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!
Visited Mom at her nursing home again today. She was in a lot of pain...she could not talk clearly enough for her nurse to understand what kind of pain Mom was telling her she had even though Mom repeated herself three times to her nurse while I was there with her so I interpreted to the nurse what Mom was saying to her. I hate to see Mom suffer. Finally her nurse (for the day...they rotate)..brought her some medicine to help relieve her. I'm trying not to worry about Mom and I am trusting in the Lord. He is our Strength.
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Well...I've been good with calories today...considering...I've had lots of temptation, too. What is WEIRD is...I've developed new eating habits and it is now coming NATURALLY, the new lifestyle of eating a certain way. A way that says automatically...'you don't eat this'...(even though it is brought to you on a plate at a restaurant)...and you are so in the habit of not eating it that you don't even want it...wow......the habit of eating a certain amount and when you get the 'signal' that you are full, you stop eating and you ask for a container to put your leftovers in and take that home to have for your supper or your lunch the next day....even though the person who you are eating with objects and acts like you should finish eating your whole entire entree at the meal!
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Food today:
oatmeal pancake w lite syrup 300, beef link sausage 125, 2 coffees 20, 4 kk donut holes 200, cheese 300, lf bologna s/w on 2 diet breads w lowcal mayo and mustard 190, hershey's chocolate almond candy bar 210, veggie salad w chicken and t i dsg 500, lf popcorn 100, banana 100
Today's est. total cals: 2045 (too much, yep, could have been even more...)
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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!
Mom and I attended a big careplanning meeting about her care at her nursing home this morning with the ones in charge there. It went well. I spent hours sitting with her today. Mom was diagnosed first with Dementia (about a couple of years ago), also Parkinson's, followed later with diagnosis of Alzheimer's. My visit with her today was different than it has been being. Sitting and talking with her, she listened but at times, didn't comprehend what I was saying or asking her and she realized it herself and told me she was sorry but she just couldn't think how to answer (very simple things). She sat there in her wheelchair, humming softly to herself and would look at me and smile happily at me instead of answering when she didn't comprehend what I was saying to her. I felt so sad for her! 
Mom was in a lot of pain off and on and her nurse gave her some medicine which she took to help ease her.
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Well, the scale was UP this morning...no surprise after 3 - 100 cals bags lf popcorn last nite. I had been craving it, so I just decided to have it and get it over with. 300 calories isn't a big deal. The sodium gave a fake-gain on the scale this morning. You should have seen that scale. This is what it looked like: 
I was looking down at it and it was looking up at me....Like it had a smirk on its face! :-) Up .8 for sodium gain.
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I went to the mall this afternoon and tried on clothes. Still wearing size 8 jeans and size medium tops very comfortably. 
(At one time I wore size 20-22.) Didn't buy anything but was very tempted!!! The summer clothing is up to 80% discounted. The fall/winter clothing is out! (A lot of it, that is.) Got lots of walking done there. Sometimes I like to go browse in the plus-size stores that use to be my size 20-22 mainstay that I shopped in years ago. I just like to go look...and remember... I remember not being able to wear ANY regular sizes in the regular size stores, much less size 8 that I wear now! I remember trying on the largest sizes in regular stores and their not fitting cause of being too tite. Now I go into any regular size store, get a size 8 jeans and a medium top and wa-la... THEY FIT! I sometimes look in the plus-size stores at the plus-sizes I once wore (cause I certainly did NOT keep them!) and I think to myself...wow...was I really THAT SIZE??? and the answer is YES! I am so excited over you, who are reading this and working toward your goal. I am excited about your progress. I am excited for you because I know the feeling of struggling to get to a size you feel comfortable with and finally attaining it and keeping it. I hope you are having a successful day today!
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Food today:
BK Whopper, Jr. burger (400), BK chocolate ice cream sundae (300), microwaved fresh apple pieces w sugar, cinnamon, and lowcal margerine (250), veggie/sunflower seeds/t i dsg salad (150), lite pimento cheese s/w on 2 toasted diet breads (150), a repeat of the cinnamon apples (250).
Today's est. total cals: 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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Good morning, Friends!
