Body Image & Weight Loss Category
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Working Through Hurts in a Relationship (part 2)
Dottie Pickett In my article last month, I talked about the first step in working through hurts in relationships. That step involves identifying your feelings surrounding a relational situation or event. The next step I…
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The Way Out!
Henry Cloud Jeri had been enslaved to binge eating for a long time. Her doctor had sent her to counseling because he feared for her health. She was very overweight and had a history of…
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Mom's Recipe for Fitness Success
Julie Davis Many people tend to accept the negative effects of aging as a fact of life that they have little or no control over. They seem to sit back and allow the calendar to…
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What Your Weight Is Saying About You
John Townsend If you struggle with weight control, ask yourself, What could my weight be telling me about the state of my soul? As you reflect on this question, consider whether any of the following…
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Breaking Up the Fear and Food Addictive Relationship: Part 2
Steve Arterburn The fear and food addictive relationship cycle spins in the following order: ‘ Denial ‘ Emotional Pain ‘ Food fuels the process ‘ The cost (weight gain and other costs) ‘ Self-loathing, followed…
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SICK OF WORK, WORK WORK!
Jeenie Gordon “We’re having a Labor Day party at my house. Everyone dress up as an occupation, and I’ll give assignments for food.” We obeyed orders. Meeting us at the door, her hair was pulled…
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Taking Out My Emotional Trash
Brenda Allison Outside my window I catch glimpses of bright sunshine reflecting off patches of water in the Gulf of Mexico as we speed along Interstate-10. From the passenger seat I hear the radio station…
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Disconnection from God Feeds Addiction
Henry Cloud People get addicted to things for a variety of reasons. The overarching reason is that we are human ‘ separated from God and his life ‘ and as a result we find ourselves…
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Breaking Up the Fear and Food Addictive Relationship: Part 1
Steve Arterburn The fear and food addictive relationship cycle spins in the following order: ‘ Denial ‘ Emotional Pain ‘ Food fuels the process ‘ The cost (weight gain and other costs) ‘ Self-loathing, followed…
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Seven Deadly Fitness Sins
Julie Davis 1. Lack of discipline: having trouble planning and focusing on fitness goals, and difficulty with organization. If you arrived at adulthood with difficulties in these areas, you’re going to need to find people…
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