For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends...
I gave Mom a birthday party Friday. 18 people showed up! Among them were my Sister and her Daughter, who is Mom's Grandaughter and Mom's Grandaughter's Daughter, who is Mom's Great-Grandaughter, who is almost 2 years old. Mom's cake was chocolate on yellow, that Mom requested, with a musical candle in the middle that played happy birthday music while we sang happy birthday to her and little colorful plastic balloons on the side of the top of the cake. Mom said it was the best birthday party she'd ever had!
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Hope you are having a good day.
Love, Maria
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends...
Well...I was about to resign myself to rowing toward goal-island during the week days, then losing ground over the weekends and having to start the cycle all over again the following weekdays...BUT...yesterday I was really under the weather and didn't eat much and this morning I saw a big difference and that encouraged me to do excellent today with calories and walking on the treadmill twice...I had gotten discouraged as my 8's were getting snug (as in not comfy-snug) but now, since I was under the weather yesterday and didn't eat much, that actually gave me a BOOST in the right direction...so I think I can...I think I can...I think I can (and it's a good feeling when your confidence is up)...
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Got up early this morning and went and got Daughter and took her to the ER...She's gonna be okay (after 2 shots, medicine and prescriptions filled)...Saturday she'd stepped on a nail and her foot was really swollen when I took her to the hospital today...Also sat with Mom some this afternoon (she's doing okay and excited about her upcoming birthday party Friday)...then Hubby and I went to church tonite and I played the piano and we all sang songs and with the Lord's help, I taught a lesson on heaven to the congregation...then after church service tonite, Hubby and I stayed and got songs arranged for the next 4 church services, including our upcoming Palm Sunday service (this coming Sunday) and Easter service (the following Sunday)...
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Hope you are having a good evening.
Love, Maria
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends...
Definitely been under the weather today (but getting better).
Not hard to sail in the RIGHT direction when you're not feeling well...But I'm getting better...
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Hope you are having a good day.
Love, Maria
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Good afternoon to you.
Hubby and I went to church this morning.
This afternoon, Hubby and I visited Mom at the nursing home and I videod her and Hubby and then a worker brought in her lunch and put it on the tray in front of Mom, who was in her bed. Mom looked very pretty, was dressed up with a pretty blue shirt with music notes on it and had makeup on.
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I had some extra snacks last nite which amounted in going over about 700 calories over maintain calories. It seems the weekend is the hardest to resist and stay on track.
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Some people came to church today who haven't been there in a long time. Also some new visitors. 
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There is NO TIME to get right with the Lord like TODAY. There are so many people who are lost. Some of them don't realize that unless they get saved, they are going to be facing eternity lost and without GOD. I pray for them that they will get saved while there is still time to do so (today).
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Hope you're having a good day. (Every day with the Lord is a good day.)
Love, Maria
Progress as of today - 56 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends...
Hope you are having a good morning.
Well, here I am still sailing along and my boat is still going in the RIGHT direction. I hope to keep it going in the right direction. Although the MUNCHIE MONSTERS knocked on the door last nite, I didn't let them in.
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Hope you are having a good day.
Love, Maria
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends...
Hope you have been having a good morning.
Well, here I am still sailing along and my boat is now going in the RIGHT direction again. Now to keep it going that way. I resisted a snacking binge last nite (I did allow a 100-calories bag of lf popcorn) and I felt very, very hungry and couldn't get to sleep until way after midnite as my tummy kept telling me HOW HUNGRY it was and I kept IGNORING the complaint!
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I took Mama to the farmers market yesterday and bought her a flower (hanging basket of red verbena) that we decided to give to the staff who take care of her at the nursing home and I also got her some bananas. 
We had a nice time together.
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Evening update: Here I am...HUNGRY...not giving in! It's almost 9 pm and the MUNCHIES MONSTERS are here! 
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Hope you are having a good evening.
Love, Maria
Sounds like you and Mom had a beautiful day together, always makes me smile when I read of your outtings with her!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends...
Hope you have been having a good day and progressing toward your healthy goal weight.
Well, here I am still sailing along...(in the wrong direction)...trying to not overeat each day and admittedly, I have failed miserably. I have been continuing to gain weight and I KNOW what the problem is. I've fallen back into nite-time snacking/binging. I do SPLENDIDLY during the day...counting calories and keeping them low enough to enjoy a low-cal supper at nite and even walking on the treadmill. But then comes nitefall...and temptation to snack sets in...CRAVINGS...It's like I'm asking myself, "What am I hungry for? Oh, a little of this and that won't add much..." So I have a little of this and that and then guess what? I don't 'feel full enough'...So I have a little of this, that and the other until I finally feel somewhat full enough but by then I've gone overboard on calories and instead of progressing in getting back to my goal weight, I'm GAINING. 
I eat a lot at nite, trying to destress. I eat cause I'm hungry. I eat cause I have cravings. I eat cause I'm bored. I eat cause I feel worried. I am a food addict. I comfort my anxieties with food. Then after I gain more weight from all this eating at nite, I feel anxious about that and comfort that anxiety with eating more food, what a cycle... 
I must stop this!!! I WILL! Healthy eating from now on! BACK ON TRACK!!! UGH!
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Hope you're having a good evening.
Love, Maria
I just know it helped me with the nighttime eating once upon a time.
I know you're a writer, but not sure if you keep a journal--that's worth a try as well. Just writing down how you're feeling when you feel like comfort eating (or bored eating for that matter). If it's just something you're mulling over that you have no control over--well, that's a tough one. I hope you get it sorted out.
Enjoy your Wednesday!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Good afternoon to you.
