This Life We Live in the Body: A Podcast about Gospel Centered Weight Loss

Join us and our special guest, Kelsey, as we discuss what it means to be too weak when we are in Christ.  It may or may not come as a surprise to you that, in fact, we are too weak and our strength comes in Christ alone.  What does that look like in terms of eating and exercise?  Find out.

For a special one-off episode, Katie and Becki apply the gospel to a different area:  housekeeping!  It's officially "This Life We Live in the Body:  HOME EDITION"  What does the gospel teach us about cleaning our home and what does cleaning teach us about the gospel?  We talk about it and find new ways to think about our weight loss journey too.

It is so hard for us when we feel like we aren't in control of a situation, but this is ironic for two reasons. First of all, our desperate attempts to control, manipulate, or fix one area of our lives usually manifests itself in lack of control in another area (like eating too much or too little). Second, we really are not in control of anything in the first place. Growing in the gospel requires us to let go of what we think we have control of and acknowledge God's utter sovereignty over all things. Only then can we truly rest. 

We all find ourselves in busy seasons of life, but is that business keeping you from the important things?  Join in our discussion of why we are so busy and what should be more important.

This week, Becki and Katie are joined by their friend, Michelle Alvarez, who shares her story of how the gospel and her relationship to food has intersected throughout her life. Michelle is the author of a 31-day devotional, Shattered: Through the Heartbreak and Healing of Abortion, inspired by her own journey of recovery and healing. Praise God, Michelle, for your story. Thank you for sharing it with us. 

Every weight loss journey requires patience, and how we wish it wasn't so! Waiting without whining (or giving up!) is so difficult! Or am I the only one?

Do you ever find yourself thinking "I can do this all by myself" or "I have to do this all by myself"? You might be believing this lie more than you think... we found lots of ways that we deny our dependence on God, and a lot of them look like legalism. To unpack it all, we have a very special guest -- our first MALE guest -- Dan Dubois (Becki's and Katie's brother, Sarah's husband). Dan is a pastor, dad, and most interestingly, one of our very few male listeners. Thank you so much for joining us Dan!! 

Consistency is the cornerstone of any successful weight loss plan, and that's why it's so frustrating when we feel like we are own worst enemy by constantly failing to stick with our plan. Why is consistency so hard? We look into that today!

This week Katie and Sarah are joined by good friend Julie Konieczny, who shares her own spiritual journey and how it intersects with the relationship she has with her body. 

Podcast Notes: 

- A Praying Life by Paul Miller

- Identity Theft by Melissa Kruger

- Hope When it Hurts by Kristen Wetherell, Sarah Walton

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This week we have our first podcast guest! Our dear friend and sister in Christ Trish Torres joins us to talk about the lie, "food makes me happy." 

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