Ever had your computer freeze on you mid-task and that little rainbow wheel of doom just spins⌠and spins⌠and spins? đľâđŤ
You're clicking, typing, praying over the keyboard like, âLord, PLEASE let this thing come back to lifeâ⌠but nothing happens.
All the potential is sitting right there on your screen, but you canât move forward.
Sound familiar?
For so many Christian women struggling with food and body anxiety, thatâs exactly what happens in your brain every single day.
The mental load, the constantly spinning thoughts about what you âshouldâ eat, whether you messed up, if your body looks bigger today, whether you exercised enough, what people are thinkingâŚ
It's exhausting.
It steals your peace.
It hijacks your joy.
And it absolutely freezes forward movement in other areas of your life â especially the ones God has actually called you to.
But hereâs the thing, sis:
Freedom is possible. Yes, for...
Whew â weâre going there today, friend.
If youâve ever thoughtâŚ
âI want food freedom⌠I really do⌠BUT ____.â
âŚthen pull up a cozy chair, grab your chai, and letâs chat. Because you are not the only Christian woman who loves Jesus AND still finds herself wrestling with food guilt, body stress, and the sneaky voice saying you âshouldâ have this figured out by now.
And hey â I get it. Iâve heard all the fears, excuses, and ânot yetsâ over the years (and honestly? Iâve believed half of them myself at some point).
But those fears?
Those excuses?
Those sneaky thoughts that sound logical?
They're often the very things standing between you and the joy-filled, peace-drenched food freedom Jesus desires for you. đď¸
So today, weâre breaking down the Top 5 Excuses Christian women believe about pursuing food freedom â and replacing them with Scripture, clarity, and encouragement that empowers you to move forward.
Because girl⌠freedom is not just ânice to have.â
It's your inheritance in C...
If youâve ever cringed at something your kid came home saying about food or their body after a day at school⌠friend, I get it.
Iâll never forget the day my sonâfresh out of kindergartenâwaltzed through the door clutching a worksheet from his âhealthy eating lesson.â He proudly showed me where he had circled the âhealthyâ foods and Xâd out the âunhealthyâ ones, just like the teacher told him to.
Cue the deep sigh, the slow sink into my chair, and the eye roll (yes, all three happened in quick succession đ ). As a food freedom dietitian and mama who works hard to teach my kids that all foods are morally neutral, this worksheet felt like a flashing neon sign for one of those âWe need to talkâ moments.
Because hereâs the dealâthose kinds of messages? They donât just stay on the worksheet. They sink deep into our kidsâ little hearts and minds, shaping how they see food⌠and eventually, how they see themselves.
And...
Friend, your lack of motivation isn't the problemâand you're NOT failing.
Last summer? I had THE plan.
You know the one. The gloriously idealistic, Pinterest-worthy, color-coded summer schedule for my kids with:
And for like⌠two weeks? It actually worked. đ
But then⌠reality.
The schedule got tossed aside, the activities werenât quite as exciting anymore, and those "quiet" work blocks? They turned into:
âMom, can you help me?â
âMom, I need a snack!â
âMooom, look! I can stand on my head!â
Every. Five. Minutes. â
And I remember sitting there wondering:
âWhy canât I just stick with this? Whatâs wrong with me?â
But hereâs the thing I want you to hear loud and clear:
It was about expecting a plan to work under per...
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