best life – Seclusion 101 with AnneMarie

Today is Day 324 of my Daily Food Diary. 🧨

Another 3 months and I will have been on my Health and Wellness Journey for FOUR. years. It has taken some effort, some determination, some commitment, some encouragement, some motivation, and a LOT of inspiration.

It has become my lifestyle now, but I still struggle to stay on track. At this point, it has gotten easy to decide that good is good enough. I can compare myself now to where I was four years ago or to where others are at today and decide “Yea, I’m good”.

But, I want to be better. I want to know how good I can get. I want to know I did my best to reach my full potential. Good enough isn’t going to get me there.

So, today I am really grateful for my friend Jackie – for the inspiration she is and has been been for the past four years. For the inspiration she was for me this morning.

Jackie has been having a great week, she has been unusually busy (even for her!) And she has been knocking it out of the park every day – at home, at work, working out, everywhere. This morning she was talking about one specific incident that she referred to as her win this week.

I thought, that is what I need. I need to start noting my wins and I need to start pushing myself to have more wins. Bigger WINS. Because good isn’t good enough.

Dan & I brushed Molly head to toe for well over an hour on Tuesday. We took out a pile of hair as big as she is, sand, leaves, twigs, and more. We could have stopped a dozen times or let her decide good was good enough – but we went for the win! And I’m sure she has been grateful since. She knows she looks good, we know she feels better. 💯

**Our WIN this week – mine and Dan’s and Molly’s.**

Daily Food Diary – Day 324

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1) c cinnamon cheerios (200)

(1/4) c milk (28)

Lunch:

(1/2) c broth (16)

(8) Hint of Lime chips (200)

Snacks:

(1) tbsp raw local honey (40)

(1) snickerdoodle (90)

(15) g chipnuts (96)

Supper:

(1) c mashed potatoes (237)

(1) c green beans (44)

(1) tsp butter (34)

(6) Oz pork cutlets (360)

(1/2 c gravy (40)

Total consumed calories: 1387

Total used calories: 210

(30) min walking (137)

(30) min treadmill (73)

Total net calories: 1177

Total calories goal: 1208 – 1177 = 31 under👍

Today is Day 320 of my Daily Food Diary. 😋

With fog blanketing the city yesterday, it was a long rough day. It seems every time I celebrate a really good day, things have to go sideways. There are not a lot of things that will trigger my asthma anymore, but fog will do it every time.

Anyways, I missed our walk yesterday morning due to the high humidity. I wasn’t terribly active all day, and I rounded the day off with a poor night’s sleep.

Fortunately, the humidity is down today so I am feeling much better. I made the morning walk and even managed to hang onto Molly’s leash for the distance – almost. Dan took her solo for a bit after I decided I was done.

There’s not much else happening around here today so here is a photo for anyone who needs a Monday boost.

**One of daughter Jen’s regulars at Superstore gave it to her a while back. I thought it was such a special random act** **of kindness.** **Who couldn’t use an emotional support pickle!** 💓💓💓

Daily Food Diary – Day 320

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(2) scrambled eggs (182)

(3) slices bacon (130)

(2) potato patties (240)

(1/2) sm tomato (5)

Snacks:

(48) Oz water

(1) tbsp raw local honey (40)

Supper:

(1) Gin & tonic (130)

(1) Ham salad wrap (400)

(8) Lightly salted ripple chips (116)

(1) Oz onion chip dip (40)

(3) baby dill pickles (9)

(1) snickerdoodle (9)

Total consumed calories: 1384

Total used calories: 0

Total net calories: 1384

Net calories goal: 1208 – 1384 = 176 over 👎

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

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Daily Food Diary – Day 324 of 365

Daily Food Diary – Day 320 of 365