Stephen Arterburn - Lose It for Life for Teens

LOSE IT
for
LIFE
for Teens

LOSE IT
for
LIFE
for Teens

The Spiritual, Emotional,
and Physical Solution

Stephen Arterburn, M. Ed.
Ginger Garrett

LOSE IT FOR LIFE for TEENS

Copyright 2004 Stephen Arterburn and Ginger Garrett.

Published by Integrity Publishers, a division of Integrity Media, Inc., 5250 Virginia Way, Suite 110, Brentwood, TN 37027.

HELPING PEOPLE WORLDWIDE EXPERIENCE the MANIFEST PRESENCE of GOD.

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Stephen Arterburn and Ginger Garrett published in association with Alive Communications, 7680 Goddard Street, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved

Verses marked MSG are taken from The Message. Copyright by Eugene H. Peterson 1993,1994,1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

Verses marked TLB are taken from The Living Bible, Copyright l971 Used bv permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. Wheaton, II 60189 USA. All rights reserved.

Verses marked CBV are taken from the Contemporary English Version 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used with permission.

Verses marked NASB are taken from the New American Stndard Bible , 1960, 1962, 1971, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

Cover Design: Brand Navigation, LLC (Bill Chiaravalle, DeAnna Pierce, Terra Petersen)
Cover Image: Iconica/Laureen Middley
Interior: Inside Out Design & Typesetting

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lose it for life for teens : the spiritual, emotional, and physical solution / Stephen Arterburn and Ginger Garrett[2nd ed.|.

p. cm.

Summary: "Focuses on finding and maintaining correct weight for life for teens. Dealing with why they overeat and helping set good habits for future" Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-59145-248-1 (tradepaper)
1. Weight loss. I. Garrett, Ginger, 1968 II. Title.
RM222.2.A783 2005
613.2'5'0835dc22

2004026732

Printed in the United States of America
05 06 07 08 09 DELTA 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

This book is not intended to provide therapy, counseling, clinical advice or treatment or to take the place of clinical advice and treatment from your personal physician or professional mental health provider. Readers are advised to consult their own qualified healthcare physician regarding mental health or medical issues. Neither the publisher nor the author takes any responsibility for any possible consequences from any treament, action or application of information in this book to the reader.

To you, my reader and friend. May the seeds of hope root deeply in your soul, and may you blossom always with your face towards the Son.

CONTENTS

The Goal
Separating Fashion and Feelings from Good Health

Let's Eat!
Feeding Your Body for Lasting Weight Loss

Move It and Lose It
Getting More Activity into Every Day

Feel It, Don't Eat It!
Identifying Emotional Eating Patterns and Finding
New Strategies for CopingWithout a Fork!

Relationship Rehab
Building Healthy Relationships to Help You
Let Go of Unhealthy Habits

Will God Help Me Lose Weight? Nurturing Your Spiritual Life so You
Can Slim Down in Your Physical Life

Living the Life
Establishing New Behaviors into Lifelong Habits

A Message from Steve & Ginger

Steve Arterburn

Hi, I'm Steve Arterburn, the founder of Lose It For Life. I know what it's like to feel like you are in a race you'll never win with your weight. I've struggled with my weight too. That's how I began to discover the keys that can unlock the prison of being overweight. I combined these keys to freedom into this program called Lose It For Life. I wanted to develop a program that would provide the motivation and inspiration for gradual weight loss: doing it the right way, with the right frame of mind.

In fact, I co-wrote a book for adults based on this program called Lose It for Life. (If your parents struggle with their weight too, this would be a great book for them to read.) But as much experience as I've had with my program, leading over one thousand people into discovering how to lose weight for life, I've never had the experience of being a teen girl. So I asked my friend Ginger Garrett to help me translate the principles of this program into a book that young women will relate to.

Ginger Garrett

I'll tell you my story later, but you need to know I'm the one talking in the book. So when you read stories about squeezing into girdles, that's me talking. (Oh, how I wish I hadn't admitted quite so much to you in this book!) Steve's expertiseand what makes this program so powerfulis in giving you all the keys to freedom, not just one. His experience has taught him that lifelong weight loss is a combination of the spirit, heart, mind, and body. But he doesn't have any experience wearing a bikini, or striking supermodel poses, so he had to rely on my experience in those departments. So although I'll be talking directly to you in this book, it's Steve's wisdom and experience, and his materials from the Lose It For Life seminars, that made this book possible. Just to be sure you're not confused when you read the book, let's try a pop quiz:

Who wears the Manolo Blahniks in this book?

a. Ginger

b. Steve

Who created Lose It For Life?

a. Ginger

b. Steve

Who does most of the talking?

a. Ginger

b. Steve

Who is the true genius

a. Ginger

b. Steve

Answer Key:

1. a 2. b 3. a 4. That depends on whose mother you ask.

H i! My name is Ginger, and I wrote this book for you. I've been praying since before it was even published that God would use this message to impact your life and that you would journey with me on this road to freedom.

You probably want to know if I've ever struggled with my own weight. Well, I wouldn't use the word "struggle" to describe my journey... no, what I went through could more correctly be termed a knockdown, dragged out, full-blown war. I've encased myself into girdles so rigid I couldn't even raise my voice for fear my rubber dam would burst. I've squeezed myself into pants so tight that if I ever blew a seam, someone would have lost an eye. I've railed at God for cursing me with hippo hips and thunder thighs even as I inhaled a box of chocolates. When my scale read highest, my spirits hit the depths. But I've also known extreme thinness and the euphoria of winning the diet war.