Efrem: AHEAD ON

"NEWSWATCH," THE TRUMP

TRANSITION CONTINUES.

SEE WOULD ROLE SOME

GOVERNORS COULD PLAY IN

THE COMING YEARS.

> PLUS, WE'LL HEAR THE

LATEST FROM AN ATLANTA

FIRE CHIEF WHO LOST HIS

JOB OVER POLITICAL

CORRECTNESS.

> AND ARE YOU PUTTING ON

THE POUNDS AND YOU DON'T

KNOW WHY?

WHY YOUR KIDS MAY TO BE

BLAME AND WHAT YOU CAN DO

ABOUT IT.

> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US FOR CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

I'M EFREM GRAHAM.

AS THE TRUMP TRANSITION

TEAM CONTINUES TO SHUFFLE,

THE MAJOR MEDIA IS

REPORTING THINGS AREN'T

GOING SMOOTHLY.

BUT INSIDERS SAY THAT IS

NOT TRUE.

IT COMES AS THE

PRESIDENT-ELECT MEETS

TODAY WITH AN IMPORTANT

FOREIGN LEADER.

DALE HURD IS ON THE STORY.

Reporter: JUST A

LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK

AFTER DONALD TRUMP WAS

ELECTED, THE PRIME

MINISTER OF JAPAN LEFT FOR

NEW YORK TO MEET WITH THE

PRESIDENT-ELECT.

TRUMP ARGUED THAT ALLIES

LIKE JAPAN SHOULD PAY MORE

FOR DEFENSE.

MEANWHILE, THE U.S. MEDIA,

WHICH WAS WRONG ABOUT WHO

WOULD WIN THE ELECTION,

CONTINUES TO POUND THE

MESSAGE THAT THE TRUMP

TRANSITION IS IN DISARRAY.

I THINK THERE IS SOME

CONFUSION GOING ON ABOUT A

CHAIN OF COMMAND COMING

OUT OF NEW YORK.

Reporter: EVEN THOUGH

PREVIOUS WHITE HOUSE

TRANSITION TEAMS HAVE

TAKEN LONGER TO NAME

CABINET APPOINTMENTS.

THE BEGINNING OF ANY

TRANSITION LIKE THIS THERE

IS TURMOIL, IT IS THE

NATURE OF THE PROCESS.

Reporter: AND VARIOUS

NAMES ARE STILL FLOATING

AROUND FOR DIFFERENT

POSITIONS.

TRUMP WILL MEET TODAY WITH

SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR

NIKKI HALEY, WHO IS

REPORTED TO BE UNDER

CONSIDERATION FOR

SECRETARY OF STATE.

ON CAPITOL HILL, SENATE

REPUBLICANS RE-ELECTED

MITCHELL McCONNELL AS

MAJORITY LEADER, AND

DEMOCRATS CHOSE CHUCK

SHUMSCHUMER AS THEIR NEW

LEADER.

AND OTHERS ALSO GOT

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.

THE NEW TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION IS ALREADY

BEING CHALLENGED BY

SEVERAL CITIES AND COLLEGE

CAMPUSES OVER ILLEGAL

IMMIGRATION AND TRUMP'S

CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO DEPORT

ILLEGALS.

CHICAGO'S ROM EMMANUEL

HAVE VOWED TO DEFY THE

GOVERNMENT.

AND COLLEGE CITIES ARE

DEMANDING THEIR SCHOOLS BE

CONVERTED INTO SANCTUARY

CAMPUSES.

I'M UNDOCUMENTED, AND I

AM NOT AFRAID.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR

ME TO HAVE A SECURE

CAMPUS.

