Find Your Weigh

Renew Your Mind & Walk In Freedom

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Pub Date 6 Jan 2020 | Archive Date 9 Jan 2020

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Description

When has a diet ever yielded long-term weight results?

If you have ever felt hopeless about your weight or struggled with the up and down rollercoaster of yo-yo dieting, Find Your Weigh offers a new perspective and proactive steps to change your relationship with food.

When we think about losing weight, we immediately think of a diet. However, diets are only short-term fixes to target our weight, which is really just a symptom of our behavior with food. If we really want to change our weight story, we’ve got to target our behavior with food and uncover the beliefs that actually inform that behavior. The problem is that most of us have no idea what we believe or why we act the way that we do with food.

It's time to walk in freedom over food and weight. Join Shellie Bowdoin as she shares her own weight journey and lays out practical, “aha” steps to help you renew your mind with food. You will learn how to uncover your beliefs and target your faulty thinking about food with actionable steps and the truth of God's Word.

Biblical weight loss actually calls God into the picture. You will see how God desires to speak strength into your weakness with food. Find Your Weigh will reveal your excuses and mind blocks about food and will help you develop new, workable food habits that you can see yourself following next week, next month and next year!

Filled with biblical insights, practical steps and interactive questions, this book will help you get to the bottom of your food issues to help you figure out why you do what you do and think what you think when it comes to food.

Find Your Weigh will lead you through a proven process that will yield tailor-made solutions to fit your preferences and your lifestyle. Ultimately, the idea is to develop a mental framework and workable habits that allow you to enjoy all kinds of food in a healthy, managed Holy Spirit-empowered way!

“Instead of looking for another diet or another workout plan, it’s time to alter your relationship with food for good. The only way to do this is to renew your thinking and establish focused eating habits that you can carry on for the rest of your life. I did it and, for the first time in my life, I’ve taken the weight off its pedestal in my head and replaced it with living!”

Find Your Weigh is written to be motivational and practical. It can be used alone to set up healthy food habits for successful weight maintenance or alongside another proven weight loss plan.

In this book, you will learn:

• How your current behavior with food is directly tied to expectations and assumptions built over time

• How to develop new individualized, focused eating habits

• How to enjoy food as the blessing it is and still maintain your weight

This book also comes with a companion group Bible study, Find Your Weigh: Walk In Freedom Bible Study Guide. Free video links are also available for use with the study guide. Both the book and the study guide can be used alongside any healthy weight loss program or to help you set up a healthy plan for weight maintenance.

When has a diet ever yielded long-term weight results?

If you have ever felt hopeless about your weight or struggled with the up and down rollercoaster of yo-yo dieting, Find Your Weigh offers a...


A Note From the Publisher

Title will also be available: Print (paperback & hardback) and audiobook - all w/ wholesale distribution

Book has a companion 9-session Bible Study Guide - Walk In Freedom Bible Study Guide (free video links available for all sessions)

Title will also be available: Print (paperback & hardback) and audiobook - all w/ wholesale distribution

Book has a companion 9-session Bible Study Guide - Walk In Freedom Bible Study Guide (free...


Advance Praise

Find Your Weigh is just as goal-oriented as any other book on diet and lifestyle management; but by returning God and Jesus to the formula, it gives Christian readers yet another tool in the pursuit of physical health, mental well-being, and spiritual enlightenment. This highly recommended read should be in any Christian thinker's collection; especially those interested in self-help, daily living, and better links between physical and mental health and religious purpose.

D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

As someone who knows the bondage of food and finding your worth in a number on the scale, Find Your Weigh was a breath of fresh air! Learning to really understand our thoughts around food is so important to healing that relationship, and Shellie outlines how to do it in an easy and practical way, rooted in Biblical truth. A must-read for anyone who struggles with food - which is all of us!

Taylor Kiser – Blogger at FoodFaithFitness.com

What a refreshing and biblical look at our struggle with weight! Shellie brings hope and practicality to this health journey. The companion study guide adds an opportunity to take a deeper look into ourselves and provides guidelines with accompanying scriptures; helping us make changes in our thought life and choices about food. Shellie outlines powerfully how we can “Find our Weigh."

Sandra Mundis - Women’s global networker serving alongside her husband Greg, executive director of Assemblies of God World Missions.

