More of Him, Less of Me: A Daybook of My Personal Insights, Inspirations, and Meditations For the Weigh Down Diet Diet [Hardcover] Review

I purchased this book based on a recommendation from Amazon.com after I purchased Gwen Shamblin's "Weigh Down Diet."I read and re-read the pages of the book each day!I have shared my pleasure with all of my"Weigh Down" buddies and each one has purchased a copy forthemselves!

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The success of the Weigh Down Diet program is evident by both the best-selling sales of the book and the countless members of the Weigh Down program. Jan Christiansen is one of those successful members and winners.As Jan applied the principle of eating taught in Weigh Down, she not only began to lose weight, but more importantly, began to really know God.She began sharing her new insight on her website and soon found thousands of people hitting her sight each week for inspiration and encouragement for their Weigh Down journey.

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Get Thin, Stay Thin: A Biblical Approach to Food, Eating, and Weight Management [Mass Market Paperback] Review

This book can change your life.It is more a Bible study/Self-Help guide that causes us to gently examine - hopefully with God's help - why we eat past full...why we hide in our weight, what might be at the root of our self-destructive behavior, and then to gracefully, gently correct it.This isn't a "diet" book.It's not about calories, exercise, and fat counting.It's a book for those of us who are beyond that.We've done all the programs, starved, binged, hated on ourselves, etc.Now we need more.It's probably not a substitute for a counselor, and it's not a quick fix, but boy it's an awesome book, well-written, compassionate, and kind.If you are looking for a boot camp method to lose weight, this isn't it.If you are bruised, broken, and about to resign yourself to a lifetime of being fat, this is for you.

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Get Thin, Stay Thin addresses the real reason we struggle with eating problems: we try to use food to satisfy our souls. As the Hallidays explain, we all crave intimacy, security, and acceptance. When these needs are not met, we often turn to substitutes such as food. The Hallidays go beyond trendy, short-term weight-control plans and urge readers to allow God to satisfy their deepest hungers. Anyone who has struggled with weight loss will benefit from this honest and thorough look at getting beyond the guilt and the ups and downs of yo-yo dieting.

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The Weight of Grace: Experience the Freedom from Overeating that You Already Have (Paperback) Review

I completed this study in the fall of 2008.For me it was the first time I've experienced God's grace in the matter of my weight.I've been so steeped in self condemnation and legalism that I never sought God or believed that He would be willing to work in this area of my life.It felt like my choices = my consequences and all I had to do was get myself under control - which should be easy enough?
But...thru this study I learned that I had many false beliefs about God and many motivations for my eating that I can to prayerfully surrender to God - in Romans it says that 'they exchanged the truth of God for a lie' - but...I can exchange the lies I've believed for the truth of God.Now I can honestly say that my focus has shifted from myself and my failings to God and compassion toward me and His Holy Spirit at work in me.
I highly recommend this book to any woman who struggles with emotional eating - not just weight issues - to be set free from the legalism of dieting and conforming to the cultural standard - and be the woman God created you to be.

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Discover what the Bible has to say about revealing the underlying issues that motivate overeating and how to find lasting freedom from obsessions with food, weight, and dieting. For use by individuals or small groups. Contains an easy-to-use facilitator's guide. Formatted in workbook style with plenty of room provided to write answers to revelatory application questions.

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Mind Over Body: The Key to Lasting Weight Loss Is All in Your Head (Hardcover) Review

A self-help mind body spirit weight loss and fitness book by former Mr. France and Mr. Universe, Nordine Zouareg, Mind Over Body looks at the interconnection between what we believe and how we become. Zouareg is the fitness coach at the exclusive Miraval Life in Balance spa and resort in Arizona.

Zouareg describes how everyone can learn and implement his method for mental motivation--what he calls our `core desire'--and then learn how to master the tools (visualization, meditation, affirmation) to keep on track with weight-loss goals. After readers understand and practice these tools, they learn some of the basics about nutrition and the Miraval way of healthy living. The book comes with an exercise plan developed by the author to shed unwanted pounds. According to Mr. Zouareg, consistent use of the mind body spirit method will keep the additional weight off forever.

But to truly test any self-help weight loss book, I knew that I had to bring it into my own life. I started with the creative visualization, then the meditation, and finally the affirmations. I admit that I felt more than a little silly saying the affirmations. Being a writer, I found I did best by saying them, and then writing them down in a journal.

