Dieter's Prayer

Dear Lord, Help me stick to this diet
no matter how much I'm tempted to cheat.
Grant me the strength to refuse second helpings,
the patience to count calories/points,
and the courage to step on the scales.
 May the refrigerator contain nothing fattening
in the middle of the night when my will
is weak and my hunger is strong.
 And lead me not into the temptation of chocolate.
 Bless me with good health and a
healthy outlook to take this diet one day at a time.
 I ask your help in all these things so I
can become the person I know you want me to be.

from   http://www.dwlz.com/Motivation/tips1.html

35 pounds over normal weight

ordered 2 books after reading this site: 
http://community.beliefnet.com/index.php?page_id=1000&site_page_id=302&sblog_id=4679&year=2008&month=7

The Dieter's Prary Book  by Heather Kopp
Devotions for Nibblers by Kristen Ingram 

From the above beliefnet site:

YOU ARE WHAT YOU PRAY

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and

certain of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:1

There’s some truth to the saying “you are what you eat” but you are also what you pray.

Any change on the outside begins on the inside. “As he thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Prov. 23:7) Because the spirit and physical body are inseparably linked the role of prayer in transformation can’t be overemphasized.

And neither can the role of faith. The apostle James tells is that if we doubt when we pray, we are like a ship tossed about the sea. And how easy it is to doubt or become frustrated when you’ve been trying extra hard to eat right and exercise but aren’t seeing the results you hoped for.

Today and every day God is calling you to a life of faith - and to commitment to prayers that ring with certainty. No matter what you see happening God is at work. “So do not throw away your confidence,” wrote the author of Hebrews, “it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he had promised”

( Heb. 10:35-36).

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: You are what you eat, what you think, what you say, what you do and what you pray.

25 over normal weight

B: eggs, bagel with peanut butter, orange juice, cranapple juice, Special K with milk

L: raspberry yugort and Italian soup with 2 crackers

27 pounds over normal weight

B:  Special K with milk, cranberry and apple juice, coffee

S: 2 pieces of a chocolate bar from a coworker 

S: Apple

L: Strawberry and banana yogurt

S: Milch

E: 3 cookies with milk, 2 shredded wheats with milk and orange juice

21 pounds over normal weight

B:  parts of 2 peaches that were not soft, hotcakes at McDonalds, 2 decafs with cream and sugar

L:  1.5 tomato sandwiches with honey wheat bread  

S:  ?  peach  ?

10:30 pm  :  peach on Special K with milk

Bowling yesterday

22 pounds over normal weight

B:  2 peaches on Special K, orange juice

L:  tomato sandwich with rye bread, peach 

S: apple

D:  tomato sandwich with honey wheat bread, few peach slices, 2 shredded wheats with milk and brown sugar, orange juice

Tennis and YMCA

23 pounds over normal weight

B:  2 peaches on Special k, orange juice

L:  tomato sandwich on rye bread

S: peach

26 pounds over normal weight 

Breakfast:  Special K with 2 peaches and milk, orange juice

mid morning:  pumpkin flavored coffee, bottle of Liptons Iced tea

Lunch:  2 tomato sandwiches with rye bread, pint of apple sauce

Dinner:  tomato sandwich, Special K with a peach and milk

B: scrambled eggs and bacon, Special K with lots of raspberries, milk, orange juice

S: bottle Minute Maid Lemonade

L: small salad with French dressing, half a iced tea that tasted terrible, app 10 small candy bars

D: apple

B:  bagel with peanut butter and honey, Special K with raspberries and milk

L: barly and mushroom soup, small salad, raspberry and blueberry yogurts, 5 tiny candy bars

D: oatmeal, milk, orange juice, 7 wheat thins

E: bowling  C:   104   131   113   =  348     P:   160   121   121  =  402

B:  large bowl Special K, lots of raspberries on top, orange juice, milk

L: black berry Yoplait, cherry Yoplait, Milky Way bar

D: orange, 6 tiny candy bars  -  failure at 6:10 pm

Better than last week though. Eliminate the damn candy tomorrow.

S: apple - that's more like it!

LS: oatmeal, milk, orange juice

B:  small sweet roll with decaf, oatmeal with raspberries, milk, orange juice

L: potatoes mashed, gravy, meat loaf, carrots, milk, 2.5 candy bars

E:  1 hour tennis lesson with Amy

B: small amount of scrabbled eggs, tiny piece of saussage, decaf coffee, oatmeal with raspberries, orange juice and milk, half a sweet roll.

