Hello, You have probably said all of these to your server. I have too. “Dressing on the side.” “No bread, please.” “I’ll just have the salad.” “Whatever is on the skinny menu.” And when the meal is over, some version of “I’ll be good tomorrow.” We have all been told to do these things. And…

  · by Cathy Morenzie Last Sunday we talked about three things you need to stop saying if you want to lose weight: “I just need to…”, “Once and for all”, and “Starting Monday.” Three sentences we say right before we make ourselves a promise we have already broken a dozen times. Based on the…

· by Cathy Morenzie It is nine o’clock at night. The house is finally quiet. And you are standing in front of the open refrigerator with no real memory of walking there. You did everything right all day. And now you are eating crackers over the sink. The diet industry has exactly one explanation for…

This post first appeared in Spirit-Filled Sundays, the weekly newsletter from Weight Loss God’s Way. There are three sentences I want you to stop saying. Not because they are unkind, and not because they are untrue exactly. Because every one of them is doing the opposite of what you think it is doing. 1. “I…

Last week I told you my blood sugar was spiking on foods the app called free. I promised I was coming for your smoothie this week. Bring the banana. For years, my daily staple was a homemade smoothie. My own version of the ones from the smoothie shop, loaded with banana, mango, and pineapple. All…

· by Cathy Morenzie I was in church this morning, and the message was this: change does not come until a belief becomes a value. I had already decided this was what I wanted to say to you this month. I sat down this morning and heard it preached better than I had planned to…

Last week we talked about how Weight Watchers points can quietly become the goal. This week I want to show you why counting anything, points, calories, or carbs, will never be enough on its own. And I am going to start with my own blood work. A few years ago, my blood sugar numbers started…

· by Cathy Morenzie I have been doing my own quiet work with sugar this month — paying honest attention to it, and learning what my body truly needs and what is simply habit. And in all my reading, one thing keeps coming back to me: it is rarely the big, dramatic overhaul that changes…