Daily Food Diary – Day 74 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

It is 74 days since I headed down this rabbit hole of tracking and posting everything I consume each day. 

Some days, I impress myself.  Some days, not so much!  Yesterday would be  ‘not so much’.

First off, there was the lack of any fruit and very little vegetables.  There was nothing in the fresh fruit or vegetable category.  I have noticed for the past three months that I haven’t been eating much fruit or vegetables – fresh or otherwise.  I do eat a lot of both in the summer but I am going to have to start working  on the other nine months of the year.

Second, this month I have been tracking my protein intake.  It is almost always higher than I would have thought.  Yesterday, I set a dubious record. I did a particularly intense aerobics workout yesterday morning  AND I went outside to get some fresh air yesterday afternoon. While I was outside, I shovelled the snow off of all of our walks, broke up and cleared away some ice, and I did my deep breathing exercises to clear my lungs.  Maybe I needed all that protein? 🤔

I have made progress on the quality of my snacks.  I have cut back on potato chips and that Root Beer that has been sitting on the little table in the porch taunting me is still there.

I have decided  that in April  I am going to track my processed sugar consumption. A woman is supposed to limit her daily sugar consumption to 25 GRAMS.   With that Root Beer weighing in at a hefty 46 GRAMS, it might be sitting there until we go to stay with Lucas and Cason in a few weeks.   They are active enough to burn off a little extra sugar. 👍

Cason & Lucas with their big sister Gabby

Food Diary – Day 74

Breakfast

(1) c coffee (2) (.3)

(1) c Shreddies (200) (6)

(1/4) c milk (31) (2)

(1) tsp sugar (16)

Snack:

(1) c Lemon Ginger Tea

(24) oz water

Supper:

(10) chicken wing flats (425) (46)

(1) tbsp Extra Hot Frank’s Sauce

(3) Egg rolls (225) (3)

(4) Riblets (74) (12)

(12) oz carbonated water

Total Calories: 1356

Total Protein:  94 grams

Daily protein goal: 46 to 58.5 grams

That’s it for today.  Take care and have a great day! 💞😊

9 thoughts on “Daily Food Diary – Day 74 of 365”

  4. You are a strong and determined lady Anne and you will get it all worked out. Fresh vegetables and fruit are the most difficult to find here at times. I have to rely on frozen vegetables sometimes. Those flowers are gorgeous.

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  6. Thank you, Mags. We can always get them. I just drift off at times. Especially with fruit. Most of the flowers I post are photos I have taken in our yard. These ones are from the University Gardens in Edmonton, Alberta. We went there with my sister Lorraine and her husband a few years ago.

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  7. Beautiful grandchildren, Annemarie! Some time ago, I was researching the nutritional value of frozen fruits and veggies and was surprised to discover that frozen has nutrition locked in at time of picking, whereas fresh in the store depends on how long it takes to get to you from the source because nutrients deplete each day away from harvesting. The only exception is if you buy from local farmers markets, or like here in the RGV, we get our fruits and veggies from local vendors the same day they’re picked.

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  8. Thank you, Terry. I think so. And all of our grandchildren are smart, kind, good kids. (Gabby is finishing her second year of psychology.) That is interesting about vegetables. We use a mix of both. In the summer we grow some of our vegetables.

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