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 to you! Can we say RAIN today in S.C.????? Most of the day! But, thank the good Lord for it! Rain clears and cleans the air and waters everything...keeps the dust down, etc.
Today was another very busy day...after prayer this morning, I began with cleaning house and washing Hubby's and my clothes, as well as Mom's....I also made up 3 pans of homemade biscuits and put them into the freezer to be taken out tomorrow about 1 hour before church and bake them in the oven and take them to church for our annual Thanksgiving supper at church! Really looking forward to that! I also decorated 18 little cake squares (each about the size of a large cupcake) to take for one of the deserts at church. Looks like little red flowers with green leaves on white icing on each of the cake squares...that's in the freezer also, to be thawed out tomorrow so will be ready to take tomorrow nite...I also fixed Daughter's lunch when she came by on her lunch break...She showed me her arm, which is slowly healing from her fall and gash in it which resulted in 12 stitches in it...her's is her left arm, same as her Grandma's is left arm, too...both of them fell days apart and injured their left arms!!!!! But Mom broke hers....later after Hubby came home and ate, we went and visited Mom who is still in the hospital...she'd asked me to bring her a fried egg sandwich, which I did, cause she said she didn't eat much at lunch, just the chocolate pudding...She is still in the bed and refusing physical therapy...said she hurts too much to get up and walk other than with the assistance of nurses to the bathroom...After we left from there, we drove about 15 miles to get a vacumn cleaner belt....Then we went back to the mall again and picked up my ring again...it is beautiful! Then Hubby and I walked a little in the mall....on the way back home, we listened to Christmas music already playing on the radio! Of course I LOVE Christmas music...I don't mind listening to it in the summertime, even!
Food today: 2 toast w marg, 1 fried egg, 1 baked fish, 2 cups baked okra, 1 McD's cheeseburger (small one), and 1 McD's walnut and fruit salad.
Well, going to read some entries...thanks for reading...thanks for your encouragements!!!!!!!!!
Remember....Jesus loves you, and gave His life for your salvation....and he is the only way to be saved! Will you ask Him to be your Lord and Saviour today?
Love, Maria (smile!)
I love the Christmas music as well.. :).. have you har the Clay Akins cd? I love his voice on the christmas songs.. my fav. is.. Mary did you know.. so pretty.. :)..
have a great Thanksgiving at Church :).. My friend Beth isnt working Sundays any more.. so she and I were talking this am about going to her Uncles church.. :).. so keep on praying for us :).. hugs
I'm so glad you got your ring and now it's where it should be..on your finger. Do you find yourself admiring it all the time? Sounds beautiful!
Have a wonderful day..
smiley2 on 11/08/2006:
Here we have to listen to Christmas carols in the summer since we get Christmas in summer lol! I have had dreams of snow and carols for Christmas....hope i can experience it one day....Enjoy your church Thankssgiving celebrations...sounds like fun :) And the food you made sounds so yummy, please post me a cupcake!!
monet0239 on 11/08/2006:
hey sweetie.. :).. I do hope mom and DD's are gets all betetr soon :)..
Moody on 11/08/2006:
Sounds like you had a very busy day as usual!! I don't know how you do it all!
WorkingIt on 11/08/2006:
I am glad that someone enjoys listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving LOL. Have a great 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
Hello to you! It was sunny, warm (high in 60's) day here in S.C. today!
Hubby had the day off, so I surprised him by taking him out to Shoney's breakfast buffet...then we went and got a tire put on Hubby's truck...then we went and did a little shopping for my Mom, who is still in the hospital recovering from a a fall that occurred on Oct. 29th and resulted in a broken arm and a lot of bruising...then we went and visited her. When we went in, she was sitting up in the loungechair, but with her head bent over, holding it up with her good hand. She wanted to get back into bed and said she'd been sitting up 3 hours and needed assistance to get into her bed, but I encouraged her to try to get out of the chair which was by her bed and onto the bed by herself as it was about even...which she did with me standing by her with my hand on her back and assuring her she could do it and she did! We visited her a while, then left and went to get Hubby's rear-view mirror reglued that had fallen off his windshield last nite...then we went to Mom's apartment and cleaned it real good for 90-day inspection that is coming up in a couple of days. Then after this, Hubby suggested we go ahead and eat out for supper tonite instead of tomorrow nite as was planned when we would again pick up my ring...so we did...buffet...but I was GOOD!!! Total for today about 1500 cals!
