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What I've discovered on my 90 pound weight loss journey through compulsive overeating and weight gain to 12-Step recovery since 2005. Navigating healthy eating can be tricky! Check out my tips and food tricks below. I've included some healthy recipes - please send your healthy recipe ideas to info@reshapeandrecover.com for posting consideration.


Step 9: Making Amends with Courage and Care
🌿 Sometimes the biggest weight we carry isn’t on our bodies — it’s on our hearts. Step 9 invites us into healing and new freedom. In...

Julie Kleinhans
Apr 261 min read
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What Are You Really Reaching For?
Why We Reach for Food Instead of Comfort Have you ever wandered into the kitchen, opened the fridge, and found yourself staring...

Julie Kleinhans
Apr 211 min read
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Step 8: Willing to Make Things Right
Healing from food addiction isn’t just about what we eat — it’s about what’s been eating at us. In Step 8 of Reshape and Recover, we take...

Julie Kleinhans
Apr 191 min read
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The Power of Humility: Step 7 in a Christian Weight Loss Program
In Step 7 Â of the Reshape and Recover 12 Steps, we ask God to remove our shortcomings. In doing so, we begin to walk more fully in...

Julie Kleinhans
Apr 121 min read
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Simple 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Oat Bars
Simple, filling, and just the right amount of sweet. A friend brought in homemade 3-ingredient peanut butter oat bars today — just oats,...

Julie Kleinhans
Apr 91 min read
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Do you struggle with emotional eating?
You’re not alone. Many of us have turned to food for comfort during times of stress, boredom, or emotional pain. It’s an easy escape —...

Julie Kleinhans
Apr 71 min read
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Recovery Isn’t a Destination — It’s a Lifelong Walk with God
You Don’t Graduate from Recovery After 17 years of abstinence and weight loss, I can tell you — I still need support. I still need...

Julie Kleinhans
Apr 21 min read
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Step 3: Full Surrender
Step 3 is all about full surrender: Turning our will and our lives over to our good and gracious God every day in all aspects of our...

Julie Kleinhans
Mar 151 min read
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Step 11: Seeking God's Presence in Every Moment
In our recovery journey, Step 11 encourages us to seek a personal relationship with God—one that is built daily through time in His Word...

Julie Kleinhans
Feb 151 min read
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Salad Dressing
Salad dressings are full of sugar or artificial sweeteners and chemicals. I'm experimenting with making my own salad dressing. I combined...

Julie Kleinhans
Sep 18, 20241 min read
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