Are You Focused on Growing or Shrinking? Not Missing What's Important on Your Weight Loss Journey Wfw Episode 17

March 27, 2026
00:00 08:57
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In this inspiring episode of Compared to Who?, Heather Creekmore tackles a powerful question: Are you focusing on growing or shrinking? As part of the Waiting for Weight Loss series and with Easter just around the corner, Heather invites listeners to rethink their priorities and reminds us that our purpose isn't centered around our body size or weight loss journey.

Key Topics Covered:

  • Why your main purpose in life is much bigger than your quest to lose weight

  • The Biblical perspective on self-worth, growth, and sanctification

  • What real spiritual, emotional, mental, and even physical growth looks like

  • The pitfalls of living a "shrinking life" focused solely on food, exercise, and body image

  • How to cultivate spiritual maturity and embrace a more fulfilling, God-centered life

  • Questions to reflect on: What are your true priorities? Are you spending your life waiting for weight loss?

Heather shares insights on learning to live for God's purpose, loving others, and experiencing true growth—not just in body, but in heart and soul. She encourages listeners to be honest with themselves about where their energy and money go, and to break free from the idolatry of body image.

Special Invitation:
Join the Waiting for Weight Loss community or sign up for the upcoming 40-day body image journey! Heather offers 6 weeks of group coaching via Zoom, where you'll dive deeper into letting go of the years spent trying to shrink and find out what real growth means, including how to balance health goals with spiritual priorities.

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Thanks for tuning in—remember, your life is about growing, not shrinking; don't wait for weight loss to start truly living!

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Meet Your Host
Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Her first book Compared to Who? encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her latest release, The Burden of Better, offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a way off the treadmill of constant comparison. Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, and For Every Mom, along with dozens of other shows and podcasts. But she's best recognized for her appearance as a contestant on the Netflix hit show, Nailed It. Heather and her fighter-pilot-turned-pastor husband, Eric have four children and live in Austin, Texas.

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Website: https://comparedtowho.me/
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