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.
Scale read 146.6 this morning. No problem staying on track lately.
Hope you're having a nice 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!
Scale read 147.2 this morning, yayyy. Was able to wear a pair of red-colored size 8 non-stretch cotton jeans today that I haven't worn in quite a while because they fit like a size 6 although they are an 8. That is a nice reward for staying on track!
Hope you're having a nice 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, Everyone.
Hubby and I visited a different church (in town) this morning and we had a wonderful worship service.
The scale was favorable this morning, with weight at 147.4. I've been on track pretty well lately.
Mama was doing well at the nursing home this afternoon. She was in her bed and she looked so pretty with her makeup on and her hair fixed nicely. She had on a pretty yellow Cracker Barrel shirt we bought her earlier this year.
It has been cool here the past couple of days...NICE. Lows in the 40's, highs in the upper 60's, quite a change from the very warm weather we've been having.
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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Work it, work it, work it. That's what I'm doing.
It's working, too. This morning I'm down to 148.4, the scale announced. Yayyyy! Size 8's are fitting well again! I just gotta stick to it! AND I WILL!!!
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Hope you are having a nice 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, Everyone. Yep, I've been busy washing clothes but not only that, this animated washer and dryer motion picture above is how I have been feeling lately.
When you reach a point that you are seriously going to soon have to give up being the size you are and move to larger clothes because MOST of your clothes (size 8) are a struggle to wear comfortably, it is time to make some changes. I will not give in this time. It is time for ACTION. That action is not in eating. That action is self-control. I truly believe I can eat and BE FULL and not keep gaining weight. I believe I can get back down to 140-143. I am so disgusted with my allowing myself to give in to comfort-eating...which I have been doing, even though NOT HUNGRY. How craze is that??? Disgusting...that is the word. I am BARELY holding on to 149 and barely still wearing size 8, which I plan to stay at size 8 and not move to a larger size. I CAN do this and I will. It doesn't matter how much I want to comfort-eat. That is a NO-DEAL now!
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Hope you are having a nice 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, Everyone.
We had a nice church service this morning and our Pastor (the one who is soon leaving preached a wonderful message on salvation and our looking for the return of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ...which could be at ANY time! Our Pastor told us to STAY READY! as we look for His return... and that if anyone is not saved or needs to repent of their sins, NOW is the time to do it and not put it off.
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The scale was favorable this morning, with weight at 149.0. I've been on track pretty well for the past week or two.
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Hubby and I visited Mama at the nursing home this afternoon. I took her a small container of some baked apple pieces with cinnamon and a light sprinkling of sugar on them that I made for her this morning before we left for church.
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It has been cool here the past couple of days...NICE. Lows in the upper 50's, highs in the 70's...sweater-weather, we call it here.
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Hope you are having a nice afternoon.
Love, Maria
I love this time of year with the cooler weather. I can't wait to wear all my sweaters too. Have a wonderful 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, Everyone.
Boring below:
I have a headache and I am writing this late at nite. I have been staying on track. Scale is barely cooperating to show progress. I am refraining from nite-time snacking, along with counting calories diligently and getting in a lot of walking. I am still stressed out regarding people and their choices, but what else is new? Their choices are exactly that...'THEIRS'... I think I need to memorize that.
So...I've been reading entries here tonite. Overall, it looks like you are all staying on track pretty well. Very good.
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Hope you are having a nice evening.
Love, Maria
Good job on the nite time eating. That can be tough, but sounds like you've got a handle on it. The scale will follow suit!
Keep going on your path and the walking too:-)
I know you know this verse, Maria. Just a good reminder for us. I love the part about "then you will experience God's peace....." Hope your mind becomes more peaceful very soon.
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, Everyone. Thanks for the comments to my previous entry.