Reporter: WITHOUT

QUESTION, ONE OF TRUMP'S

PRIORITIES AS SOON AS HE

TAKES OFFICE WILL BE TO

START GETTING RID OF SOME

OF THE RULES AND LAWS FROM

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

THAT INCLUDES A MEASURE TO

FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING,

WHICH CRITICS SAY HURTS

PART OF THE ENERGY

INDUSTRY, THE CLEAN WATER

RULE, WHICH PUTS EVEN

SMALL BODIES OF WATER,

LIKE WETLANDS AND PONDS,

UNDER CONTROL OF THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

RULES REGULATING FRACKING

FOR OIL, AND THE

DODD-FRANK REGULATIONS

WHICH CRITICS SAY HAVE

SLOWED DOWN THE ECONOMY.

IT IS ALL PART OF THE BIG

AGENDA AWAITING PRESIDENT

TRUMP AND HIS

ADMINISTRATION WHEN HE

TAKES OFFICE IN JANUARY.

DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: NOT ONLY DID

HILLARY CLINTON RUN

AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, IT

SEEMED AT TIMES LIKE THE

NEWS MEDIA WAS CAMPAIGNING

AGAINST HIM.

THE NEW POLL SHOWS THAT

THE PUBLIC WAS NOT FOOLED.

ACCORDING TO A POLL FROM

THE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER,

78% OF VOTERS SAID CURVE

RAGCOVERAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN

WAS BIAS, WITH 59%

THINKING THAT THE MEDIA

WAS BIAS FOR CLINTON.

EVEN ONE-THIRD OF CLINTON

VOTERS BELIEVED THE MEDIA

WAS PRO-CLINTON, BUT 90%

OF VOTERS SAID THEY DIDN'T

LET THE MEDIA BIAS

INFLUENCE THEIR VOTE.

> PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS

ARRIVED IN GERMANY AS PART

OF WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE

HIS FINAL OVERSEAS TRIP AS

PRESIDENT.

HE JUST WRAPPED UP IN

GREECE, WHERE HE TOLD

EUROPEANS NOT TO WORRY

ABOUT PRESIDENT-ELECT

DONALD TRUMP.

TODAY THE OUTGOING

PRESIDENT MEETS WITH

ANGELA MERKEL, WHO HE HAS

CALLED ONE OF HIS BEST

PARTNERS.

FRIDAY HE'LL MEET WITH THE

LEADERS OF FRANCE, ITALY,

SPAIN, AND BRITAIN.

> A WISCONSIN

REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN

TOLD TO MOVE HIS PRAYER

MEETINGS OUT OF THE

CAPITAL.

HE HAS BEEN HOLDING BIBLE

MEETINGS IN HIS OFFICE FOR

THE PAST THREE YEARS.

ONE SAID, QUOTE," OUR

MESSAGE TO HEIST HIGHEST

POLITICIANS TO GET OFF

YOUR KNEES AND GET TO

WORK."

AMERICAN CHRISTIANS HAVE

SEEN THEIR FREEDOMS

ERODING IN RECENT YEARS,

EVEN DEEP IN THE BIBLE

BELT ITSELF.

THAT'S WHERE PAUL STRAND

TALKED TO A FORMER FIRE

CHIEF WHO SAID PREACHING

LIBERAL TRUTH COST HIM

DEARLY.

Reporter: CALVIN COC

COCHRANE WAS FIRED FROM

HIS JOB IN ATLANTA FOR

SOMETHING HE WROTE ON HIS

OWN TIME AND HAD NOTHING

TO DO WITH HIS JOB.

HE CAN HARDLY BELIEVE HIS

IS LIVING THROUGH THIS.

MOST AMERICANS ARE

ASTONISHED THAT IN AMERICA

YOU COULD BE TERMINATED

FROM EMPLOYMENT FOR

EXPRESSING YOUR THOUGHTS

AND BELIEFS.

Reporter: COCHRANE

PUT THOSE BELIEFS IN A

BOOK TO HELP MEN DEAL WITH

SHAME.

THE PURPOSE OF SEX IS

PROCREATION, AND

PROCREATION CAN ONLY OCCUR

BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN,

AND TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT

HONORS GOD, IT HAS TO BE

DONE IN HOLY MATRIMONY.

