Daily Food Diary – Day 116 of 365

It is Day 116 of my Daily Food Diary! πŸ€—Β 

Today, we are enjoying more beautiful spring weather.   We just finished our Sunday morning brunch and we are relaxing for a few minutes before we head out for a walk with Molly.

Our walks are getting longer and easier all the time.Β  I am moving easier, faster, and for the most part – far more confidently.

Confidence can be touch and go when walking Molly dog.Β   One minute we are  striding along just fine, the next we can be lunging at a ‘free range’ cat or a dead squirrel.Β  😳

Lately, we have had a couple of granddaughter encounters,Β  while out walking.Β  Genie deliberately came out to meet us one day and on Friday we just happened to runΒ Β  intoΒ  Maddy.Β  It is always nice to see any of the girls, but it is over the top exciting when Molly sees them.Β  Being on the receiving end of her leash in the midst of such excitement is an experience.Β Β 

Here is to hoping our walk today will be relatively uneventful.   πŸ€—

Daily Food Diary – Day 116

Breakfast:

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

(1/2) grapefruit (39)

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

(1/4) c Jordan’s Granola Honey Crunch (115) (2.5 mg) (5 grams)

Lunch:

(1) Baking Powder Biscuits (92) (45.6 mg)

(1) tsp butter (34) (31.7 mg)

(2) slices bacon (87) (370 mg)

Snacks:

(48) oz water

(1) c Lemon Ginger tea

(1/3) c unsalted peanuts (112)

Supper:

Yeast free Pan Pizza:

(1) Tortilla wrap (170) (480 mg) (1 gram)

(2) tbsp pizza sauce (17) (104 mg) (1.5 grams)

(4) sl. Deli Ham  (114) (34.6 mg)

(15) sl. Pepperoni  (150) (610 mg)

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

(1/4) c red onion (15)

(2) tbsp black olives (19) (146 mg)

(1/4) c red pepper (12) (1.5 mg)

(2) oz shredded marble cheese (208) (416 mg)

Total net calories: 1113

Net calorie goal: 1247 – 1113 = 134 under πŸ‘

Total Processed Sugar:  9.6 grams

Processed sugar goal:  < 25 grams πŸ‘

Total Sodium:   2248.2 mg

Sodium goal: 1500 to 2300 mg πŸ‘

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

Daily Food Diary – Day 24 of 365

Good morning! It’s my 24th day of posting my food diary and I am excited at how well it is going so far!

Anyone who has been following along with me knows that my diet went far off base last fall and I was less than happy with the results of blood tests I had taken in late October.   I agreed with my Nurse Practitioner to make the adjustments that needed to be made, and to go for retesting this week.   I went on Thursday, received some of the results Thursday night and the rest yesterday. 

The only issue with the first set was my HbA1c/Total Hemoglobin (which measures your risk of diabetes).  In Canada, a 5.5 to 5.9 means you are at risk of becoming pre-diabetic.  In October, I rated a 5.6.  This time I had dropped to 5.5.  It’s an improvement, but I still have work to do.

The rest of my tests ALL came back with results in the normal range. 😊

I am thrilled with the results but committed to working at dropping my risk of diabetes and keeping the rest of my levels in the normal range.

While diet is my focus here, I also remain committed to working out, getting fresh air, meditating, sleeping well,  using my Spiriva and Advair inhalers as prescribed, and drinking adequate water and using my Neti Pot daily to keep working to improve my sinus health.

It sounds like a lot and a big commitment of time and effort.  It really isn’t that much of either,  especially compared to the consequences of allowing my health to slide.   

I love reading self help books and two that have helped me immensely on my journey are: Atomic Habits by James Clear  and Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins.   These books were life changers for me.  David Goggins made me realize my potential.   James Clear helped me to get organized so I can actually achieve the results that I aim for. 😊

Food Diary – Day 24 of 365

(1) c coffee

(1/2) Grapefruit with sugar

(1) leftover cabbage roll

(24) ounces of water

(1) cup tea

(1) small bowl of caramel corn

(24) oz of water

(12) oz of water

(1) dinner plate of ham, scalloped potatoes, corn, plus a small side salad

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