“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest–and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.” Proverbs 6:10 I’m looking at a book on my shelf called Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson. It’s basic premise teaches people the importance of…
Do you set weight-loss goals? Do you achieve them? I can’t remember the amount of times I woke up from a weekend or week-long session of binge-eating saying, “That’s it! This week I’m going to eat nothing but vegetables!” Well that usually lasted for about a day and then I would get too hungry and…
If you’re a health-conscious Christian who has been praying about your weight and health, yet it feels like you’re still not gaining victory in this area of your life, then this post is for you. It is inspired by a great question that a member shared about her frustration with reaching out to God…
In the health and fitness world, we’ve been led to believe that if you exercise and diet, your excess weight will just magically melt away but first hand experience will tell you that this is not true. Although this may be the case for a small percentage of people, studies tell us that 90% of…
In our Haven program, we have just started a new series on ‘Overcoming Procrastination’. In our group, we all agreed that it’s a topic that we all do in varying degrees but most of us are stumped on how to eliminate this nasty habit permanently. If you have taken our monthly 21-Day Challenge then you…
The other day one of my son’s soccer coaches sent out a 3-page email telling the boys that they did not want success bad enough. At first I was offended that a coach would be so hard on 14 year old boys but after thinking about it, he was 100% right. Here’s a line from…
“How much should I weigh?” This is one of the most popular responses I get from clients when I ask them ‘what is your ideal weight?’ Whether you want to know ‘just how bad it is’ or you want to know what a healthy weight range should be for you, it is important that you…
After almost 30 years of working with people to help them achieve their health and weight loss goals, I’m able to see a pattern among the people that will get results versus the ones that will keep spinning their wheels. The ones that correct these mistakes see results, while those who are still committed…