Reporter: IT LED TO

SUCH OUTRAGE THAT FIRING

THE CHIEF WASN'T ENOUGH

FOR THE MAYOR.

THE MAYOR DELIVERED A

STRONG THREAT.

I WILL MAKE SURE YOU

WILL NEVER WORK IN THIS

CITY AGAIN.

SO HE IS AGGRESSIVELY

GOING AFTER THE CHIEF TO

MAKE SURE HE CANNOT GET

ANOTHER JOB.

Reporter: PASTOR

MICHAEL YOUCEF CALLS HIS

FIRING REMARKABLE.

IF IT IS HAPPENING

HERE, BE READY, IT WILL

HAPPEN EVERYWHERE.

WE THINK IT IS

IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH

THAT PRINCIPLE THAT IT IS

NOT OKAY FOR THE

GOVERNMENT TO TELL ANY

CITIZEN THAT YOUR BELIEFS

DON'T LINE UP 100% WITH

OURS -- WHICH, BY THE WAY,

NO ONE'S DOES -- YOU'RE

NOT ENTITLE TODD HAVE A ENTITLED TO HAVE A

JOB.

I'M MOSTLY CONCERNED

ABOUT MY FELLOW

COUNTRYMEN.

THE DAMAGES HAVE NOT AS

MUCH SIGNIFICANCE TO ME

THAN NO OTHER AMERICAN

HAVING TO EXPERIENCE WHAT

I'VE EXPERIENCED.

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY

IN THIS CASE BECAUSE IT

HOLDS SUCH AN IMPORTANT

PRINCIPLE, THAT IT CAN

MAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP TO

THE SUPREME COURT.

Reporter: YOUCEF

THINKS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR

AMERICANS TO STAND

TOGETHER.

WE NEED THE COURAGE TO

SAY, NO, OUR GOD WILL

PROVIDE FOR US, BUT WE

WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED.

I WOULD WRITE THE BOOK

AGAIN, AND I WOULD SAY THE

SAME THING.

IT IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO

WHAT IS RIGHT.

Reporter: COURTMAN

SAYS IT IS MAYOR WHO

SHOULD GO, NOT COCHRANE.

THE MAYOR SAYS IF YOU

DON'T AGREE WITH OUR

BELIEFS, THEN YOU SHOULD

RESIGN.

BUT THERE ARE MANY OF

PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE WITH

THE CHIEF'S BELIEFS, WHO

NOW THE MAYOR HAS

OFFENDED.

Reporter: YOU CAN SEE

YOUR ENTIRE CAREER WIPED

OUT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING

YOU SAY OR WRITE IF IT

DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE

POLITICALLY CORRECT.

PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,

REPORTING FROM ATLANTA.

Efrem: THE TOWN OF

ARCHBALD, OHIO, HAS

REMOVED FROM ITS TOWN

SEALS.

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS

THE SYMBOL IN THE MIDDLE

OF THE SEAL.

ARCHBALD HAS ALSO STOPPED

CALLING ITSELF A CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITY ON ITS WEBSITE.

THE DECISION TO REMOVE THE

CHURCH CAME AFTER

COMPLAINTS FROM THE

FREEDOM FOR RELIGION

FOUNDATION.

AND NOW IT SHOWS THE SHAPE

OF OHIO INSTEAD.

> ACTRESS ROMA DOWNEY

AND HER HUSBAND, PRODUCER

MARK BERNETT, ARE SET TO

LAUNCH A NEW FAMILY AND

FAITH NETWORK.

IT WILL START ON MORE THAN

A DOZEN MAJOR BROADCAST

NETWORKS.

IT WILL FEATURE WHOLESOME

FAMILY AND FAITH-BASED

FILMS AND TELEVISION

SERIES.