Well, going to read some entries...
Remember....Jesus loves you, and gave His life for your salvation....and he is the only way to be saved! Will you ask Him to be your Lord and Saviour today?
Love, Maria (smile!)
Horn_Of_Plenty on 11/06/2006:
great calories! you have been so busy with home and family things! You are really calm and in control! I envy your ability to do it all!
weightlossyoyo on 11/06/2006:
You did great with your calories, it is really hard to go to a buffet and do good.
Scruffy on 11/06/2006:
Scruff was here
hollybelle on 11/07/2006:
Good day for you! Thanks for your comments on my diary. I did enjoy the coconut cake. I didn't do too badly for the day, I guess. Needed to exercise more. Hang in there. I know you have alot going on. Praying for healing and peace for all.
WorkingIt on 11/07/2006:
Congrats on the great 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
Hello to you!!! I've been busy this morning...took my Mom to the local farmers' market and she got watermelon, canteloupe, colored butterbeans, and cucumbers. She did a lot of walking there. I bought her some boiled peanuts. Then we stopped by a Merita store, where you get breads, etc. for reduced prices on the way back and she sent for her some rolls and me a cinnamon bun. I visited her a little while at her apartment after I took her back home and then I came back home. It is very, very warm in the high 80's fahrenheit right now and there is a tropical storm nearby...we may get some rain/and or/storms from it soon...maybe even today, as we are under a severe thunderstorm watch now...only the Lord knows...
Hope you're having a wonderful Monday.
Today's Menu Plan, estimates:
Breakfast: 1/2 banana, 50.
Lunch: 2 cinnamon rolls, 410, 1/2 banana, 50.
Snack: 1 Nutty Buddy ice cream, 210.
Snack: 1 fatfree low cal bologna and 2 lite wheat bread, mustard, 100.
Snack: 1 cup canteloupe, 50, 1 banana, 100, cheddar cheese, 150.
Supper: 1 baked hamburger, ketchup, mustard,200, 1 corn on the cob, 200.
Snack: 2 fat free chocolate fudge cycle ice creams, 200.
Late Snack: popcorn, 200, chicken weiner, 100.
It is not easy to think about eating more to maintain, cause I'm not used to doing that.
Exercise Plan: Walking at the farmer's market and on the treadmill here at home and playing the piano.
Remember...Jesus loves ya and so do I!
Love, Maria (smile!)
Yea i saw the Hurricane coverage on Sky News, it seems its the beginning of the season and they already named the first one Hurricane Alberto. I just pray that it loses it momentum before reaching the coast.
Your eating is great and varied like always. Dont force yourself to eat if you dont feel like it. Carry on with this way of eating and see if you actually still lose a lot of weight, if not you can keep on with it. If you are still losing but dont feel like eating you can perhaps take supplemental energy drinks. They are caloric but dont fill you up that much.
Have a great day.
Wx
have a good evening hun.. hugsss
LosingItNow on 06/12/2006:
What a beautiful day. I love farmers markets. A great way to get good produce and help your local community. Have a wonderful day!
Soon2BThin on 06/12/2006:
Sounds like you had a very busy morning. And you're doing great! Maintaining already!! Thanks for your comments. Have a great rest-of-the-day!
smiley2 on 06/12/2006:
Hi there,
monet0239 on 06/12/2006:
Sounds like another lovely day with your mama.. :).. thats always graet!!... your Nutty Buddy ice cream is yummmmmm.. did you get them form DQ? I love those.lol..
