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<\/a>Pretend you are studying for a test and use the 3X5 card method.\u00a0 Write down all the reasons you want to lose weight on\u00a0 flash cards.\u00a0 Read the entire stack every morning.\u00a0 Then pull them out when you are at a low spot in your day or when you know you are going to be tempted. Read them over to yourself as a reminder of what you REALLY want.\u00a0 After all, that pie will be over in a few minutes.\u00a0 A healthy, moveable body will be around and active for a long time.<\/p>\nThe idea is that by continually rehearsing what is important, you will be able to instinctively say \u201cno\u201d when temptation comes your way.<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here\u2019s an interesting idea.\u00a0 Use flash cards to lose weight! Pretend you are studying for a test and use the 3X5 card method.\u00a0 Write down all the reasons you want to lose weight on\u00a0 flash cards.\u00a0 Read the entire stack every morning.\u00a0 Then pull them out when you are at a low spot in your…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[316,260],"class_list":["post-1115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helpful-tips","tag-flash-cards","tag-test"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>Pretend you are studying for a test and use the 3X5 card method.\u00a0 Write down all the reasons you want to lose weight on\u00a0 flash cards.\u00a0 Read the entire stack every morning.\u00a0 Then pull them out when you are at a low spot in your day or when you know you are going to be tempted. Read them over to yourself as a reminder of what you REALLY want.\u00a0 After all, that pie will be over in a few minutes.\u00a0 A healthy, moveable body will be around and active for a long time.<\/p>\n