Week 42, Sunday, Diet with Dianna

Philippians 4:4-7. Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! 5 Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon. 6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Sunday is a awesome day. The family, except me, went to the movie theater and watched different movies. I think three movies were viewed. They all ended about the same time. While they were movie going, I headed to the grocery store and came home with a load supplies. After the bags were hauled in and unloaded, I prepared hamburgers and fries for lunch. YUM!!!!

I grilled the burgers and oven baked the fries. They were just about done when all my arrived back home. We all sat around the table and enjoyed the juicy burgers (mine without bread) and the spicy seasoned fries [no ketchup for me]. DEE-LISH! We enjoyed great food and great conversation.

Afterwards I piddled around in the yard. I planted five strawberry plants, pulled weeds, and worked on the soaker hose for the flower beds. I came in, showered and sat down. Eeek, my aching back...I think I might have over stressed my lower back. I applied some muscle rub and took some pain reliever. Tomorrow it will be much better!!!! 


GREAT DAY! God is super to have given us such a gorgeous day! I am so blessed!


Menu:
Soda bread and coffee
Hamburger patty [no bread] fries, and water
No dinner just a few handfuls of nuts w/raisins.


EXERCISE:
Worked in the yard and hauled in groceries...not much, but at least I stayed active. 

Week 35, Thursday, Diet with Dianna

"Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food."  Romans 14:20a (NIV)

Tonight was the first night for a new Bible study group that I am leading. Whoo-hoo! Five, beautiful women came and it was awesome. We are studying, "Made to Crave" by Lysa Terkeurst.  I am so encouraged and excited to have this opportunity. I know that we all will grow spiritually and benefit physically from this study.



Here is an excerpt from Lysa's book and Bible Study series:

*****

... no diet would have ever been permanently successful until I got to the real root of my problem.
The root of my issue was craving food more than God. I desired and depended on the instant high of physical gratification because I hadn’t learned how to let God satisfy my deepest needs.  This realization became a call to action...
... Old thought patterns:
“I need these chips.  I deserve this ice cream.  I must have that extra large portion."
New thought patterns:
Chips will only taste good for the moment.  But the calories are empty and will do nothing good for my body.  2 Corinthians 7:1 reminds me, “…Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit… out of reverence for God.”

*****

I did not blog on Wednesday. All day Tuesday and Tuesday night we had a lot of rain; about 5.5 inches. "Well, the rain came down and the floods came up, but the house on the rock stood firm."  Wednesday morning I woke up and walked into the office, *splash, splash*, oh! no!. The water and seeped into the house in our office and my son's room. The carpets were very, very wet, cold, and squishy. I spent most of the day vacuuming with the wet/dry vac, putting down mildewstat and turning on fans. There was a lot of furniture moving... and....well you get the picture.  I was just too tired to blog last night. I got plenty of physical exercise...but not the kind I prefer.

I am so grateful that God protected us and that it was only water that entered the house. I am so grateful that it was only heavy rains and not damaging thunderstorms or worse. God is good! I am grateful that I was able to do the cleaning and that all is dry and back to normal tonight! Praise God!

EXERCISE:
Yep! walked briskly 1.5 miles
Kettlebells while I watched a movie, "This Side of Heaven".


Today's Menu:
Small bowl of oats with blueberries, a blueberry sugar free whole wheat muffin and coffee.

Lunch:
Turkey patty, small bowl of mixed green lettuce, and tea

Dinner:
Steamed homestyle meatballs, steamed broccoli, and mashed potatoes

Snack:
carrots, tomatoes, cheese squares and a few Pretzel Crisps and coffee (with my Bible study group!)

Week 26, Wednesday, Diet with Dianna

Everyone have a safe, blessed and healthy Thanksgiving tomorrow!


Oh what a day! Busy, busy, busy on the day before the two day holiday.
I started my day by going to church and volunteering in their offices. I had a great, peaceful time. There are so many happy, friendly, peaceful, loving people there. I had an awesome time. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to help. Each person that I meet goes out of their way to express their gratitude for the help. Truly, I haven't met an unfriendly person, yet. I look forward to each time.

After working, I dashed over to the local warehouse club to get some items for the next couple of weeks of dinners and lunches.  Tomorrow, is Thanksgiving so that means lots of preparations for many people. I am not cooking this year, but my mom and sisters have been at it all day. I came home from a long day and jumped right in cleaning up and helping them finish whatever needed to be done.
Here I am at 1:41 a.m. and I am still up finishing up my day. I am ready for a HUGE couple of days off! That is one of the many things I am thankful for!

Today's menu was not the best...but I didn't have a choice, this time.

One egg, oats with blueberries, one slice of bacon

half a hamburger and a few fries, diet coke

2 small piece of pizza and diet coke.

No snacks...couldn't afford the calories.

I did drink about 1/4 cup of red Moscato  to settle my stomach...too much bread, I think.


Exercise: I did a brisk walk and run about 1/4 mile with my nephew...he needed to get his wiggles out. Pixyl, my son's dog, was really enjoying the running, too.

Week 21, Day 4, Diet with Dianna

Thursday - I had a super day. I was blessed to spend the day with two great friends. I was even blessed with a free lunch at Jason't Deli...but spending time with a good friend is priceless!  It was such a joy to laugh and talk and minister to each other.My Spirit was so uplifted and recharged when I arrived home, even though it was a long day and I was tired.
Then I was honored to spend the evening with my family and we dined together and just hung out. We watched our team play the second game in the World Series on television, and they won. It was just the best day!
Thank you Lord for unexpected blessings...