Umpqua on 06/12/2006:
Your foods for the day sound delicious. To answer your question, I basically put whatever I have around in my turkey soup! I like to roast whole turkeys and turkey breasts in the winter months and I freeze the legs, wings and assorted scraps and bones. I had a large collection of frozen stuff so I used that as the base and added onions, garlic, fresh peppers, scallions and some fresh dill that I had, as well as other herbs. I also added a couple of ancho peppers since I like some kick in my foods. I added some spiral pasta and let the whole thing simmer in the crockpot for a day. I've frozen it into small portions and it reheats nicely!
LilyV on 06/13/2006:
Dear Maria I'm not in the Ukraine but in the UK - England. Not as interesting as the Ukraine I would imagine. Well done on the diet - how did you get your weight to 4 decimal places! Bye for now Lil
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 to you!!!
Hope you're having a wonderful Sunday.
Today's Menu Plan, estimates:
Breakfast: 1 egg, 3/4 tbs oil, 1 lite wheat toast plain, 1 banana, 300.
Lunch Buffet at Golden Corral Restuarant with Hubby: 3/4 baked sweet potato, 1 yeast roll, 1/2 container honey butter, 1/4 small piece cheese pizza, 1 very small salad, 1/2 cup vanilla soft serve ice cream, 1 tbs choc icing, 1 very small hushpuppy, approx. 700 calories.
Snack: 2 very small pieces of Russell Stover chocolate candy(yes I got a small 4-pc. box for 99 cents at Walgreens), 130.
Snack: 2 cups watermelon, 100. See 'Who Would've THUNK it????' below.
Supper: 1 small cheese pizza, 410.
Snack: Will be refreshments at birthday party at church, but I will try to just mainly 'sample' them, if ya know what I mean, hehe. (Back from church now...I had 2 tiny fried chicken legs (from wings), a few tiny pieces of fruit, a few peanuts and potato chips, and about 1/3 pimento cheese sandwich, about 350 calories.
Late Snack: Fatfree chocolate fudge cycle, 100.
As always, LOTS of water!
Who Would've THUNK it???? I actually enjoyed the watermelon this afternoon, which has become a big part of what I eat regularly now, MORE than ANY of the above!!! Watermelon is sweet, high in fiber, low in cals and fat, VERY FILLING, and I like it! I enjoyed it more than the ice cream, the chocolates, the sweet potato, the honey-buttered hot yeast roll, etc. I also feel very good eating it, cause I know it's not fattening, and I can only eat just so much of it (usually about 2 cups) and I'm full.
Total Cals for today: 2040 ...(estimated)....I banked some cals yesterday (Only had estimated 970 total yesterday) for today.
Note: I was very 'business-like' with eating at the buffet restuarant today. Each time I tasted something, I silently asked myself how it tasted and if I REALLY wanted to eat it....I realized I wanted to eat for COMFORT, not for the taste of the food, so I wouldn't allow myself to do that. I also realized that because so many people were around me eating in what seemed 'wild abandon' (hehehe!!!) that I felt like I was 'SUPPOSED' to eat a lot. I tasted a few things but the flavor was bland, so I didn't eat but a tiny amount of a few things I didn't write in lunch, (steak, fried chicken, carrot cake, corn, mashed potatoes and gravy), but I did include the small calorie count for them in the lunch calories.
I have been at goalweight before. I was at 205 in 1998. I lost about 50 lbs in a year. After that, I got down to 150 which was my goalweight and mostly stayed at 150 goalweight for approximately 6 years, up until last fall/winter of 2005, give or take a few on either side. I even got down as low as 132 one time, which was much too low for me at my height, 5'8" and medium build...so I regained. I thought about making 150 my goalweight this time, but I decided that 155 and size 12 was fine. Anyway, I was Maria7 on here before if you want to check that journal out. I started that journal here in December, 2000. I lost my password one day and couldn't get on DD and wasn't sucessful in making contact with the one over DD at that time, so I became Maria 777 that you know now.