I then read about the basics of nutrition and the 40/40/20×5 fat loss plan, and tried some of the sample recipes that were actually quite tasty. The vegetable omelet was a big hit in my household.

On to the exercise....I'm more of a couch potato, but oddly enough I enjoyed the stretching exercises, even found them relaxing. The more strenuous exercises...well, I'm still working on those. I see this more as a slow progression, one that will hopefully develop into a good habit. So, how much weight have I lost? 4.5 pounds in ten days. Not bad for a former junk food eating couch potato.

Other links and resources are in the index.

I highly recommend this book if you are truly ready to change your life and willing to try a more holistic approach to weight loss and healthy living.

Armchair Interviews says: More than just a diet book, this combines the mind, body and spirit for weight-loss success.

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The true secret to weight-loss success is all in your head.

Nordine Zouareg has helped thousands of clients get healthier, be happier, and lose weight for good. And in the process, he's discovered something astounding: the mental work his clients do before they start their diet and exercise plan is actually just as (if not more) important than the plan itself.

In Mind Over Body, Nordine describes how everyone can find this mental motivation -- what he calls our "core desire" -- and then master the tools (visualization, meditation, affirmation) to keep on track with weight-loss goals. After readers develop this foundation, they move on to the inspiring nutrition and exercise plan--a simple, effective program developed to help shed weight and keep it off forever. You'll learn:

-- The fool-proof method for preparing your mind -- and your body -- before you diet
-- Thirty delicious foods that are the staples of the Mind Over Body eating plan
-- When to cheat -- without blowing your diet
-- How to get an effective workout in just 24 minutes a day
-- The 10 commandments of mindful strength training

As the fitness coach at Miraval Life in Balance spa, Nordine has worked with celebrities, business leaders, discerning travelers, and soccer moms all across North America. Rated the #1 spa by Conde Nast Traveler, the #1 destination spa by Travel and Leisure, and the top spa in American by Zagat, Miraval has become the premier destination for bringing people?s lives into balance and teaching them how to live mindfully. Now, in Mind Over Body, Nordine teaches the same program that has proven wildly successful for his clients (and himself!) for the past twenty years. Learn how to determine your true fitness goals...and get the tools you need to finally make it come true!

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Craving Hope: A Spiritual Companion on Your Weight Loss Journey [Paperback] Review

On her web site, Joni Woelfel explains that her work has always risen out of what she needed to learn. In the introduction to this, her sixth book, she writes of researching the spirituality of weight loss "through the lens of an investigative reporter." No question the material is well researched, but it is also presented in an organized format appropriate to the subject matter. As one would expect, Woelfel recommends using the book in conjunction with a sound program based on healthy diet and exercise. She has also included five workbook lessons for small group use.

Woelfel breaks her personal 90-day journey into 10 stages, starting with Becoming Ready. A single stage consists of nine days presented with a heading; quotation from scripture and various other sources; reflection question with space for notes; affirmation; prayer; and mantra. For example, Stage Five, Understanding Struggle, begins with a discussion of plateaus on Day 37. The day's topic, When Nothing Is Happening, opens with a quote from author Kathleen Norris who writes of the need to "wrestle" with the high plains region of the Dakotas "before it bestows a blessing." Woelfel's theme is "one of those blasé, it's-hard-to-get-up-off-the-couch type days when motivation has gone on vacation." She offers several suggestions, including visiting a friend and undertaking a craft project. The reflection question addresses physical and spiritual plans for dealing with plateaus. The daily affirmation reads: "Becoming despondent over a period where exercise and diet don't appear to be working ignores the greater reason for the journey in the first place." In her closing prayer, Woelfel asks God's help in grasping lessons and insights that arise from waiting. The daily mantra is "I will value the experience of "just being."

Woelfel's journal also reports on progress of a fascinating wall-building project inspired by her desire to "visually portray the spiritual interconnectedness we receive as we enter the fullness of God."

