I teach women how to work with God to transform their lifestyles, lose weight and live healthy.

At one time, my life was a complete mess. I weighed 430 pounds, was exhausted, depressed, stressed, and tired of living. Fat and happy is a lie, especially when you are super morbidly obese and in constant pain. Today, I’ve lost more than 250 pounds and kept it off since 2013. I know your pain. I can help you. I want to help you.

Are you ready to change your life?

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Remember, if God can help me lose 250 pounds, He can help you get through anything!

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Books by Teresa Shields Parker

NEW!! Sweet Excuses: Stop Lying to Yourself & Start Losing Weight

Sweet Excuses cover

Sweet Grace: A Weight Loss Memoir

Sweet Change: True Stories of Transformation

Sweet Freedom: A Weight Loss Memoir

Sweet Hunger: Developing an Appetite for God

Sweet Hunger

Sweet Journey to Transformation: Practical Steps to Lose Weight and Live Healthy

Sweet Journey to Transformation Book

Sweet Surrender: Breaking Strongholds

Has the world left you feeling stressed, worried, fearful and overwhelmed? My new free mini-course can help.

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Episode 176-Doubt and Faith

Episode 176-Doubt and Faith

Is it OK for a Christian to doubt? Is there a good kind of doubt? Is there something we have to do in order for even a small amount of faith to work. On this episode, I’m answering your questions about how to activate your faith.

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Episode 175-From Old to New

Episode 175-From Old to New

When we accept Christ, we have another choice. We can choose to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit or we can continue to live in our old ways. This episode will explain more about this process.

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Episode 174-Don’t Give Up

Episode 174-Don’t Give Up

Don’t give up when everything in your life looks like it is falling apart. Many of us give up on God when we can’t see how everything in our lives are going to work out. We have to have faith. We don’t know how, but God is great at plot twists. Just when our stories are looking like they are going to end badly, He comes to our rescue.

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Episode 173-Move from Victim to Victor

Episode 173-Move from Victim to Victor

This episode will help you understand how those caught in the victim mentality act and how you can know when you’ve become a victor. Becoming a victor is the aim and God will get us there if we want it!

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Episode 172-How Much Are You Worth?

Episode 172-How Much Are You Worth?

How much are you worth? What is your life worth? Some economists say an individual’s life is worth $10 Million. Of course, I’m not talking about how much are you worth monetarily. What is your soul and spirit worth?

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Episode 171-It’s Frustrating!

Episode 171-It’s Frustrating!

It’s frustrating! I don’t know how many times I have heard those words in the last few days. We are frustrated about so many things, but we are all accomplices in our own sea of frustration. We want more from ourselves and then have no plan to accomplish what we want or if we have a plan it doesn’t work for some reason.

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Episode 170-Managing Disappointment

Episode 170-Managing Disappointment

What disappoints you? Is it yourself? Is it circumstances you think you shouldn’t have to go through? Is what you think God should have done for you think He didn’t? Is it other people giving up on fulfilling their potential? How do you manage disappointments?

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About Me

I’m Teresa Shields Parker, Christian weight loss coach, author, podcaster and speaker. I’ve been writing since I was born or at least it feels that way. I do know I was born to write. However, it wasn’t until 2013 when I wrote my memoir, Sweet Grace: How I Lost 250 Pounds and Stopped Trying to Earn God’s Favor that I really felt I could legitimately don the moniker of author. It had been 60 years in the making.