1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey there, welcome to our Waiting for a 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: Weight loss Linton journey. I'm Heather Creek, where I'm so 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: glad that you're watching today or listening on the Compared 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: to You podcast today. Our topic is a food. Okay, 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: the topic. Everyone loves, the topic, everyone hates. Well, we've 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: got to get a good theology of food. If we 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: ever want to have a healthy relationship with our body 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: and a healthy relationship with food, We've got to know 9 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: what God says about it. How does God really feel 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: about food? We know how those diets we've been on 11 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: felt about food, and we know how we feel about 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: food sometimes, But what does God say about food? So 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: that's where we're going today. Hate. I'm so glad you're here. 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,639 Speaker 1: I hope you're in our community. The Waiting for Weight 15 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: Loss community is waiting for you to join. We're having 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: great conversations there. You'll find great conversations with our coaches 17 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: and with like minded women who are on a similar 18 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: waiting for weight loss journey trying to keep God at 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: the center. Friend, you can join us for free at 20 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: Waiting Forweightloss dot com. All we ask for is your 21 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: name and email address, and then we'll give you instructions 22 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: as to how to get go ahead and join us there. 23 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: What are you meaning either? So today our topic is 24 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: food is a good gift friend. Food is not the problem. Now. 25 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: If you're like me, I would characterize most of my 26 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: years of life as having this kind of relationship with food, 27 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: trying not to eat it, right because food was bad. 28 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: Food was the thing that was going to make me fat. 29 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: If I could just somehow figure out how to live 30 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: on water and iceberg lettuce, then I would not have 31 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: any kind of weight or health problems. Like food was bad. 32 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: It was the problem. I needed to get away from food. 33 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: And what that led to for me was an eating disorder. 34 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: And I know there's all different like varieties and shades 35 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: of that, right because it might not have been a 36 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: full blown eating disorder for you. It might have just 37 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: been something called disordered eating or maybe like it's not 38 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: even that you just feel like, man, I've just always 39 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: never known what to do with food. Like I really 40 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: like food. I love to eat all the things that 41 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: my diets tell me I shouldn't eat. I just don't 42 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: know what to do about it. I don't know how 43 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: to feel about it. I'm glad you're here today because 44 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: here's how we need to look at food. Food's not 45 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: the problem. From the very beginning, Scripture presents food as 46 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: a gift from God. God's gifts are always good. Does 47 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: God give us bad gifts? No? Food is a good 48 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: gift from him. It's a sign of his provision. It's 49 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: a source of joy. It's something that is meant to 50 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: sustain our life. Your body only has one choice, and 51 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: that is to run on the nutrients that come from 52 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: your food, and so to receive food with gratitude, not 53 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: with suspicion, not with hate. And for so many of us, though, 54 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: especially when we want our bodies to change, food becomes 55 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: the enemy. Food becomes something we fear, We have to 56 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: tightly control it. We moralize food. There's good foods and 57 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: there's bad foods. There's on plant foods and there's off 58 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: plant foods. Or we just dismiss it altogether, right and 59 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: end up doing restrictive behaviors where we just try not 60 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: to eat. Like I described, we treat food like it's 61 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: the one thing standing between us and our dreams of 62 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: a thinner body. Oh there it is standing in my way. 63 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: If I could just get through food, I could get 64 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: to the body that I really want. But here's the truth. 65 00:03:53,320 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: We cannot pursue health by rejecting God's good gifts. Body 66 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: cannot be healthy without food. Did you know that Genesis 67 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: tells us that God looked at everything he created and 68 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: he called it good, and then includes the earth and 69 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: the way he created the earth to produce food, and 70 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: the way he created our bodies to receive nutrients. Three 71 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: different macronutrients, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Our bodies run on 72 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: all three, no matter what popular diets say. Later, scripture 73 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: reminds us that everything created by God is good and 74 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. 75 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: That's in one Timothy four to four. Friend food is 76 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: a good gift from God. Can you believe that you see? 77 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: That means that food isn't meant to rule us. And 78 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: it's not to say that wisdom around food doesn't matter, 79 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: of course it does. But when we dismiss food as bad, 80 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: when we treat enjoying food or feeling satiated as a 81 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: dangerous thing, that actually works against the kind of peace 82 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: and stewardship that we're longing for. Right when we see 83 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: food as the enemy. A few things tend to happen. 84 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: We eat with anxiety instead of awareness. We swing between 85 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: restriction and then loss of control. Some call that the 86 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: binge restrict cycle. Right, I'm not gonna eat all the things. Hah, 87 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: you know all the things. I'm not gonna eat all 88 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: the things. Ah, you know the things. And in going 89 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: through that, we disconnect from our bodies and we disconnect 90 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: from caring for them. Well, but when food is received 91 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: and seen as a good gift from God, something can shift. 