Today is a day of celebrations as we are wrapping up our second season of The Diet Hates Podcast. We’re 24 episodes in and all I can say is, “Wow! I’m so grateful to be doing this podcast with you and I’m so grateful that you and I have been on this journey together for 24 episodes. So so cool! I’m telling you.. The enemy has fought hard to keep this podcast from happening, which tells me that it must be making a difference. So, if you’re good with it, I’m gonna keep pushing through to victory and shoot for Season 3 unless Jesus comes back to get us before then. I couldn’t think of a better way to wrap up Season 2 than doing an interview with one of the coolest people out there, my friend Jill. She has written a memoir full of powerful, raw, gritty truth, and it’s gonna rock your world. I’m inspired by her bravery to tell her story so that others can find healing. Secrets of the Little Green-Eyed Girl, Digging up the Roots of Shame and Guilt, is a book of hope. A book about learning to walk daily in the freedom of being forgiven and clean. One of the reasons I wanted to have Jill on to talk about the book is because so much of our struggles with weight loss is tied to shame, for many of us anyway, myself included. I’ve met so many women who have spent years of their lives eating their shame away. Again, myself included. But God did not design us to live our lives this way. In the book, Jill shares her powerful story of God’s forgiveness. And she shares a part of her journey of secrets that she feared would destroy her. She’s pulling back the covers to show what kept her bound and tied to the darkness of shame, as well as sharing the victories, in hopes to inspire you to keep pushing forward. Links In This Episode: Secrets of the Little Green-Eyed Girl Diet Haters University Diet Haters Facebook Community 4 Simple Steps to Weight Loss

How many times have you asked yourself this question, or how many times have you heard others around you say it.. “What if I fail?” "What if I fail again?" “I’m so afraid to start another diet because I just know I’m going to fail this one, too.” As we learn to overcome the diet mentality, we’re learning how to think differently. How to reframe our thoughts. How to change our mindsets. Learning how to dive into this question, “What if I fail?” is going to help us move forward on our freedom journey. If you keep telling yourself you’re going to fail again, then you’re right. You’re going to fail. Henry Ford said, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.” And he’s right.. You get to decide how successful you are on your health journey, my friend. And it has to start with STOPPING the miserable dieting cycle. Because you will fail if you keep dieting. Why? Because diets are temporary. They bring temporary results. And they also bring shame and condemnation and most of the time, more weight gain than before we started. But we’re gonna OVERCOME that together, my friend, in this episode of The Diet Haters Podcast. No more fear.. No more dieting. No more asking, “What if I fail?” No more believing lies from the enemy, whose sole purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy us and all of our dreams of being the woman God created us to be. Links In This Episode: Diet Haters University Diet Haters Facebook Community 4 Simple Steps to Weight Loss

We’re gonna get real and raw and down to the nitty gritty in today’s episode. In case you missed it, today’s episode is titled, “Relationship, Religion, & Weight Loss Redemption.” What in the world does religion have to do with weight loss? My answer to that? Everything. We’re going to dive into some Scripture together where Jesus was talking to the Pharisees and calling out their hardened hearts and how that compares to our own hearts as we pursue a deeper relationship with Jesus and pursue freedom in our health journey. Religion is full of rules. It’s systematic. It strives for perfection. It has a long list of do’s and don’ts. Relationship…. It’s personal. And it can also be messy. Our relationship with those we love can be messy. Our relationship with a job we love can get messy. Our relationship with food can get messy. Today we’re going to learn the difference and take more next right steps towards freedom in our health journey. Links In This Episode: Diet Haters University Diet Haters Facebook Community 4 Simple Steps to Weight Loss Episode 5: How to Understand Your Value on Your Weight Loss Journey

We are in the throes of Summer right now and you know what that means… Summer vacation. Target’s sold out of bathing suits and the beaches are full of women who are miserable because all they’re thinking about is how much weight they’ve gained while there, or telling themselves they can’t eat whatever the rest of the family is eating because they’re going to get fat. Maybe that’s you right now. Maybe you’re on vacation listening to this podcast and you’ve just avoided another family picture because you don’t want to look fat AGAIN! Maybe you’re preparing to head on vacation and you’re obsessing about what you’re going to eat and putting the scale on your list of things to pack. Maybe you just got back from vacation and now you’re only eating rice cakes and guilt and shame because you gained 7 lbs last week. Wherever you’re at on your journey, my friend, I want to tackle this subject today because we’ve got to stop with the jacked up mindsets we’re allowing ourselves to walk in. We’ve got to stop believing the lies from the enemy about who we are, what we have to do, and who we have to be. Why in the world are we going to spend all that money on vacation, especially with the price of gas today, and allow ourselves to be filled with guilt and worry and shame? So, how do you enjoy vacation without gaining weight? We’re going to tackle that topic on today’s episode of The Diet Haters Podcast. Listen here.. Links in this episode: Diet Haters University Instacart Diet Haters Facebook Community 4 Simple Steps to Weight Loss

