{"id":541,"date":"2010-04-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/04\/keep-the-weight-loss-diet-goin.html"},"modified":"2010-04-10T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T01:00:00","slug":"keep-the-weight-loss-diet-goin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/04\/keep-the-weight-loss-diet-goin.html","title":{"rendered":"Keep the Weight Loss Diet Going!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, as in every day, I want to encourage you to just make one little change to lose weight.&nbsp; No need for a drastic diet or anything!&nbsp; Just a small change, done every day, will add up.&nbsp; Begin you day with a prayer, thanking God or your Higher Power for a new life again today.&nbsp; Just say, &#8220;thank you God.&nbsp; I&#8217;m happy to be alive.&nbsp; I&#8217;m thankful for your help, again and again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Make a change and get out and move your body.&nbsp; Enjoy the spring weather.&nbsp; Put on some music and dance for 15 minutes.&nbsp; Of course, get your doctor&#8217;s approval before exercising, but most doctors I know will readily agree to some form of movement, be it light, moderate or vigorous.<\/p>\n<p>Make a little change like varying your afternoon snack.&nbsp; Instead of something highly sweet, try fruit.&nbsp; Instead of something highly fattening, try vegatables and hummus, or a glass of cold iced-tea or seltzer, sweetened with a shot of unsweetened orange juice, or apricot or berry nectar.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of having seconds at lunch or dinner, eat slower and have only one thing, or a small plate.<\/p>\n<p>Do these little changes every day, and you will see changes in yourself.<\/p>\n<p>And please comment on how YOU are doing!&nbsp; Love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, as in every day, I want to encourage you to just make one little change to lose weight.&nbsp; No need for a drastic diet or anything!&nbsp; Just a small change, done every day, will add up.&nbsp; Begin you day with a prayer, thanking God or your Higher Power for a new life again today.&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,18,3,10,5,21,12,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet","category-fitness","category-food","category-health","category-lifestyles","category-prayers","category-spiritual-weight-loss","category-spirituality","category-weight-loss","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Keep the Weight Loss Diet Going! - Dr. Norris J. 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