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Daily Food Diary – Day 126 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

It is 126 Days (18 weeks) since I started my Daily Food Diary.   My ultimate goal setting out on this adventure was more about improving the nutritional value of what I consume each day, than any effort to lose weight. 

That being said, today I weighed in at 124 pounds! That is nine pounds down from the 133 pounds that I weighed on January 1st of this year AND 36 pounds down from the hefty 160 pounds that I weighed three years ago, when I kicked off my Healthy Active  Lifestyle.  💃

I do have a general goal to eventually reach my ‘best weight’ of 115 pounds.  That is where I feel and look my best.  But, being my best is more about how fit and healthy I am.  That is where daily exercise, proper nutrition, adequate sleep, and stress management all matter. 

I have been struggling with my morning exercises for the past couple of days.  The following video popped up on my You Tube feed yesterday.  It is one I hadn’t tried previously.   I found it motivating so am sharing the link for anyone who is looking for a boost to their daily workout.

* I do not, and never have, promoted any product or video for any financial kickback.  If I share anything like this, it is just because it worked for me.  🙂

Daily Food Diary – Day 126

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1) oatmeal/bran/apple muffin (164)              (.6 grams)

(1) tsp butter (34) (2.3 grams)

Lunch:

(25) Lightly salted ripple chips (270) (1 gram)

(3) oz dark turkey meat (150) (1.9 grams)

Supper:

(4) oz lean ground burger (307) (7.6 grams)

(1/2) c baked brown beans (196) (2.5 grams)

(2) cornmeal muffins (290) (2 grams)

(2) tsp butter (69) (4.7 grams)

(1) PC bacon (43) (1.1 grams)

(1) tbsp habanero cheese (25) (1.1 grams)

(1/4) c mushrooms (11)

(1/4) cooking onion (3)

(1) tsp olive oil (40) (.7 grams)

(1) side salad (90) (1)

Total net calories: 1528

Net calorie goal: 1244 – 1528 = 285 over 👎

Total saturated fats: 26.5 grams

Saturated fats goal: 13.75 grams 👎

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

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. 💞🌞

Daily Food Diary – Day 20 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

Good morning! It is a much better morning today thanks to a significant improvement in our weather.  We are looking to reach minus 3 C (3 degrees below freezing) by this afternoon.  Much better than the ‘feels like’ minus 39 to 49 that we have been experiencing.

Obviously, our snow will not be going anywhere today, nor will I be lounging in our gazebo.

Also, last night I checked my Sask Health account and was somewhat surprised that the results from the ultrasound I had done yesterday morning were already posted.  There were no surprises in the results.  A hernia repair will be in my foreseeable future. 

Food Diary – Day 20

(2) c coffee

(1 1/2) cinnamon swirl pancakes with cream cheese icing and maple syrup ***

(3) Thin slices bacon

(12) oz water

(12) oz water

(1) c tea

(12) oz water

(12) oz water

(12) oz carbonated water

(1) lg chicken Caesar salad with dried fried onions in lieu of croutons

*** My bad was getting Dan to take me to our nearby Smitty’s for breakfast after my ultrasound.  I did eat only HALF of my order – but I saved the other half for this morning. 

I love Smitty’s Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes but I forgot to tell the waitress that I don’t eat whipped cream. Fortunately, I was able to scoop it off with my spoon and set it aside, but I felt bad wasting it.  I know our restaurants are struggling with higher food costs and lower sales.

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

Daily Food Diary – Day 17 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

I have been tracking my food and liquid intake for seventeen days.   ⭐

It is funny how changing one part of our self-care, automatically affects others.  This week, I have been focused on upping my hydration.  This has helped to subdue cravings for snacks throughout the day, especially  sweet snacks.  Mostly relative to improvements in my respiratory system from the increase in fluid intake, my workouts have become easier and better.  And the quality of my sleep has improved – sort of.  

Monday and Tuesday night, my sleep was typical.  Wednesday night was a trainwreck.  Thursday night was great! Ten hours of solid, uninterrupted sleep. 

Last night started badly and only got worse.  My soft sleeping headphones were dead. Since my bedtime routine involves listening to soothing meditation music, I was forced to use my earbuds.  I cannot sleep on my back, so every time I even thought of turning onto my side, I had an earbud drive into my brain.  (That will wake a body up.)  I finally gave up and put the earbuds away.  I woke up briefly when Dan came to bed, but managed to doze back off.   I had barely gotten back to sleep when Molly, who generally sleeps on my side of the bed, let out a small, quiet ‘woof’.   With a normal dog, one could assume she was talking in her sleep and ignore her. 

Molly is not particularly normal.

One small ‘woof’  leads to a meltdown complete with racing around the house like a crazed animal, jumping up and off of the furniture, and of course enough barking to wake up every dog and their human on this side of the city.

Last night, Dan cut her off at the pass, by getting up,  having a quiet chat with her, taking her for a tour around the house, and finally getting her to settle down on his side of the bed.  That was all appreciated, but by that time, I was wide awake.  I did manage to get some quality sleep when I finally drifted off some time later.

Molly had no problem settling back down, as usual.

There is only so much adequate hydration can do when it comes to dogs and other outside influences but, I continue to  focus on drinking water and working on making it a natural part of my day.

Food Diary – Day 17

(1) c coffee

(1) apple

(1) granola bar

(12) oz water

(12) oz water

(1) c tea

(2) sm bowls Hint of Lime tortilla chips with salsa

(12) oz water

(3) small battered fish fillets, (1 1/2) c fried, (1) c peas with butter & pepper, (1) side salad with lettuce, onions, radishes, cauliflower, sesame seeds, fried dried onions, and salad dressing

(12) oz carbonated water

(12) oz water

Note:

* (60) ounces of water 🎊

* The fish came prepared and packaged, unlike most of our main supper dishes which are homemade from scratch – mostly  in an attempt to avoid yeast or yeast related ingredients

* My afternoon snack was somewhat larger than usual, but being a Friday I did do my afternoon weights workout. 🤗

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