Sunday, Week 24:

Daily comments:
Oh my!  I have had an amazing day!  Worshiping the Lord was excellent.  One of our church elders delivered a very encouraging and motivating sermon of service and generosity for community in 2012.

Following the worship service, my son Marty and I went to Applebee's for lunch.  The food was soooo good.  We had Spinach and Artichoke dip for an appetizer.  I ate Oriental Chicken Salad with grilled chicken.  It was absolutely delicious. 

The best part of my day came after lunch.  We went to the mall to go shopping.  Marty needed jeans, khakis, and shirts.  I wanted to try on a smaller size pair of pants.  Hallelujah!!  I have lost another pants size.  Woo Hoo!  Size 12!!  I bought 3 pairs of pants and a couple of new blouses, size medium.  You know... just when you think you are not making any headway... Bam!!  I am so excited.  I am so thankful!!

My day just kept getting better.  Melissa, Anthony, and Arianna came over and ate dinner with us.  Anthony did the honors and cooked steaks out on the grill.  Anthony is master of the grill.  Wow!  Good steaks!!  I threw together mashed potatoes and green beans.  We all ate very well.  Melissa brought the dessert.  Cake Pops that she made.  MM-mm-good!!


Inspirational Thought:

Never Give Up! #30

Posted by Terry | Tagged as: top 100 weight loss tips

I’m back with another of my Top 100 weight loss tips that I just added to the series as article number 30. Please note that this is an original article written for weightlossgo.com and as such is copyright protected. This post will be one hard hitting motivator that you are going to love!
Its one where you know what you have to do and you know how you are going to do it. It’s about determination, fighting spirit and outright stubbornness! If you truly want and are determined to lose weight fast, you should never give up!

Why You Should Never Give Up

One thing that tends to defeat people who are desperately trying to lose weight is the actual thought of failure. It pervades every cell of your being until it becomes a reality. But it doesn’t have to be that way! In fact, it should never be that way as long as you have one redeeming feature that can raise its head above all other concerns, fears and doubts. Its that unrelenting pig-headed tenacity that those who always succeed at whatever they set out to do have in abundance. They set their minds to succeed and they never give up!
Never giving up is about falling over and picking yourself up again. If you fall off a bike, you get straight back on and keep riding, because if you don’t you will maybe never get on a bike ever again. Its the same with anything in life. You have to take the knocks and straight away put them behind you as you look only forward to your goal, whatever it may be.
When it comes specifically to finding the right weight loss solutions, you have to have the same mind set. You have to be determined to do it, if for no other reason than you want to do it for yourself. What anyone else thinks doesn’t matter squat.
It’s all about what you think and it’s what you believe you can do that counts here. If you try a diet program and you fail to lose any weight, you don’t give up there. You try something else. If you try a daily workout program but it doesn’t do it for you, you don’t put it away and say, “Hey, that’s it, I’m done with this!” You try something else!
And you keep on trying something else until one of those “something else’s” works for you!
This is what determination and tenacity are all about. Its doing something and keeping on doing it despite any failures along the way until any or all of those failures turns into success. As it invariably must when you set your sights on a goal and are determined enough to achieve it. You achieve anything in life by being determined to get it. Its the same with losing weight.
Stop thinking about doing it and just do it. And keep on doing it until you succeed. That’s what happens when we say “Never Give Up!”

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. (Colossians 3:15a)

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. (2 Thessalonians 3:3)

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. (2 Thessalonians 3:16)

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7)

The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. (2 Timothy 4:18)

Food Diary:  
Breakfast:  Toast with Country Crock and honey, a pear, and an apple 
Lunch:  Applebee's; Spinach and Artichoke dip, and Oriental Chicken Salad... Yum!!
Dinner:  Steak, green beans, and mashed potatoes 
Snack:  Cake pop