had a hard day at work or you’ve been going through a rough time in your life. Or maybe you’ve been surrounded by tasty treats that are hard to resist. Or maybe you just have strict boundaries that can be hard to follow at times.

We’re often tempted to throw in the towel and give up on our boundaries in those situations—or at the very least, change our boundaries so they’re easier to follow.

In today’s coaching interview with Leigh on the Taste for Truth Podcast, we’ll discuss some of the things that make us want to give up in those situations. Here are a few of the topics we’ll be covering:

• emotional eating
• whether or not to give up sugar
• black and white thinking
• how strict to make your boundaries
• eating when tired
• imperfect progress
• how to speak to yourself when you break your boundaries

Resources we mentioned on the podcast:

• A Christian Facebook support group for those who are trying to give up sugar
• Overcoming Black and White Thinking in Your Weight Loss Journey with Brandice Lardner

Links to Past Episodes of Taste for Truth Podcast I’ve recently transferred the Taste for Truth Podcast from tastefortruth.com to barbraveling.com. If you’d like to see a list of all of the past episodes with links to them (most of the old episodes are still over at the other website), click here: Taste for Truth PodcastArchives.

How to Listen to the Podcast

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Have you ever considered being a guest on the Taste for Truth Podcast? I'll be taping coaching and victory interviews on August 23rd and 25th, and would love to have you sign up for an interview! Click here for the sign ups: Taste for Truth Interviews.

Today I'm excited to have Kelly on the podcast with us for a coaching interview. Here are some of the topics we'll be discussing:

• Some truths that will help with failure eating.
• When do we switch from enjoying food to making food an idol?
• The advantages of having small quantities of your favorite foods vs. large quantities.
• The pleasure of living a life in control and also feeling lean and healthy.
• The value of writing out the answers to the I Deserve a Donut questions so you can look back on your progress and also use it to renew later if you can’t make yourself answer the questions one day.
• A lie that makes us eat too much on special occasions such as date nights.
• Planned food rewards vs. unplanned food rewards.
• That if it something we’re going to regret, then it’s not a treat.
• Planning ahead before trips and truth journaling before you go.
• Suggestions for non-food rewards.

Resources We Talked About on the Podcast

• I Deserve a Donut app
• I Deserve a Donut book

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You know those days when you break your weight loss boundaries and then eat everything in sight? Or you’re trying to break a habit and you have an evening of indulgence?

It's hard to feel hopeful on those days. Yet here's the truth: God redeems failure!

In today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, Heidi Bylsma and I discuss how God helps us on those failure days. We'll also talk about what you can do to get back on track after an evening of failure. We’ll gear the discussion toward weight loss, but the following tips can be applied to breaking any habit.

Here are just a few of the tips we'll be talking about:

1. Ask God, "Where did the derailment begin?"
2. Look for patterns. Do you find yourself breaking your boundaries for the same reasons over and over again?
3. Look for situations to avoid or ways to set things up differently for future success.
4. Make a plan for the future based on why you failed today.
5. Consider modifying your boundaries by keeping trigger foods out of the house. You can still eat these foods, but not at home. (If you’re working on a habit, ask, “What can I do on a practical level to make it difficult to practice my habit?”)
6. Do the failure eating questions from I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat) after an evening of failure.
7. Use failure as a learning experience by keeping a "lessons learned list."
8. Use the STALL tool: Stop. Turn. Ask God for help. Listen to what God says. Learn from what He tells you. Love what He tells you.
9. Remember that God doesn't expect us to be perfect, and we shouldn't expect that either. (But don’t use that as an excuse to give up.)
10. Have a praise fest.

Resources We Talked About on the Podcast

• Thin Within
• Heidi's Devotional: God Speaks to Me: Encouragement for Thin Within Sojourners
• Taste for Truth Online Bible study

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If you’ve ever tried to lose weight and keep it off, you know that it doesn’t happen overnight. In today’s podcast interview, Teresa Parker Shields talks about five stages of the weight loss journey.

Teresa is the author of several books on weight loss, including Sweet Grace: How I Lost 250 Pounds and Stopped Trying to Earn God’s Favor. Teresa helps others lose weight through her books, coaching, and website and has kept her own weight off for more than five years.

