Group Curriculum - AVAILABLE NOW!!!
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Group Curriculum - AVAILABLE NOW!!! 〰️
Food Freedom Bible Study
Your Roadmap To Navigating A Non-Diet Lifestyle As A Believer, Among Believers
“Every woman in the church needs this study.”
Create peace with food and your body along side other believers.
Video
Teachings
In each video, Amy will help you redirect
your heart toward truth and lead you though scripture and three main principles.
Workbooks
Turn truth into transformation with our
helpful workbooks.
Community
Whether you do this group online or in person this can lead to creating a community of believers that are all looking for peaceful relationship with food fitness and body image in your local church!
Meet The Facilitator and Instructors…
Facilitator: You!
Yes YOU, can lead this group…
Here’s why, we created a full proof course so that is perfect to lead your small group through. You don’t need to be a therapist, dietitian, or even an expert to lead this course. Hey, you don’t even have to be the perfect intuitive eater who doesn’t struggle with food or body image. All you need is a heart to see people, and yourself set free. We invite you in your mess to take this study and bring it to your church, where you can invite others along in the journey. We all need community, especially when it comes to this stuff. So let us help you make your non-diet community at your local church!
Instructor:
Amy Ozier, PhD, RD
Just like our individual study, Amy is going to join you on the videos for our group course so there’s no room for confusion. Simply listen to the videos that are provided and ask questions from our facilitator guide to open up the discussion. You’ll be surprised how many women will open up when given the opportunity.
Course Curriculum
1. Introductions
In our first week the goal is to get to know one another, creating a safe place to talk about food, fitness, and body image by talking through group guidelines. We will also spend some time sharing our experiences with dieting or our relationship with food. You would be surprised how much sharing can take place when you bring this subject up with a group of women! That alone can be very healing for people as they may have never had a “safe” place to do this before.
2. Be Diet-Free
This first module focuses on the harms of the diet culture we live in. Everywhere we look we are being told that thinness = beauty, success, and health. The 67-billion-dollar diet industry profits daily from our insecurities. And is any of it making us healthier? No, not really.
In this video we throw caution to the wind and build awareness of how a well-meaning diet or positive lifestyle change can easily take an unintended twist and lead us down a dark path of body loathing. In the name of improving our health, we can easily become distracted from God's purpose for our lives.
3. Mindful Eating
You may be wondering, "Well, if dieting isn't the answer, then what am I supposed to eat?" This week we'll answer that question and more.
We'll describe how to start shifting your thinking away from a dieting mentality and the constant strive for thinness, towards a more holistic health mindset. You will learn about God's goodness in creating our bodies in such a way that he gave us cues such as hunger, fullness, and energy levels.
These very signals He gave us are what we can use to guide us to eat the ideal amounts. We don't have to eliminate any food. In fact, when we eliminate food, we tend to obsess about that food even more. Balance and variety are a wonderful motto when it comes to food choice, along with flexibility and grace on the journey. Food is meant to be enjoyed, celebrated, and cherished. We have a creative God who created the earth with an amazing spread of tantalizing foods that He wants us to delight in.
4. Be Joyful
In this week we will touch on exercise, or what we like to call it “joyful movement.” This is adopting healthy habits for the sake of health, well-being and fun (rather than weight control). We will also talk about body acceptance which means celebrating our differences in body shapes and sizes. Developing body confidence and seeing health as much more than a number on a scale.
5. Be Loved
You are LOVED. Oh, you are loved so very much by our incredibly loving God. He delights in you. He loves you just the way you are, in your current body. He loves you the same whether you eat a salad for dinner or a burger and fries. His love for you is never-changing and unending.
We will spend some time soaking in that truth. Truly believing you are loved changes everything. When you believe you are loved, and you believe you are worthy of love, you may find that you actually WANT to take care of the amazing vessel that is your body.
Perhaps for years you've hated your body, thinking that it will motivate you to make health-supporting changes. Is it working? Consider switching gears and instead developing a self-compassion mindset. Consider loving yourself first. We take care of things we love.
6. Be Grateful
Nothing you can do will cause God to love you more than He already does and nothing you do will cause Him to love you any less. Body peace and acceptance is possible when we aim to see ourselves the way God sees us. This week we will talk about some practical things we can take along on the journey with us. We will discuss “gentle nutrition” as a guide to help planning our eating, and we will even discuss some recipes that are nourishing and satisfying. Participants will also be given ideas and resources for next steps.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the background of the people who created this study?
The creators of this bible study are Christian Registered Dietitians, some holding doctorate level degrees in nutrition. They are professing Christians that believe Jesus is their Lord and savior, but do not have a theology background nor subscribe to a certain theology.
Can I use this study for my small group?
YES! We created this version from our original Food Freedom Bible Study specifically so that people could bring it into their churches and use it has a small group bible study.
If I don’t like the program, can I get a refund?
Because Food Freedom Bible Study is a digital product, we do not offer refunds.
How long is the bible study?
We have designed to be broken up into 6 weeks. We recommend allowing at least an hour each week to complete the study however there are plenty of discussion questions and scripture to mediate on so it could take some groups an hour and a half to two hours if you wanted it to.
Is the content recorded live or can I watch it anytime?
All the content is pre-recorded and is available to you 24/7.
Will this program accommodate people with disabilities?
We have provided a separate document of the video script for those who are hard of hearing.
Is there a cost?
Yes. You can purchase the content for your church and provide to your small group leaders or you have individuals sign up for the course. The pricing structures are below.
Limited 90-day access: plenty of time enough to go through the bible study once - $97
Unlimited Lifetime access - $497
Testimonies
“This bible study helped me to release my grip on feeling like I had to be constantly on some kind of diet. It was extremely educational and I learned a lot about how dieting does not work. I really enjoyed the insight, honesty and wisdom shared by group members. The group leader, was so kind, encouraging, knowledgeable and helpful. This group was life changing for me.”
“As a Christian who had only practiced intuitive eating and faith-based recovery work for a few months, I was nervous about the prospect of leading a group through the Food Freedom Bible Study — I wasn’t a counselor or registered dietitian, and I was just enough of an introvert to develop anxiety in small group settings. What I quickly found was that those things didn’t matter. Taking that small step of faith by facilitating a group helped me to form friendships and accountability with like-minded women who were just as tired of diet culture as I was — and God truly used it to push me forward in my own recovery.”
“I am so grateful for the Food Freedom Bible Study. It was the seed that was planted in my heart a few months ago, and since then, I have been on an amazing journey learning to face and deal with my food and body issues.
This is a long journey for sure, since I have been so steeped in the diet culture for so many years, it is going to take time to be fully free. BUT, I am already feeling the benefits of food and diet freedom. I was a slave to the scale and to diets. Jesus does not want that for me or anyone.
If your heart and “soil” are ready for food and body freedom, this is a perfect place to start. It is only the beginning, but the journey is the joy of life.
By trying to make my body smaller, I was making my life smaller and missing out on making my life bigger. This was a powerful statement for me, and I go back to it always as a reminder to stay free.”
Not sure where to start? Get our “Small Group Starter Pack” for a step by step list on how to start!
Although not necessary to complete the study we highly recommend purchasing our 30-day devotional for participants to use with the course. Those can be purchased in bulk at a discount or individually for $9.99 here.
Additional questions? Reach out to Nicole at nicole@bodybloved.com
Legal Disclaimer: Food Freedom Bible Study is for study purposes only and is not to be taken or used in replacement of medical advice. If you think you have an eating disorder please consult a medical doctor, Registered Dietitian or Licensed Therapist for help.