{"id":1122,"date":"2011-12-21T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T16:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2011-12-21T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T16:54:13","slug":"avoid-lingering-goodbyes-to-goodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/12\/avoid-lingering-goodbyes-to-goodies.html","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Lingering &#8220;Goodbyes&#8221; to Goodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t make lingering goodbyes.\u00a0 We\u2019ve talked about that before, but this is the season of \u201cgoodbyes\u201d to goodies.\u00a0 People say, \u201cI\u2019m going to start a diet the first of the year, so today I\u2019ll eat fudge.\u00a0 This is my last candy for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/files\/2011\/12\/207166_10150566829270537_758175536_18018906_565319_n11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1123\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/261\/2011\/12\/207166_10150566829270537_758175536_18018906_565319_n11-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The trouble is that it isn\u2019t just about one piece of fudge.\u00a0 These \u201cso long\u201d goodies can last for the entire Christmas season and add up to a lot of extra weight that you could be carrying around for months or even years. \u00a0Besides, sugar can be an addiction. The more you eat, the harder it will be to get off it.<\/p>\n<p>Make it easy for yourself.\u00a0 Leave the goodies without saying \u201cgoodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n<p>Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t make lingering goodbyes.\u00a0 We\u2019ve talked about that before, but this is the season of \u201cgoodbyes\u201d to goodies.\u00a0 People say, \u201cI\u2019m going to start a diet the first of the year, so today I\u2019ll eat fudge.\u00a0 This is my last candy for a long time.\u201d The trouble is that it isn\u2019t just about one piece&hellip;<\/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":[317,216,15],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helpful-tips","tag-goodbye","tag-goodies","tag-weight-loss"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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