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? 
This might be a little lengthy.
First of all, Hubby 
and I had a WONDERFUL, FANTASTIC long weekend in the North Carolina mountains recently, as we celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary, for which we are thankful to the Lord for. Above is a photo taken of us when we were there almost 2 weeks ago.
Secondly, yours truly, has gained more weight. No, it did not come from the vacation unless you count 0.2. (I left at 156.2 and came back at 156.4, which I weigh today.) I had 1700 calories a day for 2 of the 4 days and about 2100 calories for each of the other 2 days and we walked a lot and hiked a little, too.
Third, I have renewed enthusiasm that I can get back to my goalweight of 140.0, where I was at this past March 1st (HOW DID I LET IT SLIP AWAY??????????).
So...I'm back again....with all of you who know me so well. I've been at 205 at my heaviest (15 years ago) and although I'm far from there, I sure don't want to go there again.
So, onward and forward! Rowing the boat! Here we go!
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 48.6 lbs lost so far, only 16.4 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.
Hubby and I are gearing up, Lord willing, to leave on Oct. 17th, for our 24th anniversary celebration long weekend mountain vacation. :-) We didn't go last year, so I am still hoping we get to go this year. (Btw, that's 'me and Hubby' in the carraige...hahaha! We are on our mountain vacation, we just left church...we like to visit church when we are in the mountains... and Hubby's truck is parked and we are taking a carraige ride around town.) Mom's not been doing the best...was recently in the ER but back at the nursing home again now. She has been having more than one thing going on. So it is a 'maybe' we will get to go. But I am trusting the Lord for her healing.
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Current weight is 150.6 again. I did well yesterday with about 1200 calories. I have been doing a LOT of walking and other exercise over the past weeks and really expected to be down a little more today. I guess it is row, row, row the boat to get to goalweight island again. Maybe I can stay there this time but of course, I always say that, only to throw caution to the wind and eat what I want and when I want after reaching goalweight EVERY TIME! :-(
I'm still down from where I was, though. I do tend to eat a high-sodium diet and I know that doesn't help a lot at all.
How are you all liking this fall weather? It is so cool here (lows of mid-50's in mornings with highs around 80) that I usually have the heat on for a little while in the mornings. :-)
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 54.4 lbs lost so far, only 10.6 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
Hello and happy Sunday to you on this beautiful fall day!
Hubby 
and I sat out on front porch, drinking coffee together this morning as we watched squirrels come get their breakfast (bread I'd thrown out for them). Later, he and I enjoyed this morning's church service. Our Pastor can really do some outstanding preaching! He got a lot of AMENS and other excited, happy comments as he preached! Our sermon was on John 10:1-4.
Hubby and I visited Mom
and her roommate after we ate lunch, good visit.
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Today's weight is 150.6.
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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.
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Love, Maria
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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 and happy Sunday to you on this first day of September!
Beautiful day here. We're currently having a sunny, warm day.
Hubby and I enjoyed this morning's church service.
He and I visited Momand her roommate this afternoon, good visit.
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Today's weight is 152.4.
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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.
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Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 52.6 lbs lost so far, only 12.4 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
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Hello, Friends.
Pretty, sunny, warm day today.
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Fixing to leave to visit Mom and take her some nice new art supplies. She is really enthused with her art work and has been happily drawing pictures for months, taking her time with them and coloring most of them, too with her colored pencils or pastels. She is really good and quite an artist. :-)
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I ask you all to pray concerning the current situation in the world. Always lots to pray about and we need to pray and ask God's will to be done because He always knows what is best. Also, I ask you to pray for my Uncle. And let us always pray for the lost to get saved. Jesus is the only way to eternal salvation and life through Him.
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Weight today is 153.6.
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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!
Enjoy your 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 and happy Sunday to you!
Beautiful day here. We're currently having a partly sunny, partly cloudy, warm day.
Weight this morning is same as yesterday, 152.8. Also yesterday's calories were about 1550.
Hubby and I really enjoyed this morning's church service.
Our Assistant Pastor, who is also one of our very best closest Friends (really like family, a Brother), preached the sermon and did an outstanding job, on 'Can One Make A Difference?' and scripture was Mark 14:12-14. After church, he and his sweet Wife, who is included in one of our very best closest Friends, (like a Sister and they really are our Brother and Sister in the Lord, which matters more than biological) took Hubby and me out to lunch to the beautiful Country Club on the outskirts of our town. Although they had already given me a birthday gift last month, they said the lunch was part of my birthday gift. The food (very nice, big buffet with ALLLL the trimmings) was wonderful. I had grilled salmon, a veggie salad, some fruit, rice and butterbeans, mac and cheese, and about 1/2 small piece of chocolate cake...YUM!!!!! But as good as the food was, the fellowship was the best of all!
This coming Saturday afternoon, our church is planning to leave to go on a trip to a nice restaurant in another town to have a big supper together. :-) No charge, it is paid for by our Sunday School class. :-)
I played the music (piano) in church today and really enjoyed doing so! :-D
Hubby and I may join this church. We have been attending it for quite some time, having left a church that we were a part of for 15-16 years. Please help us be praying about it, that we do what the Lord will have us to do. The Pastor and his sweet Wife are precious, too, as well as everyone else there. Hubby is more hesitant than I am when it comes to these matters of making commitments. (Although he wasn't when he asked me almost 24 years ago to marry him quickly after we began courting each other and we were married after only 7 weeks, hahaha!)
