{"id":306,"date":"2009-02-05T20:12:31","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T20:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-hung.html"},"modified":"2009-02-05T20:12:31","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T20:12:31","slug":"janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-hung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-hung.html","title":{"rendered":"Janice &amp; Dr. Norris Weigh-In: Hungry for LAUGHTER?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the Dr. Norris and Janice &#8216;blog-O-sation&#8217; &#8230;<br \/>\n&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-what-2.html\">Dr. Norris says<\/a>, <em>&#8220;OK.  Stop.  I&#8217;m all into making weight loss fun, but I need to get serious now.  IS WHAT YOU&#8217;RE HUNGRY FOR &#8230;  HEALTH? &#8230; or PLEASURE?&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>I don&#8217;t get it, Dr. Norris?<\/strong>  It&#8217;s not an &#8220;either\/or,&#8221; is it?  I&#8217;m totally in favor of pleasure!   Surely, one can find pleasure outside the cake, ice cream and potato arena, yes?  Health\/Pleasure: One isn&#8217;t mutually exclusive of the other.<br \/>\nAnyway, my point is that we can decorate our lives with glitter, vibrant colors, love, laughter and positive energy.  <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-what-1.html\">Whether my mother and I have &#8216;real&#8217; cake or not, is irrelevant.<\/a>  The cake isn&#8217;t the entertainment.  The cake isn&#8217;t the focal point of the day.  The cake is merely cake.  We don&#8217;t give it not even a smidgeon of power.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m offering a new point of view. Bringing crayons to my mother&#8217;s with a<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-what-1.html\"> cake-coloring book<\/a> is silly, funny and joy-filled!<br \/>\nThe point is that you can laugh it up while you slim down. And you don&#8217;t have to be <em>(too) <\/em>serious!<br \/>\nO, the Oprah Magazine said &#8230; &#8220;Janice Taylor is a kooky kind of genius.  See if her idiosyncratic diet plan works for you!&#8221; They got it!!!<br \/>\nI look forward to our next &#8216;blog-O-conversation.&#8217;<br \/>\nFrom one big-time-loser to another &#8230; Dr. Norris, You Rock!<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nHey, peeps &#8230; yeah, you &#8211; I&#8217;m talking to you out there &#8230;<br \/>\nDo tell us &#8230; WHAT ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR???<br \/>\nSpread the word &#8230; NOT the icing!<br \/>\nJanice<br \/>\nPost #1 from Dr. Norris: <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-what.html\">What are YOU hungry for?<\/a><br \/>\nJanice&#8217;s reply: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-what.html\">I&#8217;m hungry for &#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nPost #3 from Dr. Norris: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-what-1.html\">Still Hungry!<\/a><br \/>\nJanice&#8217;s reply:  <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-what-1.html\">Let There Be Cake!<\/a><br \/>\nPost #4 from Dr. Norris: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-what-2.html\">Health or Pleasure???<\/a><br \/>\nJanice&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-hung.html\">final reply for this blog-O-sation<\/a>! Hungry for <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/janice-dr-norris-weigh-in-hung.html\">LAUGHTER<\/a>!<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\">Janice Taylor is a Life &amp; Happiness Coach<\/a>, author, seminar leader and 50-pound-BIG-Time-LOSER!  <a href=\"mailto:janice@ourladyofweightloss.com\">Write Janice<\/a> for an Introductory Coaching Session.<br \/>\nFor more motivation and inspiration, join the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/kickinthetushclub\">Kick in the Tush Club: Beliefnet Chapter.  <\/a><br \/>\nPick up a copy of Janice&#8217;s latest: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-Forgiven-Move-Fat-Burning-Sveltesville\/dp\/014200524X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1197052667&amp;sr=1-1\">All Is Forgiven, Move ON ~ Our Lady of Weight Loss&#8217;s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville<\/a>!<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Janice Taylor is a certain kind of kooky genius ~ see if her idiosyncratic diet plan will work for you.&#8221; ~ O, The Oprah Magazine<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ART heart.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/import\/ART%20heart.jpg\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" class=\"mt-image-left\" \/><\/span> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\"> about Janice<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Janice on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurLady\">Twitter<\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#\/profile.php?sid=d82081eb96fa8033ec096ad6ccfd2b0a&amp;id=557881698&amp;hiq=janice%2Ctaylor\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the Dr. Norris and Janice &#8216;blog-O-sation&#8217; &#8230; &#8230; Dr. Norris says, &#8220;OK. 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