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Hello to you! Just got back home a little while ago. Hubby and I have been gone since this morning (he is off work today). While out we got a few things Mom sent for and took them to her at the nursing home. She is doing real well, thank the Lord. We also looked at some used vehicles for sale. We ate lunch at Golden Corral. I did real well with not overdoing it but nitetime is when I am usually tempted to overeat.

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Highest Weight 205.0...
Today's Weight 159.0...(UP, UP, and AWAY!!!)
Goal Weight 145.0 (Changed from 140.0).

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Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

Love, Maria

Is Jesus Your Lord and Saviour?

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Hello to you! Just got back from worship services at church a little while ago.

I thank the Lord today for His Presence in my life and in the lives of many others. I know that He is REAL. I am thankful for the gift of everlasting life through Jesus, God's only begotten Son. If you don't have Him in your life, today is the day of salvation! Please ask him to be Lord of your life and save you today. Jesus is coming back again...Are you ready to meet Him?

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Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

Love, Maria

The Last of the Cake...

Hello to you!

It has been a beautiful day here in South Carolina and other than take care of a little business up town, I've stayed home and RESTED today....and OVERATE. I 'DID' finish off the cake Daughter baked for part of my Mother's Day gift and it was a LARGE ICED DECORATED- BEAUTIFULLY CAKE and Hubby only had one piece that was NOT big, he said. Well...I ENJOYED IT!!!

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Highest Weight: 205.0

Today's Weight: 154.5 (GAINED!)

Goal Weight.......140.0

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Today's Food:

Breaky began with one of my favs that I craved: FRIED BREAD 200, and scrambled eggs 160, coffee w creamer 10 and sugar 15 and cold tea w sugar 15 (400) YUM! It was GOOD!

Lunch: Frozen entree turkey/peas/mashed potatoes mic'd 280, tea w sugar 15, (695)

Afternoon snack: The REST OF THE CAKE 500, Popcorn (what's giving in to cake without giving in to popcorn, too?) 100, tea w sugar 15 (1310) (SHOULD HAVE STOPPED HERE!!!)

Supper: (WHAT?)....1 whiting fish baked 265, slaw 50, long green string beans 50, baked potato strips 50, tea w sugar 15 (1675) HAD I STOPPED HERE, AT LEAST I WOULD NOT BE HAVING ANOTHER GAIN!!!)

SNACK: (TO CALM EXTRA STRESS TODAY)...very large chocolate cone of ice cream 350, peanutbutter crunch bar 300, baked chips 130, tea w sugar 15, water 0 (2590)

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Exercise: Walked uphill 20 minutes on treadmill.

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Hope you're having a blessed evening in the Lord!

Love, Maria

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Mom Comes Home With Us For A While

Hello to you! Our first orange daylily is in bloom...so pretty!It has been a very busy day here. First, this morning, Hubby and I went for a long walk in our neighborhood and visited a neighbor-friend. Then a little later, Hubby and I left out to go get Mom and bring her over here to the house for a while...she'd been wanting to come. I fixed her a chicken salad s/w, some watermelon, and a pineapple smoothie (which she drank all of...but had 2 teaspoons of sugar added to hers)...She called and talked to some of her friends on the phone while here. We had to take her back after she was with us a couple of hours, so she could do her afternoon therapy (she'd already done her morning physical therapy)...Hubby and I are back home now, resting a little while before mid-week church service tonite.

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Highest Weight: 205.0

Today's Weight: 154.0

Goal Weight:......140.0

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Food today:

Breaky: Coffee w creamer and sugar 25, lite wheat toast w a little margerine 65 (90)

Lunch: Watermelon 100, chicken salad s/w on 2 lite wheat breads 200, tea w 1 tsp. sugar 15 (405)

Supper: Turkey/green peas/mashed pototoes entree (frozen kind) that was mic'd 280, med. corn on cob 150, 2 teas w 1 tsp. sugar each 30, baked veggies 50, popcorn 100, some of Daughter's cake (I had a BIG sweets craving) 685 (1700)

Snack: More of Daughter's cake 400, baked potato chips 130, tea w sugar 15 (2245)...(ewwww!) Too much cake again today!!!!!

Exercise: Hubby and I walked about 1 mile in neighborhood.

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Evening update: Hubby and I went to church and after the music, we left and went to a hospital in another town and visited my cousin...Christians, I ask you to please pray for him...also visited with his sister, who was there with him.

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Hope you're having a wonderful day in the Lord!

Love, Maria

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Taking Care of Business

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 beautiful, sunny, warm (75 fahrenheit) day here in South Carolina.

