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
Got up this morning and weighed 5 times just to 'watch' 139.6 come up each time. Very interesting. I am now in the 130's! I have to admit I haven't been having my full allowed 1700 maintain calories per day since achieving goalweight this past Saturday. Guess I just want to feel like I have a little extra 'room' under 140.0 goalweight to where if I were to have a little extra one day, I'd have 'calories in the bank' to cover it. :-)
Hope you're having a nice day today!
Love,
Maria
Progress as of today: 65.4 lbs lost so far, only -0.4 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
Got on the scale this morning and it read 140.0. Was glad since this is my goalweight.
Visited my Aunt yesterday. She looked at me and asked about my weight and I admitted to her when she asked if I've lost more weight that yes, a little, and that my 2 doctors and my dietician say 140.0, which is what I weigh is the right weight for my 5'8" height. Last night she called me and cheerfully said I am the slender size she was when she got married. Made me feel better. :-)
This morning I've started off with a high protein breakfast. 2 whole eggs scrambled with cheddar cheese. Keeps me feeling full and satisfied for hours. With coffee, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon creamer, is only 300 calories total. We are having a heat wave here in the south (high 90's) so I may drive over to the mall in the next town over and walk an hour or two there.
Hope you have a nice day!
Love,
Maria (smile)
Update....got a lot of walking done at the mall. :-)
Progress as of today: 65 lbs lost so far, only 0 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
I have been asked what helped me reach goalweight. Here is a list:
1. Ask the Lord to help me be a healthy weight and size for me.
2. Count calories. For lots of folks, journaling helps. They write down the foods they eat and the calories in them daily. I have tried keeping a mental journal and I have tried writing it down. I have found that for me, writing it down works best. Every calorie counts, including the healthiest foods. Know (memorize) calorie counts in the foods you eat.
3. Know how many calories you require each day to maintain where you are at now. This will help you make a plan on how many calories (less) you need to eat to healthily get to your goalweight. In making your plan, remember that one pound = 3500 calories. That's a lot of calories, but progress can be made through a little less daily calories than you need to maintain your current size and a little more activity most days.
4. Realize that a semi-starvation diet will not get you to your goal faster. You WILL plateau as your body puts on the brakes when it catches on to this tactic. Be realistic.
5. Exercise is important but does not have to be excessive, strenuous, or something you are not comfortable with. (You don't have to enjoy it but you do have to be comfortable with what works for you. For me it's walking.
Just about everyone can do some form of repetitious movement for at least a few minutes a day and build up slowly from there.)
6. Try to eat extra protein every day. Not only will it help you lose weight, it will help you stay feeling full and you'll be less tempted to overindulge.
7. Beware of sodium. I could write this 10 times on this number but not only will it produce an artificial gain on the scale, it may linger for days, discouraging you to where you are tempted to overeat since the scale is showing a higher number. Watch out for processed foods (***read the labels***) like bacon, sausage, canned goods with extra amounts of sodium, microwave bags of popcorn, frozen entrees, canned soups, etc.
8. Weigh every day at about the same time of day. What works for me is mornings. It may not work for you, though, and that's fine, everybody's different. Weighing every day at about the same time helps you keep track closely of any little gains that need to be analyzed and corrected.
9. Distract yourself with doing something other than eating when you feel in need of comforting. A new hobby, spend time with friends, including your supportive friends here, a new job or extra part-time job, visit the elderly in nursing homes or shut-ins, there are lots of things to do to distract yourself from giving in to overeating.
10. Believe. Believe you will get to goalweight. Believe it so much that you do what it takes to acheive it! Consistantly, every day! And don't give up if you fall off the wagon! Get back on quickly! And stay on!
If you do the above things, I believe you will get to your goalweight!
Love,
Maria (smile!)
Progress as of today: 65 lbs lost so far, only 0 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 ....................................................................
