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 and happy Sunday to you!
Beautiful day here. We're currently having a sunny, warm day.
Weight is down a little more this morning, weight 150.0 even today, down from 157.0 even this past Tuesday.
Hubby 
and I enjoyed this morning's church service.
He and I visited Mom
and her roommate this afternoon, good visit.
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Today's food: (Thank You, Lord)
1/2 ban, coffee w creamer and sugar, 1 cheese toast...250c
2 peppermint candies...40c
Salad w lots of veggies, t.i. dsg, rice, beans, baked peach and apple pieces, sweet tea....500c
p/b s/w, 1 banana, coffee w creamer and sugar...360c
Canned green string beans and another coffee w creamer and sugar...100c
(I really wanted popcorn but that is high-sodium, high-carb and even though I have the 100c a bag kind, it is currently not being 'allowed'...so I mic'd the string beans and had them instead, for a snack.)
1 pk of 6 choc cookies and water...200c
Total estimated calories today: 1450 cals
It is past 9:30 p.m. and I am feeling my 'nite-time food craving' that has caused me to gain up to 17 pounds over goalweight recently, kicking in. I could very EASILY give in and have at least 1000 cals, but I won't. I don't have any 'trigger' foods around (like ice cream or cake) but there is still flour, oil, and syrup in the kitchen that I could make pancakes with syrup. I sometimes get these salt/sugar cravings. Usually at nitetime. I'll eat something sweet, then I'll eat something salty and keep repeating until I feel STUFFED and MISERABLE. That is surely not going to happen tonite. I won't delude myself into thinking I can have a little something (that in itself would be a trigger to throwing in the towel and having a food binge)... Anyway, for whatever reason, I felt I should include these feelings in my entry for today. Have a good nite. :-)
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Hope you are having a good day. Every day with the Lord IS a good day. Is He your Lord and Saviour? I hope so, cause He sure is mine! If He's not your Lord and Saviour, today is the day of salvation and there is NO TIME like today to make it right with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Believe on Him, repent of your sins and ask His forgiveness. It is that simple. He has already paid the price for your salvation and eternal life with His blood and His life on the cross. I believe we are living in the last days and many will wish one day that they had chosen to believe in Him and live for Him while they were here on earth to do so! Jesus loves you very much and He is waiting for you to reach out to Him if you have not done so already.
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
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3: 19-21
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Good morning, Friends.
Have a cup of coffee? 
I am having my usual morning coffee. Also I've already had my daily prayer time and had my Bible study this morning and will shortly be leaving out to go to town for a while. I had about 1700 calories yesterday (usual daily maintain calories for me) and sure enough, I am still at 150.4 this morning, just as I was yesterday morning, which I am happy about because I am still down -6.6 from this past Tuesday. :-D
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Hubby
just called. He is working today and he advised me to not stay out in the heat for long as we are having a really warm day today here in SC., typical for August.
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Update: Food today so far:
Coffee w creamer and sugar, cheese, and chocolate....(300c)
Sweet tea, 2 fried eggs in oil, and 1 bread...(350c)
Good, cold water...(0c)
1 banana...(100c)
Baked okra...(100c)
Baked chuck steak..(400c)
Pack of 6 choc cookies...(200c)
More water...lots...(0c)
Total today: 1450 calories
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Hope you have a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 54.6 lbs lost so far, only 10.4 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
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3: 19-21
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
Good morning, Friends.
I'm rowing my canoe to Island 140...I am down to 150.4 now, down -6.6 in 3 days...I've been doing some extra walking but not overdoing it as I have in the past...and eating pretty well, too...and I am feeling SO MUCH BETTER now...I'm not BLOATED, like I was 3 days ago...I feel PHYSICALLY BETTER and my clothing is fitting me better, also...
I CAN DO THIS! (Thanks for each and every one of your comments...thanks for your support...it means a LOT!)
Food today so far....
2 large scrambled eggs (160c) with cheese and onion (100c) in oil (100c) and, I had coffee with the usual sugar and creamer (40c) earlier....Total: 400 calories.
Food plan for the rest of today:
1 banana...(100c)...total for today...500 calories. Check.
Homemade sweet tea (100c)...600 calories for day. Check.
Baked chicken strips, coated with flour and baked in a little oil, baked okra, also tomato and cucumber pieces, and sweat tea...(500c)...1100 calories for day. Check.