Sitting here drinking a cup of coffee while writing this entry to you. This morning I was invited out to lunch by my other close Friend to my favorite place to eat lunch...Cracker Barrel! :-) Her treat. She is not driving currently, so I will be picking her up and we will be going to the next larger town over that has a beautiful Cracker Barrel restaurant there. The 'happy store'! I love browsing around in the store part of it.
This morning I was very pleasantly surprised when I got on the scale and .....and....it actually smiled! (/not!...just kidding!) But it may as well have...I am down to 143.4! Only 3.4 from goal...AGAIN...wow...maybe I won't let it get away again this time...ya think?????
If anyone read my late nite evening updated entry yesterday, then you know I was craving popcorn FIERCELY last nite. I didn't allow myself to buy any popcorn yesterday when I was out and about, though I did think about it, and from the looks of this morning's weigh-in, I'll do well to STAY AWAY from it for a while til I'm a little below goal...What popcorn does for me is DISCOURAGE me beginning the day after I've eaten it by having the scale show a big FAKE-GAIN because of sodium...and I just don't enjoy popcorn without salt on it. I can eat it without anything else on it, but for me to enjoy it, it HAS to have SALT on it. So...I'm so glad with this morning's weigh-in that I didn't have any popcorn in the house last nite to eat. Ha! Ha! :-D
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Food today:
Breakfast: coffee w 1 tsp creamer (10) and 1/4 banana (25) 35
(Found a little piece of banana in the fridge. Not much for breakfast but Friend and I plan to get to Cracker Barrel early for lunch.)
Snack: 1/2 cupful scuppernong grapes 50
Lunch at Cracker Barrel: (saved part of meal and took home) part of grilled hamburger steak w ketchup (100) sweet baby carrots (200) small tossed salad w t i dsg (100) part of cornbread muffin (100) 500
Snack: 1 cupful scuppernong grapes 100
Supper: lettuce/mayo s/w w 2 diet bread (80), 1 tbs lowcal mayo (45) and 1/2 cupful lettuce (25) 150
Subtotal: 835...too low...gonna have to eat what appeals to me (headache and nausea) though may not be ideal...
Snack: Hershey's chocolate almond bar 210 (it was half-price at the grocery store!)
Subtotal: 1045
Snack: 2 little orange suckers 40
Snack: Cracker Barrel leftovers 455
Today's est. total cals: 1540
Nitetime snack: (Oooops!!!) 3 - 100 calories per bag lf popcorn 300
Today's est total cals: 1840
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Afternoon update: Friend and I had lunch at Cracker Barrel. There are 2 Christmas trees up in the store part. COOL! We browsed in the store part after eating but didn't get anything. Then we went to a thrift store where Friend got a few things and I was not feeling well..,.(headache, which had begun before leaving the house this morning and a little nausea)...so after leaving the thrift store, we stopped by a grocery store and then I took her home. After this, I came home and cooked supper for Hubby (and walked on my treadmill a while) and a little later after he got home, I left and visited Mom at the nursing home, who was having extra pain but was up in her wheelchair in the dining room awaiting supper with some of the other residents there. Her nurse gave her some medicine, which Mom took, to help her. Mom has started back having physical therapy again, which is a good thing and I was told she had it yesterday and today (this has been part of what she's been objecting to). Mom was happy, telling me that either she dreamed it or it really did happen last nite, that she got up and walked by herself. I think she probably dreamed it since rails are up on both sides of her bed to prevent her from getting up unassisted and I reminded her she's not to walk unassisted or she may fall and get hurt. She was so happy over her perceived newfound independance that she actually sang a song to me "Good morning, good morning! Good morning...to YOU!!!!" :-)
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Hope you're having a nice day!
Love, Maria
Weather this week in Northern VA is heavenly! Much cooler tempuratures, around 78-83, lower humidity, and the evenings are in the 60s. I much prefer cooler temps - acutally in the low 70s, so I'm loving it! We'd had the hottest summer in a long time, with over 50 consecutive days of high 90's-100 degree temps. I know where you are, you're probably used to that kind of thing. Have a great day!
