{"id":3484,"date":"2012-03-22T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T20:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=3484"},"modified":"2012-03-22T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T20:06:41","slug":"chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html","title":{"rendered":"Chewing the Fat:  Beer Belly vs. Bible Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Chewing the Fat<\/em><\/strong> \u2026 Our Lady of Weight Loss and Dave<em> Chew the Fat <\/em>\u2026 and passages from the Bible appear!<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss ~<\/em><\/strong> I gave up the beer and started working at a gym. I lost my beer belly and replaced it with a 6 pack of abs. I started going to church and shared my successes with my congregation. Do you have any spiritual words of wisdom or something from the Bible on weight loss? Please share my story with others. <strong><em>~ Thanks, Greg, Fort Riley, Kansas<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dear Greg ~<\/em><\/strong> Big time congratulations on your inner and outer transformation. Well done! Thank you for sharing your inspiration and asking about words of wisdom from the Bible. Whatever your beliefs, I do believe the following passages are \u2018food for thought.\u2019 And as we know, our actions are based on our thoughts.<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Lady of Weight Loss offers these thought provoking quotes from the Bible that can help you to set your intention as you journey towards Sveltesville.<\/em><\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDo you not yet understand, that whatsoever enters in at the mouth, goes into the belly, and is cast out into the sewer?\u201d ~ Matthew 15:17<\/em><em><em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cBe not anxious for what you shall eat, or what you shall drink \u2026 or what you shall wear \u2026 Isn\u2019t life more than food? \u2026 and the body more than clothing?\u201d ~ Luke 12:22; 29<\/em><em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cMan does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.\u201d ~ Matthew 4:4<\/em><em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cThe kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.\u201d ~ Romans 14:17<\/em><em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cYour body is the temple of the Holy Spirit \u2026 therefore, glorify God in your body.\u201d ~ I Corinth 3:16; 6:19-20<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>Spread the word \u2026 NOT the icing!<br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Janice<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/>\nFor the best life, wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/\"><br \/>\nOur Lady of Weight Loss<\/a><br \/>\njoin the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maildogmanager.com\/surveys\/OurLadyofWeightLoss\/optin1.html\"><em>Kick in the Tush Club<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Tushkateer!<br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickinthetushclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tushkateer*<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 A Tushkateer is a person who receives Our Lady of Weight Loss\u2019s newsletter, called the KICK in the TUSH CLUB!!!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/maildogmanager.com\/surveys\/OurLadyofWeightLoss\/optin1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up and receive her weekly e-newsletter<\/a> with all the news that \u2018fit\u2019 to print, and you are automatically a Tushkateer!\u00a0 How cool is that? <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/..\/..\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow Janice on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/ourlady\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter @OurLady<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ourladyofweightloss\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook.com\/OurLadyofWeightLoss<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chewing the Fat \u2026 Our Lady of Weight Loss and Dave Chew the Fat \u2026 and passages from the Bible appear! Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss ~ I gave up the beer and started working at a gym. I lost my beer belly and replaced it with a 6 pack of abs. I started&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2166,5,249,103,2,70,82,1005,60,1207,1,349,2100,369],"tags":[671,3826,3827,190,3837,3875],"class_list":["post-3484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chewing-the-fat-2","category-diet","category-diet-tips","category-exercise","category-inspiration","category-janice-taylor","category-kick-in-the-tush-club","category-mindful-eating","category-our-lady-of-weight-loss","category-spiritual-weight-loss-2","category-weight-loss","category-weight-loss-motivation","category-weight-loss-success-coach","category-weight-loss-tips-2","tag-how-to-lose-weight","tag-janice-taylor","tag-kick-in-the-tush-club","tag-spiritual-weight-loss","tag-weight-loss-motivation","tag-weight-loss-success-coach"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chewing the Fat: Beer Belly vs. Bible Quotes - Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chewing the Fat: Beer Belly vs. Bible Quotes - Our Lady of Weight Loss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chewing the Fat \u2026 Our Lady of Weight Loss and Dave Chew the Fat \u2026 and passages from the Bible appear! Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss ~ I gave up the beer and started working at a gym. I lost my beer belly and replaced it with a 6 pack of abs. I started&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Our Lady of Weight Loss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-03-22T20:06:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Janice Taylor, Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chewing the Fat: Beer Belly vs. Bible Quotes - Our Lady of Weight Loss","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chewing the Fat: Beer Belly vs. Bible Quotes - Our Lady of Weight Loss","og_description":"Chewing the Fat \u2026 Our Lady of Weight Loss and Dave Chew the Fat \u2026 and passages from the Bible appear! Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss ~ I gave up the beer and started working at a gym. I lost my beer belly and replaced it with a 6 pack of abs. I started&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html","og_site_name":"Our Lady of Weight Loss","article_published_time":"2012-03-22T20:06:41+00:00","author":"Janice Taylor, Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html","name":"Chewing the Fat: Beer Belly vs. Bible Quotes - Our Lady of Weight Loss","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-03-22T20:06:41+00:00","dateModified":"2012-03-22T20:06:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/#\/schema\/person\/dc42b945b8badcadcbe5a3fc4cc5aac5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/03\/chewing-the-fat-beer-belly-vs-bible-quotes.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chewing the Fat: Beer Belly vs. Bible Quotes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/","name":"Our Lady of Weight Loss","description":"Weight Loss, Diet, Exercise, Health and Wellness Advice","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/#\/schema\/person\/dc42b945b8badcadcbe5a3fc4cc5aac5","name":"Janice Taylor, Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/484\/4844b9725e31d98e40565d31193668e2x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/484\/4844b9725e31d98e40565d31193668e2x96.jpg","caption":"Janice Taylor, Editor"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/author\/jtaylor"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3484"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3486,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions\/3486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}