92 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: We can have gratitude for the food we're eating. That'll 93 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: quiet and calm us as we eat. We can actually 94 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: enjoy the foods we eat, right because we know they're 95 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: a good gift. We can be free to enjoy these 96 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: foods without obsessing over every morsel, and that enjoyment makes 97 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: room for wisdom. Right. I talk about this in my 98 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: forty Day Body Image workbook. Right. But we've been told 99 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: in the diet world that satisfaction is bad. If you 100 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: eat something that tastes good or delicious, or you feel 101 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: satisfied after you've eaten, perhaps you've done something wrong. You've 102 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 1: done something bad. It's this setic kind of principle that 103 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: we're not supposed to enjoy things, right, But all through 104 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: Scripture we see verses about how God gave us food 105 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: as an illustration of how we're supposed to be satisfied 106 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: in Him, right over and over again. Be satisfied in 107 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: Him as you are satisfied in these things that He's 108 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: given us to eat. Right, God's not mad when we're satisfied. 109 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: And then here's what happens. Right, So, when you eat 110 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: something truly satisfying, how do you feel? You're like, yeah, 111 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: that was good. But now, if you've been restricting all 112 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: the satisfying foods for a season, when you have that, ah, 113 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: that's good, can you just stop there? No, you often 114 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: have to be like, I need more, I need more, 115 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: I need more. So what does it look like to 116 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: just take that satisfaction, say a deep principle, and apply 117 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: it every time you eat? Right? Wouldn't that just calm 118 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: us down? Right? It's not about indulgence, it's certainly not 119 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: about gluttony, but it's about eating things that actually taste 120 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: good to you and are enjoyable and give us the 121 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: nutrients we need. And then every time we eat, we 122 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: can hah, calm our body, say that was good and 123 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: make wise decisions because we're not out of control because 124 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: we've been so deprived. If you want to learn more 125 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: about that, how that works, and what that looks like, 126 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: and some of the science behind it, and even more 127 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: scriptures to again, grab my forty Day Body Image workbook 128 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: that'll really help you. We'll also be talking about this 129 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: stopping in the community at Waiting for weight loss this week. 130 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: But here's the irony. Seeing food is good, seeing food 131 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: as enjoyable, being satisfied by your food actually supports our 132 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: weight loss goals much better than fearing it ever could. 133 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: And I've got a lot in that Body Image Work 134 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: book about this too. But a body's stressed will not digest. 135 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: You're not getting the nutrients you need from the food, 136 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: even good foods, if you're stressed out every time you eat. 137 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: When food is no longer forbidden or loaded with shame, 138 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: we're better able to listen to our hunger signals, respect 139 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 1: our fullness, and make choices from a position of care, 140 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: not over control. Freedom doesn't lead to chaos the way 141 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: fear tells us it will. And I've done podcast episodes 142 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: on this, like if I don't have tight rules, I'm 143 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: just gonna go crazy, Heather, you don't know what I 144 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: do around food. I just I'm an addict. I cannot 145 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: be controlled. I've done tons of episodes around this. So 146 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: if you want to dig into this deeper, there's lots 147 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: of content avail about there. But what actually happens, and 148 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: it takes a while to reprogram and to let your 149 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: body know it's safe. But what actually happens is for 150 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: most of us, healing a relationship with food is going 151 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 1: to lead to a steadiness with food that you never 152 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: thought was possible. You See, God's design was never that 153 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: we white knuckle our way towards body change or towards health. 154 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: He invites us to steward our bodies, tending to what 155 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: He's given us, but in a biblical way, with patience, 156 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 1: with reverence, with trust for the signals that He gave 157 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: us in our bodies to listen to. And so yes, 158 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: you might want your body to change, and yes you 159 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: should still honor food as a gift in the process 160 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 1: that might help you make change in a way you 161 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: never thought possible. Is See, enjoyment is not the enemy 162 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: of health. Shame is the enemy of health. And we 163 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: receive food with gratitude instead of fear. We often find 164 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: ourselves making choices that are more supportive, more sustainable, and 165 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: more aligned with the care that God intends us to 166 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: give our bodies. Let's pray, God, thank you for the 167 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: good gift of food for nourishment, for pleasure, for provision. 168 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: And forgive us for the ways we've let fear and 169 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: shame rob us of this good gift. For the ways 170 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: we've disparaged this good gift from you and made our 171 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: relationship with food heavier and more complicated than you ever 172 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: intended it to be. Teach us to receive what you 173 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: give with gratitude. Help us care for our bodies without 174 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: rejecting your good gift of food that you provided for 175 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: us to sustain those bodies. Lord, teach us how to eat. 176 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: Teach us not to fear food. Teach us to see 177 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: your provision in everything. Where we've lost our way, God, 178 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: just gently bring us back. You know we want change. Lord, 179 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: help us to keep that change rooted in freedom and You, 180 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: and not in our own control. Lord, help us do 181 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: it our bodies with wisdom, joy and grace. It's in 182 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: Jesus name. I pray. Amen. Hey, thanks for tuning in 183 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: today can't wait to be with you again. Join the 184 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: Waiting for Weight Loss community and we'll be able to 185 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: interact more about this hot topic of food there. 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