Have a good day!
Remember...Jesus loves ya and so do I!
Love, Maria (smile!)
Thanks for the comment. Yea i spoke to a psychologist a while back, are actually still seeing him once every few months (it gets too expensive lol!). Well anyway he also spoke about false guilt now that i remember it, but i cant recall why i do have this. Tell me if this makes sense to you: Im feeling guilty and are taking the blame for living because of mistakes that my parents made? Its like i have this constant battle in my head. The one little voice says: "Well your parents did what they could at the time, and they love you dearly, they just want the best for you, like they always have." The other voice which is see as the evil one usually sounds like this: "You need to make your own decicions, you dont have to listen to what they want, its about what you want." Well in the end i feel guilty and i feel like a bad person and that is taking its toll emotionally and spiritually on me. Hubby and me played tennis today and i became totally numb, i couldnt play anymore, and it wasnt because of tiredness etc, i was just numb. Anyway, dont want to go on too much about this, thanks for listening. You said you are talking from personal experience, you also feel guilty about your parents or regarding them? I guess by hearing about other people in the same situation like me i will understand myself better.
Oh and thanks for the info on your previous nickname, i will look that up sometime, its quite interesting. And you have come a heck of a long way with your weight loss journey! Hope the goodies at the church was not too tempting :)
Have a nice nite
Wx
good for you for taking the time to evaluate your food today.. I know all about eating for comfort.. and eating because it taste good.. lol.. now I eat to be healthy :)..
I however do not like watermelon.. wish I did.. but I never have,, not even as a kid.. I tried it again a few years ago.. bleeck..lol.. but I am glad you like it.. I don't care for any melon....
ok I am off to beddy by.. or may just watch some tv.. everyone is gone.. they went to the drive in... I dont care for the movie..xmen.. so I am doing laundry..lol..
hugs my friend..
smiley2 on 06/11/2006:
Hi there Maria,
monet0239 on 06/11/2006:
Hiya darlin :).. I do so remember you as Maria 7..:).. I was mommyoftwo.. :)..
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 to you!!!
Getting ready to leave to go do some errands for my Mama. She has a few groceries she wants to send for. Plan to also pick up some more fruits at the grocery store today....watermelon being one of them...at 50 cals per cup, that is a good snack replacement for the 300 calories or so candy bars I used to eat....and more filling....and it is real sweet and fresh and good to eat. I might get a canteloupe and a few bananas, too. Y'all know I LOVE sweets, hehehe!
Today's Menu Plan, estimated calories:
Breakfast: 2 lite wheat breads, 1 barbequed grilled roasted chicken thigh, no skin, 300.
Snack: 1 banana, 100.
Snack: 1 cup red seedless grapes, 50, 2 cups canteloupe, 100.
Snack: 1 nutty buddy ice cream, 210.
Snack: 1 more nutty buddy ice cream, 210 (glad I only bought 2
Today's Cals: 970 or so, banking some for Sunday.
My goal is to hang on to my goalweight (that I just accomplished today, btw) and still be at 155 (or below) Monday...but tomorrow is eating out buffet with Hubby after church and tomorrow nite after church is a birthday party....and btw, y'all know I love sweets!!! So...I will try and we will see....
I finally found out how to reduce the picture sizes I put on here...check out the flower below this entry that I just put on here today...Thanks Biscottibody 59, for the advice..I kept on til I figured out how to do it...this computer has a different program than my other one had.
Hubby and I walked to the end of the road and back (about 1 mile round trip) for exercise.
Have a good day!
Remember...Jesus loves ya and so do I!
Love, Maria (smile!)
Keep up the awesome work!
Hugs
Pat
I have been keeping a good food journal so I will post it under my journal if you want to stop by to see it :)
Thank you for your support and your comments!! It is SO nice to know I am surrounded by others who are so AMAZING!
