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It is 139 Days since I began posting my Daily Food Diary! 😎

I completed my round of antibiotics and Prednisone for my recent bout of bronchitis, but the struggle is real.  This Saskatchewan rainy season that we are caught up in is just killing me. (Or at least annoying the heck out of my compromised lungs).

One positive of being on the aged side, is that we always have past experience to draw from.

Many years ago, I was driving home from the town where my parents lived.  I had been there to see my Mother and my Father (who was in the hospital dying after a four and a half year ordeal with sinus cancer).  The weather was brutal – white out blizzard conditions with temperatures in the minus 40 range.  I was driving a sketchy little sedan with NO working heater.  And… I was driving home to a marriage that was way past its best before date. 

I reached a point where I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to make it.  I thought of my parents, thought of the three kids I would be leaving to fend for themselves.   I cried.  (It was ugly). 

Then I saw a roadsign a few yards ahead and I decided that I could make it to that sign.   I made it home (obviously) one sign at a time.   And I learned one of the most invaluable lessons of my life.

Broken down to its smallest denominator I could get through anything.

So yes,  I will gasp and sputter and cough my way through one more cool, rainy, humid day.   I will do my morning aerobics, clear my lungs, and go get my x-ray done.  I will  stop at a greenhouse or two and buy some alyssum and hopefully a rhubarb plant…and I will keep on keeping on –  One step or yard or sign at a time. ⚠️

Tomorrow, hopefully the sun will shine.   Regardless, I will be back to celebrate 140 Days of posting my Daily Food Diary. 💜

Daily Food Diary – Day 139

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1/2) grapefruit (39)

(1/2) tsp sugar (8)

(1) Granola bar (160)  (3 grams)

Lunch:

(1) c lean pork tenderloin stir fry (107)

Snacks:

(6) Mini Easter Eggs (85) (2.5 grams)

(36) oz water

Supper:

(12) oz carbonated water

(4) oz pork chop (130) (1.5 grams)

(1) tsp olive oil  (90) (.7 grams)

(1) c brussel sprouts (100)

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

(1) c white rice (242) (.1 gram)

(1 1/2) tbsp soya sauce (2)

(1) side salad w/ Sunflower seeds, dried fried onions, French dressing  (250) (2.7 grams)

Total net calories: 1056

Net calorie goal: 1243 – 1056  = 187 under 👍

Total saturated fats: 15.1 grams

Saturated fat goal: 13.75 👎 (but close 🙄)

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