Well I guess this was a cheat day, lol.
Weight Loss: 1/2 pound
Breakfast: Bowl of fresh fruit consisting of pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, bananas; coffee with fat free creamer.
Lunch: Bowl of homemade veggie/beef soup, handful of fritos with onion dip
Snacks: Sunflower seeds
Dinner: Side salad, ranch dressing, hushpuppies, butter, mixed veggies, 6 grilled shrimp, 1 grilled crab crake, few french fries, 1/2 slice of key lime pie
Water Intake: 1/2 gallon
Exercise: none (yet again) :-(
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Weight Loss: 0 pounds
Breakfast: Bowl of fresh fruit consisting of pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, bananas; coffee with fat free creamer.
Lunch: Salad of lettuce, carrots, purple cabbage, orange bell pepper, cucumber, sunflower seeds, chicken breast, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snacks: Apple, sunflower seeds
Dinner: 2 bowls of homemade veggie and beef soup, 1 pc of V Day candy
Water Intake: 3/4 gallon
Exercise: none (yet again) :-(
Breakfast: Bowl of fresh fruit consisting of pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, bananas; coffee with fat free creamer.
Lunch: Salad of lettuce, carrots, purple cabbage, orange bell pepper, cucumber, sunflower seeds, chicken breast, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snacks: Apple, sunflower seeds
Dinner: 2 bowls of homemade veggie and beef soup, 1 pc of V Day candy
Water Intake: 3/4 gallon
Exercise: none (yet again) :-(
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Day 3 - Weight Loss Challenge to Myself
Weight Loss: 1.5 pounds
Breakfast: Bowl of fresh fruit consisting of pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, bananas; coffee with fat free creamer.
Lunch: Salad of lettuce, carrots, purple cabbage, orange bell pepper, cucumber, sunflower seeds, chicken breast, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snacks: Apple, orange, sunflower seeds
Dinner: 6 inch Subway turkey sub with lettuce, tomato, green peppers, pickles, olive oil, vinegar, on wheat with the bread gutted
Water Intake: 3/4 gallon
Exercise: none (yet again) :-(
Breakfast: Bowl of fresh fruit consisting of pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, bananas; coffee with fat free creamer.
Lunch: Salad of lettuce, carrots, purple cabbage, orange bell pepper, cucumber, sunflower seeds, chicken breast, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snacks: Apple, orange, sunflower seeds
Dinner: 6 inch Subway turkey sub with lettuce, tomato, green peppers, pickles, olive oil, vinegar, on wheat with the bread gutted
Water Intake: 3/4 gallon
Exercise: none (yet again) :-(
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Day 2 - Weight Loss Challenge to Myself
Weight Loss: 2 pounds
Breakfast: Bowl of fresh fruit consisting of pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, bananas; coffee with fat free creamer.
Lunch: Salad of lettuce, carrots, purple cabbage, orange bell pepper, cucumber, sunflower seeds, chicken breast, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snacks: Apple, orange, sunflower seeds
Dinner: Fish (Mahi fillet), steamed broccoli, black beans
Water Intake: 2/3 gallon
Exercise: none
Breakfast: Bowl of fresh fruit consisting of pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, bananas; coffee with fat free creamer.
Lunch: Salad of lettuce, carrots, purple cabbage, orange bell pepper, cucumber, sunflower seeds, chicken breast, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snacks: Apple, orange, sunflower seeds
Dinner: Fish (Mahi fillet), steamed broccoli, black beans
Water Intake: 2/3 gallon
Exercise: none
Day 1 - Weight Loss Challenge to Myself
I decided to blog about my weight loss journey...maybe this will keep me on track and encourage others.
Day 1
I am not going to post my beginning weight, but each day hereafter I will post any loss.
Breakfast: Bowl of fresh fruit consisting of pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, bananas; 1 boiled egg, coffee with fat free creamer.
Lunch: Salad of lettuce, carrots, purple cabbage, sunflower seeds, chicken breast, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snack: Smaller portion of same salad as lunch
Dinner: (this is where I messed up....I didn't get to cook, I had to go pick up food for my grandparents and they wanted us to eat with them...and it was Italian). Spaghetti, small piece of cheese pizza, 1/3 piece of garlic toast, 3 pieces of V-Day candy. (I know....soooo bad. I was also upset and am an emotional eater. I tried to take it easy and not over eat. However, as I am writing this on the morning of Day 2, I will say I am down 2 pounds already!)