Soup ~ Onions sauteed in Olive oil, brown lean hamburger after the onions are getting soft, add a package of Onion Soup mix, I add more water than that packate calls for to make a good size pot to add from the garden potatoes,carrots,lil cabbage,juicy tomatoes,lil green bell pepper,serrano pepper (to taste),stalk celery, shake of black pepper & salt if you want it ( I don't, but dad does)...Simmer til stuff is done...You can add okra or any other veggies you desire, just a as you go type harvesty soup....I sometimes just use ls beef or chicken broth when making it at home....
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, Friends!
Got a distressing call from Mom's nursing home this morning. She's refusing to cooperate with them (for her good) and they want me to come have another talk (argument) with her about it today to try to get her to change her mind.
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Yesterday's calories have been updated on yesterday's entry.
Food today:
BK Whopper, Jr. burger (400), KK glazed donut (200), 1/2 cupful scuppernong grapes (50), microwaved apples w a little cinnamon, margerine, and sugar (250), 1 diet bread w lettuce and low cal mayo (150), soft serve small ice cream cone (200), and a salad of 2 cupsful mixture onion/green bellpepper/cherry tomatoes/lettuce veggies, 1 tbs t i dsg, and tuna (350).
Today's est. total cals: 1600
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This afternoon a Friend and I (same one as yesterday) walked at the recreation center in town after eating a hamburger and donut lunch together.
Update: Visited Mom, who was taking a nap. After I let her know I was there, calling softly to her, "Mom...Mom..." and she woke up, I asked her if she'd been up any in her wheelchair today and she said yes, earlier. She wanted bananas and grapes, which I went and got for her and took to her and also she wanted her blue blanket put on her, which I put it on her. She had the yellow furry teddy bear (it 'talks' and moves its mouth and tells her it wants her to feel better and it wants to give her a big hug, etc.) that I took her yesterday on the bed right beside her while she was napping as I walked into her room. :-) I didn't stay long, so she could get back to her nap.
Evening update: I just want to say that I am CRAVING POPCORN. I didn't allow myself to buy any today, not even the very low-fat 100-calories per bag kind cause of the high sodium and knowing my weight will be up the next day each time I eat any. BUT if I had bought it (usually comes 4 packs to a box), I'd be sitting here right now, probably on my 2nd or 3rd bagful, really enjoying eating the popcorn. Did I say I am REALLY HUNGRY for popcorn tonite???????? YUM. It would be worth the extra calories. I thought that by writing it here, the craving might go away. I hope so. I just double-checked the kitchen and sure enough, there isn't ANY popcorn in there. NONE. :-(
(Next day (Wednesday) note to self: Next time you have a craving like this, do NOT give in to it!!! Even if you have the food in the house, don't do it! You will be very, very glad you didn't the next morning! Was down -1.0 next morning, even though had 1600 cals this day.)
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Hope you're having a nice day!
Love, Maria
Have a good evening!
popcorn ~ hmmmmmmm...... Have you ever used a hot air popper? I love plain ole' no butter/no salt popcorn.....
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, Friends!
Sitting here by the window, drinking a mug of coffee this morning. The sun is shining. Have no special plans for today other than wash clothes, clean house, and visit Mom.
Oh...and take back a carton of eggs to the grocery store. Here is a link about eggs recall: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/20/eggs.recall.salmonella/index.html?hpt=T2
I miss eating eggs for breakfast and Mom said the other day that she didn't get any eggs to eat with her grits at her morning breakfast at the nursing home and I told her about the egg recall and then she said she was glad she didn't get any.
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Food today:
Breakfast: Coffee w creamer (10) and fried bologna s/w of ff bologna (25), 2 toasted diet breads (80), and 1 tbs lowcal mayo (45), 1 tsp frying oil (40) 200
Snack: sunflower seeds 350
Snack: glazed donut and 1/2 banana 250
Snack: McD's small snack walnut/apple pieces/yogurt/grapes 210
Supper: small peice baked cube steak, 1/2 cupful rice, 1 tbs. gravy, 1 cupful green beans 500
Snack: scuppernong grapes/sunflower seeds 90
Today's est. cals: 1600
Late nite snack: sunflower seeds 600
Today's est. cals: 2200
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Update: This afternoon a Friend and I visited another Friend who is in the hospital and then we visited Mom at the nursing home.
