{"id":1955,"date":"2012-11-19T10:29:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T15:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2012-11-19T10:29:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T15:29:18","slug":"getting-your-mind-in-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2012\/11\/getting-your-mind-in-gear.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting Your Mind in Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I scowled as I\u00a0 listened to the \u201cLearn the Thai Language\u201d cd that I found on eBay.\u00a0 This is one tough language!\u00a0 You not only have to learn difficult words with tongue-twisting sounds &#8212; but the pitch at which you say it can change the meaning of the word.<\/p>\n<p><em>Maybe I\u2019m too old to learn a new languag<\/em>e, I fretted. <em>Maybe I can\u2019t do it.\u00a0 Can I do it?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know! \u00a0<\/em>After a few days of dithering, I decided on a new mindset.\u00a0<em> \u201cI\u2019ll just go ahead and learn it,\u201d<\/em> I decided.<em>\u00a0 \u201cIf\u00a0 it isn\u2019t possible, I\u2019ll find out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The uncertainty of success and possibility of failure &#8212; that\u2019s what puts most people off from a\u00a0 weight loss and healthy eating plan.\u00a0 Why invest time and effort into something that might not succeed?\u00a0 The more often you have fallen off the wagon and regained the weight, the more hopeless a permanent weight loss appears.<\/p>\n<p>But your body is ready to cooperate. You just have to get your mind in gear.\u00a0 Decide to go ahead and do it, and you will find that\u00a0 you can.<\/p>\n<p>Now to go give my western tongue a good eastern workout!<\/p>\n<p>Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n<p>Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I scowled as I\u00a0 listened to the \u201cLearn the Thai Language\u201d cd that I found on eBay.\u00a0 This is one tough language!\u00a0 You not only have to learn difficult words with tongue-twisting sounds &#8212; but the pitch at which you say it can change the meaning of the word. 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