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Daily Food Diary – Day 132 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

It is 132 Days since I began posting my Daily Food Diary! 🤗 It is also 5 days since I began my latest round of antibiotics and Prednisone. 

Yesterday started way too early.  The latest episode of Prednisone side effects woke me up at 4:00 am and I wasn’t getting back to sleep. Fortunately, the vibrating eased off and I was able to have a relatively productive day.

I got my morning aerobics done…

And we took, Molly for a bath at Pet Value..

Not much of a drama queen! 🙄

Molly and I walked home after her bath, since she was still pretty damp.  It was only one kilometer and supposedly took us fourteen minutes but it seemed much further and much longer!  I don’t think my health app included for the poop stop (3 BAGS full!) or stops to sniff every tree, sign, post, and blade of grass.

Finally home and looking good.

After we returned home, I still had enough in me to do a bit of house work, plant care, and  to change over the blankets on the living room furniture.

For supper, I spatchcocked my first chicken – ever!  That was not as much of an ordeal as I assumed it would be, but my kitchen scissors may never be the same.

Dan barbecued the chicken, once I had it spread out, oiled and seasoned.  It was pretty good for a first effort, in my mind!  It will be fun to try again later in the season when I have fresh herbs from the garden to season it with. 👍

Daily Food Diary

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1 1/2) oz low sodium ham (50) (.7 grams)

(2) Eggo classic waffles (180) (1.5 grams)

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

(1) tbsp Maple Syrup (55)

Snack:

(1) pear (103)

(9) raspberries (9)

(60) oz water

Supper:

(1) BBQ chicken thigh & drumstick (180) (3.1 grams)

(1) BBQ chicken wing (50)

(2) tsp olive oil (79) (1.3 grams)

(1/2) c potato salad (220) (2 grams)

(3) radishes (4)

(1/4) c orange pepper (4)

(1) carrot (25)

(5) slices cucumber (4)

(1 1/2) tbsp Dilly Dip (120) (1.9 grams)

Total net calories: 1042

Net calorie goal: 1243 – 1042 = 201 under 👍

Total saturated fats: 13.4 grams

Saturated fats goal: < 13.75 grams 👍

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

Wascana Trails North West of Regina

Daily Food Diary – Day 118 of 365

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2025, Health and Fitness

It is Day 118 of my Daily Food Diary. ☺️ This month I have been tracking the calories, processed sugar, and the sodium that I consume every day.

I still have work to do on my processed sugar and sodium consumption. However, I have learned which foods I need to avoid or eliminate from my diet.  And.. I have made a couple of positive changes this month.  I have switched from salted nuts to unsalted peanuts and I have started eating Lightly Salted chips – at least sometimes.

For May,  I will switch things up and track saturated fat.  That should be interesting, since I will still be counting calories and avoiding sodium and processed sugar.  And of course, I always avoid yeast! This is getting to be a juggling act.  It is getting difficult to consume enough calories each day, when I am avoiding everything that contains calories!

Yesterday, was election day in Canada.  I am glad that is finally behind us!

I am super happy with how our trip to our voting station went yesterday.  It was only about one kilometer from here so we decided to take Molly and walk over there. (We took turns going in to vote and staying outside with Molly).   Anyway… We got halfway there and realized we had forgotten 💩bags for Molly.  That is never a safe gamble to take.  I power walked home and back to where Dan and Molly were waiting for me.

The exciting part… That extra kilometer, made in record time, did not bother me  at all! I did not struggle to breathe, and there was no muscle or joint discomfort.  My blood oxygen was 98% last night.   And, even this morning, I am fine.  That is what makes this all worth while!

While I was in the polling station, I ran into someone I actually know – and really like. And… Since our polling station was at a high school we saw a lot of teenagers.  They were all friendly, polite, and happy to see Molly.  A couple of them even came over and visited with me and Molly –  the entire time that Dan was inside.   They were both  charming and they kept Molly totally distracted! (A good thing because she usually gets rather stressed when Dan has to leave us on our own when we are out and about).

Daily Food Diary – Day 118

Breakfast:

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

(2) Eggo waffles (180) (300 mg) (4 grams)

(1) tsp butter (34)

(1) tbsp maple syrup (55) (12.5 grams)

(2) slices back bacon (50) (425 mg)

(1) tsp olive oil (40)

Snacks:

(30) oz water

(1) c Matcha green tea

(1) Asian Pear (180)

(4) strawberries (15) (.5 mg)

Supper:

(1) Hamburger – Thick & Juicy. (290) (440 mg)

(1) slice Havarti cheese (70) (160 mg)

(4) oz potato salad (154) (332 mg) (4.9 grams)

(24) Lightly salted Lays chips (134) (48 mg)

(1) tbsp Philadelphia onion chip dip (23) (75 mg)

(1/4) c mushrooms (12) (.8 mg)

(1/4) c onions (15)

Total net calories: 1095

Net calorie goal:  1247 – 1095 = 152 under 👍

Total Processed sugar:   20.4 grams

Processed sugar goal: < 25 grams 👍

Total Sodium: 1817.7 mg

Sodium goal: 1500 – 2300 mg 👍

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

Kept on my kitchen window ledge, this little vase was a gift from granddaughter Genie to my mother (many years ago).  The carnation came from the spray on my Father’s casket (1993).  The rosebuds came from my Mother’s. (2013).