\u201cHey, I thought you were going on a diet?\u201d Paul said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am,\u201d I answered around a mouthful of Oreos.\u00a0 \u201cOn Monday. These are my \u2018goodbye\u2019 cookies. I\u2019m eating the things I won\u2019t be seeing for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s what I thought I was doing — but I was really sabotaging myself, big time!\u00a0After a weekend of \u201cgoodbyes\u201d I was thoroughly hooked on sugar and felt really crummy.\u00a0 That\u2019s not a good time to start a big change, when you are feeling sickly. Besides, my sweet tooth was in full throttle.\u00a0 I. WANTED. GOODIES. Tuesday would work as well.\u00a0 Another day before the goodies and I were to part company, so I might as well enjoy them.\u00a0 And so it went.<\/p>\n
I repeated that scenario many times before I wised up — and if you are a veteran dieter, you have been there, too.\u00a0 As a result, we are carrying around a lot of \u201cgoodbye\u201d sugar stored as fat on our hips.<\/p>\n
If you are going to go on a smart, healthy eating plan, don\u2019t say goodbye and don\u2019t look back.\u00a0 Instead, start preparing yourself with gradual changes. Pass up the bread and the desserts and start looking for healthier substitutes.\u00a0 Wean off the sugar and you won\u2019t miss it so much when you cut it out entirely.<\/p>\n
Why wait for Monday, anyway? The best time to start a life beyond gorgeous – is NOW!<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em><\/p>\n Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cHey, I thought you were going on a diet?\u201d Paul said. \u201cI am,\u201d I answered around a mouthful of Oreos.\u00a0 \u201cOn Monday. These are my \u2018goodbye\u2019 cookies. I\u2019m eating the things I won\u2019t be seeing for a long time.\u201d And that\u2019s what I thought I was doing — but I was really sabotaging myself, big…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4,141,15],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eating-plan","tag-diet","tag-sugar","tag-weight-loss"],"yoast_head":"\n