Faithfully Fit: A 40-Day Devotional Plan to End the Yo-Yo Lifestyle of Chronic Dieting

by Barr Cloninger, Laura Barr

Fed up with overeating? All strung out from yo-yo-dieting? Maybe it's time for a new approach. Faithfully Fit is not a diet, not an exercise plan. It won't tell you how much you ought to weigh or what your heart rate should be or how many miles you should walk to burn up three cookies and a slice of cheesecake. It offers no quick fixes or miracle cures. Instead, Faithfully Fit offers motivation, encouragement, and inspiration to help you change from the inside out?the only kind of change that lasts. Complete with forty-two daily meditations, scripture readings, encouraging affirmations, and practical activities, this unique book provides day-to-day spiritual support for your eating and exercise efforts. An ideal companion for your favorite eating or exercise program, this book also provides daily uplift for those who aren't dieting or "working out"?just trying to make healthy eating and regular exercise a part of their lives. However you use it, Faithfully Fit is guaranteed to give you hope, courage, challenge, insight, and humor on the long road (this timeyou will make it!) from overeating to overcoming.

Genres: Christian, Self Help

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Samantha Skulski · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book and the advice it offered. I loved the routine of waking up and starting my day with a devotional on something that I’m really struggling with.

[Carolyn Moore Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful writing and inspiration

This is a great Biblical 40-day challenge for anyone trying to lose weight. The writers provide Inspiration, motivation, and love.

[Becki Mullen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really liked the beginning. Think it’s a great book and devotion, but for where I’m at and what I’m doing with my eating, didn’t have as many “helpful” things as I thought.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the principle of this book and the idea behind it and many of the ideas running through it. I love that it's meditative and it takes the application of the gospel - our dependence on Christ for everything - into the nitty gritty of every day life in an area that so needs the voice of the gospel ringing out.
However, there are points in this book that offer TERRIBLE advice. Judging from the rest of the book, I'm sure the authors did not mean to give such bad advice - but it is there none the less. Putting a picture on the fridge of your ideal weight from a magazine or even an old picture of yourself as a motivator might be okay for some people but for many it is a sure fire path to depression and self-loathing.
Apart from a few small blunders I think for the discerning reading this book could be a helpful starting point to change the way you think about dieting and exercising.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good motivation. Really liked the Bible verses and food for thought for inspiration.