Mmm... watermelon. That sounds so good. I think I will get some tomorrow. What a great idea!
Thanks for the comment you left me, and for saying you would pray for me. That means a lot to me!
parchment paper is what they wrap meat up for the freezer.. its not wax paper. I have some of that..lol.. I have looked at both dollar stores here in town and they don't have it.. so I will look at wal-mart next.. or Krogers where I buy groceries.. :)..
you flowers are beautiful :).. and its much better that you have re-sized them :)..
Have a great church service tomorrow.. and a good lunch.. eat something yummy for me.. hehe..
hugsss
Thanks for posting another flower pick, they are so beautiful! Congrats on reaching your goal weight today, what an accomplishment! Now you are going to enter the maintenance fase, which can be difficult sometimes, but just keep at it like you have been doing and you wont have any problems. And we are all here for you if you have problems of course :)
Have a great Sunday
Wx
fat_to_fit on 06/10/2006:
It is so GREAT to see you so positive!!! Have fun today!!
jolt on 06/10/2006:
Great job Maria!
fat_to_fit on 06/10/2006:
SO lucky to be that tall!!
borntocry on 06/10/2006:
Hi Maria,
monet0239 on 06/10/2006:
Hello sweetie.. :).. sorry I didn't get here till late.. but mu family was still on the road from Kentucky and I didn't want to hold up the phone line in case something happened.. they got home at 10:30.. then I had to hear all about it :)..
smiley2 on 06/11/2006:
Hi Maria,
PetuniaPig on 06/11/2006:
Thanks for your encouragement!
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 to you!!!
It is a gorgeous, sunny, warm day here in South Carolina. Thanks for all the comments about the flower photos in the yards. I planted some of the flowers and others were a surprise from the Lord. I think the wind blows sometimes and you get flowers at places you didn't plant them, but the Lord did...and He knows where to put them! This place was all woods when I moved here years ago...trees, trees, and more trees. But lots of trees (we still have plenty) have been cleared away long ago, and Hurricane Hugo took down about 20 trees in the back yard when it came through....
Today's Menu Plan, estimated calories:
Breakfast: I had a craving for 'fried bread' or 'flapjacks' or 'homemade pancake', as some might call it but I grew up calling it fried bread and so I measured out 1 tbs veggie oil in the frying pan, and then I measured out 1/4 cup self-rising flour in a cup and mixed in just enough water to make it into a mud-consistency paste and poured the batter into the hot frying pan with the oil in it and fried a little piece of fried bread...I put that on a plate and scrambled an egg and fried a 20 cal pc of ff bologna to go with it...then grabbing the syrup and a glass of water, went out on the front porch and sat there listening to the birds singing and smelling the sweet flowers while I had my breakfast...I saved just enough fried bread to go with about 1 tbs syrup...and that was my breakfast, 325 calories.
Snack: 2 cups watermelon, 100.
Lunch: 1 whiting fish and 1 and 1/4 cup okra, oven-baked, and 1 tbs ketchup, 200.
Snack: 1 chocolate fatfree fudgecycle ice cream, 100, and 1 large corn on the cob, microwaved, 200.
Snack: Another fatfree chocolate fudge cycle ice cream, 100.
Supper: 1 whiting fish and 1 tbs ketchup, 135.
Total Cals estimated today: 1160.
Today I'm having Russell Stover chocolate candies cravings....even thought about going to the store in search of some.....WHAT WAS I THINKING????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but I didn't do it....yet....but I can almost 'taste' the chocolate covered orange ones....yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. (Later.....I didn't give in!)
Have a good day!
Remember...Jesus loves ya and so do I!
Love, Maria (smile!)
I love fried, bread aka flapjacks.....that wonderful oily bread taste with the sweet honey or maple syrup! Oh how i crave that now! Especially with TOM here hehehehe!
I say if you crave something, give in to a small amount of it, otherwise its going to come back and haunt you later. I love chocolate with orange, my favourite is the dark chocolate covered orange rind, the bitter and the sweet is just delectable!
