I got to share my story over the weekend at a health seminar. It was awesome to see the amount of people putting in the time and effort to live a healthy lifestyle.

If you don’t know my story, I used to weight almost 300 pounds and have a 42 inch waist. Over the course of 18 months, I lose 130 pounds and have kept it off for the last 5 years. It feels incredible. In that time, I’ve learned a lot about what does work and what doesn’t work to lose weight, keep it off, pass on healthy habits to your kids and enjoy life.

So, I put together all the blog posts I’ve ever written on the topic.

Being free from bad eating habits, a food addiction (and other addictions that lead to an unhealthy lifestyle) and poor body image:

1. What to do on “Fat Days”
2. Food, Weight, and Stop Being the Victim
3. How to Examine Your Heart/Motives
4. When Eating Becomes a Sin
5. Why We Aren’t Healthy
6. Women and the Cycle of Defeat
7. Two Ideas that Should Change how We Think about our Bodies, Weight Loss & Food
8. Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace

How to lose weight:

1. My Journey of Losing Weight
2. How I got to where I am 
3. The idol of food (the spiritual side of weight loss)
4. Have a plan
5. It’s for the rest of your life
6. The effects
7. Do your homework
8. The idol of exercise & staying in shape

Staying healthy (eating well, avoiding burnout, etc.):

1. Every Time You Say Yes to Something You Say No to Something Else
2. What I Wish I’d Known About Energy, Family & Mistakes
3. Making Room for What Matters
4. How I Structure my Week
5. How to Know You’re Too Busy
6. How to do Crossfit on Your Own
7. 6 Ways to Stay Motivated to be Healthy
8. Thoughts on Burnout, Sleep, Adrenaline, Stress, and Eating