THE COUPLE KNOWN FOR

PRODUCING TWO BIBLE-BASED

MINI SERIES AND "THE SON

OF GOD," SAY THERE IS A

LARGE DEMAND FOR

FAMILY-FRIENDLY

ENTERTAINMENT.

> STILL TO COME, A NEW

CURRICULUM FOR A NEW

GENERATION.

SEE WHY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY ARE TACKLING

TOPICS LIKE ATTITUDES AND

DEPRESSION.

Efrem: FOOTBALL

PLAYERS AT DUNMORE HIGH

SCHOOL IN PENNSYLVANIA ARE

CONTINUING TO PRAY BEFORE

EACH GAME, EVEN THOUGH

THEIR COACH CANNOT

ANYMORE.

CHUCK HAD BEEN PRAYING

WITH HI HIS PLAYER FOR MORE

THAN 30 YEARS, BUT WAS

ORDERED TO STOP BY THE

FREEDOM FOR RELIGION

FOUNDATION.

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF

SCHOOL AGREED, ASKING THE

COACH TO STOP.

ONE STUDENT TOLD REPORTERS

THAT, QUOTE,"THE COACH

DOESN'T JUDGE TEACH

FOOTBALL; HE TEACHES LIFE

LESSONS."

> A BIG SHIFT IS UNDER

WAY IN AMERICA'S SCHOOLS.

THE CHALLENGES OF READING,

WRITING AND ARITHMATIC

HAVE GIVEN WAY TO NEW

INSECURITIES, LIKE

DEPRESSION.

CAITLIN BURKE SHOWS US

MORE.

Reporter: AS A

PARENT, WHAT DO YOU WANT

MOST FOR YOUR CHILDREN?

YOUR ANSWER MIGHT BE ALONG

THE LINES OF HAPPINESS,

GOOD HEALTH, CONFIDENCE,

ALL SKILLS WE HOPE OUR

CHILDREN LEARN AS THEY GO

THROUGH LIFE.

NOW IMAGINE CHILDREN

OFFERING THOSE LESSONS, IN

ADDITION TO THE USUAL

CLASSROOM SUBJECTS.

THERE IS A BIG GAP IN

OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

A BIG GAP IN THE WAY WE

RAISE CHILDREN.

WE REALLY FOCUS ON THEIR

SUCCESS -- DID THEY PASS A

TEST -- AS MEASURES OF HOW

WELL THEY'RE DOING.

AND THE REALITY IS THAT

DOESN'T NECESSARILY

PREPARE THEM TO ENTER THE

WORLD AND BE FUNCTIONING

ADULTS.

Reporter: THE ANSWER

IS POSITIVE EDUCATION.

THAT'S A COMBINATION OF

TRADITIONAL EDUCATION WITH

THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS AND

WELL-BEING.

IT TEACHES CHILDREN THEIR

CHARACTER STRENGTHS AND

HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGE

THEM.

WE HAVE A GROUP OF

CHILDREN THAT WE'RE

STUDYING NOW THAT TOOK THE

PROGRAM SOME 12 YEARS AGO,

AND THEY TELL US THINGS

LIKE, I WOULD HAVE NEVER

GOTTEN THROUGH COLLEGE

WITHOUT THIS.

Reporter: WE WENT TO

DALLAS TO SEE HOW THE

INNOVATION DESIGN

ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY

INCORPORATES THIS

CURRICULUM.

OUR STUDENTS WORK

THROUGH THINGS THAT WE

CALL NEXT GENERATION

SKILLS.

THINGS LIKE BEING A

PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATOR,

TAKING FEEDBACK, GIVING

REALLY RESPECTFUL

FEEDBACK, WORKING WELL

WITH OTHERS, COMMUNICATING

ISSUES CLEARLY WITH BOTH

ADULTS AND CLASSMATES AND

CO-WORKERS.