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Hubby (who is off work today) and I went this morning and took care of some business, then ate lunch out (buffet and I was good with calories) and afterward, we visited Mom at the nursing home, who is doing real well. We took her some chocolate milk and a box of prunes. I also took her some more of her things...more stationary, etc.

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Before we came back home, we stopped by the library and I got a few videos to watch on t.v.

I hope this color is more legible...if yes or no, please let me know.

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Highest Weight: 205.0

Today's Weight: 154.0

Goal Weight: 140.0

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Today's Food:

Breaky: Coffee w creamer and sugar 25, iced tea w sugar 15 (40)

Lunch: (Small amounts of).... beef, rice, cornbread, corn, onion, cucumber, tomato, soft serve vanilla ice cream, peaches, banana, and also had a glassful of sweet tea (640)

Snack: Corn on cob 150, tea w sugar 15 (805)

Snack: lf bologna s/w w 2 lite wheat toasts, lf mayo, and onion 150, sunflower seeds 80 (1035)

Supper: Mixed veggies baked (about 2 cupsful) 125, water 0 (1160)

Exercise: Playing piano

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Hope you're having a wonderful day in the Lord!

Love, Maria

Sorting Out and Storing Mom's Things for Her

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 has been a rainy day today. Hubby is home and we've been getting caught up on a few things that have needed doing around the house and outside. I went through a lot of Mom's things that we brought home from the first nursing home she was in and also from the hospital...had to decide what to store and what to throw out...threw out stuff mostly like partly-used personal stuff she'd had in the hospitals. Got a call today from Mom's wound-care nurse that one of Mom's feet (not the one that was the worst) is completely well! Thank You, Jesus! And thank you, Christians, for your prayers!

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Food today:

Breaky: Coffee w sugar and creamer 25, piece of cake Daughter baked for me 300 (325)

Lunch: Cheeseburger (Hubby bought for me while we were out a little while earlier) 400, tea (from same place) sweetened w sugar 100 (825)

Snack: Baked squash/zuchini/onion 100, tea (made at home) sweetened w a little sugar 75 (1000)

Supper: Some of Daughter's homebaked cake 900 (1900)

Snack: Watermelon 100 (2000)

Exercise: Cleaning out a room that had some of Mom's stuff stored in it and relocating most of it to a closet...about an hour's work...also vacumming carpet.

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Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

Love, Maria

Happy Mothers' 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. Hubby and I just got back a little while ago from going to church today, then eating lunch at Golden Corral Restaurant Buffet, then visiting Mom (who is doing well, had her hair permed yesterday but since it was too curly, she wanted it rolled again, so I rolled it for her...She had on her new beige palm tree jogging suit I bought her for part of her Mother's Day gifts and I took her photo....and Hubby, she, another resident, and I sat outside in the shade on the front porch for a good while and sung gospel songs, excluding Hubby who preferrs to just listen) at the nursing home and also Hubby and I visited Hubby's Uncle, who resides there as well (and seems to be doing well, too).

I just a few minutes ago had some of the homebaked cake Daughter made for me for part of my Mother's Day gift (btw, Happy Mother's Day to all the ladies!...Mother or not, you are still wished a happy Mother's Day!) and it is DELICIOUS!!!

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Today's Weight: 154.0

Highest Weight: 205.0

Goal Weight: 140.0

Today's Food:

Breaky: Coffee w creamer and sugar 25, 1 lite wheat toast w a little margerine 65, peppermint candy 20, butterscotch candy 20, water 0 (130)

Lunch (buffet): About 1000 calories...which included a little desert (some of the following were in very small amounts...steak, creamed potatoes, brussel sprouts, yeast roll w honey butter, sweet potato, pizza, veggies, hushpuppy, chocolate cake, orange soft-serve ice cream and tea sweetened with splenda) (1130)

Supper: 1 lite wheat toast w a little margerine 65, ...2 pieces of Mother's Day cake Daughter baked for me 500, tea sweetened with splenda 0, water 0 (1695)

Snack: lf popcorn 100, water 0 (1795)

Exercise: Wheeling Mom around the nursing home parking lot.

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Hope you're having a wonderful day in the Lord!

Love, Maria

Third Post

Hello to you! It is a pretty, sunny, warm (90 degrees fahrenheit) day here in South Carolina. This morning, Hubby and I went to a large farmers market and bought fresh tomatoes, yellow squashes, zuchinis, cucumbers...and also we purchased some red mulch for the flower garden.

