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
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello, Friends.
Have a cup of coffee? 
I have just gotten back weightwise to where I was at last post, after I had a 2 nite popcorn binge that threw me off a couple of pounds since then...Well let me tell you, there is POWER in PRAYER! And the Lord helped me resist going any further with my carb-binge after I prayed and asked Him to help me after those couple of nites popcorn-binges. What had happened was I had just gotten a big craving for home-popped popcorn with lots of OIL that I popped the popcorn in and it was 2 heavenly popcorn nites, what can I say??? (Smile!)
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Mom
who lives at the nursing home is doing well, thank the Lord. I spent this morning with her and took her outside a while and helped her out of her wheelchair and onto an outside bench where she preferred to sit. Looking at Mama sitting on that bench and I was sitting in her wheelchair in front of her, she looked completely well to me, like I was looking at her in a totally different dimension than I am accustomed to looking at Mama in, like looking at her through happy lenses. She was so happy and carefree and talkative and I took her photo while we sat out there in the nice warm sunshine for a good little while, before I helped her back into her wheelchair when she said she was ready to go back to her room and I wheeled her back to her room. It was a wonderful visit that she and I had together. I usually visit her 3 or 4 times a week.
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Hubby,
is home for a 3-day Christmas weekend. Yayyyy! We are happy about that. He and I plan to cook Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve together. My Brother, who lives nearby will be coming to eat with us on Christmas Day. Not sure about Mama coming, yet. Depends on lots of factors with her. Anyway, Hubby and I plan on roasting a big turkey in the oven and fixing lots of trimmings to go with it. Brother is supplying dessert...pies and ice cream... I will probably be 'off-track' again with overeating and eating carbs, like with the popcorn but will get back to where I am now probably sometime within a few days after Christmas (hopefully). I'm not trying to lose any weight right now, just maintain where I am for the time being. I've lost 12 pounds from my highest weight this year, so I am going to try to be 'somewhat careful' to hold on to that through this holiday.
Have you got all your Christmas shopping done? We do and I'm glad. We stayed within our budget. We are very frugal. Christmas is all about the Reason for the season, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, God's greatest gift to the world. But a lot of people get tied up in materialism. Nothing wrong with gift-giving, showing love to others...all for that. Hope you are having a good evening.
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Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 52 lbs lost so far, only 5 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 to all of you....
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It is chilly again today and I have been having an 'eating' day over here. Haven't gone over in calories but eating things I usually have not been eating...for example, chocolate milk and corndogs with mustard for dipping them in. I know better than to give in to processed foods but there you have it...my confession of the day. Maybe it is because I am home today, relaxing and trying to stay warm that I've been hungry for processed foods. Had canned corned beef hash with grits and margerine for bk...was so yummy and good... Time to boil some more eggs and put them in the fridge...have them ready for snacks or bk. I am gonna allow this 'off-eating' day today as long as I don't go over my maintain-where-I'm-at calories for the day. How about that?
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Hope you have a blessed day!
Remember...every day with our Lord Jesus is a good day!
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 52 lbs lost so far, only 5 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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Good afternoon, Y'all....
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It is still cold here but we are all warm, thank the Lord. Hope you all are warm, too.
Weight is still at 153. Not complaining. I'm what you call a 'slow-loser'...but I'm gettin' there.
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Hope you have a blessed day!
Remember...every day with our Lord Jesus is a good day!
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 52 lbs lost so far, only 5 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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Good afternoon
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Quite a chilly one...but it is warm inside the house here, thank the Lord.
Finally the scale has moved again. Weight now at 153.
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Hope you have a blessed day!
Remember...every day with our Lord Jesus is a good day!
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 52 lbs lost so far, only 5 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
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello, Everyone.
Hope you have been having a good day. It has been cold and rainy here...40's cold, that is, which is cold to us. Hubby says it is about time to fire up the wood stove again (and give the electric heat a rest).
