Declutter Your Health Habits: What to Keep, Toss, or Change

1 Corinthians 10:23 (NLT):

“You say, ‘I am allowed to do anything’—but not everything is good for you. You say, ‘I am allowed to do anything’—but not everything is beneficial.”

Grab a sheet of paper and draw three columns:  Keep | Toss | Change

1. KEEP

These are habits that give you life — they feel aligned, sustainable, and peaceful. They might include:

• Drinking water first thing in the morning
  
  
• Walking and praying at lunch
  
  
• Reading a devotional while you eat breakfast
  
  
• Prepping veggies on Sunday nights

2. TOSS

These are habits that are either driven by guilt, unrealistic, or simply not working.
 Examples:

• Weighing yourself daily and spiraling emotionally
  
  
• Tracking every bite of food and obsessing
  
  
• Following extreme diets or workout plans that leave you exhausted
  
  

Ask: Is this habit producing fruit or frustration?

3. CHANGE
These are habits that have potential but need a tweak.
 Examples:

• Maybe meal prep feels like too much — can you simplify it to just prepping one lunch?
  
  -Maybe your workout routine is too intense — can you switch to stretching and walking this week?
  
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  You don’t need more rules. You need more grace, more clarity, and more peace.

Lord, I know You see me. Thank You for showing me the areas I need to reset and declutter. Give me the strength to trust Your plan and lean in to walking with You instead of my unhealthy habits. I need You Father, thank You for leading and guiding this area of my journey. Amen

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Transcript

Well, I am so excited about today. Today, we are going to do some de-cluttering. Where are my de-cluttering nerds at?

Yes, not of your closet, not of your kitchen drawers, but of your health habits. Let's de-clutter some health habits. When we simplify our habits, we make room for growth.

So I wanna ask you, are there things you're doing for your health journey that feel heavy or complicated or maybe even pointless? Maybe you started a routine months ago, and now you're doing it just because you feel like you should.

Or maybe you're juggling five different wellness tips from Instagram and wondering why you're so exhausted. If that's you, today's episode is your permission to hit pause, reset, and simplify.

We're gonna walk through a faith-based habit audit, what to keep, what to toss, and what to change. So you can focus on what's actually working and let go of what's not. So let's de-clutter together.

Are you sick of trying diet after diet and not losing weight? Are you tired of doubting your ability to actually lose weight in a healthy way? Do you wish you could find a laid out for you plan that will help you stay accountable to your goals?

Hey friends, I'm Lindy Schlabach, Christian Fitness & Nutrition Coach. I gained 100 pounds in my late 20s and struggled for years to get it off. So grab your pre-workout and let's chat.

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That's herweightlossmindset.com/framework. So today, the verse we are going to read is from 1 Corinthians 10 verse 23. It says, You say, I am allowed to do anything, but not everything is good for you.

You say, I am allowed to do anything, but not everything is beneficial. What does that mean to us? That means that just because a habit is, quote, healthy, it doesn't mean it's beneficial for you in your own personal journey.

And just because this plan worked for someone else doesn't mean that it aligns where God has you going in this journey. We're not aiming for the most impressive routine. We are aiming for peaceful obedience and wise stewardship in our choices.

So let's talk about a few signs that your current habits might have that need a little decluttering. Are you feeling anxious or overwhelmed by your health routine? You might need to declutter.

If you've lost sight of why you're doing what you're doing, you might need a reset. If you're forcing habits that no longer fit the season of life that you're in, then you might need to change.

Maybe you're spending more time planning than actually living. These are red flags and good indicators that it's time for a refresh in your biblical weight loss journey.

So I want you to imagine yourself doing a little spring cleaning of your health habits. So grab a sheet of paper and draw three columns. At the top, you're going to write Keep, Toss, and Change.

So let's break down each one. In your Keep column, these are the habits that give you life. They feel aligned, sustainable.

They give you peace. Some of these things might include drinking water before coffee first thing in the morning, taking a walk and praying during your lunch hour, reading an devotional while you eat breakfast.

Maybe it's prepping veggies on Sunday nights. Ask yourself, does this habit help me walk closer with God and care for my body with peace? If yes, keep it.

If not, toss it. So some of these toss habits are either driven by guilt or unrealistic. Maybe they're just simply not working.

Some of those might be weighing yourself daily and spiraling emotionally just based on the number on the scale. Listen, women can fluctuate 5 to 7 pounds in a day.

If you have not had 7 to 8 hours of sleep, if you're not hydrating, if you're not eating enough protein, you're not going to see the scale move. So stay off of the scale if it's stealing your peace.

Another habit to toss is tracking every bite of food and obsessing when you go over your macro plan. Another habit to toss is following extreme diets, elimination, or workout plans that leave you feeling exhausted instead of empowered.

Just because something is popular or worked for you before, it doesn't mean that it belongs in this season. Ask yourself, is this habit producing fruit or frustration?

I can promise you that having a nine month old baby at 43 years old, my habits look a lot different. I'm still waking up early in the morning to get my workout done, but to hit my macros every day is a real struggle right now. You know what?

I have been feeling so many thoughts of shame and frustration and God just keeps reminding me like, just be in the season that you're in, do the best that you can.

He's looking for consistency in leaning on him to be faithful, not our own power or work or the strive and try. So in that third column, these might be things that you need to change. Maybe your meal prep feels like too much.

Can you simplify it by just prepping one lunch to start? Maybe your workout routine is too intense. Can you switch to just stretching or going for a walk this week?

Find something that leaves you feeling empowered. Ask yourself, how can I adjust this habit so it still serves my health where I'm at, but also honors my current capacity? Listen here, friend, you are allowed to grow.

God does not expect you to stay in the same routines year after year after year. He leads us in seasons. Ecclesiastes 3 says, for everything there is a season.

And that includes how you take care of your body. What worked in your 20s might not fit in your 30s, 40s, or 50s. What worked in the summer might not work in back to school season.

That doesn't mean you're failing. It means that you're adapting. And growth is not about doing more.

It's about doing what matters. Consistent habits add up. It's the seemingly small, mundane tasks that you take every day that are going to make the biggest difference.

Not about going all in. Not about doing the hardest workout or the newest carnivore diet. So here's your next step.

I want you to take 10 minutes this week and ask God to lead you and make some powerful changes that will bring peace back into your health journey. Look at those columns above. What do you need to keep?

What do you need to toss? And what needs a little bit of a tweak? I hope this episode helped.

And if it did, if you're breathing a little bit deeper today, I'd love it if you would share it with a friend who might be caught in some health or weight loss overwhelm. Also I'd like you to tag me on Instagram when you fill out your habit audit.

I love hearing how these practical tools are helping you grow in your relationship with God. We don't need more rules. We're not living in legalism to our diet.

I've been there. It's not a fun way to live. You need grace.

You need clarity. And you need more peace, which only comes through leaning on the Holy Spirit and your journey. So let go of what's no longer serving you and lean in to what God is calling you towards.

All right, I will see you at the next episode. Heavenly Father, I know you see me. Thank you for showing me the areas I need to reset and declutter.

Give me the strength to trust your plan and lean in to walking with you instead of my unhealthy habits. I need you, Father, in every choice, every decision, in the good, the bad and the in-between.

Thank you for leading me and guiding me in this area of my journey. Amen. Hey sis, I hope you enjoyed today's episode.

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Okay, it's time to go make a protein shake and get my sweat on. No more standing in the kitchen waiting for motivation to appear. I will meet you back here for another episode.

God bless.