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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 out to eat at a buffet restaurant, and then we visited Mom at the nursing home. Though still in bed, Mom appeared to be more cheerful, as her very special gentleman friend who she doesn't get to see very often (he is very elderly) was sitting in a chair visiting her! :-D I took his picture and Mom was quick to ask me to make her a copy of his picture and I told her I will. Hubby and I didn't stay but around 20 minutes and left to give them time to talk to each other.
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Today's food:
Breakfast: Coffee w tsp low cal creamer (10), and 2 peppermints (40) 50
Lunch: Veggies (1.5 cupfuls at 75) salad w ti dsg ( 2 tbs at 100) and (1 oz at 100) cheese, 1 tiny amount yams (100), turkey (25), dressing (50), pecans (50) 500 (Believe it or not, I soon stopped after the 'signal' that I was FULL, something I don't always discipline myself to do at buffets...)
Afternoon Snack: last pack of whole grain/cheddar cheese crackers (180) and another veggies (1 cupful at 50) salad w a little chicken (25), sunflower seeds (70) and t i dsg (50) in it 375
Subtotal est cals: 925
Supper: baked chicken (100) and microwaved fresh apple pieces w a little cinnamon, sugar and low cal margerine (575) 675
Today's total est. cals: 1600
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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 to you!
It has been a beautiful, sunny, warm day here in SC.
Hubby and I visited (and took fruit salad of pineapple and juice/banana/strawberries to) Mom (visit was extremely stressful), and we also visited his Sister, and a couple of our Friends today.
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Food today:
coffee 10, diet toast w marg 60, Cracker Barrel frosted mug chocolate sundae 600, veggie/sunflower seeds/t i dsg salad 300, small mixture chicken/rice/gravy/green beans 100, ice cream nutty buddy 300, another veggies/sunflower seed/t i dsg salad 300, whole wheat/cheddar cheese pk crackers 180, MnM's chocolate covered peanuts 250.
Total est cals today: 2100
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Hope you're having a nice day!
Love, Maria
There are a lot of publishing options available to aspiring writers these days so I definitely think you should pursue it! I have a friend who has self-published several children's novels as well as fantasy novels. I actually edited his first children's novel and got a credit on it :P I think he published through iUniverse - I can get more details for you if you are interested. When I got into writing professionally, my creative writing fell by the wayside, which I always lament. I would really like to get into it again and I think I will have more time for it as the boys get older. I've been trying to read a better variety of authors these days to get back into the mindset to write again.
I hope you have a pleasant evening!
If you have any specific questions just let me know and I will try to get more info from him. Very exciting 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, Friends!
We got more rain last nite, including storms with a lot of lightning and thunder. Electricity blinked off and on a couple of times and my Friend who I had lunch with yesterday and who lives close by told me this morning that their electricity was out about an hour very early this morning.
Getting some clothes washed today...
I feel like I am going round and round in circles concerning getting back to goalweight I was recently at again. Up, down, up, down. As you can see, it is UP today. Oh, well. Not to complain. I was surfing the net and reading last nite and I came across some information that a missionary wrote about concerning people in a country he lived in for a while, who are really going through a lot. Here is a link if you'd like to read it:
http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/the-rich-and-poor-my-interview-with-the-poor-people-of-png/
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Food today:
Breakfast: 1 coffees, 1 tsp lowcal creamer, diet toast w a little lowcal margerine 75
Lunch: Salad of veggies (lettuce, cucumber, green bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, onion), sunflower seeds, and ti dsg (250) and a pk of whole wheat/cheddar cheese crackers (180)
Early supper?/Afternoon snack? Oven-fried chicken, rice, gravy, green beans, scuppernongs...650
Afternoon Snack: Microwaved mixture of 2 small apples (in pieces), cupful of rice, tbs lowcal margerine, tbs sugar, tbs cinnamon 395
Subtotal: 1300 est cals
Evening snack: chocolate fudge sundae 300
Today's est total cals: 1600
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Hope you're having a nice day!
Love, Maria
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Maria, I was looking for a post from you, you are such a regular at posting. I hope you are OK, I am a little worried about you.
Umpqua on 08/31/2010:
Just checking in Maria, I hope all is well with you!