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 is another chilly but sunny morning here in S.C. I thank the Lord, it is warm in this house. Threw some bread out for the birds a little while ago.
Drinking a mug of coffee sweetened with Stevia this morning...pretty good...
Yesterday's weigh in was 145.8, up a little, had extra sodium the day before, so still doing good... yayyyy! 
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Went to a church-ladies' outing at a local restaurant last nite here in town and wore my size 8 non-stretch jeans. Felt good about that. I ordered salad bar and nothing else to eat. Was asked why didn't I order more than that? Well, I was FULL even before finishing eating my salad plateful of salad so didn't quite finish it all....didn't need any meat, sides, bread, or desert...On my little plate, I had a mixture of lettuce, bell pepper, cucumber, tomato, grated cheese, sunflower seeds, peaches, cantaloupe, grapes, t.i. dressing, and a few whole wheat captains wafers....very yummy! We all had a wonderful time together. Real good fellowship. Wonderful Christian friends!
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Update: Went to some stores in the next town over this afternoon and must have walked about 3 or 4 hours in them...good exercise pushing a buggy! Christmas music was playing, including my very, very fav, Bing Crosby, and I quickly got into Christmas shopping mode! Got a little done...so much to look at...so many decisions to make...had a good time and went by myself. I found and bought a beautiful to-wear-to-church suit (lined skirt w matching lined jacket) in size 8...... SIZE 10 WAS TOO BIG!!! 
As in the size 10 fit was a baggy skirt and a jacket 3 inches too big in the waist. Also, I found out that I no longer wear size Medium tops...only Small now. 
Medium is too large and I had to take in the waist of a size Medium shirt I bought recently (couldn't take it back cause I'd already washed it). The new size 8 suit I bought today is ruby red (my birthstone color). Got matching earrings to go with it. While shopping, I also found Daughter a nice watch, the kind she likes, for Christmas and got that to be part of her Christmas gifts. Got some other things, too. Was fun shopping and might pick up where I left off tomorrow, Lord willing...
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Food today: 1000 calories est.
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Hope you're having a blessed 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!
I've been a good girl and still wearing my comfy non-stretch size 8's jeans! It alllll about CHOICE!!! Do I choose to eat this extra food that will show up on the scale weigh and prevent me from being the size I want to be or do I choose to be a smaller size and have a good weigh-in and not eat this extra food? I know that for some of us, nitetime temptation to overeat or binge on food is the worst time to say no to ourselves. Somehow, the scale seems farrr removed at that time! We want to comfort ourselves and we may feel that WE DESERVE IT! We may deserve to be comforted but not in overeating...not in doing something that is going to cause us to feel defeated and in need of MORE (food) comfort! Come on, now! We can do this! It's all about CHOICE! It's all about COMMITMENT! It's all about CARING (about ourselves for a change instead of ALWAYS others and not us at all). Do you want to be happy with your size and weight? Do you desire to enough to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT????
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Update: I was a good girl today...lots of fruits and veggies...about 1400 calories (if that)...wanted something more to eat tonite...NOT!...(think size 8, think size 8, think they fit comfy, think they fit comfy, think not gonna mess that up, think not worth messing that up)...
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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!
Been a busy, rainy day here today. Went to another town twice for my Mom, regarding her eye glasses. Sat with her about 2 hours and spent some time with her at her nursing home...She was doing pretty well...
Also, I got my teeth exrayed and cleaned today during my semi-annual dental cleaning visit...got a real good report! 
Yesterday was a 'get extra things done in the house' day and I didn't go anywhere! Stayed home and enjoyed it!
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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!
Hubby and I went to church, then visited Mom (who is doing well and was at a table in the dining room with friends) at her nursing home, then came home. We had lunch at church as we were having a special occassion 'Old Fashioned Day' there. I baked two 4-layer cakes, chocolate (on yellow), and pineapple, which we took.
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I'm down a little more today. Didn't expect it cause sampled a little cake last nite while baking cakes (I baked Hubby and me cupcake-sized samples but his 'cupcakes' were about twice the size of my cupcakes, more like large muffin-sized). Anyway, I am down -0.2 today, so now weigh 145.2 and only 5.2 more to go to 140.0 goal.
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Hope you're having a nice day!
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 59.8 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 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
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Hello, Friends!
Hubby and I have been 'gone with the wind' today!
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I had another good weigh in this morning! Down -0.6 from yesterday! 
Getting closer to 140.0! Yayyyy!
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Hope you're having a blessed day!
Love, Maria
I hope you had fun with shopping and lunch yesterday!
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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Re: Above gif: 'Who's hiding behind the vegetables and fruit inside the barn?'
Hello, Friends!
I was a really, really good (toooo good, really) girl yesterday (not enough cals) and was rewarded this morning with a -0.8 on the scale! 146.0 now, just 6 from 140.0 goal!
Yayyyyy!
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My friend, we'll call her Corrine from here on out and I'll try to come up with my other friends some fake names to distinguish them from one another if I mention them on here, called me yesterday and invited me out to lunch, her treat today and I accepted, so guess we'll be doing lunch and a little shopping afterward. I always enjoy being in her company. She is an uplifting, encouraging friend and likes to joke a lot.
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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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'Mom's Nursing Home'
Hello, Friends!
