Course Description and Schedule

This semester we will be studying God's word and exploring our relationship with food and eating from a biblical perspective,using the book "Press Pause Before You Eat: Say Goodbye to Mindless Eating and Hello to the Joys of Eating". This book was written by Dr. Linda Mintle, co-author of the book "Lose It for Life" with Stephen Arterburn, licensed marriage and family therapist, social worker, professor and a national expert on the psychology of food, weight and body image and relationships (read about her on her blog at http://drlindamintle.com/). Many of the concepts and ideas will easily translate into helpful tools for other areas of our lives (for example, topics such as "Spiritual Hunger Requires Spiritual Food", "Tackle Your Emotions", and "Renew Your Mind".

Additionally, I will be teaching from the perspective of a personal trainer, so I will be incorporating occasional ideas on nutrition, eating, exercise, and will be giving a weekly demo of a physical exercise for anyone to use in their own workout routine.
Here is the schedule:

Week 1 Sept. 12th Part 1 - Purpose Chapter 1
Week 2 Sept 19th Part 1 - Purpose Chapters 2, 3
Week 3 Sept 26th Part 1 - Purpose Chapters 3, 4
Week 4 Oct 3rd Part 2 - Attend Chapters 5, 6
Week 5 Oct 10th Part 2 - Attend Chapters 7, 8
Week 6 Oct 17th Part 3 - Understand Chapters 9, 10
Week 7 Oct 24th Part 3 - Understand Chapters 10, 11
Week 8 Oct 31st Part 4 - Strategize Chapters 12, 13
Week 9 Nov 7th Part 4 - Strategize Chapters 13, 14
Week 10 Nov 14th Part 5 - Execute Chapter 15 (LAST WEEK)

Your part in this study, as always, is to be on time, commit to attending regularly, come prepared by having read your weekly assignment, and bring your own beautiful and unique personality and perspective so we can learn from one another! If you need to miss a session, you will be expected to keep up your reading from the schedule above.