1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey, they're Heather creak More here. Welcome back 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: to the Waiting for Weight Loss series that we're doing 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: all through Lent which means through Easter on the Compared 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: to You channel and on the Compared to You podcast. Hey, 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: before we get into today's topic, which is small supportive 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: choices over giant leaps, today I want to invite you 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: once again to join our Waiting for Weight Loss community. 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: You can find out all about it at Waiting for 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: weight Loss dot com. That's Waiting for weight loss dot com. 10 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: It's absolutely free to join. Just drop your name and 11 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: email address in there. You'll get instructions as to how 12 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: to access it right away. And that's where we're continuing 13 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: this conversation where you can engage with this content and 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: also meet other Christian women who are on a similar 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: journey that you're on. Okay, so today, small supportive choices, 16 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: what does that mean? Okay, you've likely heard it right. 17 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:17,119 Speaker 1: You know it's those small habit changes that make a difference. 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: And yet, if you're like me, I'd rather not have 19 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: things change in a small and steady way. I'd rather 20 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,199 Speaker 1: just take the leap. I'd rather do the overhaul. I'd 21 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: rather clench my fists and grit my teeth and change overnight. 22 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: That's what I want, change overnight. But here's the thing. 23 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: The best, most effective way for you to change your 24 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: body is to take a long term approach to it 25 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: and focus on small supportive choices. So what do I 26 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: mean by small supportive choices. I've mentioned this to you 27 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: in the past. This is my forty day Body Image workbook, 28 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: and in it I have a whole list of small 29 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: supportive choices you can make. But these are things that 30 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: you can add to your life right now today that 31 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: will improve your health and potentially lead to dropping some pounds. Now, 32 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: here's the difference between my approach and perhaps that diet 33 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: ad that you just saw on Instagram or that diet 34 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: that you tried in January, which wasn't that long ago. Right. 35 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: A lot of diets focus on restriction and diet that's 36 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: the word we don't use anymore. A lot of health 37 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: plans focus on restriction. You can eat this, you can't 38 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: eat this, you can't eat this, cut this, cut this, 39 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: cut this. A lot of negativity, right, like don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, 40 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: And when our body is constantly faced with don't don't, don't, 41 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: don't don't. We kind of rise up with a little 42 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: bit of fear, a lot of stress, and none of 43 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: that's actually healthy for us. So instead of like, don't, don't, don't, 44 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: I'm trying to beat my flesh into submission so that 45 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: it can be skinny like I want it to be. 46 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: What if we kind of change the narrative and change 47 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: our objective instead of what we're restricting, what we're not having. 48 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: What the list of don'ts is? Why don't we create 49 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: for ourselves a list of dews. What can I start 50 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: doing that will help my health? We call these health 51 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: promoting behaviors. What can I add that will make me 52 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: feel better? And so it might be something as simple 53 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: as adding a ten minute walk. Maybe it's one a day, 54 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: maybe it's one after every meal. It might be as 55 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: simple as as soon as I get up in the morning, 56 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: when to drink a full glass of water. It might 57 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: be as simple as, you know what, I really don't 58 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: neat enough vegetables. Maybe I need to find a way 59 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,119 Speaker 1: to get a vegetable in at each meal, whether it's 60 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: a little spinach with my eggs or slice of tomato. 61 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: Although I think tomatoes a fruit, isn't it, But some 62 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: carrots after lunch, extra broccoli at dinner. Whatever you enjoy. 63 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: But don't think about it as it's a chore. I've 64 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: got to get these things in. I've got to add 65 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: these things. Think about these as small supportive choices. Now, 66 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: if you had a friend that was going through something, 67 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: you would want to support them. Right, guess what. Your 68 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: body goes through a whole lot every single day for you. 69 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: Your body is for you. Your body is one job, 70 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: and that job is to keep you alive, make all 71 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: systems go. It runs on food to do that. Some 72 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: of us make it run on stress to do that, 73 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: which is not good. I talk about that in this 74 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: book as well. Right, that's what diets can do to us. 75 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: They kind of convince us we don't really need as 76 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: much food, or maybe we should not eat. And that's 77 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: not good at all, because God designed our bodies to 78 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: run on food. But if you need to make a change, 79 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: if you want to feel healthier, what are some small 80 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: supportive things that you can do that will improve your health. 81 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: That's what I want you to think about today. Maybe 82 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: write a list of them. Now here's the thing again, 83 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: don't try to incorporate twenty small supportive habits this week. 84 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: Here's what I suggest. Think of one and do that 85 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: all week, and then guess what next week? Do that 86 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: same one. And if by day ten or eleven you're like, 87 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: I got this down, it's like brushing my teeth. I 88 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: always eat carrots after lunch. Now, I mean it doesn't 89 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: have to be rigid, but I've incorporated this small supportive 90 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: habit into my routine. Then consider adding another one. Okay, 91 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: I got the vegetable down. Now I'm gonna drink that 92 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,559 Speaker 1: glass of water when I wake up. Now I'm gonna 93 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: go for that walk. Whatever habits you think are gentle 94 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: and will feel supportive to your body instead of stressful. 95 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: Our good habits to start. Think about small supportive habits 96 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: that you can take with you on your journey. Now, 97 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: let's pray, Old hemnly Father, thank you that you're a 98 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: good God and that you encourage us in all ways. 99 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: In all things. God, help us to not make these 100 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: weight loss goals take your place, but help us also 101 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: to change in ways that perhaps we need to. If 102 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: there are small supportive habits we need to incorporate, show 103 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: us what those habits are. God, show us how we 104 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: can make small changes that are kind to our body, 105 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: that won't distract us from you, but that will help 106 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: us continue to feel or start to feel better in 107 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: these bodies you gave us. Thank you, Lord for your 108 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: grace for us when we get it wrong, and for 109 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: your faithfulness. It's in Jesus' name my pray Amen. Okay, 110 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: So your tip for today, think of one small supportive 111 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: habit you can start right now, start today, right after 112 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 1: you listen to this, and then do that for ten 113 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: days or so, and then maybe add another. If you 114 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: want a full list of the small supportive habits aren't 115 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: called health promoting habits, go check out this book, The 116 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: forty Day Body Mitageworkbook, available everywhere books are sold, and 117 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: there's a whole list in there. Thanks for watching or 118 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: listening today. I hope something today has helped you stop 119 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: comparing and start living. Bye bye. The Compared To Podcasts 120 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: is proud to be part of a Live Audio podcast network. 121 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: For more great Christian podcasts, go to lifethaudio dot com.