Hello everyone! I finally made it to goalweight today! I am soooo happy! Years ago I was at 140.0, size 8, and at 5'8" my bmi was 21.3, and I let it get away from me and now I am back to goalweight again! Happy dance! Happy dance! And you can reach your goalweight, too!
Love,
Maria
Progress as of today: 65 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
Maintenance is the hard part, so best wishes to you on this part of the journey!
Hope to see you again soon!
FYI: You can go to "Recent Site Changes" under the Category "DD Website What's new" in the forum to see what's up with the ads.
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 to you!
New blog is at:
http://nativeamericanwoman.blogspot.com
I invite you to come on over!
Love, Maria
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PRAYER OF SALVATION
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank you Jesus.
Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!
Love, Maria
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Recent news in DD:
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Progress as of today: 51 lbs lost so far, only 14 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 to you!
New blog is at:
http://nativeamericanwoman.blogspot.com
I invite you to come on over!
Love, Maria
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PRAYER OF SALVATION
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank you Jesus.
Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!
Love, Maria
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Recent news in DD:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/23/acai.berries.scam/index.html?section=cnn_latest
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
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Good morning to you!
New blog is at:
http://nativeamericanwoman.blogspot.com
I invite you to come on over!
Love, Maria
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PRAYER OF SALVATION
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank you Jesus.
Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!
Love, Maria
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Recent news in DD:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/23/acai.berries.scam/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Progress as of today: 49.5 lbs lost so far, only 15.5 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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Good morning to you!
We had a fierce lightning/thunder storm come through early this morning and now it is just cloudy...68 degrees fahrenheit.
Plan for today, Lord willing, is go get Mom at the nursing home (I've already cleared it with the nurses) and take her out to an early Mother's Day lunch at Cracker Barrel. This way, it probably won't be overcrowded like lots of restaurants are on Mother's Day on Sunday. She LOVES Cracker Barrel and I've not told her I'm going to do this (but she knows I'm coming to take her out), so she will be very happy. I've already been questioned by someone in our family as to don't I think it is too early for me to be taking Mom on an outing since she was in the hospital for about a month and now getting adjusted to being in a new nursing home? Well, the wound care nurse said her feet are almost well. She has begun receiving physical therapy to increase her physical strength, as well. It has been almost 2 months since she has been out and about and I think it will do her good!!! Might take her shopping, too, if she wants to and is up to it after we eat lunch together.
Also, I want to let you know that I am looking into getting a free online journal place to change to journaling at and leaving DD because it has become overrun with ads for unhealthy ways to get to goal weights and now there are semi-nudity photos appearing on the site here as well (and y'all know that I am a Christian). Not to seem unappreciative to the webmaster here, who cannot be expected to pay for our privilege to journal here and he said he tried to avoid the advertisements but it came down to that or goodbye DD, so thank you, DD webmaster for the privilege of journaling here since the latter part of the year 2000...wow...that's over 8 years of journaling here. Anyway, when I get another online journaling account set up and going, I will let y'all know the new address of where I will journal at. (It may take a day or a few days.)
Love, Maria
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Today's Food:
Breaky: 1 lite wheat toast w a little margerine 65, coffee w creamer and sugar 25 (90)
Lunch at Cracker Barrel: Turkey, dressing, tossed salad w a little t.i. dsg, sweet potato soufle, 1/2 cornbread muffin, and tea sweetened with splenda (700)
Supper: Grilled barbequed chicken 300, slaw 100, splenda tea 0 (1100)
Snack: Pineapple smoothie 120 (1220)
Exercise: Walked uphill on treadmill 20 minutes.
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PRAYER OF SALVATION
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank you Jesus.
Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!
Love, Maria
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Note: I do not support any of the ads to the left or at the bottom of this journal.
Recent news in DD:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/23/acai.berries.scam/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Progress as of today: 49.5 lbs lost so far, only 15.5 lbs to go!
Enjoy the meal with your mom. We really like Cracker Barrel.
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 morning to you!
It is a nice, cloudy, cool morning here (66 degrees fahrenheit).
