The Top 5 Christian Weight Loss Mistakes

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The Top 5 Christian Weight Loss Mistakes

Copyright 2005 Smoot

Did you know that a tragic 96% of America's weight loss

efforts end in failure?

Even worse, we gain back a heartbreaking 95% of the pounds

we do manage to lose! It's enough to make you crazy!

But is it enough to make you take another look at what

you've been doing?

If you're a Christian with a history of struggling and

failing at weight loss, it's because you're trying to do

things " the world's " way instead of God's way.

The world's ways don't work! Not for life, and not for

weight loss, either.

I'm Dr. B. Smoot, MA, DD, Christian fitness & weight

loss coach. I'd like to share with you a few things I've

discovered in my years of helping hundreds of real people

become weight loss success stories.

I found out a while back that people were eager to

incorporate their Christian beliefs into their weight loss

/ fitness programs. And when they did, their success rate

shot up dramatically.

If you aren't getting the kind of results you'd like from

your weight loss programs, here are five possible reasons

why:

Mistake #1 - Going To " The World " For Your Solution - The

Bible is full of warnings not to look to the world for our

answers, including: " .Do not deceive yourselves...the

wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. " (1

Corinthians 3:18)

When you consider that an astonishing 19 out of 20 weight

loss attempts fail, you can see that the $47 billion Weight

Loss / Fitness Industry reflects how ineffective the

world's ways really are. God has a much better plan!

Mistake #2 - Trying To Solve A Non-Physical Problem With

Physical Methods - Simply growing up in the world exposes

you to an avalanche of misinformation, half-truths, and

outright lies about every subject -- includes health-care

and fitness.

The world tells us that " diet and exercise " are the keys to

weight loss success. Yet Jesus gives a very different

perspective: " Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth

a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this

defileth a man. " ( 15:11)

Would it surprise you to know a major new clinical weight

loss study recently discovered that the real, root cause of

obesity isn't what goes on your plate, but what goes on

between your ears?

Mistake #3 - Living In Fear Instead Of Faith - Living in

fear is the opposite of living in faith. You can't do both

at the same time. But fear has many faces, including doubt,

worry, and anxiety. All of these create stress, which for

3/4 of Americans leads to " compensatory " eating -- which

leads in turn to -- yep -- obesity.

Mistake #4 - Not Honoring Your Body - It's amazing how many

Christians consider their physical bodies mere " shells, "

and place all their emphasis on spiritual development.

Where do they get the idea that it's OK to neglect their

bodies? That's certainly not what God tells us:

" What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy

Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not

your own? " (1 Corinthians 6:19)

Mistake #5 - Now Understanding Why -- Or How -- To Fix Your

" Toxic Thinking " - As I noted a minute ago, the real key to

weight loss success is in your mind -- in your own beliefs.

While the researchers just " discovered " this, it should be

" old news " for Christians:

" Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,

but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. " (Romans

12:2)

Now let me add a 6th mistake that sums up the first five:

Not Trusting That He Who Made You Knows What's Best For You

What will it take to get us pointed away from the world and

toward the Word? As the Christmas carol " O Holy Night "

says, " Long lay the world in sin and error pining… "

You don't need to do that any more! " Therefore come out

from them and be separate, says the Lord. " (Corinthians

6:17)

May you cast the scales from your eyes and discover God's

timeless truth. I guarantee it will change your waistline

-- and your life!

Peace be with you,

" Dr. "

About the Author:

Dr. B. Smoot, MA, DD, is a weight loss success coach

and counselor (http://www.WeightLossGodsWay.com ) and is

the creator of the Weight Loss God's Way Success System,

available at http://www.CoachSmoot.com