Daily Food Diary – Day 112 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

It is 112 Days since I started posting my Daily Food Diary.   That is a full 16 WEEKS!

It is three years  since I started working on the  health and wellness lifestyle that I am living today.

When I began, I had no idea where  my first feeble efforts would lead to.  I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.  I just wanted to build up some strength and stamina so I could live my life.

Over the past few years, my attitude has changed from “I want to live” to “I want to live WELL!”

I have gone from struggling to dance for a VERY few minutes a day, to doing actual aerobic workouts, walking as much and as often as possible, lifting light weights (when I am not waiting for hernia surgery) – plus living a relatively active life in between.

A couple of years ago, I realized that I could no longer eat yeast.  This led to a realization that processed sugar is NOT my friend.  Thus began the nutritional portion of my health and wellness lifestyle. I have gone from prepared foods and take out  to making meals from scratch & love.  

As I proceed on this journey, nutrition (and hydration)  becomes more important all of the time.  What used to be a frustrating effort  is becoming a labour of love.  When I can share that love with my husband Dan,  both in the making and the eating, it is all the better.  🥰

Yesterday, Dan and I made a pot of homemade chicken soup together.  It was all fresh and all good! 

A couple of things to note:

* Name brand store bought canned, ready to eat,  chicken soup contains 800 mgs of salt per cup

* Our dried ground hot peppers are a mix of Habanero, Ghost, Carolina Reaper, and Chilli peppers grown in our garden.  We use a pinch here and a pinch there to kick things up. 😳 🔥

I don’t even know what these were.  They came in a package of seeds labeled ‘Hot Peppers’.  Picked fresh, there was no heat and not much taste.  Sliced and frozen or dried and they are pure HEAT.  Odd! 🤔

Daily Food Diary – Day 112

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2) (4.7 mg)

(3) crumpets (240) (205 mg) (3 g)

(2) tsp butter (69)  (63.3 mg)

(1 1/2) tsp jam (25) (5 grams)

Snacks:

(1) c Lemon Ginger Tea

(48) oz water

(1) Pear (103) (1.8 mg)

(4) Strawberries (15) (.5 mg)

Supper:

Home made chicken soup:

Homemade broth topped off with one litre low sodium broth,  carrots, onions, leek, celery, parsnip, turnip, rutabaga, white chicken, chicken soup base, pepper, sprinkle  of fresh ground sea salt, 2 pinches of dried, ground hot peppers, egg noodles. (4) cups (640) (1700 mg)

(3) Homemade Baking Powder Biscuits (120) (465 mg)

(3) tsp butter (103) (95 mg)

Total net calories: 1213

Net calorie goal: 1255 – 1233  = 42 under 👍

Total Processed sugar: 8 grams

Processed sugar goal: < 25 grams 👍

Total Sodium: 2535.3 mg

Sodium goal: 1500 to 2300 mg. 👎

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

4 thoughts on “Daily Food Diary – Day 112 of 365”

  2. No they aren’t – I think there was a banana pepper behind. And they aren’t Hungarian Wax – they are shorter and more rounded. They could be a close relative of either, but much hotter. 🤔

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