Taste For Truth - Weight Loss Encouragement

If you’ve ever tried to lose weight and keep it off, you know that it doesn’t happen overnight. In today’s podcast interview, Teresa Parker Shields talks about five stages of the weight loss journey.  Teresa is the author of several books on weight loss, including Sweet Grace: How I Lost 250 Pounds and Stopped Trying to Earn God’s Favor. Teresa helps others lose weight through her books, coaching, and website and has kept her own weight off for more than five years. Following are the stages of the weight loss journey that we’ll be discussing on the podcast: 5 Stages of the Weight Loss Journey Wishful Thinker - In this stage we dream about losing weight but don’t want to go through the suffering to make that happen long-term. Instead we want the quick fix. We think, If I could just find the magic plan that works. When we accept that we’re overweight and need to lose weight and that there is no magic fix we’re ready to move into the next stage. Willing Owner - This is where we own our addiction. Teresa tells h