What Is the Dear Food Program? A Spiritual Diet Plan For You
Are you struggling with overeating, binging, weight gain, or food addiction? Have you done every diet under the sun and still can’t lose weight and keep if off? Discover the difference a Bible based spiritual diet plan can make.
What is a spiritual diet plan?
Spiritual diet plans put your faith first, instead of food, to help you overcome the food strongholds and over- eating disorders that prevent you from reaching your healthy living goals.
Since starting the Dear Food Program, a Christ-centered eating plan, I’ve helped countless readers untangle the complex relationship between food, emotions, and spirituality to get their food and health victories. Many start out feeling stuck and hopeless, but quickly experience the difference this Bible-based diet makes in their lives. Using this spiritual growth plan, readers start feeling better and see results quickly, including weight loss and non-scale victories.
In the Dear Food, I Love You. I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me! workbooks, you will learn how to cultivate a healthy mind and spiritual life around food so that you can care for your needs without using food in an unhealthy way. It’s amazing to see what an immediate, lasting and positive impact Dear Food has on readers.
In this article, I’ll explain what you need to know about the Dear Food spiritual growth and food plan, which can help you finally achieve healthy living with joy. Let’s get started!
The Dear Food Program: Is it the Right Diet Plan For You?
Most diet plans focus on food and eating, or even spiritual foods to eat, right at beginning. These plans skip over cultivating a healthy mind, spiritual growth, and managing the moods and feelings that drive compulsive eating, emotional eating and disordered eating.
I know from my own experience being morbidly obese and yo-yo dieting for decades, that trying to lose weight without a clear understanding of how emotions impact eating habits is a losing battle. What worked for everyone else didn’t work for me. I needed a spiritual diet cleanse, not just a list of “good foods,” “bad foods” and an exercise routine. The incessant finger-wagging and long list of to dos from diet gurus made me feel like a failure on repeat.
At the Dear Food Program, we do things differently. First, we start with our emotional and mental wellbeing (our hearts: aka “our inside”) then work outward. We do this by inviting the Lord into our food journey, incorporating prayer, and using God’s Word as a priority for wisdom and guidance as we explore a healthy living path that works with our needs.
We’ll rewrite our food story together with this bible based diet by seeking wisdom and encouragement from the Lord Jesus, who’s always by our side and cares very much about our physical health, emotional health and mental wellbeing. (1 Peter 5:7)
How Does the Dear Food Program Work?
In the Dear Food Program, you’ll progress through workbook 1, 2 and 3 in order. You can do the program alone or in a group. You’ll have worksheets, prayer prompts and even cut-outs to place around your home or workspace to remind you of your new tools, growth, and victories. Bible verse cutouts at the end of every chapter will remind you how much you are loved by the Lord.
In addition to the workbooks there are a ton of free resources, including Intro and Wrap-up videos for each chapter, podcast episodes for each chapter, free worksheet downloads, playlists and even a community of fellow Dear Food participants on Circle. I also participate, offering free live Q&A sessions, workshops and new member meet-ups. Signing up for the Dear Food Circle is free. Taking advantage of the free community and resources available on Circle while using the workbooks has shown to multiply long desired food victories.
As a member of the Dear Food Circle, you can take workshops, discuss your struggles, share victories and encourage others in a community that understands your spiritual battle with food. I’m there too, because I want to be able to meet you and encourage you on your Dear Food journey to victory!
The Purpose of the Dear Food Program
The purpose of the Dear Food Program is to provide you with a Bible based diet and spiritual meal plan to help you finally grasp the victory over food you’ve wanted for so long.
You’ll do this by rewriting your food story on the pages of the workbooks and inviting the Lord into your eating because as we know, Jesus changes everything! We’re going to grow closer to the Lord, each other and our health goals in a community that understands what it’s like to recover from food hurts and disordered eating. And we’re going to celebrate and build on our victories big and small.
The power of God’s goodness and grace is incredible. When you go through this Christian weight-loss program, you’ll see the amazing love and care the Lord provides as you depend on Him to help with each step. Jesus’ grace is an integral part of this program, so win or lose in a food moment, you’ll see as you trust in His love and help He is there for you through it all. Romans 8:38-39
The Benefits of the Dear Food Program
The benefits of the Dear Food Program are astonishing. I’ve seen women from all ages and backgrounds experience health victories while growing closer to Jesus in ways they never thought possible.
Here are just some of the benefits ahead:
- Discover the root cause of your food challenges and learn how to recover
- Pinpoint the emotions that are driving you to eat and learn how to cope in a healthier way
- Start feeling better and live abundantly long before you reach your goal weight
- Membership in a supportive, faith-building community
- Hang out with me, motivating you through every page
- Enjoy a sense of peace and well-being as you see the Lord working in your life in ways you never imagined
My Role in the Dear Food Program
You may be asking, ‘Julia, what’s your role in the Dear Food Program?’
As someone who’s been through the wringer (and back) with food, I understand food frustration. Dieting is hard. I’ve felt the same hopelessness and fear that things will never get better. I’ve been afraid I’ll gain the weight back. It’s my goal to be your cheerleader and coach. To do that, I have created the three workbooks, and loads of free content to support your journey to a future filled with healthy living and spiritual victories.
Women of all ages are getting positive results and peace from this program and outcomes they thought forever out of reach. I’m here to tell you that this is possible for you too, and encourage you to keep up the great work.
How Do We Maintain the Progress That We’ve Already Made?
I’ve built into the Dear Food Program simple tools for victories, maintenance and joy. Workbook 1 will help you get victory over your personal food strongholds. In Workbook 2 of the Dear Food, I Love You. I hate you. Don’t Leave Me series you’ll find a treasure trove of helpful tools to maintain your progress. This book features ten power tools to help you maintain your progress throughout your Dear Food journey. In Workbook 3, you’ll learn how to create a personalized and sustainable eating plan that you can enjoy long term. With Dear Food you have a step-by-step Biblically guided journey to victory over food strongholds and long term maintenance plus food plans you love.
For people looking for a bible study for small groups and bible studies with workbooks, the Dear Food spiritual diet Bible study fits perfectly into three ten-week Bible study sessions.
How to Sign up for the Dear Food Program
Getting started is simple and affordable! First, grab your copy of Dear Food, I Love you. I Hate You. Don’t Leave Me! on Amazon or ask for the Dear Food Series at your local book store. Next, join the Dear Food Circle Community.
Start your Dear Food journey today, and I’ll see you on the path to victory.
In good health, Julia
Julia Fikse is a Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, specializing in Functional Medicine, Emotional Eating and Mental Health and Weight Loss. Julia has personally experienced the frustration of weigh gain, weight loss, weight related health issues and emotional eating challenges. Julia is not a therapist or a doctor and this blog should not in any way replace doctors advice.
