Outsmarting Thanksgiving Overeating
With Thanksgiving coming up next week, I thought I’d share a few tips that you can add to your game plan to stay on track with your Christian weight loss goals. Here we go! 1. Eat a high fiber breakfast Thanksgiving morning. Start your day with choices rich in fiber like Oatmeal, Raisin Brain, Fiber [...]
Simple Steps to Being Happy
November 11, 2008 by kimf
Filed under Depression Management
Just the other day I was watching the program Divorce Court on television. Yes, I know it’s not particularly uplifting, but I do watch occasionally because of the things it reveals about human nature. The wife on the show that day had a list of complaints against the husband a mile long. The husband responded [...]
How to Stay Motivated Around Food Temptations
How many times have you faced this situation? You’ve resolved to eat healthy, but a coworker brings in hot and fresh Krispy Kreme doughnuts into the office? Or freshly made brownies. You know what I mean. Just substitute your favorite food temptation. One newsletter reader wrote me to say that she faces food temptations constantly. [...]
How to Develop Confidence in God
November 4, 2008 by kimf
Filed under Grow Spiritually
Many years ago, I took a class in which the instructor had the students participate in an icebreaker activity. He gave us a list of skills and asked us to check off those skills that we could do- skills like ‘driving a car’ and ‘speaking a foreign language.’ After that, you switched papers with someone [...]
“When it’s Time to Change…”
October 30, 2008 by kimf
Filed under Stay Motivated
Do you remember that old Brady Bunch episode in which the Brady kids are singing and Peter’s voice starts changing in the middle of the song, causing him to sing off-key? The song lyrics went: “When it’s time to change you’ve got to rearrange Move your heart to what you’re gonna be sha na na [...]