Lots of cold water...(0c) Check.
Will try to have for my snacks, homemade low-sugar sweet tea...(100c) Check.
(I may or may not have a little cookies and coffee snack tonite...if so, will update.)
Yes, cookies and another banana, too...(500c). Check.
Total calories for day: 1200 Uncheck
Actual total calories today: 1700 calories Check. Not happy with 1700 number but I did a lot of walking today, so may or may not see a lower number tomorrow...either way...if I don't, it won't hurt to 'stabilize' for a day or 2 before dropping more right now, right????
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Hubby just called and he is sounding so much better.
Thank you for your prayers.
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I visited Mom and her roommate
this afternoon. I decorated Mom's big mirror frame over the dresser at the foot of her bed, for upcoming autumn with pretty sparkly autumn red, burgundy, orange, and yellow silk leaves and a colorful smiling scarecrow sitting in the middle on the top of the large mirror. Mom was happy with it and her roommate liked it, too.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 54.6 lbs lost so far, only 10.4 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
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3: 19-21
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
Hello, Friends.
Well...I'm still paddling my boat as you all can see...I am down to 152.6 now, not bad for 2 days work...?...Of course I'd had LOTS of CARB overload when I began at 157.0 two days ago and so I know the decrease in a high-carb diet is helping. Also helping is the encouragement and support I have from you all! Thank you!
Food today so far....
2 large scrambled eggs (160c) with cheese and onion (100c) in oil (100c) and, I had coffee with the usual sugar and creamer (40c) earlier....Total: 400 calories.
1 banana...(100c)...total so far today...500 calories.
Homemade sweet tea (100c)...600 calories for day.
1 baked chuck steak (YUM!), baked okra, and sweat tea...(500c)...1100 calories for day.
Lots of cold water...(0c)
I may or may not have a little snack tonite...if so, will update.
Update: More sweet tea...(100c)
Total calories for day: 1200
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I visited Daughter 
this afternoon. Good visit.
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Hubby is working outside in the heat and doesn't sound too good over the phone...please remember him in prayer.
Thank you for your prayers.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 52.4 lbs lost so far, only 12.6 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
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3: 19-21
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Good morning, Friends.
Have a cup of coffee? By holding steady yesterday (1000 calories), I am now down -3.4 today, weight 153.6. I just must make myself stick with the regimen. The regimen being no junk food. Limited white food, especially bread and popcorn. Limited fried food. Limited calories. I recenly (last month) held steady for 11 days, averaging 1245 calories per day and lost -3.8 pounds and then threw in the towel. I was doing a LOT of extra walking and apparently gaining muscle weight, so I was discouraged when I weighed...and also I stayed hungry a LOT from all that extra activity, so that did not work for me at all. This time I will forget the extra activity and just stay active, as I usually do and maybe add a little more to that, but not a lot like I did last month.
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Hubby just called. He is having a good morning.
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Today's food:
2 large eggs with cheese, scrambled in oil and 1 mug coffee w creamer and sugar...(400c)
Scuponong grapes....(125c)
Salad (tomato, lettuce, cucumber) w thousand island dressing....(225c)
Large baked hamburger patty w ketchup & mustard....(350c)
Mixture of cucumber/onion/tomato pieces...(50c)
Cookies and coffee...450
(I did a LOT of walking today and I think this increased my hunger.)
Today's Total Calories: 1600 :-D
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 51.4 lbs lost so far, only 13.6 lbs to go!
Have a great day, Maria!
RYC summer has been unusually wet along with the heat, so far BRUTAL.. Just thankful that we haven't had any hurricanes.. Have a good evening friend :)
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
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3: 19-21
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
Hello, Friends. Drinking a mug of black coffee over here...have some?
Well, I'm up even more now (157.0) on the scale. I guess having 3500 calories yesterday (mainly last nite) didn't help any...
Okay...
2 large scrambled eggs (160c) with cheese (100c) in oil (100c) and though I'm drinking black coffee now (10c?), I had coffee with the usual sugar and creamer (30c) earlier... so we're looking so far today at....400 calories.
1 cupful scuponong grapes
...(100c)...total so far today...500 calories.
I'm still recovering from carb overload last nite, to put it mildly...you know...that 'foggy' feeling....when you know you had too much sugar in your system? But at least today I can say that so far, I am trying....
