These Bible verses on health can help you hear what God has to say about your body, healthy choices, sickness, weight loss, and more. We all hope to experience good health, and wish the same for those who we love and cherish. When we live healthy lives, we are able to serve others better, and …
Christian Weight Loss
Take your weight loss to a deeper level by making Christ the center of your weight loss journey.
Is weight loss always about vanity and fitting into this world? Those lines get blurry but here are 5 things Christian weight loss is NOT. I stumbled across a blog post on Pinterest that really disturbed me. “You see, faith-based weight loss plans are not about honoring God. They’re about vanity. They’re about diet culture. …
If you struggle with emotional eating or overeating and you want to eat as an act of worship, use these 5 ways to glorify God in your eating. God wants to be involved in every square inch of your life. That includes the activities that don’t feel spiritual or impactful (because they ALL are, even …
The 10-step Christian goal-setting process with questions, prayers, and Bible verses I use to seek God’s will in my weight loss, business, faith, & more. As a Christian woman who wants to live a purposeful life, I try to be intentional about regularly setting goals. **Make sure to scroll to the bottom of this post …
Looking for Christian exercise music for clean, upbeat faith-filled songs? Check out this workout playlist, perfect for running, at-home workouts, and more! Confession – I really don’t like workout remixes. I’m not a fan of techno music and when they try to jazz up songs to boost the tempo…well, they often lose me because of …
If you are looking for Christian motivation to lose weight, read these 13 blessings for weight loss to inspire, encourage, and motivate you on your journey. I absolutely love my church. I love the intensely vulnerable emotion in our worship leader. I really respect my pastor’s strong biblical foundation mixed with his heart for authenticity. …
Instead of beating yourself up for your mistakes, trade your guilt for God’s grace in these 6 times on your weight loss journey. I can’t be trusted around food. I’ll never be able to do this. I’m such a failure. I have too much weight to lose. I just overate…again. I could never run a …
Looking for an encouraging way to combine your faith with fitness? Check out the best at-home Christian workouts, from free workouts to subscriptions. I just want to clarify right off the bat that any workout can be a “Christian workout.” You certainly don’t need Bible verses or Christian music to make exercise an act of …
It’s true! Praying before meals can actually help you overcome overeating and glorify God. Here’s how simply saying grace can change the way you eat. One of the biggest struggles women have when they are trying to lose weight is making changes to their eating. Whether it’s emotional eating, overeating, or being tempted by junk …
With Christmas cookies, massive Thanksgiving dinners, & treats everywhere, use these simple & realistic tips to avoid holiday weight gain. It’s easier than ever to overeat during the holiday season. There are Christmas cookies, chocolates, and other decadent treats on every street corner, in every mall and grocery store, and now can even be delivered …
Are you curious about what Christian weight loss even means? Use these faith-based tips to make God the center of your weight loss journey. Christian weight loss isn’t just about losing weight. It’s about transforming your life from the inside out. When I was obese and 100 pounds overweight, I wasn’t asking God for help. …
Learn how to pray for your weight loss journey and use these 16 sample prayers for weight loss to get you started. I am a huge fan of practical tips for losing weight. The fact is, if you want to lose weight, you have to change some of the habits in your life! Talk about …
Use these 3 steps to invite God into your weight loss journey and pray for true freedom from overeating, emotional eating, insecurities, guilt and so much more. I didn’t know it when I started, but the real goal of my 100-pound weight loss journey was finding freedom. Here are some prayers to help you find freedom …
If you struggle with overeating, eating in secret, or cravings that just won’t quit, read on. It’s never an intentional thing when we are worshipping food above God, but sometimes making food an idol in our lives still happens. But there is freedom out there and it is so worth finding! It’s Just Food. What’s …
What is the difference between guilt and shame? Let’s look at what guilt looks like from a Christian perspective and see when it crosses the line into shame. For years, I’ve thought guilt is all bad. I’ve believed that God is not a God of guilt because He’s a God of grace. And, without a …
This year, I want you to genuinely enjoy Thanksgiving. I want you to be happy, healthy, and blessed, whether you are trying to lose weight or not! These are some of the Thanksgiving “rules” I’ve learned over the years to make for a happy holiday meal. Don’t undereat for the sake of “being good” or …
What if your weight loss as a Christian wasn’t just about the result of your goal weight, but instead the process of becoming a living sacrifice for Christ? If anybody asked me about my health and weight loss goals during my weight loss journey, I gave one answer. “My goal weight is 150 pounds.” That number …
Is it possible that God is trying to speak to you, even in the midst of your emotional eating? He did to me. This is what He said. As I sat down with the bag of Cheetos, I knew I should have just taken a handful. It was a long, stressful day. People wanted more …
Here’s how each of the Fruit of the Spirit can help you conquer emotional eating, dieting, and lose weight for good while growing closer to God. I love the verse in Galatians that lists the fruit of the spirit. Actually, it is probably the verse I have relied on more often than any other verses …
Your worth is not determined by your weight. That statement is probably one that you would emphatically believe if you said it to your kids, your family, and your friends, but do you really believe it yourself? This is not just another one of those “everybody is beautiful” or “love your body” kind of posts. …
As Christians, we strive to live for Christ, but what about in weight loss? With the world full of “experts”, what message do we build our health upon? You know those people you meet for the first time and instantly click with? That was how it was when I talked to Brandice for the first …
An open letter to you, dear one, feeling sick and tired of diet and exercise, discouraged, and ready to give up on your weight loss journey altogether. Dear Discouraged One, Don’t give up. I know you are just done with all of this diet and exercise junk. Sick of constantly saying no to all of …
Christian women, take the dread & obligation out of your workout by bringing God to the center and making exercise an act of worship. Over the course of my 100-pound weight loss journey, I’ve heard all kinds of tips about finding your fitness motivation. Some people recommend keeping a dress you love in a smaller …
Sure, God cares about every detail of your life, but does He really care about what you eat? Here’s how to glorify God with healthy eating. This morning, I came home from my run to find that my family had saved me the middle piece (the best piece of all the pieces!) of the most amazing omelet I’ve ever tasted with a side …