{"id":523,"date":"2011-07-26T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=523"},"modified":"2011-07-26T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T17:37:29","slug":"celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/07\/celebrate.html","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the victories!<\/p>\n<p>When we look at the long-term goal, we can get discouraged. When the weight loss is slow, or comes to a standstill, we want to give up.<\/p>\n<p>But if we celebrate every victory, we are encouraged to go onward.\u00a0 Did you workout today?\u00a0 That\u2019s a victory!\u00a0 Declined the diet soda and drank water instead?\u00a0 Hey &#8212; you are a winner! \u00a0 Ate the salad and passed up the pizza?\u00a0 Hurrah for you!<\/p>\n<p>Give yourself a boost and pat yourself on the back a little.\u00a0 If you keep encouraging yourself in your healthy habits, you will reach your goal.\u00a0 You will have a life beyond gorgeous &#8212; vibrant, healthy and fulfilling.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em><br \/>\nSusan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the victories! When we look at the long-term goal, we can get discouraged. When the weight loss is slow, or comes to a standstill, we want to give up. 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