Following are the stages of the weight loss journey that we’ll be discussing on the podcast:

5 Stages of the Weight Loss Journey

1. Wishful Thinker - In this stage we dream about losing weight but don’t want to go through the suffering to make that happen long-term. Instead we want the quick fix. We think, If I could just find the magic plan that works. When we accept that we’re overweight and need to lose weight and that there is no magic fix we’re ready to move into the next stage.
2. Willing Owner - This is where we own our addiction. Teresa tells how she was addicted to sugar. She lost weight whenever she gave up sugar and flour but whenever she got to her goal, she would reward herself with a high sugar or high carb foods and then she’d be back to gaining her weight back.In this stage you’re committed to a lifestyle change - to learn how to lose weight and keep it off. You’re saying “This is my issue and this is what I need to do to gain victory.”
3. Watchful Learner - This is another long stage where we’re learning the disciplines we need to break free from the control of food. At the end of stage two we know we need to do certain things to change, but we don’t know how to make that happen. In this stage Teresa learned something she called “start stop” - stopping the bad habit but starting some good habits.She started by giving up one bad habit (eating candy) and adding one good habit (exercise). Teresa explains more about what this stage looks like on the podcast.
4. Wholehearted Traveler - In this stage we learn about how to deal with difficulties while still following our eating boundaries. This is the stage where we work through emotional eating and understand that failure is a part of the process. We also learn how to deal with failure. If we visit failure for too long, we’ll need to go back the Watchful Learner stage to relearn the tools we learned in that stage. We may even need to go back to the Willing Owner stage where we make another commitment.
5. Wise Overcomer - In this stage we feel like we’ve mastered the journey. This doesn’t usually happen until we’ve spent two years in the wholehearted traveler stage.

With all of these stages, it’s about following God, submitting to Him, and learning to rely on Him for help with life. Teresa talks more about the process in the podcast.

For further information on Teresa's resources, click here: Teresa's website

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So often we think of the long-term benefits of following our eating boundaries, but we completely ignore the short-term benefits. That's because we're too busy focused on the short-term disadvantages--not being able to eat those out-of-the-boundary treats!

In today's quick tip episode we'll talk about the short-term benefits of following our boundaries.

If you'd like to read the blog post that I mentioned in this episode of the podcast, click here: Can Habits Produce Immediate Results? Also, check out Val's other resources at valmariepaper.com.

Getting a Start on Truth Journaling: Begins 6/19/2018

This will be a two-week class led by Robyn Martin through a weight loss focused Facebook group. They’ll spend one week working through question in I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat) and one week truth journaling. Click here to join the group.

Freedom from Emotional Eating Online Bible Study: Begins 6/18/2018, led by Sonja Needham

I announced this as a Taste for Truth study but just found out that I misunderstood and it's a Freedom from Emotional Eating study! This will be an 8 week Facebook study. Click here to join the group.

Taste for Truth Online Bible Study: Begins 6/26/2018, led by Robyn Martin

This will be a Facebook study. Click here to join the group. They will have an introductory week and then 11 weeks of study but you’re welcome to join before the study begins and get involved in the group! The class will be going through Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Online Bible Study.

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In this episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, I visit with Curry about her weight loss journey. Here are a few of the things we discussed:

• controlling food vs. controlling self
• the process of losing 35 pounds from start to finish (from doing the Taste for Truth Bible study in 2014 to actually committing to the process in 2016.)
• how she used monthly themes to encourage and focus on growth
• description of what growth with God in the area of weight loss looks like
• accepting that there will be ups and downs and not beating yourself up
• how her accountability group helped her with both personal growth and weight loss
• lessons she learned along the way
• why it's better to make weight loss a spiritual goal
• how she used MyFitnessPal as a reflective tool with hunger/fullness boundaries.
• the challenges of maintenance
• how to handle the challenge of being out of your routine and the value of creating temporary schedules

How to Listen to the Podcast:

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Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• I Deserve a Donut
• Taste for Truth Bible study
• MyFitnessPal app

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Do you ever find yourself eating like crazy at night? I think we’ve all been in that place. In today’s podcast episode, we’ll talk about 7 ways to stop eating at night.

Our strategy will vary depending on why we’re overeating. Here are 7 different reasons we can’t stop eating at night:

