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
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!
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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'Home Sweet Home'
Hello, Friends...
Yep, I'm up even a little more. So much for 'staying at goal'. I've given in to too many nite-time food binges. It's mainly about trying to comfort my anxieties with food again. 
(As you can see, I'm back out on the water again, as they don't let you stay on 'Island 140' when you weigh 148.4.)
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Hubby is doing well and working a lot.
He and I are hoping to take a daytrip to the beach sometime next month.
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Today has been a pretty, sunny, warm (around 60ish F) day here in SC.
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'Mom's Nursing Home'
I visited Mom at the nursing home this afternoon and we talked about her birthday party I am planning to give her week after next. Mom is doing pretty well and was up a little while in her wheelchair in the dining room today, although she mostly stays in her bed. I visit her frequently and sit and talk with her when I visit her. She has decided she wants a yellow cake with chocolate icing for her birthday party, along with chocolate/vanilla/strawberry ice cream.
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Hope you're having a good day.
Love, Maria
Sounds like very nice plans for your mother's birthday.
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...
Yep, you're right. We all need to be accountable to stay on track and I am thankful I have you all to help me be so. I am back on track and monitoring calories carefully. As a matter of fact, I went out to lunch with a friend today and was very good (had fish). But the time I am most tempted is at nite. That's when the cravings come for food...usually junk food. So, guess what??? I prepared for that today by telling myself I'd allow 400 calories for my nitetime food craving and guess what I'm craving? (Don't laugh!) LIMA BEANS of all things! So, I've put on a pot of dry large white lima beans and they are cooking as I key!
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Hope you're having a good day.
Love, Maria
Glad to see you getting back in the groove!
I know you know I've mentioned it all over here, but do keep in mind the book "Overcoming Overeating" authors Munter/Hirschmann. Website of the same name--it really helped me think differently about food and that helped with the nighttime eating. It might be worth a look.
I also like Overcoming Overeating very much - I checked out from the local library and read it, it's very helpful.
The cats are doing fine, thanks for asking!
I hope you are you mom are doing well. Hugs to you!
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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146.0...Oooophs!
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Hope you're having a good day.
Love, Maria
I think the most important thing is that you're hanging around here and staying accountable, so you will get right back to goal. I find when I get too cocky and think I can go it alone that I run into trouble. A support network is very helpful on this journey. I hope you have a great night!
Thank you for stopping by my diary, I appreciate it!
Keep going!
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,
The sun is shining and it is a beautiful day. I am home, resting today as I've been very busy over the past few days (a lot of going and a lot of working outside). Everything is going pretty well, but for some reason I am having a fight at nite with wanting to eat unnecessarily....like last nite, we were under a severe thunderstorm warning (and thank the Lord, we only got a little needed rain and a little wind) and I decided to have 2 pb sw's and a 100 cals bag of lf popcorn (700 calories total), which made my daily total go about 500 calories over maintain calories. The nite before, it was the same deal for feeling stressed with calls that I gave in to the nitetime food binge. It's like I'm trying to 'anesthetize' myself from stress with nitetime binges again, only I'm not doing the food binges as bad (eating as much) as I once did but it is enough to make my weight increase a little from the off and on giving in to it. Why do I give in? Well, let's see. I'm still wearing the size jeans I like to wear and comfortably. Since I've been doing a LOT of extra yardwork, mainly raking leaves and cleaning out flower beds and walking more than I usually do, I can very comfortably wear my size 8's jeans, which is good but it is like I am thinking I can continue to do so while giving in to the old bad habit of eating at nite for comfort from stress. I have done this before...(reached goal weight and threw it away)...and it feels like I've reached a place that I'm not comprehending what I'm doing when I give in to that old bad habit of a little extra food at nite. At nite, I'm mainly focused on the 'now' of wanting to feel comforted and soothed instead of realizing that little by little I am undoing the work I have done to get to this size. I'm up a little over 140.0 but I know I can get it back down by letting go some sweets and not giving in to nitetime food binging. Anyway, I will be looking forward to hearing from you about this.
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Hope you're having a good day.
Love, Maria
Another thought - you said you were more active now with walking and gardening. Maybe your body needs some more calories during the day? Maybe you could try upping them a bit by adding a healthy snack during the day that you'll burn off with exercise and that will do the trick.
So jealous of your gardening! I just seeded a bunch of new stuff in the basement and my winter plants have gotten big and are waiting to be planted. The snow just has to melt first ;) Have a good one!
Have a good day!
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,
It's been a nice. sunny, warm day (70's) here in South Carolina. How's the weather your way?
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'Gardening'
This week, I've been busy cleaning leaves out of the flower gardens and buying new additions of beautiful flowers to plant in them alongside the ones already coming up that were planted in previous years. The daylilies are already up about 4 inches. The red camelia tree is loaded with buds getting ready to open. I've set out some yellow narcissus this week nearby the front steps which brighten up the pathway. I've also spent hours raking leaves this week (we have lots of trees). Lots more work to do but as we are expecting rain tomorrow, it will probably have to wait until next week.