Water Intake: 2/3 of a gallon
Exercise: 13 songs on Dance Dance Revolution, Cha Cha Slide 2 times, then worked on abs, legs (raises and squats) and modified push ups.
Day 1
I am not going to post my beginning weight, but each day hereafter I will post any loss.
Breakfast: Bowl of fresh fruit consisting of pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, bananas; 1 boiled egg, coffee with fat free creamer.
Lunch: Salad of lettuce, carrots, purple cabbage, sunflower seeds, chicken breast, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snack: Smaller portion of same salad as lunch
Dinner: (this is where I messed up....I didn't get to cook, I had to go pick up food for my grandparents and they wanted us to eat with them...and it was Italian). Spaghetti, small piece of cheese pizza, 1/3 piece of garlic toast, 3 pieces of V-Day candy. (I know....soooo bad. I was also upset and am an emotional eater. I tried to take it easy and not over eat. However, as I am writing this on the morning of Day 2, I will say I am down 2 pounds already!)
Water Intake: 2/3 of a gallon
Exercise: 13 songs on Dance Dance Revolution, Cha Cha Slide 2 times, then worked on abs, legs (raises and squats) and modified push ups.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Regrets
Living life, we always have regrets. As a mom, I have so many regrets. Sometimes I wonder how in the world my kids have turned out as good as they have. I haven't been the best mom; I have not always made the right decisions. I realized lately that after my first marriage failed, I was on a mission to find my son a good father figure rather than teaching him how God could fulfill that role in his life and rather than realizing that, as human parents go, I could be enough. As such, in my opinion, I was far from good enough. So it amazes me that now, my son tells me that he doesn't feel I have done anything wrong. To him, it's enough that I've always been here, that I've tried to do what I thought was right for him, even if at times it was way off base. It amazes me that my 13 year old daughter lists me as one of her heroes, second only to God. It amazes that my 3 year old puts her arms around my neck and says, "You are the best mommy ever!" It amazes me that their love and devotion is so pure. Yet even in their love for me, they cannot fathom my love for them, how tremendous, how unconditional, how unending. They won't be able to truly get an idea of my love for them until they, too, become parents.
I think about all of this in relation to our relationship with God. Obviously as a 'parent,' He has no regrets. He never does anything wrong. But we, on the other hand, do more wrong than we even realize. Yet His love for us, each and every one of us, is beyond tremendous, completely unconditional, never ending. He looks at us with such tenderness, with such longing for us to simply 'crawl up in His lap' and say "Daddy I want to spend some time with you." Human parents, at times, may say, "honey I don't have time right now, maybe later" or "give me a few minutes and let me finish what I am doing." God NEVER says those things. He is always ready, always waiting on us to make time for Him. And when we do, it is the best thing we could ever do. Living without God, there are always regrets. Even if you don't think there are any at this point in time, eventually you will say, "I regret living without God in my life." But in living with God, allowing Him to be God over our life, surrendering all to His will, there are NO regrets. And I know that the regrets I have about things in my past are just little little tools the devil tries to use against me to bring me down because my past, my sins have been washed away with the blood of Jesus. I know that His grace is the reason my children feel the way they do about me. I am so thankful for all He's done in my life. Do you truly know Him? Do you know the freedom of being delivered from all things, all sins, that try to keep us down? Turning to Jesus is the best decision I have ever made. Will you make the same one?
I think about all of this in relation to our relationship with God. Obviously as a 'parent,' He has no regrets. He never does anything wrong. But we, on the other hand, do more wrong than we even realize. Yet His love for us, each and every one of us, is beyond tremendous, completely unconditional, never ending. He looks at us with such tenderness, with such longing for us to simply 'crawl up in His lap' and say "Daddy I want to spend some time with you." Human parents, at times, may say, "honey I don't have time right now, maybe later" or "give me a few minutes and let me finish what I am doing." God NEVER says those things. He is always ready, always waiting on us to make time for Him. And when we do, it is the best thing we could ever do. Living without God, there are always regrets. Even if you don't think there are any at this point in time, eventually you will say, "I regret living without God in my life." But in living with God, allowing Him to be God over our life, surrendering all to His will, there are NO regrets. And I know that the regrets I have about things in my past are just little little tools the devil tries to use against me to bring me down because my past, my sins have been washed away with the blood of Jesus. I know that His grace is the reason my children feel the way they do about me. I am so thankful for all He's done in my life. Do you truly know Him? Do you know the freedom of being delivered from all things, all sins, that try to keep us down? Turning to Jesus is the best decision I have ever made. Will you make the same one?
