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#120: Is There a Godly Approach to Weight Loss?

February 10, 2023

Discussions about weight loss are tricky.

Always have been, but over the past few years it seems like the “danger zone” around this topic has become much wider and a lot sharper. Is it just me, or are you sensing this, too?

I’ve been on both sides of the weight spectrum during my life. During my first pregnancy, at age 34, I gained over 100 pounds. And I was only 120 pounds to begin with! No matter what I did during that pregnancy, I couldn’t keep from gaining weight. As I fought through borderline gestational diabetes, I remember being in literal pain from the amount of weight I was carrying on my frame. I felt powerless and ashamed that I had “allowed” myself to get this way. I had no idea my situation had absolutely nothing to do with willpower or self-control.

During my second pregnancy, I started out pretty good, but at around month six, things took an old, familiar turn. It was during my eighth month, at a routine check-up with a midwife I hadn’t met with before that I was scolded for putting on so much weight and told, “It’s as simple as calories in and calories out, dear. Control it.” Again, I felt shame and fear that, no matter what I tried, I couldn’t control my weight. I worried during those weeks that I was putting my baby in danger, and that I was a bad mom.

But after giving birth to my second son, I lost every bit of that pregnancy weight — and then some! — in less than two months. I spiraled into postpartum anxiety and dealt with almost-daily panic attacks. I wasn’t eating or sleeping well, and I was constantly worrying and pacing. I dropped to a dangerously low weight. Others complimented me on my ability to get my “pre-baby body” back, but inside I was afraid. I knew something was very wrong.

Fast forward through years of pursuing foundational, holistic healing and I’ve come to learn something very important: Weight issues are rarely an issue of self-control and will power. Weight issues — whether it’s more than you were designed to carry or not enough to sustain you properly — are always a symptom of a deeper root condition. Nine times out of ten, these issues run right through digestive and hormonal imbalances, and stress always plays a part.

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I wanted to open up a discussion about happy, healthy weight so we could deal with the shame and fear, once and for all, and find strategies to harness the power of God and bring it to bear on our weight loss (or weight gain) journeys. Is this a conversation you need to sit in on? If so, I want you to grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let’s Go!

THE GBX BURN CHALLENGE STARTS FEB 27 · For years as a health coach, I avoided offering weight loss programs and products to my community because I found most of them to be toxic and trauma-inducing. Nearly every program or product I came across absolutely ignored the foundational health issues and root causes that drove the weight gain symptom to happen in the first place. Until now.

Amare, the company I proudly partnered with four month ago, just launched a new product and program that takes a foundational health approach to weight loss and healthy body composition. I’m excited to invite you into the GBX Burn 90-Day Challenge with me! To learn more about the Challenge, the program products and even the comprehensive plan we’ll be following during the Challenge, head over to ericapyle.com/burnbrightly.

Scripture References Mentioned in This Episode:

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

2 Corinthians 10:5
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.

Links to Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

THE GBX BURN CHALLENGE STARTS FEB 27 · For years as a health coach, I avoided offering weight loss programs and products to my community because I found most of them to be toxic and trauma-inducing. Nearly every program or product I came across absolutely ignored the foundational health issues and root causes that drove the weight gain symptom to happen in the first place. Until now.

Amare, the company I proudly partnered with four month ago, just launched a new product and program that takes a foundational health approach to weight loss and healthy body composition. I’m excited to invite you into the GBX Burn 90-Day Challenge with me! To learn more about the Challenge, the program products and even the comprehensive plan we’ll be following during the Challenge, head over to ericapyle.com/burnbrightly.


Erica co-leads a local church alongside her husband, Doug, in Tampa, Florida called REVIVE Church of Tampa. You can visit the church’s website for more information about who we are, what we believe and how we show up as the Church in the heart of West Tampa and beyond.

REVIVE Church of Tampa

REVIVE Church of Tampa streams services live on Friday nights at 7pm ET and Sunday mornings at 11am ET. You can find those livestreams on our church Facebook page:

Live Services – Fridays at 7pm ET and Sundays at 11am ET

If you’re interested in joining the online campus of REVIVE Church of Tampa, you are welcome to join our community group on Facebook where we offer weekly discussion around the Friday and Sunday messages as well as discipleship Zoom groups and the opportunity to host others in your home as you stream services. You can find us here:

The ROCC: REVIVE Online Campus Community


About this podcast:

Positioned to Prosper is a weekly podcast that covers the ins and outs of what it means to live a lifestyle of breakthrough and victory in your relationships, health, finances and beyond. Your host, Erica Pyle, is no stranger to jumping without the proverbial parachute while maintaining a firm grip on godly wisdom. A self-described slayer of pragmatism and a “walk by faith” kind of girl, Erica is an unabashed believer in the power of God to radically transform lives. Front-footed in faith as she offers straight-up truth, strategies, and wisdom for living victoriously, and equipped with her love for the word of God, her certification as a holistic health coach, and years of experience in personal finance and taxation, Erica is ready to help you get positioned to prosper.

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