1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey, they're had, They're creak more here. I'm 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: so glad you're listening to the Compared to You podcast. 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: Today we're in our Waiting for Weight Loss series and y'all, 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: it's almost Easter. We're almost there. But if you haven't 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: joined the Waiting for Weight Loss community yet, feel free 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: to join us there. We're going to keep those conversations 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: going long past Easter. The address is Waiting for Weightloss 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: dot com and you can sign up and be part 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: of the conversation we're having there. Today. Our topic is 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: focusing on growing not shrinking. That's where I'm going today. 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: I'm glad you're here for it. Today's topic is focusing 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: on growing not shrinking. Have you ever thought about what 13 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,559 Speaker 1: you're focusing on? What's your purpose? You see, you aren't 14 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: living for the purpose of weight loss. I mean if 15 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: you are, if that's become your main purpose in life, 16 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: then friend, like you've lost what God puts you on 17 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: the earth here to do. You're here to glorify Him, 18 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: to love him, to love others. How you take care 19 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: of your body is not the main purpose in life. 20 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: Can you imagine the disciples like Jesus is like come 21 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: follow me, and they say will as soon as I 22 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: lose a few pounds, like as soon as I got 23 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: to hit this CrossFit work out, and then I'll be 24 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: right there like no. Our time on earth is short. 25 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: It's limited, and God has given us things to do, 26 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: important things. He's called you and he's called me. He's 27 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: made us for his purpose. He made us on purpose, 28 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: for purpose. Our lives are so much more than our 29 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: body size. So here's the question. Are you focused on 30 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: growing or are you focused on shrinking? You see, growing 31 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: means I'm growing to be more like Jesus. I'm growing 32 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: in my sanctification. I'm growing in love. He's teaching me lessons, 33 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: showing me areas in my life where I've been holding 34 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: on to pride or self righteousness or idolatry or hate 35 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: or unforgiveness or other sin. And I'm growing to be 36 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: more like Him as I see those sins, as I 37 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: confess those sins, as I repent, as I ask Jesus 38 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: to help me live differently. That's what growth looks like. 39 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: Growing means that as I. 40 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: Look back on my life, I look back at last 41 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 2: year and I think, wow, I am different this year. 42 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: I am growing to be more like Jesus. This year, 43 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 2: people notice like, oh, you've become more patient. 44 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,679 Speaker 1: You've become more kind. We are growing in spiritual maturity. 45 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: People can see the fruit of the spirit cultivated in 46 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: my life. They can see a change. So let me 47 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: ask you, are you growing in the things that are important? 48 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 1: Are you growing spiritually, mentally, emotionally, even physically, Like it's 49 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: growth to make choices that are good for your body. 50 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: It's growth to start listening to your body. It's growth 51 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: to stop when you're tired and exhausted. But it's also 52 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: growth to get up off the couch when you know 53 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: you've kind of just been sitting there all day and 54 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: your body feels just fine, and maybe you should move. 55 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: It's growth to listen to those signals your body gives 56 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: you and stop eating when you're full, or have that 57 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: piece of cake at the birthday party because that's it's 58 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: the loving thing to do. These are all areas of growth. 59 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: But here's the thing front. If you only focus on shrinking, 60 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: if you only focus on weight loss, how you can 61 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: shrink your body, how you can make your body look different, 62 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: That's what you're gonna get is a shrunken life, a 63 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: very small life that is only about you and your 64 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,679 Speaker 1: body size and your food and your exercise and your health. 65 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: It's a small, insular life. It gets rocked easily by 66 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: inanimate objects like the bathroom scale or a box of cookies. 67 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: It's a life where holiness is distorted into meaning eating 68 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: a certain way. It's a life that's small and focused 69 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 1: on you. And it's a life that misses all the 70 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 1: good things that God has given us. It misses God's 71 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: gifts and God's blessed And there's challenges, of course, and 72 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: there's situations that will make you grow, of course, But 73 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: in it you're focused on loving God and loving others, 74 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: and that's what cultivates the richness and beauty of life. 75 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: It's not changing your body size. In other words, don't 76 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: spend your whole life waiting for weight loss. Okay, ouch, friend, 77 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: I know that might have hurt a little bit. Like 78 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: I say this from experience, but here this is a 79 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: wake up call. If you've made weight loss your purpose 80 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: your goal in life, how many more years are you 81 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: going to give to this purpose, to this quest. Your 82 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: life is so much more than the next plan to 83 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: get thinner or healthier, or trimmer or more muscular and again, friend, 84 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: hearing me, I'm not saying abandon your health goals. I'm 85 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: not saying that at all. But I'm just saying, get 86 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: brutally honest with yourself about your priorities in life. What 87 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: are they? What do you spend most of your time 88 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: thinking about? What do you spend most of your money on? 89 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: If the answer is your body, that's the wrong answer, friend. 90 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 1: It means the journey has become an idol for you. 91 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: You know, I read a statistic recently and it said 92 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 1: they're now finding that more than one hundred and fifty 93 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: minutes of exercise a week, So one hundred and fifty minutes, 94 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: let's say, five times a week, thirty minutes each time, 95 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: can actually have a negative impact on your health. Can 96 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: you even believe that? Like? Crazy? Right? But what if 97 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: science is now telling us what we should already know, 98 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: Like you need to go live a real life. Taking 99 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: care of your body can account for like five percent 100 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: of your life. But if taking care of your body 101 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: is like fifty percent of your life, it's too much. 102 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: That's not what you were created for. When your life 103 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: doesn't begin when you lose the weight, it's already begun. 104 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: You are living it now. Each day is a gift. 105 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: You're not promised tomorrow or next year. What do you 106 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: have to do today? Who can you love? Who can 107 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: you serve? How can you grow? Is your life about 108 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: growing or shrinking? That's the question for you to ponder 109 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: today and this weekend. And hey, we've got our next 110 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: forty day journey coming up in just over a week. 111 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: I hope you'll join us six weeks of zoom calls 112 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: with me. I answer your questions about the forty Day 113 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: Body Image Workbook, and we start a journey together where 114 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: we examine why have we been stuck living a life 115 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: of trying to shrink for so many years? And what 116 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: does it mean to live a life life of growth? 117 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: What does it mean to pursue health goals while accepting 118 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: where my body's at right now? What does it mean 119 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: to keep my hashtag body goals in proper order with 120 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: what God has put me on this universe? For we 121 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: go into all of that, it's a great journey. We 122 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: look at a lot of scripture. I hope you'll join us. 123 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: It's y'all, it's only fifty nine dollars for six weeks. 124 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: I mean, it's like ten bucks a week for essentially 125 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: group coaching. I hope you'll join us. 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