Daily Food Diary – Day 200

It is 200 Days since I started my Daily Food Diary! 🎈 It is also Sunday and another wet,  chilly  Saskatchewan summer day.

Our garden is struggling this year.  We have not had enough warmth or sunshine.  AND   we  have a forty foot Blue Spruce tree that has taken over our side yard and blocks out any sunlight that our garden used to get.  AND some of our tomato plants have developed a fungal issue that makes their leaves dry out and turn rusty.   I have been picking off the affected leaves and spraying the tomato plants with a fungicide (which washes off an hour later during our next rainy spell).

Dan went out to check things over this morning and came back  to say that one little tomato plant should be pulled out because “it is too small and will never amount to anything and it will only spread this rust fungus  to the other tomato plants” .

I  get it.  It’s a sick little tomato plant that is unlikely to produce fruit and will more than likely spread this fungus thing.   I did go out and picked off the worst leaves. (Now it is more of a tomato stick than a plant.)

But, saying “It is too small and will never amount to anything” was triggering.    Being the youngest of six siblings, I heard it. Being the most non-athletic kid in a town that was all about athletes, I heard it.  Leaving a miserable seventeen year  dysfunctional marriage, I heard it.   “YOU can’t take care of yourself and THREE teenagers! What will become of you?”  “I will THRIVE!” 

And that is  exactly what I did. 💪

I survived, I thrived, and I have celebrated many successes since.  Family wise, career wise (in a male dominated industry),  dealing with serious health issues.   I have thrived and I have amounted to ANYTHING! (Anything I want to be!)

I know this  is just a sickly, contagious,  little tomato plant but it is going to thrive or die trying.  

Daily Food Diary – Day 200

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1) Granola bar w/ nuts & dark chocolate (160)

Snacks:

(1/3) c mixed nuts (216)

(1) c caramel corn (133)

(48) oz water

Supper:

(4) oz Rotisserie chicken – dark meat w/skin (200)

(1 1/2) c white rice (363)

(10) Asparagus spears  (33)

(1 1/2) tsp butter (51)

(2) tbsp soya sauce (30)

(1) small salad – lettuce, cucumber, green onions, tomato, sesame seeds, fried dried onions, French Salad Dressing (216)

(12) oz carbonated water

Total net calories: 1114

Net calorie goal: 1229 – 1114 = 115 under

* Highlighted items contain significant collagen or significant contribute to the production of collagen

That’s it for today. Take care and have a great day! ☺️💝