7 Reasons We Eat Too Much at Night

1. Boredom: Often we’ve had a busy day but evening comes and we find ourselves with nothing to do. In this situation, we think, “What can I do to make my life exciting?” And of course the easy answer is, “Eat!”
2. Entitlement: Another reason we can't stop eating at night is entitlement. We’ve had a long hard day and feel like we deserve a reward. Or we’ve been super good at following our eating boundaries all day and feel like we deserve a reward. So what do we do? Eat!
3. Hunger: Sometimes we’re just hungry. We haven’t taken the time to eat during the day—or more likely—we’ve purposely starved ourselves during the day in a zealous effort to lose weight. So nighttime comes and we’re hungry! This starts a binge as we start eating and can’t stop.
4. Weakness: Let’s face it. It’s hard to follow our boundaries all day. It takes a lot of control. So, much like a marathon runner at the end of the race, we have a hard time continuing on when evening rolls around. We’re tired of those old boundaries. And it’s easy to give up when we’re tired.
5. Stress Relief: This is a huge reason for overeating at night. As we go throughout our days, we often walk through a series of problems. Things keep coming up that make us feel insecure, annoyed, worried, and any number of emotions. We don’t have or don’t take the time to deal with those issues and by the end of the day, we’re completely stressed. Often this stress finds its relief in food.
6. Habit: Sometimes we’ve just developed a bad habit of eating every night after dinner—and it’s hard to break a habit!
7. Failure and Hopelessness: Sometimes we just break our boundaries once after supper—maybe a second helping or a brownie as we’re doing the dishes—but then we feel like a failure. So what do we do? We break them again. Might as well since we already broke them once! This leads to hopelessness, which just makes us want to eat even more.

So what's the solution? How do we stop eating at night? The solution will depend on the reason we're overeating. Here are 7 different strategies we can use that correspond to the above 7 reasons for overeating at night.

7 Ways to Stop Eating at Night

1. Plan your evenings: If you’re eating because you’re bored, one of the best solutions is to plan the evening so you’re not bored. You might do something with a friend or plan a family game. You could plan an activity out of the house. Go for a walk. Just brainstorm a list of things you could do at night and actually plan out the evening with a schedule. You may also want to develop a habit of going to bed earlier so you don’t have as many evening hours to be bored in.
2. Recognize that food isn’t a reward if you want to lose weight. In our minds, we think of food as a reward because it’s so yummy. But eating out of our boundaries isn’t a reward if we want to lose or maintain weight! It’s a punishment! If we’ve had a hard day, let’s be nice to ourselves by not choosing to do something we’ll regret the next morning.
3. Don’t starve yourself during the day. Starvation diets aren’t healthy, nor do they work long-term. We’ll be much better off if we spread our eating throughout the day.
4. Mentally prepare for the evening. Just as a runner paces himself and saves some energy for the end of the race, we need to pace ourselves and try to save some energy for the end of the day so we don’t end up completely exhausted. If you work, consider listening to a Taste for Truth podcast on your way home from work to get yourself in the mindset of following your boundaries when you get home.
5. Try to go to God for help with your problems throughout the day. When we do this, we’ll be less likely to eat too much after dinner because we won’t be so stressed out. If you can’t make yourself renew your mind at night, try to do it during the day when you have the most energy to make yourself do it. You could also try to find a friend to talk through your problems with at the end of the day.
6. Change up your evening schedule so you can break your habit. For example, if you always watch TV and eat at night, try to stop watching TV for awhile. Do something else that will signal your mind and say, “We’re not going to do that anymore!” Don’t watch TV again until the habit is fully developed.
7. Renew your mind as soon as you break your boundaries. This is by far the best way to keep yourself from evening eating but you may not be able to make yourself do that. If you can’t make yourself truth journal or go through the questions in I Deserve a Donut, try to at least look back through some of your old journal entries and read what you’ve written there. If you can’t make yourself do anything at all, then renew your mind in the morning based on what happened the previous evening.

I hope these ideas will help you stop eating at night. I would love to hear your ideas too! I would also like to hear any questions you'd like to see covered on the podcast. If you'd like to have a question answered, keep reading.

How to Leave a Question for the Taste for Truth Podcast

If you'd like to have a question answered on the Taste for Truth podcast, simply go to speakpipe.com/barbraveling. Follow the instructions and ask your question. You'll be able to listen to it again before you send the question.

Also, here is the blog post I referred to about the dance videos: How to Stop the Evening Boundary Breaking Session

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Do you ever wonder if you should give up on your current weight loss boundaries and try out another set? In this interview, Anja takes a look at her hunger/satisfaction boundaries and decides if she wants to keep those or switch to five meals/snacks a day.

We also talk about diets vs. lifelong boundaries and breaking free from obsessing over all things weight loss.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

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Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Chances are, if you're listening to this podcast, you know what it's like to be unhappy with your body. But there's a difference between wishing we could lose a few (or maybe a lot of) pounds and feeling like we have to lose those pounds.

When we feel like we have to lose weight to be acceptable, not only do we have a hard time losing it (because we eat in despair whenever we break our boundaries), but we also miss out on a lot of peace, joy, contentment, and even fellowship with God as we go to Him for help with transformation.

In today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, I share an interview I did two years ago with Debbie, who had just finished doing a renewing of the mind project on learning how to accept her body in its as is condition.

