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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.

Nov 15, 20231 min read

Healthy Recipe Wednesday

Shrimp & rice dinner. Super easy and quick. Tony and I buy a package of pre-cooked shrimp that's deveined and tail removed. I start by...

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Nov 14, 20231 min read

How to Stop Overeating - part 2

How do you lose weight if you overeat? Is it even possible? No matter what people promise about being able to eat whatever you want and...

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Julie Kleinhans

Nov 13, 20231 min read

How to Stop Overeating

How do I stop overeating? That was what I wanted to know over 15 years ago when I joined a 12-step program. As I learned to accept that I...

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Nov 12, 20231 min read

Sunday Devotion

Matthew 7:7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. God wants His very best...

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Nov 11, 20231 min read

Saturday Step

Step 5: Now that your 4th Step is complete and you have filled out the resentments form, schedule time with a 5th Step partner. An...

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Nov 10, 20231 min read

Healthy Weekend Eating

Have you planned your weekend? Make sure you have plenty of healthy food and plan your weekend meals. This is the best way to avoid the...

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Nov 9, 20231 min read

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is one of the great gifts of this program. Through the 12 Steps we become willing to forgive the people who have hurt us and...

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Nov 8, 20231 min read

Healthy Recipe Wednesday

Coffee - black, please! The fancy coffees we buy at places like Starbucks are not only expensive, but also full of calories. Calories can...

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Nov 7, 20231 min read

Why We Binge

This is a 3-fold disorder: • Physical addiction - food with sugar, high fat, and chemicals are physically addictive. Once addicted, it's...

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Nov 6, 20231 min read

Emotional Eating

Are you annoyed, angry, worried, or upset about something and thinking about eating over it? Maybe you aren't aware that you're thinking...

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Nov 5, 20231 min read

Sunday Devotion

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 Would not...

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Nov 4, 20231 min read

Saturday Step

Step 4: In this Step we write down who we have resentments against, what happened, how it affected us, and what our part was in it. When...

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Nov 3, 20231 min read

Stop Food Pushers

Stop Food Pushers: Ever have trouble with food pushers pushing their unhealthy food on you? You tell them "No thank-you" and they insist...

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Nov 2, 20231 min read

Dig Into God's Word

Getting into God's Word can fill us with peace. God's Word fills that God-sized hole we asll have. So rather than filling that hole with...

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Nov 1, 20231 min read

Healthy Recipe Wednesday

Healthy meals are not hard, and they can be delicious!

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Oct 31, 20231 min read

More Tips to Avoid the Halloween Binge

More tips on how to avoid the candy and junk food around this time of year. Of course you can always leave your house for the evening or...

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Oct 30, 20231 min read

Halloween Tips

How do you avoid the candy and junk food around this time of year? Of course you can skip the event altogether - leave your house for the...

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Julie Kleinhans

Oct 29, 20231 min read

Sunday Devotion

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and...

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Oct 28, 20231 min read

Saturday Step

Step 3: God is so good! He loves us so much that He sent His only Son to die for us. He is a God we can trust to take care of us in good...

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Oct 27, 20231 min read

Busyness to Avoid the Binge

What are you doing this weekend? I am planning to be busy. I have hobbies and work that keep me occupied. Boredom can sometimes cause a...

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