1 large baked hamburger patty, onion, ketchup and mustard...(400c)
Lots of cold water...(0c)
Total for day so far....900 calories.
2 cups full of green string beans (100c)...
Today's calories total...1000 calories.
I think I'm done for the day...yes, a little low calories total, but I had 3500 calories yesterday. :-)
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I visited Mom and her Roommate at the nursing home about 1.5 hours this afternoon, nice visit.
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Hubby is continuing to feel better, as he has been recovering from a summer cold he had.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 48 lbs lost so far, only 17 lbs to go!
RYC: thanks--I could be doing better, but holding my own (to some extent) also has its merits.
ps in case you missed my comment back to you (in my diary) here's the forum entry explaining that entries older than 10 days old WON'T allow comments:
http://www.dietdiaries.com/forum-readmessage.cfm?messageID=6012&category=DD%20website%20what%27s%20new&categoryID=2011
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.
I recently got to goalweight AGAIN (140.0) only to regain back up AGAIN to where I started at (155.0) when I first came here to Diet Diaries in December 2000. At that time, I had lost 50 pounds two years before, in 1998, having gained up to 205 as my highest weight before that, and was working on getting to 140 goalweight, which I did within a few months after coming to DD. Well, I have now lost count of how many rollercoaster times I've gotten to goalweight and then allowed it to get away, including this recent (March 1st of this year) time. I am still 50 pounds less than my highest weight but I take little consolation in that.
Have a cup of coffee?
So, I have LOST MY INCENTIVE as recently, I averaged 1245 calories per day for 11 days and did lots of extra walking and this only got me down -4 pounds, which I felt was not worth it. I really did. And I gave up! So, I regained that weight and more. I can't wear my 'skinnyjeans' and refuse to wear my fatjeans, so I wear what I call 'old woman elastic waisted pants'.... Doesn't do much for the morale...But still this is no incentive, either. I know I need to 'get with it'...but I don't care. I eat mindlessly and even when not hungry. It is like if I think of food, I just mindlessly go get something to eat and nevermind the calories or anything and just eat it.
So...I'm back here again...for inspiration...although getting me inspired again will surely take some doing!
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Mom is still at the nursing home and has improved to where she got back into her favorite hobby, drawing pretty pictures.
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Hubby, who had a summer cold is much better now.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 15 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
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3: 19-21
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
Good morning to you! ...
Beautiful, sunny, cool morning here in SC.
I read some in Acts in the Bible this morning.
I also threw out some bread for the squirrels and birds and saw some squirrels have their breakfast.
Scale weighed me at 140.0 this morning, which is my goal weight.
Hubby reminded me that he will be working a little late today, before he left for work this morning. He is supposed to have tomorrow off but we shall see.... If so, we plan, Lord willing on going out to lunch together. :-D
Springtime is right around the corner! Smile!
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063013 Update: Hey everyone...been reading entries this afternoon. Aunt
(Mom's Sister) 
is in hospital...please pray a special prayer for her. She is very near and dear to us. An Aunt (one of Daddy's Sisters) passed recently. She was near and dear to us, also. Hope you are all doing well.
070813 Update: Hello again...been reading entries tonite. My Aunt (in the hospital) is improving. Thank you for your prayers!
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Hope you are having a good day. Every day with the Lord is 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 are having a wonderful day in the Lord.
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It has been a chilly, rainy day today. Nice.
I visited our Daughter today. She hasn't been feeling well. Please remember her in prayer.
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I visited my Aunt also. She seemed to be doing real well, thank the Lord. Her Son, my Cousin looked like he was doing very well (recently in the hospital). Please pray for my Aunt's Caregiver...she hasn't been feeling well. Thank you for your prayers.
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I came back home and cooked supper... cubed steak with rice, gravy and onions, and green beans. I also got some clothes washed.
Later I visited Mom and her Roommate at the nursing home. They both seemed to be doing well, too, thank the Lord.
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Hope you are having a good day.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 65 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
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Happy Sunday, Maria.
hollybelle on 08/11/2013:
Watch out for the cravings! You can do it. I had a day like that yesterday. I overate a little, but kept it to a minimum level, just eating a bit more than normal and having a couple of treats. Hang in there. You have lost 7 lbs quickly.