After we left the market, Hubby drove us to a store in the next town over and surprised me with something I've wanted for a very long time....a SNOW CONE machine!!! He got it for me for my Mothers' Day gift. So SWEET of him! Then, we went to Golden Corral Buffet Restaurant and ate lunch together. I had about 550 calories, which is a large lunch but I used to have twice that much, and most of what I ate there today was veggies and no desert.

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Today's Weight: 155.0

Top Weight: 205.0

Goal Weight: 140.0

Today's Food:

Breaky: 1 lite wheat toast w a little margerine 65, coffee w creamer and sugar 25 (90)

Lunch at GC buffet: Veggies 100, sunflower seeds 100, t.i. dsg. 100, fruit 25, bread 50, noodles 25, rice & gravy 50, mashed potatoes 25, a little chicken meat 25, sweet potato 50, tea 0 (640)

Snack: Sunflower seeds 80, tea 0 (720)

Snack: 1 glazed donut (at a friend's home) 200 (920)

Supper: lf weiner 40, pineapple smoothie 120, water 0 (1080)...a little low on today's calories but rather than try to 'fix it' tonite at almost 11 p.m., and maybe go overboard, guess I'll just have a little extra calories tomorrow instead.

Exercise: Walked about 1/2 mile w Hubby at Farmers Market.

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Evening update: After Hubby and I visited friends, and met her Mom and Sister who were down, we came back home and I left a little later and visited Mom at the nursing home, who is doing well and I assured her the beautician was still coming to put a permanent in her hair...something Mom has been wanting done...at the home. I gave Mom a large package of fresh strawberries and she and I had a couple of them together while I was visiting before I left to come back home. A little while after I got home, Daughter came over and brought me a Mother's Day CAKE she baked for me! (I didn't even know she could bake a cake!) It was decorated beautifully, with Happy Mother's Day, Mom written on top of the white icing in red on it and also I love you and her name under that. SWEET! She also gave me a beautiful, cute Mother's Day card and 3 more gifts in a pretty gift bag...a coffee mug with a rooster on it, a rooster wall plaque, and a little flowery garden wall plaque, too. She stayed and visited a while.

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Tonite has been partly spent taking up a top I bought yesterday at the thrift store and also changing a pair of jeans I bought there into capris jeans...what some might call 'pedal-pushers', hehehe.

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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.

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Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord! Don't forget to go to a Bible-believing church and worship tomorrow, that teaches about God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Love, Maria

Second Post

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 pretty, sunny day here today and very warm...
80's fahrenheit....

I went to the nursing home this morning and Mom was doing her therapy so I went into the dining room where one of my friends was having a Christian program with piano playing and singing for the residents, and I joined her in singing and playing the piano, songs to the Lord!

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Today's weight: 155.5

Highest weight: 205.0

Goal weight: 140.0

Today's Food

Breaky: lite wheat toast w a little margerine 65, coffee w creamer and sugar 25 (90)

Lunch: Grilled barbequed chicken 300, slaw 50, splenda tea 0 (440)

Snack: snack pack of nekot (peanut butter) cookies 240, splenda tea 0 (680)

Supper: Chili hot dog w beef weiner and onions 400, splenda tea 0 (1080)

Snack: hot dog on 1 lite wheat bread, 40, lf weiner 40, onion, ketchup, mustard 20, splenda tea 0 (1180)

Snack: Pineapple Smoothie 140 (1320)

Exercise: Walked w Hubby about a mile in neighborhood carrying weights.

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Hope you're having a wonderful day in the Lord!

Love, Maria

First Post

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!


Turned out to be a beautiful day today after a morning beginning with a loud thunderstorm that ROARED through before Hubby left for work.



I went and got Mom this morning and took her out to an early Mothers' Day lunch at Cracker Barrel in lieu of taking her out on Sunday when the restaurants are usually overcrowded on Mothers Day...she chose the special of the day, as did I...turkey and dressing...yum. We had a window seat. After we finished eating, she wanted to go shopping, so shopping we went! I bought her a gorgeous palm trees (with rhinestones on the top) beige pants outfit and she bought herself another beige pantsuit with with stripes and embroidered flowers on it. We had a nice time together.


After taking Mom back to the nursing home, I went to the grocery store before coming back home and since there were people cooking outside, who were cooking different meats on a grill, I bought Hubby's and my supper...grilled, barbequed chicken...also went inside the store and bought cabbage slaw and came home and made slaw (actually just added a little lowfat mayo and stirred)to go with the chicken for our suppers. It was good and the chicken was cooked so tender and seasoned 'just right'.

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Today's Weight: 156.5

Highest Weight:205.0

Goal Weight: 140.0

Today's Food:

Breaky: 1 lite wheat toast w a little margerine 65, coffee with sugar and creamer 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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Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

Love, Maria