Did you watch BL last nite? I almost cried when the daddy made it over the marathon finish line (26.2 miles, they said), to his son, who was waiting for him! What a struggle the daddy went through to make it the 26 miles.
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Today's Food:
Breaky: 1 lite wheat toast w a little margerine 65, 1/2 banana 50, coffee w creamer and sugar 25 (140)
Lunch: Small heat and serve pizza (frozen kind) 370 (510)
Snack: 1/2 banana 50, snack pack nekot cookies 240, splenda tea 0 (700)
Snack: 2 cupsful fresh, long green string beans 100 (800)
Supper at church: hamburger (bun 100, hamburger 200, chili, onion, lettuce, pc. tomato, pc. onion, mustard 100) 400, bbq potato chips 300, cake 400, splenda tea 0 (1900)
Exercise: Walked 20 minutes uphill on treadmill.
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PRAYER OF SALVATION
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank you Jesus.
Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!
Love, Maria
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Note: I do not support any of the ads to the left or at the bottom of this journal.
Recent news in DD:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/23/acai.berries.scam/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Progress as of today: 48.5 lbs lost so far, only 16.5 lbs to go!
Have a wonderful day!
But all I could think of was the untold permanent damage he was doing to his body. I wonder if NBC and all the sponsors will pay for his knee replacements/surgeries immediately and years from now!
My fiance lives in SC and they had lots of hail earlier today..did you get some? He's near Greenville/Anderson~
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!
Today we are getting the rain and so far, the storms have come close by (we're under a severe thunderstorm watch) but not come through, thank the Lord. So, the flowers will be so pretty from this rain we're getting!
Also...decided to DO SOMETHING about GOAL WEIGHT this morning and walked OVER 30 MINUTES UPHILL on treadmill!!!!! Surely did!!!! 
Now I CHALLENGE someone else to walk AT LEAST 30 MINUTES! (We ought to play TAG!!!)
Got a call from Mom's nursing home from her physical therapist to bring her walking shoes after being told she was NOT to walk in them and only wear her bedroom shlippers by wound care specialist nurse...but now I've called and talked with the wound care specialist nurse, who has okayed it for physical therapy, so I will taking Mom's Reeboks (she LOVES them) to her this afternoon. Wound care nurse says Mom's feet are almost well (and they look much, much better!). Thank you, Christians, again for your prayers and most of all, thank You, Jesus!!!
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Today's Food:
Breaky: Reduced fat chocolate milk 300 and a little coffee 15 (315)
Lunch: Campbell's lf veggie soup 150, mic'd fresh corn on cob 200, 4 ff saltines 50, fresh long green string beans abt. 1 cupful 50, tea w splenda 0, water 0 (765)
Snack: banana 100, snackpack nekot (peanut butter) cookies 240, splenda tea 0, water 0 (1105)
Supper: ff bologna s/w w 2 lite wheat breads and mustard 105, another cupful of fresh long green stringbeans 50, splenda tea 0, water 0 (1250)
Exercise: Walked UPHILL on treadmill over 30 minutes...-150 cals.
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PRAYER OF SALVATION
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank you Jesus.
Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!
Love, Maria
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Note: I do not support any of the ads to the left or at the bottom of this journal.
Recent news in DD:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/23/acai.berries.scam/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Progress as of today: 48.5 lbs lost so far, only 16.5 lbs to go!
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Thanks for your support Maria! It sure helps with motivation when the scale moves in the right direction. Congrats on your continued loss as well!
Umpqua on 06/16/2010:
Wow, it must feel good to see that 139 on the scale :) I'm going to catch up with you soon though, watch out!
legcramps on 06/16/2010:
woohoo!!!
biscottibody59 on 06/17/2010:
Congrats--you're doing great! Thanks for your support as usual--I'm getting there:-)
Soon2BThin on 06/21/2010:
Hi, Maria! Good to see you back here again! Thanks for the tips on getting to goal. You are doing fantastic!