Happy New Year – Seclusion 101 with AnneMarie

Today is DAY 365 of my Daily Food Diary! One FULL year of mindful eating, mindful living, and daily progress in my Health and Wellness Journey. 🤩

Today is New Year’s Day. 🎊 In lieu of posting my Daily WINS, I decided to share memorable moments from 2025.

**January 1st, 2025 – Committing to maintaining and posting My Daily Food Diary**

**March – Signs of an early spring that didn’t happen….**

**April – Our bedding plants are ready to grace our flower beds.**

**May – Cooking from scratch – no yeast, no additives!**

**June – A trip north to spend a week with son Dan & Family**

**July – Celebrating Alec & Genie becoming husband & wife**

**August – A short trip to Gravelbourg to visit Mom and Dad – gone but not forgotten.**

**September – Helping daughter Jen strip down her Jeep and enjoying the Health and Fitness that allowed me to do so!**

**October – putting miles on our treadmill.**

**November – Grateful for all of the benefits of collagen supplements. Strong nails were not my goal, but they were a notable and welcome sign that the collagen was working for me.**

**December – Celebrating Christmas hosted by the newly weds, following my hernia surgery and a short but delightful visit from son Dan and** **family.**

Yesterday, I was back in holiday mode so I took another pass on counting every calorie – but I did remain mindful of what I ate. Breakfast was crumpets with butter and jam. Tea and Christmas Cake were my afternoon snack. For supper I enjoyed Arby’s roast beef with fries and gravy. And.. I rang in midnight with a couple of chocolates and a large glass of water. 🥛

2025 is a wrap. While I will no longer be posting my Daily Food Diary, I will be staying mindful of what I eat – and I will keep working to improve my diet going forward.

And, I will be back with my 2026 Daily Activity Journal!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉🎈🎊

A new year has arrived and with it a chance to recommit to a life where health of body, mind, and soul is a priority. 👍

This year, February 14th will mark THREE years since I began my journey to health and fitness. It has been all good, and amazingly, I am still discovering benefits that I would never have imagined. This past year, I have remained relatively healthy – no significant flare ups of my asthma, COPD, or bronchiectasis. I have discovered an impressive amount of strength and stamina in my day to day life and in working with my husband to complete a number of projects around our home. AND.. Most of all, I have noticed a marked improvement to my emotional health and wellbeing. A lifetime of struggling with anxiety and grief is melting away to be replaced by feelings of peace, contentment, and well-being. 🤗

This year, I will mark my 70th birthday at the end of July. I look forward to celebrating this auspicious milestone with hope, enthusiasm, and anticipation for what lies ahead. I am excited knowing that I can and will keep doing what I am doing to maintain my quality of life throughout my seventies and beyond. It is so worth the effort!

This year, I intend to maintain the positive health and fitness habits that I have built over the past three years. I also intend to create and maintain a NEW HABIT to better manage my daily food intake. It’s not that I eat poorly. It’s just that I discovered this year how easily poor eating habits can creep into my life. I need to pay more attention to what I am, or am not, feeding my body. SO …this year I am going to keep a food diary and share my daily entries here on Jetpack. Over the past three years, the best thing I have discovered is that I can build good habits as easily as bad ones so I know that I can do this!