A couple of days ago, one of my personal training clients sent me a text that frightened me into thinking that he was getting ready to fire me. It said, “I feel stuck! How do I get past the barriers I’m dealing with?” Now I recognize that my fear of getting fired was totally my…
After hearing how many of you ‘hate’ exercise, I thought I’d share some things that you can do to make you start enjoying it more. To be 100% honest, I don’t love to exercise. I don’t love sacrificing the time that it takes and I don’t love the sore muscles or little injuries that I…
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” Hebrews 12:11 NIV How disciplined are you when it comes to exercise? Most people fall into one of 3 categories: You can’t even wrap your head around the thought…
It’s the little things that you do that will have the most permanent and lasting results on your weight loss efforts. Scripture to meditate on: “For who hath despised the day of small things?” (Zechariah 4:10) We often spend so much time looking for big dramatic changes—the perfect diet; the perfect workout; the latest program,…
Experts estimate that 75% of overeating is caused by emotions. “… do not give the devil a foothold.” Ephesians 4:27 Experts estimate that 75% of overeating is caused by emotions. If you’ve struggled with emotional eating, you know how powerful this habit can become. No matter how much you want to stop it, it just…
There’s a story in the Bible of a man who had been infirm for 38 years. Jesus finds him waiting by the pool called Bethesda waiting for miraculous healing. Jesus asks him, “Do you want to get well?” The man replies, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is…
“Until your reason to succeed is bigger than your problem(s), you will continue to struggle with your weight” was the sage advice I’d been given and passed on to my client Sandra during one of our training sessions. I’m sure she was getting tired of me constantly repeating this line to her, but honestly, I…
Are you always putting off your workouts or telling yourself you’ll start tomorrow? You’re not alone. Procrastination is a serious barrier that stops us from reaching our goals. We can look to the New Testament to see the consequences of procrastination (Luke 9:59-62, Luke 14:15-24). In the parable of the Great Feast in Luke 14:…