There is one major mistake we make when we want to lose weight. We go on a diet. We might lose weight, but 80% or more of us will gain that weight back again. Part of the reason we do that is we want a quick and easy fix. But for lasting change to happen quick and easy won’t work.

In order to keep the weight off we must change our lifestyle. To do we have an intense desire for what we really want. Which means, we have to know why we want to lose weight in the first place. We also have to accept where we are, own our issues and then, surrender them to God.

Walking out our journey will involve every part of us—body, soul and spirit. Don’t miss the exercise I mention in this podcast. It will be very revealing. 

Also here’s the link to join the waitlist for Overcomers Academy: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/Overcomers-Academy/. Get on the list now to be notified when doors open the end of January. They will only be open for seven days. Those on the waitlist will be notified before the public and be the first to be able to take advantage of our early bird bonus!

Episode 009—One Word from God

Discovery Is A 2020 Word

One word from God can make all the difference in our lives. Just one word! At the beginning of the year, I look forward to God giving me a word to define the year. He’s done this for me for a long time, but I didn’t start keeping track of those words until 2013, which was a pivotal year for me. That was the year He gave me the word grace. That word has made all the difference in my life.

This year He gave me the word discovery. I was a little let down by that word. It just didn’t seem very spiritual. However, when God began pulling back the curtain, I was amazed at what I saw. Come with me on a journey of discovery of how just one word can change us completely.

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Episode 008—Leaving a Legacy

What legacy are you leaving to your family? Here are a few questions to ponder based on Deuteronomy 30:19. What have I done to my children and to my family? What bad habits am I teaching them? What comfort foods will they become addicted to? Is there any way I can turn this around? Have I already done too much damage?

What things do I want to change now in order to make my life better in the future? What kind of legacy do I want to leave that would honor my life and honor my God?

Here is the url for my gift to you: https://TeresaShieldsParker.com/kicksugar/. Enjoy!

Everyone loves comfort food. This time of the year comfort foods abound when family and friends get together to celebrate the holidays. Too much comfort food, though, ends up in us being very uncomfortable because of the weight we’ve gained. 

I learned I was really eating comfort foods because of three ways I was broken. Find out what those ways are, how I got through them and how you can too.

Have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? Send it to [email protected] and it might end up as an episode of its own!

Temptation will happen to us. That is a given. The issue is how do we see the temptation coming? God doesn’t tempt us, so we know it is the evil one partnering with our own desires. What kind of strategies does he use? How can we guard against falling into his trap? How does God help us? How can we help ourselves? We discuss four types of temptation, how to recognize them and not fall prey to them again.

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God is always nudging us. He’s always speaking to us. We just aren’t always listening to what He has to say. I learned this lesson the hard way, by doubting something God told me to do and regretting it. It taught me a lesson I will never forget. Now when I even think it might be God nudging me to do something, I’m all in. I don’t want to be one of His rebellious children, especially if it has to with living a healthier lifestyle.

Episode 004—Great Adventure With God

We all long to take that great adventure with God, maybe go to a foreign country, save an indigenous tribe, put a little excitement in our lives. Instead, we look at our lives and feel like they are dull, ordinary and mundane. God, though, wants us to take us on a great adventure with Him. Learn the secret ingredient necessary to make that trip.

Have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? Send it to [email protected] and it might end up as an episode of its own.

Quick Episode Summary:

• Everyone needs a good adventure
• How Teresa used to deal with stress
• Surrendering to the Lord
• How Sweet Grace started
• Walking in compassion
• Faith takes courage
• Why Teresa started a podcast

I’d sung the song I Surrender All many time. I’ve even felt like I surrendered to God. But there was still one thing I held back for myself. There was one thing that I clung to as if my life depended on that. When I gave up that one thing, everything, and I do mean everything changed in my life.

Have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? Send it to [email protected] and it might end up as an episode of its own.

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Quick Episode Summary:

• All things work together for good
• The similarities between sugar and alcohol
• When the weight started coming back
• Breaking the addiction to sugar
• The sugar cycle
• Coming back to sanity
• Setting boundaries
• Setting smart goals

My world seemed to come to end when the cardiac surgeon told me I had five years to live if I didn’t lose weight and keep it off. The ball was squarely in my court. Did I want to live? And if so, why did I want to live? What did I have to live for?

Have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? Send it to [email protected] and it might end up as an episode of its own!

Quick Episode Summary:

• When Teresa was facing open-heart surgery
• When Teresa hit her low point
• The joy of obedience
• Loving food more than your life
• Accspting responsibility
• Teresa's milestones
• A prayer of forgiveness

My story is all about moving the mountain of weight that I had on my body. At one time I weighed 430 pounds. When I asked God how to move my mountain, He gave me clear and precise instructions. I just didn’t want to follow what He said. This is where my story begins.

Have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? Send it to [email protected] and it might end up as an episode of its own!

Quick Episode Summary:

• Meet Teresa!
• About Teresa's family
• Teresa's love for writing
• A look into Teresa's weight loss journey
• When everything changed for Teresa
• Teresa's first lesson in weight loss
• Overcoming sugar
• God sees you
• Follow the leader