We'll discuss how she learned to accept her body as is and also how she learned to let go of her feelings of anger towards God for having to struggle with weight all her life. We'll also talk about letting go of people pleasing.

I hope you'll join us for today's episode of the podcast!

How to Listen to the Podcast:

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Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• Renewing of the Mind Project
• The questions from I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

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We've all been there. Our weight loss plan has been going great and we're following our boundaries perfectly and then one day - BAM - we break our boundaries. Not just by a little bit but majorly. Several desserts worth or maybe an all out binge session. When we have a day like that, it's hard to get back on track. That's what we'll be talking about in today's podcast - how to recover from a binge.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

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Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• Taste for Truth on Christianbooks.com
• Online Bible Studies

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Are you a person who loves fun and excitement? Do you ever eat just to put a little spice in your life? It's easy to get caught up in the habit of eating for excitement. In today's episode we'll talk about how to break that habit.

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Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• IntentionalToday.com - great marriage site
• How to Develop a Thankfulness Habit
• Rally Bible Study
• Online Bible Studies

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Do you ever feel like you should be able to eat what you want when you want? The truth is, we can live that way, but we usually regret it! In this podcast, we'll talk about three different ways to live life and then I'll give you a chance to renew your mind with the questions and Bible verses from I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat).

How to Listen to the Podcast:

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Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• I Deserve a Donut
• New Taste for Truth Bible Study

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Do you struggle with feeling like you have to renew your mind perfectly, have the perfect boundaries, or look perfect? We'll be talking about that in today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, a coaching interview with Karen Orr!

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Interviews Needed for the Taste for Truth Podcast!

• We need both coaching interviews and victory interviews. Here's a link to sign up for them: https://calendly.com/barbraveling/45-minute-phone-call

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• One Accord FB Page - the singing ministry Karen participates in
• Taste for Truth Support group page where Karen found her accountability partner: click here
• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Renewing of the Mind Project
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance pla

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Do you have a hard time deciding on weight loss boundaries? On today's ask Barb episode we have lots of questions about boundaries. We'll answer the following questions from readers:

1. How do I choose the right plan/boundaries for me?
2. When you (Barb) were losing weight, what were your boundaries? Was it Weight Watchers or hunger/fullness?
3. Will our boundaries always be the same or do they change with certain seasons of life?
4. How do we know if changing our boundaries is what God wants or if we're just justifying some behavior we want to do because it's hard to keep our current boundaries?
5. What if in the hunger/fullness, you never get hungry?

How to Listen to the Podcast:

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Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• Thin Within

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Today I'm excited to have Carol on the podcast with us. We'll be talking about the following topics:

• Will we have to deal with food issues for the rest of our lives?
• The process of breaking free
• What boundaries to use if you tend to obsess about calories
• How perfectionism affects weight loss

Carol is planning to use 0-5 eating (hunger/satisfaction) boundaries.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

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Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• Bible study on Taste for Truth Support group page: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance pla

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I had a few extra thoughts after yesterday's podcast and thought I would share them in a super short podcast!

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If I had a dollar for every time I said "I'll start tomorrow" with my weight loss boundaries, I would be a rich woman. I'm guessing you would be too! In today's podcast, we'll take a look at how to change our thinking so we can ban that phrase from our vocabulary. We'll also renew our minds with the I'll start tomorrow questions and Bible verses from I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat).

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
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Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• I Deserve a Donut

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Michele thought she would never be able to lose her weight again, but God helped her lose it with help from Kimberly Taylor's Take Back Your Temple program and the renewing of her mind. Join us on today's podcast as we here about Michele's journey.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

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Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• Michele's Maryland FB Group: Freedom from Overeating and Food Fixation
• Kimberly Taylor's Take Back Your Temple website
• Asheritah Ciuciu's book
• I Deserve a Donut

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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We all know how hard it is to follow our weight loss boundaries during the holidays. Sometimes it helps if we remember why we want to follow them. On today's episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, we'll discuss 10 reasons to follow our boundaries this holiday season!

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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New Taste for Truth Online Bible Study begins December 5, 2017. See Online Bible Study page on barbraveling.com, for details.

In today's podcast episode, Helen shares how she lost 116 pounds and kept it off for 7 years and still going with God's help.

Helen is an author, speaker, First Place 4 Health Health group leader, triathlete and nationally certified fitness instructor. She serves as Director of Development for First Place 4 Health.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• Helen's book: Restored: Embracing Weight Loss God's Way
• First Place 4 Health Christian Weight Loss Program
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Join us on today's podcast as we talk about the following questions from listeners:

• How do I overcome the fear of gaining my weight back?
• What if you start to struggle again after you thought you were over this - for example, years down the road you gain some of your weight back?
• What do you think of intermittent fasting?
• How does a wife and mother succeed when so much of life revolves around food - i.e. shopping, preparing, cleaning up after meals, etc.
• What questions would you use for grief?