Have a great weekend!
Wx
HEY.. BEAT THAT CRAVING GIRL.. YOU CAN DO IT !!!.. HUGS AND HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY :)
have a great night hun. lub ya..
I love those pink flowers!! SO PRETTY!!
You asked how tall I am? I am 4'11 :( Wish I would have atleast made it to the average of 5'2, but no such luck! How tall are you?
smiley2 on 06/09/2006:
Hi there!
monet0239 on 06/09/2006:
HEY SWEETIE..i AM AT WORK.. EVERYONE LEFT ME..LOL.. SO i CAME TO READ.. HEHE.. i DONT HAVE ANYTHING ON MY EBAY RIGHT NOW.. BUT MY NAME IS MONET0329 ON THERE.. :).. I DONT ALWAYS SALE ALL THE TIME.. JUST EVERY NOW AND AGAIN..
Soon2BThin on 06/09/2006:
When I was a kid in Ohio, fried bread, to us, was dipping a slice of bread in egg and frying it, which now I know as french toast. Funny how things are different in different parts of the country. Good job resisting those Russell Stover chocolate cravings. Sounds good though.
monet0239 on 06/09/2006:
Nope.. I dont have a web page.. just sale every noe and again.. :)... add me to your fav sellers.. and you can check every now and again hehe..
fat_to_fit on 06/09/2006:
WOW! You are just doing SO AMAZING!!
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 to you!!! Hope y'all enjoy the 4 flower photos below.
Today's Menu Plan: (Estimated calories.)
Breakfast: Grilled barbequed chicken thigh, no-skin, 200, 1 lite wheat bread, 40.
Lunch: 1 fatfree chocolate fudge cycle, 100. (Cause it was easy and I was busy.)
Snack: 1 Nutty Buddy ice cream, 210.
Snack: 1 banana, 100.
Supper: 1 grilled hamburger on bun with chili, ketchup, lettuce, lf mayo, mustard, onion, 300.
Snack: 2 cups watermelon, 100.
Snack: 1 large fresh ear of corn, microwaved, 125.
Late Snack: 1 nutty buddy ice cream, 210, and 1 banana, 100.
Total: 1485 calories.
Have a good day!
Remember...Jesus loves ya and so do I!
Love, Maria (smile!)
glad you had a great day hun.. hugsss..
have a great tomorrow as well.. lub ya
Thanks so much for sharing the pictures with us! The flowers are so beautiful, especially the rose, i love roses!! Did you choose and plant all the flowers yourself? You are really lucky to have such an amazing garden and the right soil for the flowers to bloom so beautiful! And now that you know how to post pictures you can even post one of yourself sometime :)
Have a great day and thanks again for going through the trouble!
Wx
monet0239 on 06/08/2006:
Hiya sweetie.. sorry.. today was a work day.. so nope.. no fun there..lolol.. then I went to my mil's with dh while he cut her grass.. then came home and talked to my friend Beth on the phone for an hour.. then a show came on I wanted to watch.. hehhe.. then I went to my low carb forum I am in.. and now.. here I am :).. the flowers are very pretty :).. thanks for sharing.. :)..
borntocry on 06/09/2006:
Very pretty flowers. Especially the daylily!
smiley2 on 06/09/2006:
Hi there Maria!
Umpqua on 06/09/2006:
Gorgeous flowers Maria, thanks for sharing!!
A rose I filmed in our back yard today....Happy Anniversary, Smiley 2...this rose is for you!!!
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hey sweetie.. I dont know if you just left this as your entry.. or your keying as I key.. :).. how is mom doing? better I hope.. please give her a secret hug for me.. :).. thanks..
I hope your taking care of yourself while being with mom at the hospital..stress will make you sick :(.. have a good day Maria.. love yaa hugs
WorkingIt on 12/11/2006:
You must be typing right now. I hope your mom is better today. So sorry to hear she was unwell ***HUG***