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Daily Food Diary – Day 319 of 365

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

Today is Day 319 of my Daily Food Diary. 😁

I missed my walk with Dan and Molly this morning. That was partly because I was making bacon for our Sunday Brunch. Mostly, it was our 100% humidity. Molly was anxious to get on with it and I knew waiting was not going to make it any better. The fog is here to stay today.

I did do a more thorough than usual kitchen clean up after we ate. I have an ivy plant from Jen hanging in our kitchen window. I finally gave it a trim the other day.

This was an old picture. It got WAY more out of control after that. The window was obliterated.

Now that we actually have light coming in through the window, it is worth a bit more elbow grease to keep the kitchen shining. 🙄

There isn’t a lot more planned for today. I want to do some reading and clock some time on the treadmill.

Later, Dan will probably watch the Grey Cup game since the Saskatchewan Roughriders are playing. 🏈

Daily Food Diary – Day 319

Breakfast:

(1) coffee (2)

(2) Eggo waffles (180)

(2) tsp butter (68)

(2) tsp maple syrup (104)

Snacks:

(10) Hint of Lime tortilla chips (250)

(3) tsp salsa (12)

(2) Black licorice twizzlers (45)

(60) Oz water

(1) gin & tonic (130)

Supper:

(1) Homemade nachos (865)

Total consumed calories: 1656

Total used calories: 311

(30) minutes (174)

(30) minutes walking (137)

Total net calories: 1345

Net calories goal: 1208 – 1345 = 137 over 👎

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

Year Two – Week Nine

April 17, 2023February 9, 2025 by annemariedemyen, posted in 2023, Health and Fitness

Another week of healing, health and fitness has passed and I’m still committed to the program. 💪

This past week I did my morning Zumba workout every day, did strength training almost every night (missed one night), and got outside for some fresh air. Molly and I went walking a couple of times – once with Dan and once with Jen and her daughter Prim. The walk with Jen and Prim was a long one on Saturday – around Wascana Lake.

**Wascana Park – photo from my archives.**

Wascana Park is in the heart of Regina. With the warmer weather that we have been experiencing, it was a good day for the park. The pathways were busy with people, strollers, and DOGS. Fortunately, Jen and Prim walked Molly and she was pretty happy just to truck along with them and stay out of trouble.

**Molly did manage to come home dirty and tired.**

I also spent a bit of time outside putzing around our yard yesterday. I put out some peanuts for our neighbourhood squirrel(s) and swept some of Molly’s destruction off the back patio.

**It is too early to start planting outside but our cactus bloomed and Jen brought me a new ivy and spider plant to nurture.**

This week will be business as usual with my fitness plan. My biggest push is to get my evening strength training back on track. My plan is for six exercises – ten sets of ten reps with three pound weights plus 10 sets of ten reps for wall pushups Monday thru Saturday. If all goes well, I will be moving back up to five pound weights next week. Yay!

That’s all I have for this week. Take care and have a great day! 💞🌞

Natural Beauty

January 5, 2021 by annemariedemyen, posted in nature

Even the easiest winter in Saskatchewan finds me missing the natural lush, green beauty of summer. Regardless of how small our house may be, I will always find space for a few houseplants to see me through the season

When I moved in here with Dan, he had one plant sporting one brown leaf. I nurses it back to health and it thrived for years before it totally failed. When my son in law Charlie, lost his Mother, he brought me her little plant to take it’s place. This is what was that little plant.

I go to the same nursery every year to get my bedding plants. One year, I got this little succulent when they were clearing out their perennials. It goes like crazy, I cut it down, and it grows like crazy once again.

My daughter bought me this little tree a couple of years ago for mother’s Day. It was about 3″ tall. Now it is 27″ tall. If it ever reaches it’s full height of 30 feet, we will for sure need a bigger house. (The elephant was from granddaughter Genie for Christmas)

Have a naturally beautiful day!

My Winter Green Spaces

November 4, 2019May 27, 2020 by annemariedemyen, posted in nature

We are seven months away from green grass, budding flowers, sprouting vegetables and leafing trees. Although our house is small, I have my areas of greenery to brighten our spirits through the long Saskatchewan winter.

Now that I am almost recovered from my outbreak of shingles, I will be returning to work tomorrow. I must make time one evening to work on my kitchen ivy. It is getting a little out of control and becoming a problem when I work at the sink.