Thursday, February 4, 2010
In The Beginning
I decided to start a blog since I've had so much going on in my head, lol.
This morning in my Bible reading, I was reading in John 1, specifically verses 1-4 and 10. I was researching the original language, looked at different translations and it just astounds me that there are people that do not believe. In what, you may ask me. In creation, in God, in the Bible, in who Jesus truly is.....or maybe they believe in God but do not truly understand His character and who He truly is. The verses I was looking at say "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created. In Him was life and the light was the life of mankind...He was in the world and the world was created by Him but the world did not recognize Him." The very world that He created, that He loves so much, does not even recognize Him! How His heart must break!! My pastor has been doing a series on In the Beginning this year and he has made some good points.
The Evolution Theory vs Creation.....if humans turned human from ape or monkey, why aren't apes and monkeys turning into humans? Or why do monkeys and apes even still exist? Also, scientifically, when dna begins to mutate, it almost always dies. Never is it a more intelligent, more superior being.
The Big Bang Theory vs Creation....what is the Big Bang? An explosion. Every explosion you have ever known....what happens? Chaos, destruction...NOT beauty and order!! It seriously takes more faith to believe in these theories than it does in a supreme being creating our universe.
And these are just 2 theories that are out there . There are other 'faiths' that believe different things and even people who claim Christianity who believe that Jesus is not the only way to Heaven and Jesus clearly says He is the way, the truth and the life and that NO one comes to the Father but BY HIM.
There are also those that state that Jesus was a created being. I could do a blog on this topic alone (maybe I will soon, lol), but these verses that I was in this morning clearly state that ALL things were created by Him (did He create Himself? I think not).
The enemy of our souls is out in full force, doing everything he can to deceive and destroy. He hates God and he hates humankind and the reason he hates humankind is because we are made in God's image. If you don't truly know Jesus as your Savior, if you don't have an intimate relationship with Him, don't allow yourself to be deceived any longer. Turn your life over to Him. You won't regret it!!!
This morning in my Bible reading, I was reading in John 1, specifically verses 1-4 and 10. I was researching the original language, looked at different translations and it just astounds me that there are people that do not believe. In what, you may ask me. In creation, in God, in the Bible, in who Jesus truly is.....or maybe they believe in God but do not truly understand His character and who He truly is. The verses I was looking at say "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created. In Him was life and the light was the life of mankind...He was in the world and the world was created by Him but the world did not recognize Him." The very world that He created, that He loves so much, does not even recognize Him! How His heart must break!! My pastor has been doing a series on In the Beginning this year and he has made some good points.
The Evolution Theory vs Creation.....if humans turned human from ape or monkey, why aren't apes and monkeys turning into humans? Or why do monkeys and apes even still exist? Also, scientifically, when dna begins to mutate, it almost always dies. Never is it a more intelligent, more superior being.
The Big Bang Theory vs Creation....what is the Big Bang? An explosion. Every explosion you have ever known....what happens? Chaos, destruction...NOT beauty and order!! It seriously takes more faith to believe in these theories than it does in a supreme being creating our universe.
And these are just 2 theories that are out there . There are other 'faiths' that believe different things and even people who claim Christianity who believe that Jesus is not the only way to Heaven and Jesus clearly says He is the way, the truth and the life and that NO one comes to the Father but BY HIM.
There are also those that state that Jesus was a created being. I could do a blog on this topic alone (maybe I will soon, lol), but these verses that I was in this morning clearly state that ALL things were created by Him (did He create Himself? I think not).
The enemy of our souls is out in full force, doing everything he can to deceive and destroy. He hates God and he hates humankind and the reason he hates humankind is because we are made in God's image. If you don't truly know Jesus as your Savior, if you don't have an intimate relationship with Him, don't allow yourself to be deceived any longer. Turn your life over to Him. You won't regret it!!!
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