{"id":1186,"date":"2008-06-03T09:14:18","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T09:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2008\/06\/laugh-yourself-skinny.html"},"modified":"2008-06-03T09:14:18","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T09:14:18","slug":"laugh-yourself-skinny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2008\/06\/laugh-yourself-skinny.html","title":{"rendered":"Laugh Yourself Skinny"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSo laughter can keep you happy and sane. It can also keep you skinny! That’s according to Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a>.
\nEric has been reading her newly released book, “All Is Forgiven, Move On: Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-Burning Steps,”<\/a> and he’s giving me the abbreviated version: laugh a lot and forgive yourself.
\nHere’s what Janice Taylor, Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a>, says about humor:<\/p>\n

“Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.” \u2013Bob Newhart
\nIs there anything more delicious than a side-splitting, hearty belly laugh\u2014complete with tears running down your cheeks? Certainly not! I love to laugh and to smile.
\nHumor and laughter can help to \u2026
\n* activate the will to live
\n* lower stress
\n* elevate mood
\n* improve brain functioning
\n* reduce risk of heart disease, strokes, arthritis, and ulcers
\n* dissolve anger
\n* burn calories
\n* exercise muscles
\nThat’s right\u2014not only is laughter the best medicine it gives your diaphragm, abdominal, respiratory, facial, leg, and back muscles a fabulous workout. In fact, a good, hearty laugh burns more calories than several minutes on a rowing machine or exercise bike; and it causes a domino effect of joyous proportion<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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