Reporter: KIDS ARE

QUICKLY EMBRACING THIS NEW

WAY OF LEARNING, BRINGING

THESE LESSONS INTO THE

CLASSROOM WILL ISLAN IDEALLY

HELP DEPRESSION AND

ENHANCE ACADEMIC

ACHIEVEMENT.

IT IS AN IDEA THAT IS

SLOWLY SPREADING.

THE PURPOSE OF THE

POSITIVE EDUCATION IS

REALLY TO BE A

LAUNCHINGPOINT FOLAUNCHINGPOINT FOR THIS N EW KIND OF

EDUCATION.

TO REALLY GET IT OUT THERE

TO TEACHERS, TO

SUPERINTENDENTS, TO

PARENTS, POLICY-MAKERS, TO

REALLY PROMOTE THE

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND

ALSO THE CHARACTER

DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS.

FOR US TO LIVE HAPPY,

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO

BEGIN TEACHING CHILDREN

HOW THEY CAN BE IN CHARGE

OF THEIR OWN HAPPINESS,

THEIR OWN SUCCESS, AND

HELPING THEM BUILD THE

SKILLS TO BECOME THRIVING

MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Reporter: IT DOES SO

BY GRADING SCHOOLS

WORLDWIDE ON POSITIVE

EDUCATION PRACTICE.

IDEAS THAT WORK ARE THEN

PASSED ALONG THROUGH

CONFERENCES, LIKE THE

DALLAS FESTIVAL, AND

THROUGH POLICY REFORM.

HOW DO WE HELP CHILDREN

THRIVE?

HOW DO WE HELP CHILDREN

FLOURISH?

HOW DO WE HELP THEM BECOME

CREATIVE AND CURIOUS FOR A

LIFETIME?

Reporter: THEY WANT

TO CONTINUE SUCCESS WITH

POSITIVE EDUCATION

PROGRAMS.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,

DALLAS, TEXAS.

Efrem: STILL TO COME,

IF YOU'VE GOT CHILDREN,

CHANCES ARE YOU'VE ALSO

GAINED SOME EXTRA WEIGHT.

WHAT THE STUDIES SHOW AND

HOW YOU CAN GAIN CONTROL

OF YOUR HEALTH.

THAT STORY IS NEXT.

Efrem: SOME CITIES

ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE

MOVED IN THE LAST SEVERAL

DAYS TO IMPOSE TAXES ON

SODAS.

BUSINESS INSIDER REPORTS

THREE CITIES IN THE

CALIFORNIA BAY AREA, SAN

FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, AND

ALBANY, VOTED FOR A TAX OF

ONE CENT PER OUNCE.

COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS

ALSO PASSED A MEASURE THAT

HAS A ONE CENT PER OUNCE

TAX.

AND IN BOLDER, COLORADO,

VOTERS WENT FOR A TAX OF 2

CENTS PER OUNCE.

THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY HAS

LONG RESISTED SUCH

ATTACKS, SAYINTAXESBECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE

ANY HEALTH BENEFITS.

> YOUNG PARENTS ARE

OFTEN EXTREMELY BUSY,

SLEEP DEPRIVED, AND

SOMETIMES STRESSED OUT.

IT IS THE PERFECT STORM

FOR PUTTING ON THE POUNDS.

BUT AS LORIE JOHNSON SHOWS

US, THERE ARE WAYS THOSE

PARENTS AND ANYONE ELSE

CAN GET BACK TO A HEALTHY

WEIGHT.

Lorie: MOM JEANS, THE

DAD BOD, PROOF THAT

PARENTHOOD PACKS ON THE

POUNDS.

SO WHAT WE KNOW WITH

MEN RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST

YEAR OF BEING A NEW DAD,

YOU GAIN 15 POUNDS.

THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN

SHOWN.

AND WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING

WITH PARENTS IS THAT YOU

GAIN AN AVERAGE OF THREE

TO FIVE POUNDS EVERY

SINGLE YEAR.

