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What I've discovered on my 90 pound weight loss journey through compulsive overeating and weight gain to 12-Step recovery since 2005. Navigating healthy eating can be tricky! Check out my tips and food tricks below. I've included some healthy recipes - please send your healthy recipe ideas to info@reshapeandrecover.com for posting consideration.
Finding Strength Beyond Ourselves
For so long, many of us believed that overcoming overeating was a matter of willpower. We tried diets, meal plans, and sheer...
Julie Kleinhans
Mar 81 min read
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Step 3 - Turning It Over to God
Have you ever felt like life was unfair—like someone hurt you so badly that there’s no way to fix it? What if I told you that God can...
Julie Kleinhans
Mar 61 min read
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Trusting God: The Bridge to Recovery
What Step Three Really Means Step Three isn’t just a concept—it’s an action. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to...
Julie Kleinhans
Mar 51 min read
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Step 1: Admitting the Truth About Food Addiction
For years, I told myself I just needed more willpower. If I could just eat “in moderation,” I wouldn’t struggle so much. But the truth? I...
Julie Kleinhans
Mar 11 min read
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Breaking Free from Food Addiction: The Power of Faith and Community
Food addiction and overeating often thrive in isolation. But true healing comes from leaning on God and finding support in community. In...
Julie Kleinhans
Feb 181 min read
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Making Amends: The Power of Step 9
Making the amends in Step 9 is one of the hardest—and most healing—steps in recovery: For years, I carried the weight of my past—broken...
Julie Kleinhans
Feb 11 min read
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How to Stop Overeating and Reach a Healthy Weight in 2025
Have you struggled to reach your weight loss goal? The start of a new year often brings resolutions for better health, but if you’re like...
Julie Kleinhans
Jan 21 min read
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Why the 12 Steps Instead of Just Dieting?
Why the 12 Steps Instead of Just Dieting? Have you ever lost weight on a diet, only to find yourself right back where you started once it...
Julie Kleinhans
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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Full Commitment to Overcoming Compulsive Overeating
Today's podcast focuses on the principle of committing fully to the recovery process. I've heard it said that half measures availed us...
Julie Kleinhans
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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Step Three: How Focusing on God Can Transform Your Life
Step Three reminds us to focus on God and all things of God. When we do this, we become less focused on ourselves and our troubles and...
Julie Kleinhans
Sep 28, 20241 min read
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Salad Dressing
Salad dressings are full of sugar or artificial sweeteners and chemicals. I'm experimenting with making my own salad dressing. I combined...
Julie Kleinhans
Sep 18, 20241 min read
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Sunday Devotion
John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commands. As Christians, we believe in and love God. He has done so much for us and we are eternally...
Julie Kleinhans
Sep 8, 20241 min read
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My Christ-Centered 12-Step Weight Loss Journey
I struggled with overeating most of my life. It started when I was a child sneaking candy and cookies and continued into adulthood with...
Julie Kleinhans
Aug 29, 20241 min read
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Taking Thoughts Captive for a Healthier You
"Take captive every thought" (2 Corinthians 10:5) is not just a spiritual practice but a crucial step in overcoming compulsive eating....
Julie Kleinhans
Aug 23, 20241 min read
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How to Overcome Overeating: The 12 Step Program for Lasting Weight Loss and Healing
Have you wanted to lose weight but had a hard time stopping overeating? Hi, I'm Julie with Reshape and Recover, and I used to struggle...
Julie Kleinhans
Aug 22, 20241 min read
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Embrace Full Commitment to Your Journey
Overcoming compulsive eating isn’t just about changing your diet—it’s about a complete commitment to transformation. Just like we...
Julie Kleinhans
Aug 19, 20241 min read
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Step 8
Step Eight is making a list of the people to whom you need to make amends. Some of these people may have hurt you at some point and time,...
Julie Kleinhans
Aug 10, 20241 min read
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How Prayer Helped Me Overcome Candy Cravings | Personal Story
While shopping, I saw all the candy and I just had this overwhelming urge that I wanted some candy and I turned my back to it and I said...
Julie Kleinhans
Aug 8, 20241 min read
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From Overeating to Wellness: My 12 Step Recovery Success
Once I became an adult and started buying my own food, I was able to kind of maintain a decent weight just from dieting. I dieted a lot....
Julie Kleinhans
Jul 4, 20241 min read
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Weekend Encouragement
Transforming your relationship with food doesn't happen overnight. A Christ-centered, 12-step program offers a step-by-step approach to...
Julie Kleinhans
Jun 7, 20241 min read
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