Someone asked me this question the other day, and I've found myself asking it, too. I figured we weren't alone, so I wanted to dive into this question a bit deeper today.  "What if I lose weight and still don't like what I see?" My friend, your mindset is jacked up and it's time to start replacing some lies with the truth about who God says we are.  I'm helping you do just that in this episode of The Diet Haters Podcast.  Links in this episode: Episode 5: How to Understand Your Value on Your Weight Loss Journey 4 Simple Steps to Weight Loss Guide Diet Haters Facebook Community 

Obedience isn’t easy. If it were, everyone would do it, right? But obedience isn’t always easy. It is simple though. And easy and simple are not the same things. And it’s certainly not comfortable. Choosing health isn’t always comfortable. Choosing not to eat through our emotions when we’ve had a hard day isn’t comfortable. Choosing to get vulnerable with our hearts isn’t comfortable. When God is calling us to be obedient to a specific area of our life, or maybe a specific action He’s calling us to take, it’s highly unlikely that it’s going to be comfortable, right? But nowhere in the Bible did God say that our lives were meant to be lived comfortably. No, God says our lives were meant to be lived in obedience. We're talking about the importance of obedience in today's episode. What in the world does peanut butter have to do with that? You'll just have to listen to find out.  Links in this episode: Jesus and Peanut Butter Sermon Video 4 Simple Steps to Weight Loss Diet Haters Facebook Group

A couple of weeks ago we had my beautiful friend Dayna on the podcast talking about her weight loss journey.  About a month or so ago she called me up to vent about her struggles with being defined by her BMI, Body Mass Index. It was interesting timing, as I was struggling with the same thing.  So.. we decided to sit down and have a conversation about it to share with you, because I bet we’re not the only ones struggling with it. In this episode, we’re going to talk about why our BMI doesn’t define our identities, what in the world a fatty liver means, and why collar bones are the new trend. You’re going to enjoy some inspiration and some laughter. Links in this episode: Episode 15: Why Your BMI Doesn’t Define Your Identity 4 Simple Steps to Weight Loss Diet Haters Facebook Group Dayna on Instagram Dayna on Facebook

I’ve been reading through this book, The Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible by Mary DeMuth. It’s truly a fascinating read as one-by-one, she brings the lives of many women in the bible to life. In this episode of The Diet Haters Podcast, we're going to focus specifically on Eve and why her decision has affected our weight loss journey.  God offered grace to Eve, despite her failures, and He offers the same to us, if only we'll accept His gift.  Now is the time for us to stop holding onto the baggage weighing us down and keeping us from being free. May today's episode inspire you to do just that, my friend.  Links in This Episode:  The Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible 4 Simple Steps to Weight Loss Guide Diet Haters Facebook Community

You don’t want to miss this episode of The Diet Haters Podcast. My friend Dayna joins us as she shares some incredible insight about her weight loss journey. She has an incredible weight loss story that I can’t wait for you to hear. Her story inspires me and I know it’s going to inspire you too. In the interview we talk about so much good stuff – how she decided on her path to weight loss, the struggles getting there, the root of what made her addicted to food, paleo, and even how sexual intimacy with her husband has changed since she lost weight. No, this won’t be a rated R podcast, I promise. But Dayna is real and vulnerable in this interview and I’m so proud of her. You can listen right here... Links in this episode: Love Paleo Documentary 4 Simple Steps to Weight Loss Diet Haters Facebook Group Dayna on Instagram Dayna on Facebook

I recently went to the doctor for my checkup. I had to have a procedure done a few weeks ago because some of my incisions weren’t healing properly from my last skin removal surgery. Everything went GREAT. Drain tube out. Stitches out. And I don’t have to go back for 3 months! Yay! But I left there frustrated. Not at the doctor, because he’s awesome, but frustrated at data. Today I want to talk about BMI - body mass index. I specifically want to talk about why I think it’s dumb and why we need to stop using it as one of the main indicators of weight loss success or failure. Links in this episode: Dr. Caleb Steffan - JCMG 2B Mindset Diet Haters Facebook Group