Day 1


Yesterdays diet:
Breakfast: 2 pieces of wholemeal toast with peanut butter and Vegemite  a large double-shot latte with 2 sugars.
Morning Tea: grazing the table at mother's group- a sandwich, Doritos  carrot sticks and dip, a slice of sweet bun and 2 more lattes with 2 sugars.
Lunch: An olive ciabatta roll with chicken breast.
Dinner: Spaghetti bolognaise, covered in cheese and 2 glasses of shiraz.
Exercise: none to speak of.

Todays diet:
On rising: hot water with a slice of lemon cooled to room temperature.
Breakfast: 2 pieces of multigrain gluten-free bread, 2 poached eggs with salt and pepper.
Morning Tea: 3 organic carrots cut into sticks- 1 yellow, 1 purple and 1 orange. 2 cups of 'detox' green tea.
Lunch: a handful of popcorn, a banana and 4 falafel pieces.
Dinner: Grilled salmon and steamed veg- carrots, broccoli, asparagus, beans.
Evening 'snack': Herbal tea with a little honey.
over 2 litres of filtered water throughout the day.
Exercise: 40 minutes brisk walking.

Bit of a difference hey?

I'm supposed to do a tongue analysis, acidity test and complete a cravings chart before anything else.

My tongue looks kinda purple and there are dents along the sides. I think the purple hue is a result of last night's red wine but the dents are supposed to indicate stress and fatigue, shortness of breath, over-thinking and worrying. Most of those sound about right, typical mother-type conditions. I searched every chemist in my area for litmus paper to test my acidity levels without any luck, so that's out, and the cravings chart has a long list of food/drink/cigarettes that I may or may not crave. I only got about 4 hours of broken sleep last night so the only thing I really crave right now is a huge strong coffee with lots of sugar. Green tea has to do.

Luckily, it is 'Daddy-Daughter Day', my husband has complete care of our daughter once a week so that I can work, but unluckily I haven't got much to eat past the carrot sticks yet, so I have to go shopping. Off to a local produce market I go and I try to buy organic and free range where possible and spend an inordinate amount of time reading the labels on everything. But everything looks much fresher than it does in the supermarket. I am a little shocked at the prices, the market is far cheaper than the supermarket produce and the chicken and fish is about the same price, for fresh and free-range. I get some stuff I didn't expect to find there, namely brown rice vermacelli and lentils, but I still need to go to the supermarket. When I get there I buy things I never thought I'd buy- $7 goat's milk yoghurt, $9 museli that is wheat, yeast and fruit free and $6 pre-made falafel. I would love to buy the gluten free biscuits but they are all laden with sugar, so that's out. Surprisingly it all costs about the same as a regular shop, even though everything is much better quality, because so much of what I used to buy is completely off the list.

I actually feel a bit light-headed and very tired, but generally fine. None of the nausea, headaches or palpitations that are listed amongst the possible side-effects...so far, so good. I'll write down the list of rules tomorrow and I get to start the day with a 'Liver Flush'...hmmmmmmm