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Joni Woelfel has been there: She's faced the dreaded scale, debated the merits of the latest fad diet, and struggled to stop the yo-yo effect of dieting. What she has learned is that for all the emphasis on the science of weight loss, the personal and spiritual aspects matter just as much. Our bodies respond to our life stories through our mind/body/spirit connection.In Craving Hope, Woelfel invites readers on a ninety-day weight loss journey through the challenges, emotions and insights she encountered on her own. Reflections include:

It's All Connected

When Nothing Is Happening

Preventing Roadblocks

Childhood Conditioning

Weightless Grace

Nation of Consumers

While this book is designed to be used in conjunction with a credible weight loss program, Woelfel recommends scientifically sound practices while encouraging readers to explore their relationships to food, exercise, family and God.An easy to use resource for individuals, Craving Hope is also ideal for small group use and includes discussion questions and group activity suggestions at the end of each of its five parts.

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A Christian Woman's Journal to Weight Loss (Hardcover) Review

Many people ignore God as they seek better health, but for author Patricia Thomas, it wasn't an option. "A Christian Woman's Journal to Weight Loss: A 52-Week Guide to Losing Weight with the World" is about one woman's mission to lose weight and how blending in a spiritual workout helped her mission. With fifty two scriptures and reflections, Thomas urges readers to follow her example, and "A Christian Woman's Journal to Weight Loss" is fine reading for those who want their spirit to get in shape with their bodies.

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When you make the decision to lose weight, it can often be a struggle. As Christian women, we know that the word of God is our very present help in time of need. Patricia Thomas' husband brought her a journal as she began her weight loss journey, and she leaned on the word of God to help her successfully lose weight. A Christian Woman's Journal to Weight Loss: A Guide to Losing Weight with the Word can help you, too. In a week-by-week format, this book includes the 52 scriptures that Patricia relied on and her reflections on how those scriptures helped her face her weight loss challenges. The book follows each scripture with a journaling prompt that the reader can use to help her focus that scripture on her weight loss challenges and record her own reflections. God has a plan for our lives, and as women we have to remember that it is not to give of ourselves until we have just given out. We must make time to take care of the temple that we have been given, so that we can live and live abundantly.

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The Joy of Weight Loss (Paperback) Review

This book is the real thing.The author did what few people can do, lose weight and keep it off for good. It's a whole new idea about how to get thinner.No b.s. here.Honest and simple.There's a lot about simple nutrition, but no dieting.I like it because I can eat anything, and often, all day long.Chumley doesn't make me do heavy exercise, either.I started just walking 10 to 15 minutes a day and that was enough and I could do it.Most important, this book brought me closer to God and helped me put my beliefs into action. I'm losing weight with it.Thank God. I think this book can help you too.Give it a try.I also like his website

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On September 6, 1989 Norris Chumley was at a crossroads. At 330 pounds and rising, it was simply a matter of time before he would again tip the scales at the 400 pounds he had reached many times before. He had been on virtually every diet, and they'd all failed. He felt hopeless, and, in rare glimpses of honesty, secretly admitted he was slowly committing suicide.
The Joy of Weight Loss is the dramatic story of how Norris Chumley turned his life around. It details how Chumley came to accept his conflict about food and body image and finally looked long and hard at his weight fluctuations and diet history. Chumley shares his experiences and secrets of success-of how he discovered joy and lasting happiness, with permanent freedom from obesity.
Unlike other weight-loss or diet books, The Joy of Weight Loss is a weight-management book that offers a fresh new solution to everyone's quest for health and happiness. There are no magic pills, no starvation or binge diets. There are no crash courses or deprivations. Chumley instead counsels a sensible diet, taking pleasure in pleasurable movement rather than a punishing exercise regime, and, most importantly of all, learning to surrender yourself to a higher power and discover a true form of self-love that is at once accepting and transforming.

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Spiritual Secrets to Weight Loss (Paperback) Review

This is the best Christian book I've ever read about weight loss because it gets right to the heart of the matter - God's word and plans for us - to live and be healthy.I have lost 20 pounds in 2 months using the practical principles revealed in this book.Thank You Kara Davis for being bold enough to tell the truth and professional enough to do it gently!
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Spiritual Secrets to Weight Loss
By Kara Davis, MD
The root problem of being overweight or obese is not physical hunger but spiritual hunger.Spiritual Secrets to Weight Loss, organized into an easy-to-use fifty-day format, emphasizes both the physical and spiritual aspects of weight loss and encourages positive health habits and long-term lifestyle changes.This book will:
MOTIVATE people to make changes for better health
ENCOURAGE them to stay on the path to permanent weight loss
INSTRUCT them with facts and tips on nutrition, diet, and exercise
INSPIRE them through the practical application of God's word

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