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• Holiday Renewing of the Mind Challenge Class - This is a FB group so you'll need to make a request to join the group after you click on the link.
• Directions for how to write a podcast review (I gave you the wrong link on the podcast.)

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Do you struggle to lose weight and keep it off? In this episode of the Taste for Truth Weight Loss Podcast, Sara Borgstede shares how she lost 100 pounds with God's help. We'll also talk about five steps you can take to lose weight and honor God with your body.

Sara and Becky (from the 4/12/17 podcast episode, "Weight Loss Tips") are just now launching an exciting new online program called "Faithful Finish Lines" Click here to check out their new program!

Sara Borgstede is a speaker, writer, and triathlete. She and her husband, Mike, who is a pastor, have 5 children through birth and special needs adoption and were foster parents to 35 others. Sara takes a lot of power naps.

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

• 7 Week Faithful Finish Lines Online Class
• Faithful Finish Lines Pinterest Page
• Sara's blog

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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We'll discuss the following questions from listeners in this episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• How to tame the sweets monster and change our thinking in the area of those foods we have a hard time saying no to
• How to change our desires and get to those root lies that fuel our desires (see below for something I forgot to add to the podcast on this)
• What to do when you have group accountability and everyone else is breaking your boundaries, but you're following them.
• How to choose boundaries when part of me wants them and part of me doesn't want them.
• How to go from dieting to lifelong boundaries when they look and feel like the same thing.

Things I forgot to say on the podcast:

Whenever I do a podcast like this, I often think of things I should have said afterward, but it's too hard to go back in and retape it to include those things--so when that happens (and it will only happen on podcasts that I do myself rather than interviews), I'll include that info on the blog post!

I realized afterward that I might not have fully answered Karina's question. The way you get to the bottom line lie is to keep journaling about the same things over and over again - the more you renew your mind about them, the more the lies will be revealed.

Here's an example: In Taste for Truth Bible Study, I ask people to do the "I'll Start Tomorrow" questions probably 4 or 5 times in a week-long period. One woman told me that the assignment really annoyed her, but she did it, and every time she answered the questions God seemed to give her a new layer of truth, revealing more insights.

I also find that sometimes when I'm truth journaling, God will reveal another lie I believe while I'm journaling the truth. When He does that, I just write it down and journal the truth for that lie as well. In those situations, I don't realize I'm believing that lie until halfway through the journaling process.

I also wanted to mention that I also stop podcasts when I'm listening to them and someone shares an insight that's helpful to me. So for example, when I was listening to the podcast I mentioned on today's episode, I stopped the podcast and thought about how those insights from Peter related to weight loss and also to my own life in the things I want to change and talked to God about that for a bit. When I was through, I turned the podcast back on and continued listening. I might have paused it 3 or 4 times during the podcast to talk to God.

So anyway, I hope those things are helpful. I'll be doing another Ask Barb Podcast on November 1st to finish up the questions from this podcast, so let me know if you have any questions by emailing me through the contact tab at barbraveling.com.

Update: Just wanted to let you guys know I listened to the interview with Peter Shankman again the other day and wanted to encourage you to listen to it as well. I really think it's helpful for weight loss as well even though the podcast is on productivity!

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
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• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources we Talked About on This Podcast:

• Beyond the To Do List Interview Erik Fisher and Peter Shankman Interview
• Movies about Sugar and Overeating: I found this link in a search for movies on sugar. I haven't watched all of these movies, so I don't know what's in them, but it could give you a start in finding a movie to watch if you'd like.

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Are you an all or nothing eater? Either completely on the plan or--the minute you break it--completely off the plan? Many of us struggle with black and white thinking with both our exercise and weight loss plans.

This trips us up and discourages us, keeping us from reaching our health goals. In this episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, Brandice Lardner will show us how to overcome black and white thinking in our weight loss journey.

Brandice is a nutrition coach and blogger at Grace Filled Plate. She teaches women how to ditch diets and restriction and find peace with food through God's grace. Grace that then overflows into a healthy lifestyle.