NOTE: My friend suggested a website for me to check out. It is pretty cool, with phone apps to boot. I really liked it...but it took me while to set it up; which I think I still have some things to do. So here's what you see below:

• A chart of the food I ate yesterday with all the calories counted and distributed in categories. It is a different than my S/C, but I will add that to the top of my page. I don't know if I will continue to use this and I will try it on...like a pair of shoes. If it fits I'll continue.

Exercise:

Walked late last night and my hand got really cold. 1.5 mi.

No kettlebell...I was just to tired and it was late.

Revelation Knowledge:

Rejoice in the BIG and small blessings of each day! Tell God thank you for it ALL.

Here is the new Chart:

Daily: S/C: 7/5 

(the chart did not let me add sugars as a category...weird).

Click On Image to Enlarge for better viewing.

Week 20, Day 7, Diet with Dianna

Sunday-- Today was a GRAND day as my family continued our tradition of going the the State Fair of Texas.This year the State Fair celebrated 125 years. Now, I've been going every year to the fair since I was a baby and that is only 50 years. I have passed along the tradition, joy, and excitement  of the fair to my children. As a child I remember it being BIGGER THAN LIFE...and it still is. There are the stand out icons of the fair like: BIG TEX and the HUGE Ferris-wheel. Then there are the traditional exhibits: the food building, auto show, Marine core drum and bugle band, and the creative arts building.

Some of our favorite places to see are:

•  the food pavilion where we get to samples of delicious treats, like sirloin burgers, ice cream, habanero salsa, chocolate milk, and turkey...for a start. Waiting in the long lines is just part of the experience; well worth the scrumptious delights that await us at the front as they pass along the yummy samples of food.
• the dog show, where the cutest dogs  perform tricks, run races, and grab Frisbees out of the air. One event is where the trainer tosses an object out over a long narrow lap pool. Each dog jumps from a platform out into the water and the distance is measured, as to how far thee dog jumped before landing with a "splash". Amazingly, one handicapped dog with only three legs, jumped a span of 23 feet. WOW! So much fun to watch!
• The Creative arts building where all the BLUE ribbon winners and runners up contestants have their entries on exhibit. So many fun, exciting, and bizarre things to gander. Simple fun! One of the most interesting parts of this building is seeing the massive butter sculpture. Also, in this building is the wall of canned goods -- so colorful and interesting.
• AND the BEST for last are the two Auto buildings. This is by far our favorite exhibit to see because the buildings are enormous and packed full of brand new shiny cars for the new year. Part of the experience is getting to look at all the cars, climb into them, and plan on which ones we want!

Of course, we always eat fair food, and I even ate a third of a juicy hamburger...it is on my permitted food! I really enjoy the old fashioned hamburger, but my kids like Fletcher's corn dawgs, and funnel cakes!  We don't usually go for the new wild fried foods that they have each year, and some of them are very strange. This year one of the craziest fried foods was bubble gum! I think next year I'll make something in honor of the State Fair, like fried jalapenos drizzled with chocolate. Hmmm! Delicious!

Exercise:

Well, I did not kettelbell, I took a day off. I did, however, do a lot of walking...at the fair, then took the dog for a walk, my usual 1.5 mi. WHEW! My feet are tired.

Revelation Knowledge:

 These words were in my morning devotional: idleness, empty, boredom, frustration,

and anger. There is a lot of emptiness and idleness in our daily lives. We fill our days watching television, surfing the Internet, check our Facebook, texting, and other time wasters.  Some days I am very busy, but it doesn't seem that I really accomplished anything...I was busy at non-nonsensical things. The Bible says in Matthew that we will give account of every idle word...In Ecclesiastes it says idleness will lead to ruin, leaky roofs, hunger, and more.

The word "failure" comes to mind, too.

CHANGE! Instead of trying to figure it out ourselves, a wise woman (or man) seeks God's direction for all my daily activities. Something that has definitely  helped me avoid dangerous empty busyness is taking the time to pray for God's direction in my life, each day. My prayer time and planning includes a to-do list and lots of Sticky notes! In addition to spending time just enjoying the Lord's presence and worship, I also seek His approval and guidance for my plans of the day.

I want to be a good steward of my time-both at work, play, and rest. Being 'busy' is not always bad but when I fill that time with idleness or empty pursuits. Plan, focus, prioritize!  

Breakfast

• One fried egg
• Two turkey sausage patties
• coffee with cream & Stevia

Breakfast S/C: 0/0

Snack

 Nope...Went to the State Fair of Texas

Snack S/C:

Lunch

 A third of a Fair hamburger with tomato, pickle, lettuce and mustard! Oh, so good!

Lunch S/C:

Snack:

 A nibble of some Fair traditional food... funnel cake, and beef jerky. I also sampled a sirloin burger, turkey, and cocktail sausage...all protein and on my diet! Except for the funnel cake and I only took a bite the size of a communion cracker. :D

Snack S/C:1/1

Dinner

 Chinese:

Chicken, broccoli, carrots, zuchini, and a few Low Mein noodles. SO GOOD

Dinner S/C: 2/2

Daily S/C: 5/5

I figured higher than calculated due to the unknown ingredients of the Fair Food!