#0009- 2 Get Back on track with 6 simple steps.

This is a common struggle most of us have.

The cycle of committing, quitting, spiriling, getting mad at ourselves and spiriling deeper.  Then we commit again just to have the cycle repeat.

It is possible to stop quitting on ourself and keep going.

Listen for the 6 step process to get back on track for the last time.

You got this.  

"I am strong and of good courage, I do not fear nor am I afraid, for the Lord my God, He is the one who goes with me.  He will not leave me nor forsake me."  Deut. 31:6

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#0008- 2 Weight-loss lessons from the Bachelor.

This is a fun one.

As I was scrolling on Instagram, I saw an old video snippet of the bachelor and realized we can learn a couple great lessons that will benefit us as we are losing weight.

Be sure to listen in as we see how:

1.  we can believe we can lose the weight if it's not working now

2.  how not to spiral out of control even if we are gaining weight in the moment.

We also talk about God's promise for us in Matthew 17:20 and how our faith will get us the result we want.

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#0007- 3 steps to stop eating when you're bored.

Most of us don't want to be bored.

We are uncomfortable with it.

Some of us are afraid of it.

We turn to food when boredom hits.

Listen to today's episode to find out the 3 steps to overcome boredom eating.  

We discuss:

1.  What causes boredom in the first place

2.  What we can do instead of eat our way through boredom

3.  How gratitude can help us overcome boredom eating

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#0006- The difference between someone losing the weight and not losing the weight is their level of commitment.

That's it.

Listen to episode #0006 to learn:

1.  Why we don't stay committed

2.  The one thing that keeps us stuck

3.   How to get our commitment back once we lose it

4.  What God says about commitment

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#005 -What we currently believe about ourself is based on thoughts from our past.

Beliefs are thoughts we think over and over again.

We often aren't aware of our beliefs because we have been thinking them for so long.

We want to become a watcher of our thoughts.

We want to question what we are thinking about our weight-loss journey and keep what is serving us and let go of what is not.

Instead of looking to our past to see if we can lose the weight this time, let's focus on the future and what is possible.

Focusing on the future means we recognize our limiting beliefs, let them go, and replace them with beliefs that serve our dreams. 

It means focusing on the road ahead and getting excited about the future.  

#004 - Most of us have not been taught to process our emotions.  We want to avoid feeling uncomfortable and have taught ourselves that certain foods can ease our pain.

But the truth is that life is 50/50. 

50% uncomfortable and painful and 50% positive and happy.

Our brains want to avoid that 50% of discomfort.

If we want to get back to our natural weight, we need to stop numbing our feelings with food.

The way we do this is to process our feelings.

Emotions are just vibrations.

When we are willing to feel any vibration, we find that it's not so scary after all.

Be sure to listen to learn 4 ways to process an emotion, specifically an urge to eat.

When we do this, the urges get smaller and we can be around food without the need to give in.

God's promise in this episode comes from James 1:2-3.  We will have trials.  We don't need to resist them.  In fact, when we open up to them and allow the discomfort, we grow and become the next version of ourselves.

Happy listening! 

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#003 - It's important to know the cause of overeating...desire.

Basically, when we love food too much, it becomes very difficult to stop overeating.

Instead of trying to use our willpower (which will run out anyway) it is possible to create a natural desire for food.

Every time we eat, the "feel good" neurotransmitter, dopamine, is released.

Our natural desire comes from the subtle reward healthy food provides and the satisfaction of hunger.

When we eat foods that release dopamine at unnatural levels, we get much more desire than we need from food.

When we cut back on food to lose weight without addressing the over-desire, we increase our desire for food by withholding it.  This is why our willpower is so low when we start new weight-loss programs.

The ultimate goal is weight-loss is to reduce the desire for overeating.

When that is gone, you will have no need for willpower or extra effort to resist overeating.

This can be very overwhelming at first.  Especially when we have loved food most of our lives.  

Be sure to listen as we discuss willpower, now appeal and delay to get back to our natural desire for food.

Remember in Galatians 6:9 where God promises us that in due time we will reap what we sow if we do not lose heart or relax our courage.

Keep going, your time is coming!

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#002 - It is possible to lose weight feeling satisfied and not hungry and deprived all the time.  This is done by balancing our hunger hormones.

In this episode we talk about our 3 main hunger hormones and the role they play in feeling satisfied while losing weight.

Listen to learn about...

1.  Insulin, the fat storing hormone.

2.  Leptin, the hormone that tells us we are full.

3.  Ghrelin, the hormone that tells us we are hungry.

We also talk about 3 ways to balance these hormones so we can be successful in our weight-loss journey.  When our hormones are in balance, weight-loss becomes easy & fun.

We end this episode with God's promise for us as we embark on this journey of balancing our hormones.  

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In this episode we dig deeper into why we overeat.  We talk about the role hunger hormones play into our physical hunger and how our love for food affects emotional eating.

We discuss how we can align God's promise that nothing is impossible for Him and how we can align that to our weight-loss journey.

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