215. How Trying To Be Perfect Is Sabotaging Your Fitness Goals! Let God Set You Free
Living God's Way with Kim Dolan Leto | Christian Habits, Identity in Christ, How to Walk with God Daily
Kim Dolan Leto
4.9 • 638 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
If you're trying to be and do things perfectly, it could be sabotaging your fitness goals and happiness. Get answers about where perfectionism comes from, hear how Christian Psychologists treat it, and how the Bible teaches us to get free from it.
This Bible Verse is the inspiration behind this episode.
"I was brought low, and He saved me. Return to your rest, O my soul, For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling." (Psalm 116:6-8 NKJV)
Friend, if you ever feel like you're failing, or you put a lot of pressure on yourself?
Listen to this new episode to learn how God can set you free!
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About Kim Dolan Leto
Kim Dolan Leto is the author of Fit God's Way, which was #1 in Christian Living and Whole Food Diets. She is also the author of the best-selling Christian fitness book, 10 Steps to Your Faith Inspired Transformation, F.I.T., and the Strong. Confident. His. Faith and Fitness Devotional, a faith-filled inspirational speaker, creator of the Faith Inspired Transformation, F.I.T. DVD workout series, and the host of the Strong. Confident. His. Podcast.
Kim has graced 25 Fitness Magazine Covers and written countless articles. Her work has been featured on the 700 Club, TBN, CBN, FOX, Babbie's House, Hope Today, Life Today, ESPN, and ABC and published in Jesus Calling, The Christian Post, Relevant, Oxygen, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Fitness, Success, Faith and Fitness Magazine, Train and many other health, fitness, and Christian publications. She was the longstanding Faith and Fitness expert for HIS Radio and currently, her F.I.T. Workout Series is streaming on Pure Flix.
She is an ESPN Fitness America Champion and proudly represented America as the only American in the top five for Fox Sports Ms. Fitness World.
Kim's mission is to equip women through Word-based strategies, daily action steps, and the tools they need to achieve a Faith Inspired Transformation in their health and wholeness to live Strong. Confident. His.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm sharing a really personal episode today about perfectionism and how God has revealed to me. |
| 0:07.0 | It causes us to sabotage our goals and make us live in this like ever present feeling of failure. |
| 0:13.8 | You don't want to miss this episode. Welcome to the strong, confident his podcast. I'm Kim Dolan Letto. With over 20 years in the fitness industry and a lifetime of Christ working in me, I've learned key biblical principles that are going to |
| 0:38.5 | empower you to gain control over food. Find the motivation to work out and live with confidence |
| 0:44.2 | in how God created you, sweet friend. Every week I'll be here to serve you and help you create |
| 0:49.7 | lasting results through actionable steps, free downloads, faith-fueled fitness tips, and prayer. |
| 0:56.2 | Let me share why this works. In Christ, we have the power to walk in self-control, the promise |
| 1:01.8 | to rely on his strength, and the peace to see ourselves through his eyes. Let's dive into |
| 1:07.1 | today's show. |
| 1:21.6 | Thank you. dive into today's show. Welcome back to the Strong Confident His podcast today. |
| 1:24.6 | Woo! |
| 1:25.6 | I am talking about something that we may not even realize. |
| 1:30.1 | Friend, you may not even realize that you're striving for perfection or trying to do |
| 1:39.1 | everything perfectly is actually causing you to have this cycle of self-sabotage and failure. |
| 1:47.6 | And God gave me a word. |
| 1:49.4 | I am not even kidding. |
| 1:51.0 | Like the amount of research I did for this episode and the word that God gave me for |
| 1:54.8 | this is so needed. |
| 1:57.8 | And this is deeply personal. |
| 2:04.3 | So please let me know I'm not alone in the comments if this resonates with you. Okay. Because I am diving into a topic for many of us on a fitness journey. |
| 2:11.6 | We know the weight of perfectionism. We know it. So let's start by acknowledging that expectations in themselves, they're not inherently bad, right? |
| 2:21.3 | They can motivate us and give us a sense of direction and goals. But when these expectations morph into unattainable standards of perfection, |
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