Faith-Based Weight Loss

If religion is a significant part of your life, it can also be helpful in achieving weight-loss goals. Use the suggestions below to consider whether your faith can offer you meaningful opportunities for achieving weight loss and a healthy lifestyle.

Weight loss that is faith based usually focuses on overall care for your body especially including concepts of moderation and discipline.

Using religious concepts can help make learning about weight loss and committing to weight loss more meaningful for you. Faith-based weight loss will help you combine your love of learning about the Bible and religion with your weight loss goals which can help improve both your motivation and the ease with which you undertake steps to weight loss.

Weight loss programs that are faith based are frequently less expensive or free when religious organizations sponsor the programs. If your place of worship does not have a faith-based weight loss program they recommend or have incorporated into their programming, consider suggesting to your board that such a program be included.

Weight loss can be encouraged by participating in religious outings based on charity goals such as walkathons or 5K runs that are sponsored for various groups. If your organization does not have such charity-based exercise opportunities presented to their members, consider suggesting a specific exercise-based charity fundraiser.

Consider the disciplines you've undertaken for your religion whether it's attending services at various times or wearing certain clothing or even practicing various dietary restraints and capitalize on the positive feelings you get from discipline as your focus for incorporating stricter eating and exercise habits for yourself.

Encourage religious get-togethers or pot lunches to serve healthier foods rather than traditional high-calorie foods.

If you host meals for religious occasions, consider posting ingredients and calories along with food allergy information as a courtesy for guests.

Consider online options for faith-based weight loss support if you are not currently a member of a religious organization.
 Consider downloading audio that you'd like to listen to that is faith-based and reserve your listening only to times you're at the gym so that you'll find yourself looking forward to your workouts.
Expand your religious reading to include concepts about self-respect and values that are movement based such as admonishments against being idle in order to further reinforce your religious and weight loss progress.

Join an exercise group that incorporates prayer into the exercise routine rather than more general periods of meditation.

Use your religious beliefs as an opportunity to get out and move whether it's volunteering or visiting the sick or helping someone paint their home.

Take advantage of the life coaching aspects of faith-based weight loss groups. Instead of an endless focus on food, recipes or even calories, by their nature faith-based weight loss programs offer meaningful tips that can help keep you motivated or improve your outlook or even  understand why prior efforts at weight loss haven't worked permanently.

Faith-based weight loss programs and practices can be a great way to take your current lifestyle and make adjustments to help it incorporate your weight loss goals. Use the tips above to consider whether your faith can provide the key for you to achieve your weight-loss goals.