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The towel had frayed edges and a splotch of lasagna on one corner, but it changed my outlook – and my closets — forever. It was my turn that day to deliver donations to Unity House –apartments housing women who had recently come through drug detox.  Most were setting up housekeeping from scratch and lacked…

Breakfast is an important meal — maybe the most important one you’ll eat all day. But, what can you eat?  You aren’t eating high glycemic bagels anymore, and we aren’t even talking about doughnuts.  Most cereals are on the yellow or red list. But, yes, there are things you can eat.  How about a Funny…

The numbers on the scale don’t measure the distance between you and God.  They just tell how much gravity is pulling on you.  Don’t lose sight of that! But, it is true that food can become an idol and an addiction.  The Apostle Paul spoke of that in his letter to the Philippians.  He  told…

I picked up the dog-eared old book from the pile I was sorting.  I hadn’t read it in years, but I remembered it well. It made me feel miserable. It was all about how fat was a spiritual problem and if you were right with God, you would be set free from its clutches.  Great. …

Why did I DO that?  We ask ourselves.  I was doing so well on my eating plan.  Why did I mess up and eat that candy bar? We talked yesterday about one reason our good resolves shatter and fail.  Sugar is physically addicting.  The more you eat, the more you want. It is also emotionally…

Are you finding it tough to get off the sugar and the carbs that turn into sugar in your bloodstream?  Maybe you do okay for a while and then find yourself in the middle of a binge. And you ask, “Why don’t I have any willpower?  Why is this so hard” There is an answer. …

Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.   Job 13:15 “This stuff is nasty,” my daughter Becky groaned. “Do I have to take it?” “Trust me and swallow,” I replied as I maneuvered the spoonful of medicine into her mouth.  Her face contorted into grimaces horrible to behold as the bitterness hit her…

“Hey, I thought you were going on a diet?” Paul said. “I am,” I answered around a mouthful of Oreos.  “On Monday. These are my ‘goodbye’ cookies. I’m eating the things I won’t be seeing for a long time.” And that’s what I thought I was doing — but I was really sabotaging myself, big…

Well, that was a surprise! After a difficult four days when life interfered with my diet and exercise program, I stepped on the scale with a feeling of trepidation. How much ground had I lost — er, gained — with this set back? I was shocked to see the numbers that appeared on the digital…

Are all those extra steps really doing anything for you?  Yes, according to the research published in January in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). In an Australian study, researchers tested 592 middle-aged adults.  They gave the subjects a pedometer and told them how to use it.  They re-examined the steppers five years later. The subjects…
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