We went to church this morning, and our Pastor preached another outstanding message on FAITH. Our faith in God helps us every day. I don't know how people make it who don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Who do they turn to? After church service,
Hubby and I went to a restaurant and had lunch together. Then Hubby and I visited Mom at the nursing home after lunch. We took her some bananas and a bag of prunes. She'd just finished eating part of her lunch that had been brought to her on a tray and was resting in her bed.
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I am looking forward to our evening church service today. We will be beginning another revival that will last 3 nites. I hope we have an outstanding attendance and people get saved at the services. There is NO TIME to get right with the Lord like TODAY. There are so many people who are lost. Some of them don't realize that unless they get saved, they are going to be facing eternity lost and without GOD. I pray for them that they will get saved while there is still time to do so (today).
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Hope you're having a good day. (Every day with the Lord is a good day.)
Love, Maria
Progress as of today - 57 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends...
I'm having my morning coffee...would you like to have a cup with me?
Well, here I am sailing along...trying to not overeat each day (and so far, so good). I'm at a good weight where I am now, just not at 'goal weight'. Clothes still fit fine, although slightly snugger, but still comfortable. If I stayed at the weight I am at now, it would be good. At one time, my goalweight was 148.0. At other times, years ago, my goalweight was higher than that. When I was at my highest weight (205), my first original goal weight was 150-160 tops. Also, there have been times years ago that my goal weight was 156, size 12. At the weight I now am at, I have MORE ENERGY than when I was at 140.0 goal weight recently.
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I've invited a friend out to lunch today, my treat and she accepted. When she and I went out to lunch the other day, her treat, I had a big salad. 
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Also today or tomorrow (or both), I want to do some shopping for my Mom's upcoming birthday. I'm giving her a birthday party and I want to buy her something very special that I know she will love to wear at her party, something extra special (probably a glittery outfit with matching jewelry) that she will be happy wearing at her party while with her friends and family. So I'll have to give her that birthday present early before the party. I will still give her a nice gift at her party also (maybe a matching handbag). I'm sending out invitation and have been calling her special friends that she doesn't see very often and inviting them to come to her party.
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We've been getting a LOT of rain this week and this morning the sun is shining brightly and it is supposed (according to tv weather channel) to be warm, around mid-60's today! Guess I'll be wearing my shades when I go pick up my friend to go out to lunch. 
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Hope you're having a good day.
Love, Maria
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends...
Have a cup of coffee with me?
Well, some improvement overnite as you can see...147.6 this morning and since I've had a high sodium diet over the past few days, I am hoping to see further improvement this week as I stay vigilant to avoid nitetime food binges and try to not overdo sodium.
Would you like to see the island I was on when I was at goalweight, 140.0? Here it is below:
And there am I in my boat, passing other boats just arriving, leaving the island in the distance, sailing away.
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A friend called yesterday and invited me to come get her and we go out and have lunch at a restaurant today. From looking at the radar report on tv, it looks like we have heavy rain and thunderstorms coming in on us around lunchtime if not before. I'm not one that likes to get out in rain, much less thunderstorms, but I'm not one to let it stop me, either.
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Hope you're having a good day.
Love, Maria
Enjoy your lunch out - stay dry!
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So glad that your mom enjoyed her birthday, and it was so lovely that she had so many visitors wanting to wish her happy birthday. Glad to see that you are getting somewhere with your rowing. Good for you Maria:)
hopingforhealth on 04/18/2011:
Good job with food this weekend! And I am glad your mom's birthday was such a success... I'm sure it was worth the work when she said it was her best birthday ever :)
Umpqua on 04/18/2011:
Sounds like a wonderful birthday party and good job with your foods over the weekend!
V on 04/18/2011:
So happy to hear that your Mom had a wonderful birthday :) I love hearing about her as you probably already know :) What an AMAZING daughter you are :) Have a good one and keep up the positive outlook, you wear it well ;)
biscottibody59 on 04/18/2011:
Sounds like a good party--glad you're okay and didn't have any storm damage!
RYC: The chest tightness was just that one day--that's usually how it goes. As for the caffeine, I just don't drink more than 1-2 cups of coffee on any given day. It's been an interesting 2 years. I wouldn't wish my body's reaction to perimenopause on anyone. I don't have a disease process--just LIFE;-)
Enjoy your week!
biscottibody59 on 04/19/2011:
Thanks for your suggestion, but no--I can't stand weak coffee--might just as well eat dirt in my opinion:-) I'm down to one good, tasty and satisfying cup of regular coffee most days and I have no problems physically with that!
hollybelle on 04/19/2011:
Great story about your Mom's b'day! She is so lucky to have you in her life! Wonderful that g-g'daughter got to be there. I love to see older people with babies. They seem to have such a different perspective on the beginning of life......guess we will have that perspective soon enough, huh? LOL...have a great day, Maria!
Umpqua on 04/19/2011:
I have made a few entries on my blog, but I'll be doing even more now that the spring bulbs are really starting to pop. My early daffodils just opened so I need to get some good pictures of those! You can check it out here:
http://umpqua42.blogspot.com/
:)
V on 04/19/2011:
:) Time to do some gardening ;) Have a good one Maria :)
liza36 on 04/21/2011:
I'm thrilled to hear your mom had a wonderful birthday, and it was very nice of you to put in so much effort.
Just a week ago, my niece had her first baby, and he was born on my dad's birthday. My dad was so happy to have his first great-grandson born on the same day. It's kind of special to share that day.
Hope you are having a good week.
greengirl on 04/23/2011:
Sounds like a great party :-)
V on 04/24/2011:
Moogy is doing well, she took a small hiatus but I am expecting a post from her tomorrow :) Love you Maria! How was your Easter? Did you have a good day in Church ?