{"id":463,"date":"2009-07-07T09:28:27","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T09:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/07\/diets-dont-work-transformation.html"},"modified":"2009-07-07T09:28:27","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T09:28:27","slug":"diets-dont-work-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/07\/diets-dont-work-transformation.html","title":{"rendered":"Diets don&#8217;t work: Transformational journeys do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fat Suit.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/import\/Dog%20art%20suit%20small.jpg\" width=\"122\" height=\"223\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span><strong>Do you want to manifest deep, lasting and significant change?<\/strong>  Do you want to permanently remove those excess pounds?  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