Daily Food Diary – Day 268 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

Today is Day 268 of my Daily Food Diary! 💗

This year is going by so fast.  I can’t believe October is almost here. 😮   I am not sure what I will be doing as a focus for October, but I am thinking something along the lines of seasonal food trends.  With fall comes soups, stews, Thanksgiving, Halloween… I could work with that.

I did some more baking for Jen & family yesterday.  I have a blueberry cheesecake in the fridge, a chocolate and amaretto one to make today, and a roaster of smoked beans that I promised Maddy & Prim tomorrow.

It has been almost three months since I started taking collagen supplements.  Yesterday, I realized another shift that has occurred over the past few days… I have virtually no urge for between meal or evening snacks. 

I haven’t been snacking that much since I started my Food Diary, but I have still felt really hungry and weak at times ( A lot of times 😁).   That just ‘ran out of steam’ feeling.  I don’t get that anymore.  My stamina is improving with my strength.  ☺️

Last night, after cooking all afternoon, cleaning up, making supper, cleaning up AGAIN, I went into the spare room at nine thirty and did 30 minutes on the treadmill. It is getting marginally easier every time, but still I was proud of myself that I got it done last night. 🤩

Fall is here with a vengeance today.  It is cold and windy.  We are shaking things up a bit this morning.  Dan is gone for a haircut and a bit of shopping while I do my blog and my aerobics.  We will walk Molly once it (hopefully) warms up a bit.

Daily Food Diary – Day 268

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1) 2 egg and ham breakfast wrap (495)

Snacks:

(1/2) c no added salt chicken broth (5)

(48) oz water

Supper:

(4) oz baked pork chop w/mushroom sauce (220)

(1)  c white rice (242)

(2) tbsp soya sauce (30)

(1) c broccoli (56)

(1) tsp butter (68)

(1) side salad (187)

(1) PC blueberry cheesecake (190)

Total consumed calories: 1454

Total used calories: 731

(30) min walking (53)

(30)  min aerobics (176)

(4) hrs food prep/cooking/clean up (444)

(30) min treadmill (59)

Total net calories: 723

Net calories goal: 1229 – 723 = 507 under 👍

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

12 thoughts on “Daily Food Diary – Day 268 of 365”

  4. Well, now I am hungry 🙂 that food looks delicious. I am looking forward to having soups and stews. You are still doing so well Anne and you have sure come a long way. Happy Friday. Hugs

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  5. Thank you, Mags! It’s a lot of little things that have added up.. but collagen is a big jump for sure. I have known for twenty years that my biggest problem was a lack of collagen and doctors kept rolling their eyes and saying it wasn’t. 🤦 Have a great rest of your day Mags! 💞🤗

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  8. Well done, Anne! Your baking looks delicious and your eating plan items sound great! I’m still waiting for some collagen results. Maybe they’re there in the reality that my power walks are increasing in distance and pace with no negative results so far.

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  9. Thank you, Terry! The collagen I bought said it could take five months to notice results. I noticed my hands were so much better after two or three weeks. It’s only been that last week or so that I have noticed serious improvements in my respiratory system. I was wondering if you retired before COVID hit?

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