Lorie: IT EVEN

HAPPENED TO FITNESS EXPERT

MARK McDONALD, WHO PUT

ON 35 POUNDS AFTER

BECOMING A DAD.

BUT HE REVERSED COURSE AND

IS NOW SHARING THE SECRET

TO GAINING CONTROL INSTEAD

OF GAINING WEIGHT.

MAKING YOUR HEALTH WORK

AS A BUSY PARENT AND

WORKER DOESN'T MEAN YOU

HAVE TO SACRIFICE TIME

WITH YOUR FAMILY.

Lorie: HE SAYS THE

KEY IS TO BALANCE YOUR

BLOOD SUGAR, AND YOU DO

THAT BY EATING A PROTEIN,

FAT, AND CARBOHYDRATE

EVERY THREE HOURS.

WHEN YOU GO MORE THAN

THREE HOURS WITHOUT

EATING, IT SLOWS DOWN YOUR

METABOLISM.

AND THEN YOU CRAVE

CARBOHYDRATES.

SO YOU REACH FOR THE BREAD

AND THE CHIPS, AND THAT

MAKES YOU STORE FAT.

IF I SPIKE MY BLOOD

SUGAR, I FEEL AWFUL.

AND PEOPLE ARE FEELING

THAT EVERY DAY, BUT THEY

DON'T REALIZE.

Lorie: PROTEINS OF

ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND CARBS

ARE VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

AND GRAINS.

MARK SAYS WHEN EATING IN

THREES, TRY TO EAT CARBS

LASTS.

WHEN YOU EAT YOUR CARBS

FIRST, IT SPIKES YOUR

BLOOD SUGAR FASTER.

EAT YOUR PROTEIN FIRST,

THEN YOUR FALT, AN FAT, AND THEN

YOUR CARBS.

IF YOU'RE DOING GREEK

YOGURT WITH SOME

BLUEBERRIEBLUEBERRIES, DO IT

TOGETHER.

BUAND THE COOL THING IS YOU

WON'T WANT AS MUCH.

Lorie: TRY TO PACK

YOUR FOOD AT HOME AND TAKE

IT WITH YOU.

MY SON VES IT, TOO,

SO I MAKE A TURKEY

SANDWICH, AND WE MAKE

TURKEY LETTUCE WRAPS.

Lorie: AND THERE IS

NITRATE-FREE TURKEY JERKY,

NUTS, VEGETABLES, AND

FRUITS.

IF YOU DON'T PACK YOUR

FOOD, YOU CAN STILL EAT IN

THREES ON THE GO AT

RESTAURANTS AND EVEN FAST

FOODS.

GRILLED CHICKEN AS YOUR

PROTEIN, LETTUCE AS YOUR

CARBOHYDRATE, AND SALAD

DRESSING AS YOUR FALT.

FAT.

ANOTHER OPTION IS GRILLED

CHICKEN, HALF A BUN, AND

MAYONNAISE AS YOUR FAT.

EATING MEXICAN?

NOT A PROBLEM.

I'LL SAY WHERE IS MY

PROTEIN?

I GET CHICKEN, AND THEN

YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF

CARBS.

YOU CAN DO A TORTILLA OR

RICE OR BEANS.

DON'T DO ALL THREE.

CHOOSE ONE CARBOHYDRATE.

I'LL ADD SOME LETTUCE TO

THAT AND A LITTLE BIT OF

CHEESE AS MY FAT.

Lorie: NOT GETTING

ENOUGH SLEEP CAN CAUSE

WEIGHT GAIN BY INCREASING

THE HORMONE GHRELIN AND

LOWERING THE APPETITE

SUPPRESSING HORMONE

LEPTIN.

SO TRY TO GET MORE "Z"s

AND IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP

QUALITY BY AVOIDING THE

SNOOZE BUTTON.

LIGHT SLEEP DOESN'T DO

ANYTHING FOR YOU.