To learn more about stepping away from black-and-white thinking and creating a sustainable, healthy lifestyle, check out The Ultimate 12-Week Healthy Habit Goal Setting Planner.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• Brandice's blog: Gracefilledplate.com
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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In today's podcast, we'll discuss a lie we often believe that affects all sorts of things in our lives, including weight loss. If we can take off this lie and put on the truth, our desires will change and it will be easier to lose weight and keep it off. We'll also discuss 4 questions we can ask that will help us renew our minds about following our boundaries, exercising, eating healthy foods, and other activities that will help us live the way we want to live:

1. Do you like this activity?
2. What are the benefits of doing this activity?
3. What are the consequences of not doing this activity?
4. Do you think God wants you to do this activity, and if so, why does He want you to do it?

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Today I'm excited to have Mindy on the podcast! Here are a few of the topics we'll be talking about:

• Not wanting to submit to boundaries
• What boundaries to choose
• Afternoon Mindy and Morning Mindy
• Our relationship with food
• Spiritual Battle
• Discouragement and the slow process of change
• Why it's not easy

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• Renewing of the Mind Project Facebook Group
• Christian Weight Loss Pinterest Board

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Do you ever feel pressured to eat in social occasions? Maybe you're at a social event where everyone is eating and you don't want to be odd man out. Or you're with friends or family who will judge you if you don't eat a lot. Or maybe you're being outright pressured to join the fun and eat to your heart's content.

If you want to follow your boundaries in those situations, this podcast will help. We'll be talking about 9 lies that make us cave to the social pressure to overeat and 9 truths that will help us not cave!

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• The Lies That Make Us Cave to the Social Pressure to Overeat

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Are you intrigued by the renewing of the mind but not sure where to start? Or maybe you know where to start but you're having a hard time making yourself start? In today's episode, I'll be talking with Nanci about starting a renewing of the mind habit. Here are some of the questions we'll be discussing:

• What to do when you have your renewing time
• How to stay focused
• How to know when you've renewed your mind
• How to get to the truth when you truth journal
• The difference between doing I Deserve a Donut questions in your head or on paper
• Questions about truth journaling
• Scripture meditation

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• 3 Most Common Truth Journaling Mistakes
• Video on Scripture Meditation
• Renewing of the Mind Project Facebook Group
• The questions I mentioned in the Renewing of the Mind Project were the "Lack of Importance" questions. These can also be found at the back of the Taste for Truth Bible Study.

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Do you ever struggle to follow your weight loss boundaries? Sometimes the reason we struggle is because we're believing lies about the boundaries. In today's podcast, we'll talk about 10 lies we believe that keep us from embracing our boundaries and 10 truths that will help us want to follow them. I'll also give you a chance to renew your mind at the end of the podcast by listing your own truths for each lie.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• The Lies We Believe About Rules

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Today I'm excited to have Meg Fisher on the podcast. Meg is an online holistic nutritionist and personal trainer who is going to school to become a naturopathic doctor. She works one on one with women to help them overcome emotional eating.

She also has her own story of how God broke her free from emotional eating from the inside out. We'll be talking about that story on the podcast. Some of the topics we cover are bulimia, renewing your mind, body image, stress eating, and the negative influence of social media.

You can find more about Meg's story at her website and also sign up for a free half hour consultation if you'd like some help with overcoming emotional eating!

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• Meg's Website: megfisherwellness.com
• The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Do you ever feel like you'll never be able to lose weight and keep it off? We often feel that way after yet another episode of boundary breaking with food. In this podcast episode, we'll talk about 5 different lies we believe that make us feel hopeless and 5 truths that will make us feel more hopeful again.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources We Talked About On This Podcast:

• I Deserve a Donut blog post that this podcast was based on

Pictures of Our Hike Up Trapper Peak:

The top of the mountain (Scott is still chewing his sandwich in this picture, I think.)

I did a face plant sliding down one of these snowfields!

Taking a break on the way down (one of our friends took this picture)

The lake we hiked past on the way up and the way down

The wildflowers

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Do you ever find yourself eating too much on vacations and holidays and then regretting it later? If so, this podcast will help! We'll be talking about:

• 4 different approaches you can take to following your food boundaries on holidays and vacations
• 4 truths that will help you follow your boundaries during holidays and vacations

I'll also give you an opportunity to renew your mind as you listen to the podcast with the vacation/holiday eating questions and Bible verses from the I Deserve a Donut app.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Today I'm excited to have Frances on the podcast with us. We'll be talking about how to deal with grief, afternoon eating, and Frances's experience with having an accountability partner.

