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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey there, welcome back to our Waiting for

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Speaker 1: Weight Loss series. I'm Heather Creek Moore. I'm so glad

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Speaker 1: that you are watching or listening today. We've been talking

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Speaker 1: about all kinds of great stuff in the series, and

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Speaker 1: you've been talking about it in our community called Waiting

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Speaker 1: for Weight Loss. If you're not part of that community yet,

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Speaker 1: it's not too late to join. Go to Waiting Forweightloss

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Speaker 1: and be part of the conversation there. We'd love to

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Speaker 1: see there. So today we're gonna talk about being in

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Speaker 1: a hurry. Now. I'm sure it's not just me, but

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Speaker 1: I prefer to do things the fast way. There's an

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Speaker 1: old country song, I'm gonna hurry to get things done.

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Speaker 1: I rush and rush until life's no fun. All I

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Speaker 1: want to really have to do is live and die.

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Speaker 1: But I'm in a hurry. I don't know why. Like

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Speaker 1: that could be my theme song, but it didn't start recently.

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Speaker 1: Like I remember growing up in church and we had

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Speaker 1: some like Christian children's get set tapes, and there was

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Speaker 1: one song that I remember more than any I think

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Speaker 1: it was sung by a snail and it went something

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Speaker 1: like this. Have patience. Have patience. Don't be in such

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Speaker 1: a hurry. When you get impatient, you only start to worry.

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Speaker 1: Remember remember that God has patience too, So think of

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Speaker 1: all the times when others have to wait for you.

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Speaker 1: Have you heard it? Okay, I'm fifty two years old

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Speaker 1: almost and I still sing that song to myself regularly

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Speaker 1: because I am the hair, not the tortoise. Why go slow?

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Speaker 1: That doesn't even make any sense. Slow and steady wins

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Speaker 1: the race. Nah, Slow and steady gets bored, They drop

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Speaker 1: out of the race. They can't be consistent. Like I'd

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Speaker 1: rather go hard at something, get the quick, win, get

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Speaker 1: it done. That is so much better than going slow

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Speaker 1: and steady. I want to see results by Saturday. Just me.

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Speaker 1: But here's what I've learned as I've been coaching women

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Speaker 1: studying body image and health things. Slow and steady does

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Speaker 1: win the race because slow and steady is sustainable. Now,

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Speaker 1: we're going to talk about this concept of sustainability in

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Speaker 1: a few days, so stay tuned for that one. I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to go too deep into that right now,

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Speaker 1: But today I want to talk about being patient. It's

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Speaker 1: prue of the spirit, you know, love, joy, peace, patience,

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Speaker 1: there it is if the spirit is living inside of us.

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Speaker 1: Patience is something we should exhibit. And I wonder can

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Speaker 1: we be patient with ourselves? Are you patient with yourself?

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Speaker 1: I wonder if we could be patient enough to see

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Speaker 1: how little healthy choices that may not and rarely do

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Speaker 1: make a difference overnight, but do make a difference over

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Speaker 1: a lifetime. Could we see that that's actually the best

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Speaker 1: strategy for improving our health, Like if you haven't noticed already,

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Speaker 1: I like to go deep. I like to dig under

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Speaker 1: the surface a little bit. And when we dig under

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Speaker 1: the surface a bit, we often find that we're impatient

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Speaker 1: because we forget to exhale. Okay, remember how we did

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Speaker 1: those three exhales a couple days ago. Remember how we

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Speaker 1: talked about identity, knowing we're fully loved and accepted in Christ,

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Speaker 1: finding our purpose in Him. When we're in a hurry,

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Speaker 1: it's because we've forgotten that we don't have to be

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Speaker 1: in a hurry, because our identities are secure. And often

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Speaker 1: we're in a hurry because we want to make sure

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Speaker 1: that we get the weight off quickly so that we

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Speaker 1: can be acceptable. I got to lose this weight quickly

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Speaker 1: so that I can be worthy I got to lose

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Speaker 1: this weight quickly so that I can be lovable. But

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Speaker 1: you know what happens. You set the goal, I need

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Speaker 1: to lose X number of pounds before upcoming cruise, and

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Speaker 1: you want to lose the weight so you look better

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Speaker 1: in the pictures and you feel better in your vacation clothes.

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Speaker 1: Like it makes sense. I get all of that, But

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Speaker 1: what often happens You do something extreme to drop a

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Speaker 1: few pounds before you leave. Likely you're starving yourself or

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Speaker 1: exercising too hard because that's some suit is calling out

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Speaker 1: mean things to you. And maybe it works. Maybe you

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Speaker 1: do get on that ship ten pounds later, yay. But

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Speaker 1: then what happens You go into vacation mode and your

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Speaker 1: starving body is ready to eat and party. You end

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Speaker 1: up gaining back all ten pounds plus some. It's the

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Speaker 1: down again, up again, down again, up again, down again,

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Speaker 1: up again cycle that comes from crash dieting. And I wonder,

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Speaker 1: I wonder, wouldn't we all be better off with just

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Speaker 1: some extra patience, Like maybe you incorporate some additional healthy

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Speaker 1: habits and preparation for your cruise, and you only get

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Speaker 1: on that cruise ship two pounds lighter, Does it make

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Speaker 1: that big of a difference. Probably not. But you don't

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Speaker 1: feel like you have to go crazy or go on

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Speaker 1: because you didn't go on the diet before you got

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Speaker 1: on the ship. You're able to stay peaceful, reasonable, thoughtful

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Speaker 1: around healthy choices both before the vacation and during the vacation.

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Speaker 1: It's not extreme, it's not black and white. God exhibits

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Speaker 1: so much patience with us, doesn't he. Oh goodness, the

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Speaker 1: number of times I've made the same exact mistake, not twice,

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Speaker 1: but a dozen times, and yet God is patient, He

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Speaker 1: deals with us gently. Can we be patient and gentle

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Speaker 1: with ourselves? Can we pursue our weight loss goals from

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Speaker 1: a place that isn't rushed or desperate for ideas or

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Speaker 1: acceptance or love or approval, but instead is patiently resting

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Speaker 1: on God's love, acceptance, approval of us. That's already solid,

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Speaker 1: it's already intact. Friend, That's what I want you to

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Speaker 1: consider today. Let's chat about this in the community. Head

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Speaker 1: know what you think. I look forward to talking with

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