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

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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 165-Coming Out of Shame

Episode 165-Coming Out of Shame

God reminded me that one of the biggest issues I faced 10 years ago was shame. Shame followed me everywhere. Others didn’t have to shame me, I did a really good job of that myself. Shame constantly sat on my shoulder berating me, but in the same voice it also told me to eat whatever I wanted because I deserved it. I was sure God was also ashamed of me. But, He wasn’t.

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Episode 164-Loneliness

Episode 164-Loneliness

Christmas is a very special time of the year when we are usually around lots of family and friends. For many, though, it can be lonely especially if we can’t be with family or friends. Loneliness is something we all face at one time or another. Those who are self-conscious about their weight are the ones I’ve heard share about this the most.

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Episode 163-From Rejected to Accepted

Episode 163-From Rejected to Accepted

Do you ever feel rejected? Do you long to feel accepted for who you are? Feeling rejected is a real emotional disturber. It can make you feel like quitting. Why go on when everything you do seems to be criticized and pointed out as wrong?

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Episode 162-Why Are You Afraid?

Episode 162-Why Are You Afraid?

We’ve all met people who seem fearless. They don’t seem afraid of anything. Then there are those of us who are afraid of certain things more than others and those who are afraid of everything. God doesn’t want you to be afraid. He didn’t create you to be afraid because fear keeps us from God’s best. He has a cure for fear.

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Episode 161-Driven by Anxiety

Episode 161-Driven by Anxiety

Unless we trust God with the issue, our anxiousness results in nothing being solved or fixed. This repetitive action results in us being driven by anxiety. It makes us feel stuck or caged in to the point that we see things we want to do, but our anxiety keeps us from even trying.
What is God’s cure for those who are driven by anxiety?

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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.