Have you ever known what God told you to do — and just... didn't do it? In this raw and deeply transparent episode 160, I share what happened during a personal fast that cracked her wide open and changed everything.

After losing 80 pounds with the Lord, gaining most of it back, and quietly struggling to follow instructions God gave me back in January, I went on a water fast seeking answers. What happened on day five — a simple protein drink, the voice of Holy Spirit, and one moment of intentional disobedience — led to the most powerful encounter with God I've ever experienced. I felt the grief of the Holy Spirit. And then I felt His presence wash it all away.

This episode is for you if you've been fighting your weight loss journey from the outside in — focusing on the physical while the spiritual and soul roots go untouched. I get real about the spirit of rebellion, partial obedience, pride as a leader, and why God is now putting my weight loss journey on display — from the very beginning, not after the victory — so He gets all the glory.

You are not alone. You are not the only one struggling. And there is freedom available to you — not through another diet, but through trust and obedience to the One who made you.

🎙️ Topics covered in this episode:

• What really happens when we drift from our time with the Lord
• The spirit of rebellion and how it shows up in your weight loss journey
• Why fasting creates space to hear what God has been trying to say
• What it feels like to grieve the Holy Spirit — and to be freed from it
• Why God is asking me to share her journey from the start, not the finish line
• How Romans 8:28 applies to even your weight and your body

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In episode 159, I share why you're having trouble sticking to your weight loss plan or why you lose weight only to end up gaining it right back. We can think that we just haven't found the right diet or plan. The truth is there are some deeper things going on on a spiritual and soul level. This episode uncovers what those are and how you can be set free so that you can lose weight with Jesus leading the way.

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If you’re ready to stop starting over and actually address the spirit and soul side of your weight loss journey, join Whole + Holy Girls ClubTM: wholeandholygirls.club

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In episode 158 of Overweighted, we’re looking at the story of Samson and Delilah through the lens of Christian weight loss, food temptation, emotional eating, and spiritual warfare.

Because many of us have something in our weight loss journey that keeps pressing, pulling, tempting, and weakening us — and until we recognize what it is, we’ll keep being overpowered by the same patterns.

Samson thought he could keep playing around with Delilah and still remain strong. But the very thing he entertained became the thing that exposed his weakness.

And for many Christian women, the same thing is happening in their weight loss journey.

You may think you can keep playing around with certain cravings, comfort eating, emotional eating patterns, “just this once” compromises, and start-over cycles without it affecting you. But eventually, what you keep entertaining will begin to weaken you.

This episode is not about dieting harder, finding more motivation, or trying to control yourself in your own strength. This is about recognizing the spiritual battle behind the patterns that keep pulling you back, learning how to stop partnering with what weakens you, and choosing to follow God in your weight loss journey instead.

If you’ve been stuck in food temptation, emotional eating, overeating, or the Monday-start-over cycle, this episode will help you see the battle differently and recognize why some things cannot be managed — they have to be surrendered.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What Samson and Delilah reveal about temptation and compromise
• Why playing with temptation is dangerous in your weight loss journey
• How the same patterns keep weakening you spiritually and physically
• Why Christian weight loss requires spiritual warfare, not just willpower
• Why you cannot keep entertaining what God is calling you to flee from
• How to stop letting cravings, comfort, and compromise lead you
• What it means to walk by the Spirit in your weight loss journey

This is for the Christian woman who knows her weight loss journey is not just physical — it’s spiritual.

The thing that keeps weakening you does not get to lead you. The thing that keeps tempting you does not get to rule you. And Delilah does not get to keep cutting your strength.

Listen now and let’s talk about the Delilah in your weight loss journey.

✨ NEXT STEP

If you’re ready to stop starting over and actually address the spirit and soul side of your weight loss journey, join Whole + Holy Girls ClubTM: wholeandholygirls.club

💵GIVING

If you feel led to give so I can keep producing episodes, you can do so here: CashApp: http://cash.app/$MalaikaBurley Paypal: http://paypal.me/malaikaburley Venmo: @malaikaburley Credit or Debit: http://malaikaburley.com/giving

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