I'm being a good girl with the eating right now. A MAD good girl, but a good girl nontheless. Scale is S-L-O-W-L-Y going in the right direction again. After all, how does one VERY EFFECTIVELY eat less when eating buffet-style, anyway? Okay...we all know the answer to that one...eat less (MUCH LESS!) during the day before going to eat buffet-style, that's how! And! No cheating when come back home...no snacking at nite! So...that's how I've been being a good girl. As for a 'MAD' good girl...yep...that's how it is these days...Why mad? One word.... 'people'...Just that simple. Yep. Just that simple...'people'...Why do I let them upset me?
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Hope you are doing well.
Love, Maria
Hang in there and keep on track as well as you can--you're worth every effort!
Thank you for your generous and kind comment. I had to consciously let go--what I was doing certainly (and painfully) wasn't working. I made myself sick--no one did that to me but me. I'm recovering, I'm getting there. The people are still there, but I don't respond the way I once did and often made a bad habit of.
One of the biggest things I've learned is that "keeping the peace" practically means keeping MY peace. You DO have control over your peace. Other people's--not so much:-)
Have a good week!
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, Everyone.
I am currently pretty discouraged...(look out...pity party about to begin below)...
I am dealing with some different things going on...all very depressing things...I won't begin to mention them but I'm trying my very best...
In the meantime I am eating late at nite, even though I DO NOT BE HUNGRY...how crazy is that??? Naturally my weight has not been going down but up...I think I got used to an old habit of comforting my anxieties with food and now even though I do NOT be hungry, I'm still doing it...
Anyway...I don't know why I am choosing to sabatoge all the hard work I've done...
It is going to make it that much more difficult to get back on track and stay on track...
Yes, I've regained weight this year and although I'm still wearing size 8's, it won't be long I'll be out of them at this rate...
I just seem to not feel able to STOP what I am doing with mindless eating...
HELP!
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Hope you are doing well.
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!
I thank the Lord for sparing us from Hurricane Irene, here in SC. One of my friends and I did get caught up in a fierce windstorm yesterday, though, however. We were over in another town and suddenly the skies got dark, and up ahead of us (I was driving) we saw what appeared to be a spireling, swirling duststorm (we didn't see a funnel) that we quickly were caught up in the midst of. Very heavy rain was blowing sideways in sheets and I struggled to keep us in our lane on the highway while contemplating pulling off the road and wondering if we were going to witness a tree or an electric pole falling at any second. We finally made it to a store about a mile or two away and by then most of the scenario had lessened somewhat and we hurried inside a store to take refuge (Cracker Barrel, no less!). We were soaked from the rain we encountered as we left our parked vehicle and made our way as safely and quickly as we could to inside the store, while at the same time, relieved we were safe! Later, after we left the store, on our way back home, we stopped and treated ourselves to donuts!
I bought a pretty 2-piece lined skirt and matching top suit at a thrift store yesterday (we'd gone thrift-store shopping) that I plan to wear to church tomorrow morning. It is gold-colored and has fringe on the bottom of the skirt and on the bottoms of the short sleeves...looks very Native-American-style. Today, we were shopping again and I found some nice knee-high moccassin-boots with lots of fringe on them, a good match to my fringe jacket and in almost the same identical shade of bright-brown. I don't always dress the Native-American 'look', though (but still get asked if I'm Native American regardless). Sometimes I like to dress with my size 8 Levis jeans on and matching top and with boots worn with jean-legs over them. I love fur and have a fur (fake-fur) jacket I wear in the fall/winter with matching hat, pocketbook, gloves, and earmuffs. I also like leather (only the real leather, not fake) and wear a leather jacket, gloves, etc. in the fall/winter sometimes. I guess we each have our own 'styles' of dress we prefer. I am not one to wear shorts in the spring/summer but I do wear below the knee capris with sandels (as you've probably noticed in my photo earlier this year).
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Hope you're having a good day.
Love, Maria
It's a good thing you weren't impacted any more than you were by the hurricane.
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Wonderful Maria :) Have a good evening!
Umpqua on 10/05/2011:
It looks like you've found your mojo!
thinkpositive on 10/05/2011:
Staying on track is great.
greengirl on 10/06/2011:
Well done Maria. You are doing great :-)