by Teresa Shields Parker | Oct 5, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
God always wants the best for us and that is why He hates our excuses. Excuses are what keep us from following God and may even keep us from heaven. I am not saying this to scare you. I am saying it to make sure you are following what He wants you to do. 1 John... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
God doesn’t care if I am fat. He wants me to enjoy my life. He wants me to live, love and be happy. Food makes me happy so I’m just doing what He wants me to do. That was just an excuse and at its core it is untrue. God really doesn’t care about our outward... by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 21, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Family, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose
What should we do when our loving husband brings us our favorite candy and we have committed to not eating sugar? As a Christian weight loss coach, I’ve heard from many wives who are afraid of hurting his feelings if she tells him she doesn’t want that any more. She’s... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 14, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose
My family won’t eat healthy meals. This is an excuse that I understand and yet I think it is one of the poorest excuses. When we are blaming our bad eating habits on our families we place all the responsibility for what we’ve done to ourselves on them. That is not... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 7, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose
No diet works was more than an excuse for me. It was the truth. No diet worked because I always treated it as a short-term fix for what I knew was a long-term problem. I wanted to think my obsession with overeating certain foods was something I could overcome with a... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose
Are you too old to eat healthy? One woman said, “I don’t have long at my age, so why not enjoy what’s left?” That made me feel sad for her because if the only enjoyment we are getting out of life is eating, then we need to re-examine our lives. As I look back over my...