This morning, I attended a very highly stressful care-planning meeting with the board of directors at Mom's nursing home. There were some things that Mom and I both talked with them about concerning her care or rather LACK of good care, including what happened on Oct. 31st (see my journal here at that time for more info). All I can say is all of them listened well as we sat around a huge oval table in a private room with Mom in her wheelchair at one end and I in a huge black padded swivel chair right beside her. We have these meetings about once every quarter of the year. I'm hoping there will be a lot of improvement in her daily care as there were other things Mom and I talked with them about that were not included in my journal here that need immediate attention and improvement. Her health is suffering because of lack of proper care.
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So far today, I've been pretty good with calories. Hope the 'trend' continues cause I usually do not do well with a lot of extra stress on top of the usual stress and give in easily to nitetime food binges. I went by the grocery store and was very, very careful to allow no trigger foods nor indulgences of sweets, either. So far, so good. 
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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!
Weight is updated as of yesterday's weigh in. 
I 'fell off the wagon' over the past few days due to buying a couple of my favorite trigger foods and not rationing them properly. One was a jar of Smart Balance with lots of omega 3, no hydrogenated oil peanut butter and the other was a small bar of fruitcake with nuts in it. I ate ALLLLLL of the peanut butter 
and most of the fruitcake. 
So, I've been a naughty girl but I'm back on track today!
Thank you to you who have checked on me. Though I haven't written in the past few days, I've come back and read here at DD. Love you!
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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!
Another rainy, chilly day here in S.C. Love it!
Yesterday's estimated calories were 1500. This morning the scales shows I am down a little....okay -0.2 but it all counts, right?
I'm currently having some breakfast...coffee, 2 turkey sausage patties, and grits...yum!
Update: Friend and I went out to lunch today. I was good with calories.
Est cals today: 1500
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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!
I DO NOT want to come out of my house today! Ugh! Except to go to the mailbox (and see if the new size 8 jeans I ordered have arrived). I've already taken out 2 friends to lunch this week, one on Monday and the other one yesterday and another friend is wanting me and her to do lunch today. TOO MUCH. She didn't want to hear no, just asked me to call her in a little while after I think about it some more (I told her I'm not up to it today)...Said it would be her treat (but how is a treat a treat when you pay the tip and furnish the gas and transportation to go to another town? And shopping will probably be expected afterwards which I am SOOOO not in the mood!)...I know I've got to leave the house anyway, though...gotta go to the grocery store and get some things I didn't get yesterday. I made homemade vegetable soup and cornbread fritters last nite. Thought I'd have that for lunch and supper today and had it last nite for supper. Family has been calling me, wanting me to take on additional responsibilities with other people in the family besides Mom, whom they have put total responsibility of on me and I have to hire help to sit with Mom at the nursing home if I leave to go on a trip and they know it and have money and refuse to help with Mom's care. Not only do they NOT thank me for doing my part and theirs with her, they want me to do EVEN MORE...take on additional responsibilities which are their personal responsiblilities. Hubby says we are NOT doing the traditional family Thanksgiving lunch or supper here, as we usually do each year and get taken advantage of BIG TIME.
I am so NOT in the best mood today. 
PS...Top it off, I just managed to LOSE Friday's entry (copying and pasting a picture) and so at the bottom of this entry are Friday's comments.... and Friday's entry is GONE WITH THE WIND.....
Update: Mood got better...I went and visited Mom a while and took her some foods she really likes a lot. She was doing real well and up in her wheelchair in the dining room and wanted me to wheel her to the hall in front of the nurses' station where she could sit beside one of her friends, which I did. Then I went to the grocery store and got a few things but I've got to return the Splenda substitute I bought...It is no longer in powder form. I didn't go out to eat lunch with anyone...just didn't feel up to it. It is raining here and cold, which I LOVE cause it is so warm in this house and cozy.
Est cals today: 1500 (could have been better but I just 'HAD' to buy some Smart Balance chunky pb today and have some of it!)
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Hope you're having a nice day!
Love, Maria
It was hot and muggy all week, but cool today, I'm pumped for the cooler weather here!
Those cornbread fritters sound tasty! What's in them? Corn and cornbread?
The recipe is here if you are curious: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=10000001932647
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Love you Maria! Have a wonderful weekend!
KathyBlue on 11/19/2010:
yayyy for the jeans! :)
biscottibody59 on 11/19/2010:
Hope you have another good day--keep up the good work! The 8s must feel great:-)
chidogs on 11/19/2010:
I admire your strength at the salad bar! I can even sabotage salads when at a buffet! So for now I just stay away. Glad you enjoyed your friends. You've got that cozy chair by the fireplace pic up again. I so love that. I'm looking for the perfect book to read so I can plop down in that lovely chair. :) Take care.
Umpqua on 11/19/2010:
I'm glad you had a fun and successful dinner and that's great that you like Stevia in your coffee. I use it every morning. Hope you have a great day!
just42day on 11/19/2010:
Glad you had such a nice ladies-lunch AND that you did so well with your food! You're doing great. Yep, it's chilly here today, too. Ran some errands in a lightweight jacket; should have worn winter coat 'cuz the wind was a blowing. Won't make that mistake twice!
moogy on 11/19/2010:
Enjoying friends and feeling good about the food. Good for you Maria.
2luvself on 11/19/2010:
I need a chair like that, glad to hear about the good lunch/get together you had.
hopingforhealth on 11/19/2010:
Oooh, good for you Maria. I hope you are loving all those new tiny sizes!
Your picture makes me wish I have a big roaring fire in my little apartment. I guess I'll settle for a blanket!