Are you tired of being on a dieting roller coaster? Are you looking for freedom from the condemnation and frustration of failing so many times? Then, “Find Your Weigh” is just what you need. Shellie talks about allowing God to change your mindset about food. It’s an incredible journey of freedom from the struggles surrounding your weight and your self image. I encourage you to dive in and let God work through this incredible book and study.

Becca Ketterling - Women’s Pastor, River Valley Church

Find Your Weigh is just as goal-oriented as any other book on diet and lifestyle management; but by returning God and Jesus to the formula, it gives Christian readers yet another tool in the pursuit...


Marketing Plan

I am currently accepting opportunities to promote my book on various media outlets. I have already set a number of podcasts, television programs and blog posts; however, I can always use more!

I am currently accepting opportunities to promote my book on various media outlets. I have already set a number of podcasts, television programs and blog posts; however, I can always use more!


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Find your Weigh is not a diet book but it is a book about how we eat, why we eat the way we do, and how to lose weight. Author Shellie Bowdoin, herself, struggled with her weight for decades. She tried diet after diet, with short - lived success, until she eventually decided that there must be a better way. She journaled her eating and thoughts surrounding her eating for 50 days and then she wrote the book.

I enjoyed reading the book because I can relate to Bowdoin's struggle with weight. Like her, I've never had to lose large amounts of weight, but I have tried many diets and keep losing and gaining the same pounds over and over again. I am in a place where I simply want to find peace with food and eating and stabilize at a weight that is comfortable and best supports my health. My habits bother me more than the results of my habits.

I resonated with much of what Shellie shares in the book. I don't want to have to abstain from foods that I like; I just don't want to eat them to the point of sickness. I don't believe that I'm powerless around food. I share her beliefs about God, how he made us, and how He wishes to help us in our struggles; even our struggles with food!

Much of her reasoning is common sense: if you want to look like a model, be prepared to eat and work out like one. Whatever you need to do to lose the weight, you'll have to keep doing to keep it off. The best time to exercise is the time when you will get it done, and many more bits of common wisdom that we tend to forget when we embark on the next newest diet and exercise regimen, so I guess it may not be that common.

I recommend this book to any woman who is ready to take a long and hard look at her eating patterns and the thoughts that are driving them. With a lot of grace, support from Scripture and research, and her no-nonsense approach, Shellie Bowdoin might just be the person who leads us to the solution we have been looking for.

With thanks to Shellie Bowdoin, Source Publishing and Netgalley for the reviewer copy.

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Find Your Weigh is an excellent resources for those trying to find a balanced approach to lose weight. It is not a diet book. This book shows you how to use journaling and introspection to determine why you eat and how to eat in moderation. It includes practical steps for developing an eating plan that works for you. The most revealing thing for me is when the author asked "What do you expect from food?" "Do you eat for entertainment or for fuel?" I had to admit 99% of the time I eat for entertainment, and that began a whole journey of discovery and allowed me to come up with a plan that works for me. Highly recommend to those who have trouble sticking to a diet. The book comes with a companion interactive journal.

I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley and this review is provided voluntarily.

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I really appreciated this book. It has a great balance of spiritual thought and practical application. It focuses on moving away from the diet mindset and instead focusing on making lifestyle changes that do not have end dates. There are great reminders that weight gain is symptomatic of larger issues/less-than-ideal choices, and that it is entirely possible to train ourselves out of habits currently ingrained in our lives.

The chapters are engaging and well-written. I only noticed one typo in the entire book. Shellie communicates her thoughts in a very easy-to-read, down-to-earth way. I felt like I was reading a friend's journal, rather than receiving sound lifestyle advice.

Shellie focuses on moderation and sustainability. She also reminds us that there are many things to consider- you can't change just one thing in your life, or go on a miserably restrictive diet, and expect that it will solve all your problems. She reminds us to consider exercise, hydration, sleeping habits, etc. All things we've heard before, yes, but sound advice nonetheless. She weaves scripture throughout the entire book and ties her advice back to Christ and his Word.

I feel extremely fortunate to have had the chance to read this title, and look forward to revisiting it many times in the future. Thank you for the encouragement to build and maintain a healthy lifestyle!

I received a complimentary copy of this title in exchange for a review. All thoughts expressed are my own.