THEN THERE IS DEEP SLEEP,

WHICH CHARGES YOUR BODY,

AND REM SLEEP WHICH

CHARGES YOUR MIND.

AND THEN IT REPEATS

ITSELF.

WHEN YOU HIT THE SNOOZE

BUTTON, YOU DON'T ENTER

DEEP SLEEP OUR REM SLEEP.

Lorie: INSTEAD OF

SETTING YOUR ALARM FOR

6:30 AND HITTING THE

SNOOZE UNTIL 7:00, SET

YOUR ALARM FOR 7:00 AND

DON'T HIT THE SNOOZE.

TOO MANY BUSY PARENTS ARE

DEHYDRATED, WHICH COULD

LEAD TO WEIGHT GAIN.

SOMETIMES OUR BRAIN TRICKS

US INTO THINKING WE'RE

HUNGRY WHEN WE ARE

ACTUALLY THIRSTY.

TAKE YOUR WAIT AND DIVIDE

IT BY TWO FOR HOW MUCH

WATER.

IF YOU WAY 120 POUNDS,

DRINK 60 OUNCES OF WATER A

DAY.

THE WAY I KNOW I'M

DRINKING ENOUGH WATER, IF

THE URINE IS CLOSER TO

CLEAR THAN YELLOW.

IF YOUR URINE IS REALLY

YELLOW, YOU'RE NOT

DRINKING ENOUGH WATER.

Reporter: WHEN IT

COMES TO EXERCISE, THINK

OF CREATIVE WAYS TO DO IT

TOGETHER.

MARK STRAPS ON THIS

WEIGHTED VEST TO MAKE

FAMILY WALKS MORE

CHALLENGING.

EVEN TIME IN FRONT OF THE

TUBE ISN'T SO BAD IF YOU

SIT ON THESE.

THAT INFLATABLE BALL,

YOU'RE BURN THREE TIMES

MORE CALORIES PER HOUR

THAN IF YOU WERE SITTING

IN A CHAIR.

Lorie: AND STRESS CAN

LEAD TO WEIGHT GAIN.

SO LET GO OF THOSE LITTLE

ANNOYANCES.

IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY

STRESSES, YOUR BODY CAN

NEVER RELAX.

AND IT IS ALMOST IN

POSSIBLE TO LOSE WEIGHT

AND BURN FAT WHEN YOU'RE

IN THAT MOMENT.

Lorie: SO TO SHED THE

WEIGHT THAT OFTEN COMES

WITH HAVING KIDS, MARK

McDONALD SAYS EAT IN

THREES TO STABILIZE YOUR

BLOOD SUGAR AND AVOID

OVEREATING.

ALSO, DRINK ENOUGH WATER,

TRY TO SLEEP MORE, AND

AVOID THE SNOOZE BUTTON.

EXERCISE TOGETHER AND

MINIMIZE STRESS.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: EXCELLENT

ADVICE, AND YOU MAY WANT

TO TRY TO DO THAT WITH

YOUR CHILDREN AND MAKE

THEM A PART OF IT.

> STAY WITH US; WE'RE

COMING RIGHT BACK.

Efrem: IT IS TIME FOR

YOUR THURSDAY THANKFUL.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO

JOIN ME IN THIS PRAYER OF

GRATITUDE.

GOD IS ALWAYS CHASING

AFTER YOU, AND HE IS NEVER

FAILING IN THAT PURSUIT.

SO, FATHER, THANKS FOR

YOUR LOVE.

IT IS NEVER FAILING.

YOU PURSUED ME ALL THE WAY

TO THE CROSS, AND THAT WAS

ONLY THE BEGINNING OF OUR

EVERLASTING RELATIONSHIP.

IT IS A RELATIONSHIP

FILLED WITH FORGIVENESS,

GRACE, AND MERCY.

WITH THAT WORD OF

GRATITUDE, EXPECT GREAT

THINGS TODAY.

> THAT IS GOING TO DO IT

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