Over the course of preparing to lead the discussion, I read the book five times and listened to the audio book 3 times! I could not find any discussion questions online, so I had to make my own up!! Not an easy task. At times I felt overwhelmed and unworthy to be leading the group. But, I am so glad that I did! Our little group got closer as we dug into the meat of the theme. We laughed, we drank tea, we ate great food, we had wonderful conversation & learned a lot more about ourselves and each other! I am so lucky to have such great friends willing to work through it all with me.
I wanted to give the book club members a momento to take with them to remind them of the heart of the message. I'm sure you are not surprised that I grabbed some card stock, embellishments and got crafty with it!
Here's a picture of the three together...There is a front and a back. Each side with quotes and inspirational reminders. Each one is decorated a little differently but they are very similar.
Love U
On this side I took the liberty to take a quote (from pg 168) to make it suit my needs. It says: "My Little Cream Puff, If love could speak to you about food, it would say... "Eat when you are hungry, sweetheart, because if you don't you won't enjoy the taste of food" why should you do anything you don't enjoy? "Eat what your body wants, darling, otherwise you won't feel so well" Why should you walk around feeling tired or depressed from what you put into your mouth? "Stop eating when you've had enough, otherwise you will be uncomfortable" Why spend one minute in discomfort?"
Eating Guidelines
On this side I printed the eating guidelines as described in the back of the book (on pg 211). I figured if we were going to do this we would need to remember what we were supposed to be doing! It can be easy to forget, especially in the heat of the obsession! I added a Heidi Swapp butterfly to remind them to fly and make changes. And, each one has a different motivational bottle cap in the butterfly center. This bottle cap says "precious" and the other ones say : "Love & Cherish" & "Love".
I hope the Little Book Club enjoyed our first book, or at the very least enjoyed our fellowship! Personally, I am glad to put it down and move onto the next book; I can't wait to find out what the next selection will be!!
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