Frances lost 15 pounds during a Thin Within Bible Study and still has 10 pounds to go. She's using three meal a day boundaries and also incorporating what she's learned from Thin Within on 0-5 eating.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Today I'm excited to have April Hagen on the podcast with us. We'll be talking about the following topics:

• What does the renewing of the mind look like?
• Lies that make us eat too much on weekends
• Lies that can keep you from logging food on a fitness tracker
• Are some foods good and some foods bad?
• Two different ways we can go overboard with thinking of some foods as "bad"

April just recently started doing the Taste for Truth study and renewing her mind. She's using a fitness tracker and calories to lose weight.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

If you'd like to write a review for the Taste for Truth Podcast:

• Please click here for directions and thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or another certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Do you ever feel like you should be able to eat what you want when you want? Or do you ever think, "I'm fed up with these boundaries! I shouldn't have to live this way! I'm going to quit this old eating plan!!!"?

If so, this podcast will help. First we'll talk about where entitlement comes from and two lies that feed into it. Then I'll give you an opportunity to renew your mind with the Entitlement Eating questions and Bible verses from I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat).

How to Sign Up for Victory or Coaching Interviews:

Also, if you'd be willing to consider coming on the podcast as a guest interview, sign up for an appointment at this link: Sign-up for Interviews.

I do the interviews by Skype, which is a free program that's easy to add to your computer. When you click on the sign-up to do an interview, you'll find out what my Skype address is so that you can request me as a contact and be ready for the interview. You'll need WIFI to do the interview. I hope many of you sign up as it will be fun to meet you and visit with you!

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat) - the book
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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In today's podcast, Pat Yokley shares how she lost 60 pounds through Weight Watchers and calorie counting. We also discuss ideas to help Pat add a couple more days of exercise to her routine each week and the lies we believe that keep us from exercising.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
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• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Before:

After:

Resources We Talked About on the Podcast:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss
• Renewing of the Mind Project

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Today I'm excited to have Sarah Francois on the podcast. Sarah will be talking about how she lost weight with God's help, using three meals and two snacks for boundaries and the Taste for Truth Bible study to renew her mind.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Bible Verses We Talked About on the Podcast:

• 1 Peter 1:14
• 1 Timothy 4:7

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Janet started having problems with her weight when she was ten years old and continued struggling as she grew older. She tried many programs, but none seemed to work. Finally, she tried Cathy Morenzie's Weight Loss God's Way program and learned the tools she need to break free from the control of food. In this podcast, she'll be discussing what got her to give her weight to God and find victory.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
• To listen and subscribe on Google Play: click here

Resources We Talked About on the Podcast:

• Cathy Morenzie's Weight Loss Challenge: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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When Micah was 23, he was told that he had sleep apnea and would have to be on a breathing machine for the rest of his life. He weighed 242 pounds at the time and thought it would be worth a try to see if losing weight would help. He didn't want to be on a breathing machine for the rest of his life.

Over the course of the next year, Micah lost 72 pounds through changing his eating habits and adding exercise into his life. This enabled him to get off the breathing machine, and he's kept the weight off for the last eight years. In this interview we'll talk to Micah and find out more about his journey.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

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Resources We Talked About on the Podcast:

• Micah's website: micahbrooks.com
• Micah's how-to guitar books and other books on Amazon: click here
• 21 Day Character Challenge: click here
• Micah's weight loss blog post with before and after pictures: click here

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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In this episode, I'll be answering questions from listeners on boundaries, weight loss, accountability, and the renewing of the mind. One of the questions I answer on this podcast has to do with accountability and finding an accountability partner. If you'd like to find an accountability partner, check out the resources below.

If you'd like to find an accountability partner:

1. You can either leave a comment below or answer someone else's comment (if you do this, check back to see if anyone has replied as I'm not sure yet if you'll get notified if someone tags you in a comment), or
2. Go to the Renewing of the Mind Project Facebook Group, request membership if you're not already a member, then follow directions on the first post at the top of the page. I'll leave this as a pinned post so you can try to find an accountability partner no matter when you listen to this podcast.

How to share the podcast on social media:

• Click on that little symbol that looks like a circle to the far right of the play button at the top of this post and it will give you options to share this episode on social media.

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Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Today I'm happy to have Becky Lehman on the podcast with us. Becky is a writer, health coach, and personal trainer who blogs at soveryblessed.com. In this interview, she shares how she lost 100 pounds and other tips she's learned from coaching others who struggle with weight loss.

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Resources we talked about on the podcast:

• Becky's blog: click here
• Becky's Christian weight loss membership site: click here
• 30 Day Weight Loss Devotional E-book: click here

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Do you ever start out, excited about the renewing of the mind, watching God change you, and then falter along the way somewhere? That's what happened to today's guest on the Taste for Truth Podcast.

Dora lost 60 pounds, was renewing her mind regularly along with doing the Taste for Truth Bible study, and then she had a renewing of the mind glitch with 40 pounds still to go. On today's podcast, we'll visit with Dora about what she did to lose the 60 pounds and then brainstorm ideas to get on track again with the renewing of the mind and losing the last 40!