Well, it appears I am STUCK at 154 (although not complaining)...I've always said that 'Not Gaining IS Progress' and I generally stick with that unless there is a reason not to. For example, if a person for health reasons really needed to get some weight off, then that saying would not apply unless they felt the best they could do for a while was to hold steady at the weight they were at and not gain, that is. Sometimes that is the BEST we can currently do. Just HOLD STEADY! Don't gain! Don't worry about losing! HOLD STEADY! And then maybe later on, we can reassess our situation and determine if it is best for us to resume our weightloss goal-journey. Does that make any sense? Anyway, I've done this many times, myself. Just simply HELD STEADY, determined NOT to add weight and not concerning myself with losing weight in the meanwhile. Nothing wrong with taking a break and HOLDING STEADY the best we can.
So...it is the Christmas Season...Merry Christmas!
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 51 lbs lost so far, only 6 lbs to go!
(I seriously need to be taking my own advice.)
Happy Advent!
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
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello, Everyone.
How are all of you this evening?
Hope you have a happy, blessed Thanksgiving tomorrow.
I thank the Lord for all His many blessings on us.
I am now at 154 as of today. Finally, I feel like I am making a little progress.
Hope you all have a nice evening.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 51 lbs lost so far, only 6 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
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello, Everyone.
Have a cup of coffee with me this morning?
It is a chilly November morning here in SC. Supposed to warm into the 60s fahrenheit today, though.
I am at 155 today, trying to hold steady for the time being, as was last time I was here.
Currently cooking a pot of chicken and rice. Have some?
I wish you all a happy, blessed Thanksgiving this week!
Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
We are warming also a bit, maybe 55F...
Maybe add some veggies to your pot of chicken with rice??
Enjoy your day, congrats on holding steady!
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
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. John 11:25&26
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Hello, Friends.
Today we have been getting rain here in SC.....
Hope you are having a good day.
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155 today... So, -10 from my highest this year, so far.
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Hope you're having a blessed day.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
My very favorite Gospel is Matthew with Luke as a very close 2nd. Matthew 11:28-30 has gotten me through a lot of tough times.
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
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. John 11:25&26
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Good morning, Friends.
Having a mug of coffee over here...have some?
Looks like we may get rain here in SC.....
The above Bible verses are some of my very favorites, which I wanted to share with you today.
In these sometimes troubled times we all live in, it is refreshing and comforting to know that we all have Someone who cares for and loves us, a real Friend whom we can call on anytime, and His name is Jesus.
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156 today... Happy to finally be at this weight but continuing to work on goal at the same time. Having reached a high weight of 165 earlier this year I am down 9 from that. Current bmi 23.8. More work to do!
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Hope you're having a blessed day.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 49 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
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello, Everyone.
Still at 157 today. Tomorrow may be 156. I am thinking, 'Am I actually doing this, actually sticking with this now???' And the scale so far is saying yes.
Good bye to my nite-time food binging. Good bye, potato chips. You tasted good but not THAT good. Good bye ice cream. You tasted good, too, but not THAT good.
You wanna know what losing weight feels like? Go into a grocery store and pick up something that weighs one pound. Do you want to wear that amount in weight? Pick up something that weighs 5 pounds...say, a bag of potatoes. Pick it up and put it down. Heavy, isn't it? Do you want to carry that around all the time on your body? Pick up a 10 pounds bag of potatoes in the produce dept...heavy, huh? Wanna wear that all the time?
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Something to think about...
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You sound like you are very happy, and how nice you spent time with your mom and you and your husband will be able to see your brother. Merry Christmas to you and yours Maria!
Donkey on 12/23/2017:
What a wonderful diary entry! Merry Christmas, Maria!!!
PS Done with the shopping, gotta start wrapping! Gifts are minimal since we're on a budget and downsizing to get ready to move. I prefer it this way.
ddwebmaster on 12/31/2017:
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