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I liked the format of this book. It had lots of practical tips with recaps at the end of the chapters reiterating the most important points. There were lots of questions for thought, and I appreciated being able to take notes. While there is really nothing new under the sun in the field of weight loss, the layout of this book made it easy to both read and understand while the everyday tips and the recommendations for how to change harmful mindsets make the advice easy to begin putting into practice. I have found myself referring back to the book frequently.

Net Galley provided an ARC for honest review.

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I was able to read Find your Weigh for free from Netgalley, the publisher and the author for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
As the description, Find your Weigh is not a diet book but it is a book about how we eat, why we eat the way we do, and how to lose weight. This book came at the right time, I really appreciated this book. It shows us the how to balance spiritual thoughts and practical application. It focuses on moving away from the diet mindset and instead focusing on making lifestyle changes. We need to change our "attitude of helplessness with food.  We have to leave the rollercoaster of weight and get our life back".Author Shellie Bowdoin, herself, struggled with her weight for decades. She tried diet after diet, with short - lived success, until she eventually decided that there must be a better way. She journaled her eating and thoughts surrounding her eating for 50 days and then she wrote the book. I will start journalling what I eat and be able to manage my weight.

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Find Your Weigh is a great multiple area approach to weight loss that first includes faith and prayer, and reflection on God's Word, then assessing your movement, or lack of it, combining it with a journal about food, and tackling each pound and inch and bite with Godly assessment. Similar to the Weigh Down diet, it is great for those of us who are of faith, and depend on God's help to carry us through. We are not alone, He is with us.

Highly recommended.

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Thanks to Net Galley for providing the ARC for this book. This book would be good for the start of 2020 and people desiring inspiration.

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I really enjoyed this, not a diet book, but a discussion and tips into reflecting on our values and mindset when it comes to our weight and body image.
We are bombarded with ideals and expectations every day to look a certain way, and not valuing ourselves the way we are.
Though I am not religious I didn’t find the Christian parts overbearing, or felt wholesome and positive.
Something I felt ready to read with the indulgent part of the year approaching and the “new year” guilt that usually follows!

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This is a good book for those just realizing that they want to,do something about their relationship with food, and their weight. The info given is basic, thoroughly readable, and bible-based.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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Find Your Weigh is a Christian book that examines why we are overweight. The author points us to the Bible and gives great tips on how to shift our mindset on the role of food we place in our lives. She also created a large section at the end that is meant for daily journaling. Great book!

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I really appreciated that Find Your Weigh was not your typical diet book. Shellie Bowdoin did not provide some magic plan for weight loss or tell readers what they should or shouldn't eat. Instead, she approached the subject much more from the mindset perspective. She was very transparent and honest about her own struggles with weight loss through the years. She gave readers some things to ponder such as how they view food and gave practical tips along the way of strategies she has used that she has found to be successful. She encourages readers readers to journal about food in order to look for patterns and triggers in their own lives when it comes to food. She was even open enough to share her journal from her own journey. This book is for someone who wants to make lifelong changes for long lasting success in the area of weight loss. In this new year, I look forward to implementing some of her suggestions.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Net Galley. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

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I really enjoyed the Biblical perspective shared throughout the book Find Your Weigh. There were also many practical tips shares throughout the book. However, some of the tips shares were not necessarily health promoting. I also found the layout of the book a bit scattered. Much of the end of the book is filled with the author’s journal entries and space for our own thoughts. I did enjoy reading the authors entries and the entire book was written in a down to earth manner that was easy to understand. Overall, a decent read to glean the Biblical perspective along with a few golden nugget tips.

I received this book for free from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are my own.

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To be honest, at first I really didn't think that I was going to like this book, but the further I read the more I liked it. Bowdoin focuses on our relationship with food, and its impact on our relationship with God. Scriptures are used to reinforce the truth of her words. I especially liked the book's stressing the importance of developing a mindset of healthy eating over a mindset of dieting. Dieting points us toward denial which only makes us think more about what we are being denied. Healthy eating points us toward caring for our bodies as God intended and providing appropriate fuel for our body, while still allowing for the role of food in our culture and in our celebrations. I am grateful to Source Publishing a Division of ICI Ministries and Victory Editing for providing me with a copy of Find your Weigh in exchange for my honest opinion. I was under no obligation to provide a positive review and received no monetary compensation.

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