Tag: healthy eating

Daily Food Diary – Day 179 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

It is Day 179 of my Daily Food Diary.  🥰

Yesterday, I was not feeling well.   Fortunately, I am much better today!

Dan and I took an early walk with Molly.  I even felt well enough to cross Elphinstone and walk around Patricia Park.   This is a small, fairly well kept park, but the gophers have been going crazy there this year.   There are big, deep gopher holes everywhere and Molly insisted on checking out every one of them.  🤦

As usual,  she also insisted on looking at everything, except Dan, when he was trying to take a picture of us.

These were the best five shots out of ten or so.  😊

I have learned one thing about my eating habits this month.  When good nutrition really matters – when I am traveling or when I do not feel well – I drop the ball.  I eat what I shouldn’t and avoid what I should.  Every time!

I know how much what I eat affects how I feel.  But,  when it matters most, I make poor choices. 🙄

I need to get pro-active about this and start planning ahead.  I need quick, easy meal plan options available for when I get sick.  I also need to plan what I will eat and what I will avoid when I travel.   Mostly, I need to remember that no matter what I am doing, it is never a free pass when it comes to my diet – especially when it comes to my food allergies and intolerances. 

Daily Food Diary – Day 179

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1) granola bar (160)

Lunch:

(2) Chicken drumsticks (152)

(15) light salted potato chips (78)

(1) PC butterscotch pudding cake (153)

Snacks:

(48) oz water

(1) c Lemon Ginger tea

(1/4) c spicy dill pickle peanuts (117)

Supper:

(2) Harvest all beef hotdogs – no bun (440)

(1/2) c baked beans (123) (1 SVG)

(1/2) tomato (1/2 SVG)

(1/2) mini cucumber  (1/2 SVG)

(1/4) c red onions (1/4 SVG)

(15) light salted potato chips (78)

(1/2) c French* Vanilla ice cream (138)

(2) tbsp butterscotch sauce (130)

(1) tbsp chocolate sauce (52)

(9) pecan halves (59)

* Have you ever noticed that diet wise ‘French‘ is a code word meaning “twice the calories”?  I’m surprised obesity has never been a serious issue in our family. 🤔

Total net calories: 1807

Net calorie goal: 1238 – 1807 = 569 over 👎

Fruits & vegetables: 2 1/4 servings

Fruits & vegetables goal: 7 servings 👎

That’s it for today. Take care and have a great day! 🤗💞

Daily Food Diary – Day 115 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

This is Day 115 of my 365 day Food Diary.  Now that we are moving into barbecue season, we will see  significant changes in our diet.  

Our barbecue is ready to go but it will be a couple of weeks before we can pressure wash the patio, put the cover and curtains on the gazebo, and set out the patio furniture.

With the change in weather, it is already meaning a lot more time outside enjoying the fresh air.  Taking walks with Molly is also so much easier now that we do not have to bundle up in winter coats, boots, gloves etc and drive across the city to snow free paths.  

Life is getting way more active and healthier!  

Speaking of health, I did recover from my meal of restaurant served lasagna.   After our granddaughter Genie read my blog yesterday, she texted me to tell me the problem was the meat sauce.   Since she realized that yeast is an issue for her as well, she has been checking out the ingredients that they use in the kitchen of the restaurant where she works.  The tomato meat sauce they use does include yeast.

I researched it further and found that tomato meat sauce can include nutritional or autolyzed yeast.  I’m not sure I understand what nutritional or autolyzed yeast is, but I definitely know that I need to avoid it!

Since my yeast free existence has become a multi- generational effort (food allergies are genetic 🙄), it has become easier to recognize and avoid the yeast that shows up in unexpected places and to find products that are yeast free.  Daughter Jen (Genie’s mother)  called yesterday to give me a head’s up to try Jordan’s yeast free granola cereal.    It is relatively high in sugar, but it  will make a good snack (in moderation) or a healthier ice cream topping. ☺️

Daily Food Diary – Day 115

Breakfast:

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

(1/2) grapefruit (39)

(1/2) tsp sugar (8) (2.1 grams)

(1) Cashew granola bar (160) (140 mg)          (7 grams)

Lunch:

(2/3) c Cavendish Home Fries (80) (150 mg)

(2) sl. Back bacon (73) (620 mg)

(1/4) c green onion (10)

(1/2) c mushrooms (22) (1.6 mg)

(2) tsp olive oil (80)

Snacks:

(30) oz water

(1) c Hibiscus tea

Supper:

(1) Bbq’d 6 oz PC Burger (410) (662 mg)

(1) Caesar Salad – Lettuce, Bacon, Red Onion, Parmesan Cheese, Caesar Salad Dressing, Dried Fried Onions (262) (700.3 mg) (2.1 grams)

(1/2) tomato (11) (3.1 mg)

(10) Old Dutch Ripple Chips (100) (85.5 mg)

(1) tbsp Philadelphia onion chip dip (23) (75 mg) (1.5 grams)

Total Net Calories:  1064

Net calorie goal: 1247 – 1064 = 183 under 👍

Total Processed sugar: 12.7 grams

Processed sugar goal: <25 grams 👍

Total Sodium:  1849.4 mg

Sodium goal: 1500 to 2300mg 👍

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

Dan’s Bleeding Heart is just starting to sprout this week.  I can’t wait to see flowers blooming around our yard again.

Daily Food Diary – Day 22 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

Twenty two days in and I am still here and on-target to finish what I started – maintaining my food diary for one full year.

Today, I am off to our neighbourhood clinic for blood tests.  For the past couple of years my tests have come back good, other than indicating infections.  That isn’t ideal but an ongoing battle when one has chronic lung conditions.

My last tests were not great.  They were a reflection of my allowing myself to get way  off course on my diet.  That was three months ago.  I have been working to get back on track ever since, so it will be interesting to see how well I have done. 🤞

I have tried!

Food Diary – Day 22 of 365

(1) c coffee

(4) slices back bacon

(2) eggs fried in olive oil

(2) potato patties

(24) oz water

(24) oz water

(1) c tea

(2) cabbage rolls

(12) oz carbonated water

Note – Keeping a cruet of olive oil on the counter beside the stove has been a simple  game changer for me. I don’t fry anything in butter anymore and it is one place where the butter is not missed at all. 👍

That’s it for today.  Take care and have a great day. 💞🌞