Tag: manin monday

Today it is 125 Days since I started my Daily Food Diary.  It is Day 5 of tracking the saturated fats that I consume in a day.  The struggle is real!

I needed something to kick-start my day yesterday so I opted out of my typical morning aerobics and returned to the freelance dancing that started my health and fitness journey.  💃

Following an hour of dancing and lung clearing, I headed into the kitchen to do some baking.  Despite burning/blistering both of my hands, I persevered and finished  my oatmeal/bran/apple muffins. They cooked to perfection and with a decent consistency. They weren’t the worst muffins I have ever made. (That would be the muffins I scorched last week.) But they weren’t the best, taste wise (in my opinion). I should have used molasses instead of brown sugar. 🙄

Dan chopped the apple for the muffins and the vegetables and meat for the soup.  I managed to make the cornmeal muffins alone despite my muffin related injuries. 🙂

Today I am making a pot of Baked Brown Beans to serve with a couple of leftover burgers.

I didn’t make my saturated fat goal again (or yet), but it is a work in progress. (And I am meeting my processed sugar AND sodium goals that I set last month. 👍)

Daily Food Diary – Day 125

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1) c Jordan’s Honey Nut Morning Crisp (460) (2 grams)

(1/4) c 2% milk (31) (.8 grams)

Snacks:

(48) oz water

(1) c Licorice tea

(1) Bran/oatmeal/apple muffin (made from scratch using  Canola oil, brown sugar & stevia, whole wheat flour) (164) (.6 grams)

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

(1) tsp sunflower seeds (17) (.2 grams)

Supper:

Homemade Beef Barley Soup:  (Low salt beef broth, lean beef steak, onions, leak, parsnip, carrots, fresh mushroom, cabbage, Bok choy, celery, parsley, barley, hot pepper flakes, black pepper, 1/4 tsp salt)  (500) (1 gram)

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

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

Total net calories: 1299

Net calorie goal: 1247 – 1299 = 52 over 👎

Total saturated fats: 16 grams

Saturated fats goal: < 13.75 grams 👎

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