When will this not be so hard any more? When will it not be such a struggle? To be honest, the only truthful answer to this question is... maybe never. We have lived many years of our lives without...
How To Keep At It
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Week 8 – That Darn Scale (Again) and Food Just TASTES Good!
This week we are investigating two things that spur us to eat outside of our primary boundary of physical hunger and satisfaction. One is our response to our weight on the bathroom scale...(I really...
Week 7 – I Don’t WANNA! (Revisited) Indulgent and Social Eating
Here we are again. At the office party or in the kitchen after bible study and NUTS if the food isn't just TOO tantalizing. It seems to have a magnetic pull on us. We tell ourselves NO... we WON'T...
Each Moment Matters!
This is an old video that I created some time back when we were studying chapter 10 of the Thin Within book. What if we were to renew our minds and think God's thoughts about the value of a moment?...
Week 6 – Counting Blessings, Praising God for Progress!
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. - Psalm 150:6 NIV Have you ever known someone who, no matter what wonderful things were going on, they found the dark clouds amidst...
Rejecting God’s Love
"Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God's love for them. - Jonah 2:8 NIV This week has been challenging for me. No small wonder. Any time I decide to teach something, God wants to be...
Can You – WILL You – Just Say No to Self?
My husband is an environmental lawyer. He often tells me about his work and something called "toxic torts." I have to admit...I still, after all this time, have NO idea what a "toxic tort" is, but...
When We Feel Like Pitching a Fit!!!
We have all experienced temper tantrums. Usually, the context is our kids' attempts to get their way...or maybe it's someone else's kids. 🙂 But have you ever wanted to throw a temper tantrum? Or...
Snacks and Intimacy with God! 😀
Entitlement can be something we *learn*! Some of these thoughts we want to recognize may be "left overs" 🙂 from our dieting days. Two of these are: 1.) Snacks don't count 2.) I am entitled to...