Author Archives: freefromfood

Last week, I made an appointment with the nutritionist. It was my first one. Since March, I have been maintaining my weight (mostly). Though I would have told you I had a desire to work toward weight loss, that was not apparent in my actions. I took a step in the right direction, but reallyContinue reading “Taking the Next Step”

Every day I have to choose. Every day. I have to remind myself-not the old way. No longer. You have been raised to life in Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ that lives within me. Some days are harder than others. Especially during COVID-19. I remember and I still experience theContinue reading “CHOOSING a new relationship with food”

Friends, these are crazy, crazy times. I have been steadily learning how to stay a float during Covid-19. Extra time is rare these days. Between homeschooling, caring for a newborn, and trying to work my full-time job, I do not have a lot of time to be worried or super-focused on my weight and eating.Continue reading “Six Tools to Help you Manage your Eating during Covid-19”

I’m having that feeling again. The one where I want to eat everything in my sight. Its been slowing coming on since this coronavirus thing started. Slowly. Creeping. Like a silent intruder. But still coming nonetheless. I fight, but sometimes I don’t want to HAVE TO fight. I just don’t want to. But if IContinue reading “Creeping”

I thought I would take the time to check-in about how I have been doing. The most important update is that I am growing. I have been working on my relationship with food for about 15 years. I see now there is always more work to do. I must always work to keep from resurrectingContinue reading “Growing”

About 2 years ago, I was in such a painful season with my weight. I had gained nearly 70 pounds. I did not even recognize myself.  I also could not lose the weight. No matter how hard I tried. You cannot imagine the pain of trying nearly EVERY thing –gym visits, changing my diet, etc.,Continue reading “Imprisoned in your own body”

I need accountability. Maybe you do too. I have realized that two forms of accountability are helpful: 1) person-to-person and 2) weighing myself on the scale. I want to believe that I can do this on my own. But, if I reflect on all the times I have been successful at losing a significant amountContinue reading “I can’t do this alone”

“I don’t feel like I am making progress.” Isn’t that how this weight journey typically begins? So often, our progress is invisible to us. In my experience, the beginning is SLOW. I often feel like I have lots of false starts. I often measure my progress by the scale. If the scale is going down,Continue reading “Learning how to MEASURE progress”

I don’t know about you, but there are often times when I need shelter in this whole weight journey thing. I can think of so many seasons of weariness. A sense of sheer exhaustion with a recurrent battle that often seemed pointless and wearying to fight. I was just so tired. Tired of caring. TiredContinue reading “Seeking Rest”

When making a behavior change, we often discuss the importance of finding your “why.” I think we just need a focal point, a factor that motivates after the intrinsic motivation wears thin. There are several reasons why I have decided to take this weight loss journey, yet again. I write because I know I’ll needContinue reading “Why I am losing weight”