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Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Wouldn't it be nice if you could follow your weight loss boundaries perfectly without ever breaking them? Unfortunately, most of us can't. Sooner or later we break them. When that happens, the temptation is to say, "I already broke my boundaries! Might as well keep eating!" Then we look around and often start eating everything we can get our hands on.

If you find yourself in this position, use the Failure Eating questions and Bible verses from I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat) on this episode of the podcast to renew your mind. They'll help you to actually want to get back on track with your boundaries!

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
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Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Today I'm excited to have LaKisha Riddick on the podcast. Not only did LaKisha lose 105 pounds, but she did it online with everyone watching! In this interview, she shares the process with us.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on iTunes: click here
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Resources we talked about:

• MyFitnessPal app

How to find LaKisha Online:

• LaKisha's blog
• Blog Talk Radio
• Facebook
• Facebook Group (Private Ladies Only)
• YouTube (Share My World Show)
• LaKisha on Periscope
• Instagram
• Blab
• Email: sharemyworldshow@gmail.com

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Are you a Christian who struggles to reach your health and weight loss goals? In this episode of the Taste for Truth podcast, author and fitness trainer, Cathy Morenzie shares the top 5 mistakes that keep us from reaching our health and weight loss goals.

How to Listen to the Podcast:

• To listen and subscribe on Stitcher: click here
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Resources We Talked about on the Podcast:

• Free 21 Day Weight Loss God's Way Challenge
• Cathy's Website
• Healthy by Design, Weight Loss God's Way
• Barb's blog post on accountability partners

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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In this episode of Taste for Truth, I talk with Martha about how she lost 100 pounds with Thin Within and low-carb high-fat weight loss boundaries.

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• Thin Within workbooks
• Thin Within Online Bible Studies
• Online Bible Studies page at Barb's blog
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)

Resources Martha Used for Low Carb High Fat Boundaries:

• My Failure Story: Why I Do This
• Peace, Love, and Low Carb FB Group
• Low Carb Journey FB Group

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Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Today I'm happy to have Kimberly Taylor with us on the show! Kimberley shares her own weight loss journey with us and also shares some great tips on how to break free from emotional eating. Click here to subscribe or listen to the podcast on iTunes. Kimberly Taylor is the creator of the Take Back Your Temple program, which helps Christians grow spiritually, heal emotionally, and lose the weight. Once 240 pounds, Kim dropped from a size 22 to a size 8 through overcoming emotional eating with Biblical principles. She is the author of the Amazon bestselling book, The Weight Loss Scriptures and the online course How to Stop Binge Eating. Kim has been featured on CBN’s 'The 700 Club' television program and in Prevention Magazine, Charisma Magazine and Essence magazine. Resources we talked about on the interview: * Kimberly Taylor's Take Back Your Temple website * The Weight Loss Scriptures book * The Weight Loss Prayers book * Kimberly Taylor Amazon.com Author Page

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Have you ever said, "Just one bite"? We say that, but we rarely stop at just one bite. If you're struggling with careless eating, use these questions and Bible verses from I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat) to renew your mind.

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Sometimes it's hard to adjust to a new environment or challenge in life and we cope by eating more than is good for us. In today's coaching interview, I'll be visiting with Esther about the eating challenges she faced when she went to college.

Other Resources:

• Papa Prayer by Larry Crabb
• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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You know those times when everyone is out of the house and you think, "This would be a good time to break my boundaries!"? Those are the times we need to take a little time out and talk to God to see if it really is a good opportunity. On this episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, we'll be renewing our minds with the Sneakiness/ Opportunity Questions and Bible Verses from the Renewing of the Mind Project.

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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In this episode of Taste for Truth, I talk with Jules Lane about how she lost weight with Weight Watchers and the renewing of the mind.

Resources We Talked About On the Podcast:

• Jules' Facebook weight loss support group
• Online Bible Studies page at Barb's blog
• Scripture Lullabies

Other Resources:

• Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study
• Freedom from Emotional Eating: An 8 Week (40 Day) Bible Study
• I Deserve a Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat)
• Barb’s blog at barbraveling.com
• I Deserve a Donut weight loss app

Disclaimer: The information on this podcast and website is for educational and encouragement purposes only. Barb is not a medical professional or a counselor. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professional when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan.

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Join us on the Taste for Truth Podcast as we go to God for help with weight loss. We'll have victory interviews, coaching interviews, author interviews, tips, and even opportunities to renew your mind while you're listening to the podcast. My goal is to encourage you and equip you to break free from the control of food with God’s help.