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'Do Calories Count? Yes, Every One!'
I've been getting in a lot of exercise with raking leaves and setting out flowers and also I've been getting in extra walking this week, too. I'm trying to be 'mindful' about calories and today I was reaching for a little bag of nuts to buy in a store but when I read the amount of calories in them, I put them back. Even though nuts are good for you, they are only good for you in moderation and also in not increasing your daily amount of maintain calories. Even having something extra like a 100 calories well-meaning fruit extra a day, if over your maintain calories will add over 11 pounds a year. 100 calories x 30 days = 3000 calories, x 12 months = 36,000 calories divided by 3500 calories per pound. Yes, EVERY CALORIE COUNTS. Even if you are in the middle of a late-nite food binge and you come to your senses long enough to STOP the overeating, the amount you do NOT continue eating would add up to a lot of extra weight gained over a period of time had you not stopped (and that's not counting the amount you may have already eaten, which will also add). What I sometimes do when I feel hungry late at nite and can't sleep because of it, is get up, drink a couple of glasses of cold tap water and eat a small to medium sized apple. If it is within my maintain calories, good. If not, I try to make up for the calories in it within the next day or 2, cause at least that is better than having a food binge or eating something less nutritious and more calories-dense. I then go back to bed and it tides me over til breakfast the next morning.
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Hope you're 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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Good afternoon to you.
Went to church this morning, and our Pastor preached an 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 BUFFET. I have LEARNED....SALADS are my FRIEND. SALADS are my FRIEND. So, I head straight for the salad buffet first thing when we get our food. Most of what I eat are FRESH VEGETABLES when we eat out....and very little salad dressing.
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Yesterday, Hubby was working so I went to the flea market in the next town over by myself and bought a pair of Levi's jeans (my favorite brand) 100% cotton, non-stretch, size 8, almost like new, for only $2.00. Brought them home, washed and dried them and tried them on today...really COMFY fit. Thought about wearing them to church for tonite's service and still might but probably not.
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Hubby and I visited Mom at the nursing home after we ate lunch today. I took her some watermelon chunks, which she ate some as she'd just finished eating part of her lunch that had been brought to her on a tray (she had been resting in bed today). She is purposely eating less to try to lose some weight as she has really put some on recently.
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Also, I want to say that once you get to your goal weight, you don't ALWAYS stay that EXACT weight...you may go up or down a little and if you don't keep up with your exercise, even staying at the same goal weight you can actually get larger and your new size not fit as comfy as it did when you were exercising. I've begun working out at the gym again and can tell it in the fit of my size 8's I wear. VERY COMFY. If I get slack in exercise, I find they fit a little snug around the waist. So, I am on track with exercise...yayyyy!
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Hope you're having a nice day!
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 65 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
Sounds like you are doing great - exercise and salads at the buffet - a perfect combination. Keep it up.
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It sounds as if you need to do something at night to occupy your hands. Reading, sewing, writing, the list is endless. Perhaps one of them would help you. Perhaps this would be the best time to do your bible study for the day. I hope any of these ideas help.:)
waydesmommy on 04/06/2011:
You CAN and WILL do what you need to do to get to your weight loss goal. Tell your self that and then make it happen. Get rid of all junk food. Replace it with fruits and veggies...and bubble gum..5 cal per piece bubble gum at that. You know you can not loose any weight by over eating, so next time think about it before you indulge, ask yourself if that food is more important than your health. I know it's too easy for the food to be more important, but if you really want to drop the weight you have to stop letting it be. Find comfort in something else. Maybe a video game or something above like moogy suggested. Stay active. Go for walks or anything you can think of. Turn on some music and just dance in the privacy of your room/living room. Do whatever you can think of to quit that snacking. You are digging yourself deeper into a hole and it's going to be a rough climb out if you don't start doing something about it now. You CAN and WILL do this. You ARE strong! You ARE worth it!
V on 04/06/2011:
Maybe until you get this under control, it might be a good idea to rid yourself of whatever it is that you are binging on...I am sorry that you are having a tough go at it, but I am certain that you WILL tackle this :) Love you!
Umpqua on 04/06/2011:
Sorry you're having a tough time but you recognize the problem and that's important. I agree that maybe you should keep trigger foods out of the house until you feel stronger. Also, maybe you need to up your calories a bit during the day? If you're gardening a lot and walking the treadmill you might need more calories and then you'll be less tempted to snack. Stay strong Maria!
biscottibody59 on 04/06/2011:
I still think you might get something out of "Overcoming Overeating," the book excerpts are in the forum. You may be able to get it from the library just to see if it's for you. Or visit the website.
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!