{"id":188,"date":"2011-06-09T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=188"},"modified":"2011-06-05T08:54:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T12:54:56","slug":"habit-it-keeps-you-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/06\/habit-it-keeps-you-going.html","title":{"rendered":"Habit &#8211; It Keeps You Going"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Motivation is what gets you started.\u00a0 Habit is what keeps you going.\u00a0 ~Jim Ryun<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why do most people (including me) fail at a healthy eating plan after the first week or so?\u00a0 Because motivation is waning and habit hasn\u2019t kicked in yet.\u00a0 I\u2019ve read studies that said it takes three weeks of an uninterrupted pattern to establish a habit.\u00a0 After three weeks your new eating style and exercise regime will become a habit and increasingly easier to stick with.<\/p>\n<p>So hang on!\u00a0 Just a couple of weeks and you will get there!<\/p>\n<p><em> Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em><br \/>\nSusan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motivation is what gets you started.\u00a0 Habit is what keeps you going.\u00a0 ~Jim Ryun Why do most people (including me) fail at a healthy eating plan after the first week or so?\u00a0 Because motivation is waning and habit hasn\u2019t kicked in yet.\u00a0 I\u2019ve read studies that said it takes three weeks of an uninterrupted pattern&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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