8 Mistakes Keeping Christians Fat 🍒

Published: Fri, 06/19/20

Does this describe your view on eating?

8 Mistakes Keeping Smart Christians Fat

Do you make these mistakes in your health goals or weight loss?

Sadly, they are very common in the church. And more sadly, I’ve made every single one of these mistakes.

Yet – Praise the Lord, He has granted me the grace to share with you how to learn and overcome!

Many Christians tend to believe it doesn’t matter how much they weigh.

In the past I was always paralyzed by the number on the scale. Many times I have sat under teachings where the topic is God loves you no matter how much you weigh. I agree 100%. The subject of weight is not about God’s love for us – it is about our love for Him! And how well we want to serve Him? When I learned that truth the scale became my friend who always tells me the truth 😀
Many Christians believe all food – if prayed over – is good.

I believed this when it fit the occasion! You know what I mean☺? Yet, praying doesn’t change high fructose corn syrup into a brain connector – actually it is a brain destroyer! I believe in the almighty power of prayer yet what about discipline? Can the word discipline be a word you love and respect? It can! And I look forward to teaching you this concept!
Many Christians believe it’s all about calories

Calories are a tool ~ not a rule.In fact when the low fat fad came to the store I fell in love with Snackwells cookies – 100 calories! Yes – I was sold! Bamm – cravings intensified! How about you? Is calorie counting the answer to craving? What might you be craving instead of food? We learn how to unveil the craving through our coaching options.
Many Christians forget or ignore fasting

Fasting – you mean going without? Wow that seemed so foreign to my mind when all I wanted was food and more food! What if we could wake up and be excited about fasting today? Does that scare you or invigorate you?

Many Christians believe what we eat in secret does not matter.

Have you ever secretly believed that? My mom used to make fun of my hidden stash of food. I hid it everywhere; under my bed, in the closet, everywhere. Then when I got married I found more places to hide food. Have you ever hidden food: in the car, at your desk, in the pantry?

There are reasons we hide food or the fact that we have eaten certain foods. The answer may surprise you!

Many Christians believe it is their genes that makes them fat.

This is interesting. I looked back several generations to try to find the missing link to my fatness! Tried to blame someone! Surely there is someone who had this problem! Let's not look to the past but to ourselves and change the future.
Many Christians believe it’s their Thyroid!

The thyroid is part of the endocrine system which is all about hormones. Hormones are generally made in the gut. The gut is fed by what you eat. Yes, I have oversimplified this and I look forward to teaching more on this subject. But the bottom line – this is an excuse!
Food is Comfort.

An obvious fallacy in this comment but yet it is pandemic thinking in the church. It is a secret sauce served in many Christian homes.

What if we could deal with why you eat?

What if we could learn better ways to get comfort?

What if we could learn to enjoy food for nourishment and not our lover?

Food as comfort is food porn!

Oh, friend – this is so pivotal in life!

How did I change these mistakes into a blessing?

When I made the paradigm shift my weight dropped 50 pounds! Yes, I was sold! The Treasures of Healthy Living Bible study - see link below - was born from that experience! And today our 7 Steps to Biblical Health is the answer to these 8 mistakes.

Following the three principles taught in both the Treasures series and the 7 Steps course over the next couple years helped me drop another 10 pounds.

That was in 2004-2008. And for the most part my weight stayed constant. When my beliefs wandered like the Israelite's in the wilderness the scale responded upward. YIKES!

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