L: turkey sandwich, 3 candy bars, handful of small candy bars, banana, milk

D: applesauce with bread, milk

B: scrambled eggs and lots of bacon,  oatmeal with raspberries on top, milk and orange juice

L: small salad, popcorn, 3 candy bars, coffee

D: milk

S: cheerios with milk and raspberries

E: 1 hour tennis lesson with Amy

 ------------  Tennis Notes   --------------

Base line strokes – to get more depth hit harder through and skip the top spin

Follow through with racket to opposite shoulder. 

Mid way strokes – start with racket to the side (not so far back as base line strokes) and swing harder and quicker – still follow through with racket to opposite shoulder. 

Volleys – don’t let the print on your shirt show – make sure you are turned side ways.

One grip for both left and right volleys.  Change grips on strokes further to back of court.

Have the racket to the right going out in a V, not up and down.  Step into it and punch it. 

Serves.  Higher toss.  Loose hand on racket.  Reach up and push through as if there are several more balls in a row going out forward ahead of the ball.   

Keep the feet moving on base line strokes and have patience, take your time and let the ball come to you.

B:  oatmeal, coffee, milk, orange juice, eggs, sweet roll

L: yogurt

nibbled on small tiny candy bars all day

B: oatmeal, scrabled eggs with 1 small sausage, orange juice, milk, sweet roll

S: 9 mini hersey assorted bars

D: Pizza with Pete, 17 small pretzels, 7-UP, 4 round mint chocolates, milk

S: 3 am  2 boxes popcorn and bottle of pink lemonade from the truck stop when stopping for fuel

B: raisen bran, orange juice, scrambled eggs, 1 tiny sausage, milk

S: hersey kisses and milk throughout the day

D: yugurt

B: hotcakes and decar at McDonalds

S: orange juice

D: hotdish, beans, milk

E: last moving day ending at 2:20 AM Tuesday

B: hotcakes, decaf at McDonalds

D: lettuce with french dressing, stuffing, potato salad, milk, few small pieces of ham 

E: packing and moving 

B:  Great Grains cereal with raspberries and milk

S: cup of milk and 1 molasses cookie

D: honey nut cheerios, 2 glasses of orange juice, large chunk of cheese, 3 round mint chocolates

S: townhouse crackers with peanust butter and raspberry jelly, graham crackers and milk

E: packing and moving 

B:  2 large shredded wheat biscuits with brown sugar and milk in the micro wave for 40 sec, 2 glasses of orange juice, 7 slices of cheese

D: 3 pieces of perch, small coldslaw, potato salad, milk, small piece of herseys chocolate with almonds

E: packing and moving 

B: shredded wheat - 2 large biscuits with brown sugar and milk, orange juice

S: popcorn, raspberry lemonade

D: large slice of ham, peas, corn, fruit salad in pistachio pudding

S: warm bluebarry pie a la mode

E: climbing many stairs packing and moving, very heavy boxes of books

B: slice of rye bread with 3 slices of cheese melted in the microwave, raiisen bran with rasberries, orange juice

L: 2 slices of pizza, 3 cookies

D: milk, lettuce with ranch dressing, small portion of noodle hot dish, half slice of bread with barbque

S: Great Grains cereal

E: packing and carrying for moving

B: oat cereal with nuts, tomato juice

L: slice of rye bread with 3 slices of cheese melted in the microwave, 2 hershey chocolate bars with almonds, milk

D: lettuce with ranch dressing, poatoes and gravy, chicken, hot dish, milk, jello with fruit, 4 pieces of a large hersey's choc bar with almonds

S: popcorn, glass of chablis

E: packing and carrying for moving

This is a healthy food log.  What's with all the junk you're eating??? Straighten out!

B:  2 shredded wheat biscuits in a large cereal bowl with milk and brown sugar sprinkled on top, microwaved for 40 seconds.  

L: 5 slices of cheese, Lean Cuisine Mandarin Chicken dinner with rice, bowl of rice krispies with raspberries on top

S: bag of Pop Secret pop corn with butter, glass of raspberry lemonade, 3 glasses of applejuice, 1/4 c peanuts. 

E: 20  min weight machines YMCA 

B: tomato jiuce, bowl of Rice Krispies with raspberries on top

L: tomato jiuce, bowl of Rice Krispies with raspberries on top, orange juice