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Today's cals are at about 1500.
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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
Hello, Friends.
Hubby just called from work (he is working til 2 pm) and I reminded him that, Lord willing, 2 months from today, on Oct. 17th, we are to leave for our 24th anniversary celebration long weekend mountain vacation. :-) We didn't go last year, so I am hoping we get to go this year. (Btw, that's 'me and Hubby' in the carraige...hahaha! We are on our mountain vacation, we just left church...we like to visit church when we are in the mountains... and Hubby's truck is parked and we are taking a carraige ride around town.)
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I did well yesterday with about 1650 calories. I did a LOT of walking and other exercise and am down a little more today. Thank you, each one of you for your comments...Biscoitibody, I did some reading in the forum by you. Also concerning what you said about BMI, I was inspired to check my BMI and it is 23.2. What I don't understand is, according to the BMI (and I checked 2 different ones online and they are the same), I could weigh 164 and be at a normal weight for my tall 5'8" height...but my Doctors told me not to go over 154.0, said anything from 126.0 to 154.0 is okay for me and they recommended 140.0 for my goalweight. -???-
Okay...I think I found out something that may have helped me last nite to not over eat.... I ate supper later than usual and felt full last nite. Also, Hollybelle...maybe I have been eating out of boredom...I went ahead and last nite spent a long time decorating the dining room for upcoming autumn season...so food was not (much) on my mind... Umpqua, I had a lot of protein and didn't forget veggies yesterday...so funny...I stopped by the grocery store on the way home from a nearby town and bought some sandwich lettuce...not romaine...can't think of the name but not iceberg lettuce...anyway, for my supper I had a very tall stacked s/w of turkey, tomato and lots of the lettuce piled high...Hubby looked at it and I felt he was doubting I would eat all of that and at the same time I think he was thinking NO WAY would he want all that on a s/w...but I just about totally finished it all!
This morning I've started off with 2 coffees and a banana.
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I may visit Mom and her Roommate 
today and take Mom some magazines she loves to read that a Friend gave to me to give to her.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 52.2 lbs lost so far, only 12.8 lbs to go!
You're doing well--keep up the good work!
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
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. John 6:37
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello, Friends.
Today is a RAINY COOL (60's-70's) day in South Carolina...LOVE IT! Feels like fall weather.
Weight (153.2) is down from yesterday...(less sodium yesterday mostly but still too many cals, see yesterday's page for cals update)...I am really having a struggle with nitetime eating. Glad it wasn't more last nite. It sure doesn't make me feel better after having extra calories. It is like a FAKE-HUNGER at nite. I eat and realize I am not even hungry. -?- This is followed by feeling miserable. If I can just remember how miserable I feel after I overeat at nite, maybe I can kick it. No...no maybe about it...I CAN and I WILL!!!!!!!!!!
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Anyway, I am home this morning, washing clothes, and may stay home today...not sure...since it is steady raining. We will see...I am going to read entries now.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 51.8 lbs lost so far, only 13.2 lbs to go!
Keep at it! Perhaps writing in a journal at the time could help too. Continue to give yourself permission to eat, but write down your thoughts. Maybe it's something that isn't even obvious. And be nice to yourself--you can do this!
RYC: you can't go wrong with a Bette Davis movie (most of 'em anyway:-)
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.
Not feeling too good this afternoon...Feel a little feverish....
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I visited Mom at the nursing home today (before I felt feverish). Good visit.
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I did about 1700 cals today...mostly protein and some veggies...altho I did allow a small cone of ice cream. Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. My weight (154.2) is updated. Yep...that much in 2 days...odd, huh? I guess it is because of high sodium and high carb. Today included some high sodium, too. But I've done better today than yesterday (cals updated on yesterday's entry) or day before, so that'll have to do for now.
Updated next day: 2200 cals for this day.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 50.8 lbs lost so far, only 14.2 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
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. John 6:37
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
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Hello, Friends.
I have not been a good girl today nor last nite....
I gave in to a little nite-time eating last nite...and I was NOT hungry...so I have no excuse. I updated yesterday's calories to 2200. Today (so far) is 2400. You may say this isn't a big deal but it is for me. Updated cals is 2700, updated next day.
Sooo...I am seeming to lose my resolve already again. It is a 'habit' thing. It is just so comfortable to eat at nite. It relaxes me. It is soothing. I've got to get back on the wagon again. HELP!
(P.S: Weight is NOT updated.)
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It has been a COOL FALL-LIKE day here. :-) (Low 80's, I think.) I went to the local farmers market and bought scuppernong grapes, muscadine grapes, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and okra. Sounds good, doesn't it? Shall I also mention that I stopped by the grocery store on the way home and bought cookies and ice cream???? Not only that, but I bought a half gallon each of my fav kind and Hubby's fav kind. After he got home from work (I'd told him I'd bought him his fav ice cream), he asked me a little later if I still had the receipt for the ice cream I bought for him? I said, "Yes, why?" He said there was a little ice cream missing from his carton. :-( I confessed.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 55.2 lbs lost so far, only 9.8 lbs to go!
Hang in there!
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Can I borrow some of your enthusiasm?? I need a little motivation in my life right now! I'm routing for you, I know you can do this!