Course
Overview
This 12 week programme
compliments Sue's book and provides a Workbook, daily devotional
readings and a
nutritional and physical activity supplement. These additional resources
come
as an electronic download. The course can be followed individually or in
a
group for which additional teaching resources are available. (Please see
'Start
a Church Group' page and 'Resources' for more information) Unit One: Diets Dont Work The ineffectiveness (for most
people) of dieting as
a means of weight control Examining many reasons why
weight gain can
happen Our need to find the root cause
of our personal
weight issues. Unit Two: Eating a
holistic experience An overview of how we
relate to food - body, soul and spirit. An introduction to
applying Biblical truth in order to help resolve weight issues Unit Three: The feel-good
factor of food Defining emotional eating An examination of stress
as a dominant root of emotional eating Practical and spiritual
ways of handling and avoiding stress. Unit Four: Filling the Void Identifying different
types of void (emptiness) in our lives Finding more appropriate
ways of filling these voids Unit Five: Facing your
Fears Addressing our fears in
relation in weight loss The fear of being slim. Biblical ways of dealing
with these fears. Unit Six: Facing the Past How painful past
experiences (especially from childhood) may be a powerful, significant
root to
our disordered eating Learning why this
association with comfort-eating exists How we can find healing
for our past pain and so be freed from our need to compensate with
food. Unit Seven: Mirror, Mirror
on the Wall How we view ourselves and
why The connection between
poor self-esteem and disordered eating Who we are in Gods eyes
and how to love ourselves Finding release from shame
and true moral guilt. Unit Eight: Finding hungry
and finding full To identify what it feels
like to be both physiologically hungry and satisfied Practical advice to help
us to eat within these limits How this way of eating
corresponds with the four Biblical principles of Fit For Life Forever. Unit Nine: Freedom to Choose
Some negative outcomes of
following unqualified health mantras. Establishing a Biblical
basis for eating in freedom coupled with responsibility. Practical advice to help
us eat in such a way without falling into excess. Unit Ten: Creating the right
environment How the meal environment
can help or hinder the eating experience Practical help for
creating the best eating environment. Unit Eleven: A
Spirit-controlled Appetite Defining and encouraging
good habits in relation to food and eating. Establishing godly habits
through elimination and reinforcement. Unit Twelve: Fit For Life
Forever The pathway to becoming an
intuitive eater How this involves a
paradigm shift in our relationships with food, God and ourselves. |
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