Quotes About Health

God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So, I keep asking for Your wisdom to know what to eat and Your indwelling power to walk

away from things that aren't beneficial for me.

Don't buy into what the scale says or doesn't say. Trust the effort you are putting into getting healthy. And keep going! Not only are there changes going on in your body that you can't see, there are changes going on in your spirit—with your discipline, your courage, and your willpower. Keep going!

God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So, I keep asking for Your wisdom to know what to eat and Your indwelling power to walk away from things that are not beneficial for me.

Boundaries are simply clearly stated parameters that provide a safe structure for communication and the health of a relationship.

If we are going to be true to ourselves, we'd better make sure we are being true to our most surrendered, healed, and healthy selves, the ones God made us to be.

It's so much healthier to be brave enough to go your separate ways than to keep stuffing and drown in a sea of bitterness.

True peacekeeping is about properly processing the emotions before they get stuffed and rot into something horribly toxic.

We feel overweight physically but underweight spiritually.

This journey will require you to make some tough sacrifices, but I've come to look at this process as embracing healthy choices rather than denying myself.

We must embrace the boundaries of the healthy eating plan we choose. And we must affirm these boundaries as gifts from a God who cares about our health, not restrictive fences meant to keep us from enjoying life. Vulnerable, broken taste buds can't handle certain kinds of freedom. Boundaries keep us safe, not restricted.

When a special occasion rolls around, I can find ways to celebrate that don't involve blowing my healthy eating plan.

Struggling with my weight isn't God's mean curse on me. Being overweight is an outside indication that internal changes are needed for my body to function properly and for me to feel well.

Deciding ahead of time what I will and will not eat is a crucial part of this journey.

Whether we are at the beginning of our journey, in the middle, or in the danger zone of having just reached our weight-loss goals, focusing only on what we're giving up will make us feel constantly deprived. And deprivation leads to desperation, frustration, and failure. Instead, we have to focus on everything we're gaining through this process. And see the gains as more valuable than the losses.

God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So , i keep asking for your wisdom to know what it eat and your indwelling power to walk away from things that aren't beneficial for me

Did I overeat this week on any day? No. • Did I move more and exercise regularly? Yes. • Do I feel lighter than I did at this time last Wednesday? Yes. • Did I eat in secret or out of anger or frustration? No. • Did I feel that, at any time, I ran to food instead of to God? Nope. • Before I hopped on the scale, did I think I'd had a successful, God-pleasing week? Yep!

The lack of belongingness causes various undesirable effects, including a decrease in the levels of health, happiness, and adjustment.1

God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So, I keep asking for Your wisdom to know what to eat and Your indwelling power to walk away from things that aren't beneficial for me.

if we find that certain foods are impossible to walk away from—we can't or won't deny ourselves an unhealthy choice in order to make a healthier choice—then it's a clue we are being ruled by this food on some level.

The truth of my identity as a child of God empowers me to believe that living in victory tastes sweeter than any unhealthy delicacy.

We need to ask for God's wisdom, revelation, and intervening power to be an integral part of our food choices from now on.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance.