Day 6-
Today's diet:
On waking: Hot water with a slice of lemon.
Breakfast: Wheat and yeast free muesli with rice milk and honey.
Morning snack: A banana and 15 almonds.
Lunch: Homemade vegetable and barley soup made with carrots, onions, garlic, chicken stock (homemade), broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, baby spinach, celery, organic pearly barley and salt.
Afternoon snack: Chicken and about 1/2 a cup of last night's pilaf.
Dinner: Grilled salmon & asparagus, zucchini, sweet potato, carrots & broccoli.
After dinner snack: Lemon & Ginger tea with 1 tsp honey.
At least 2 litres of filtered water throughout the day.
Exercise: 2 hours of walking around the city.
Sleep: About 7 hours- woke up 3 times.

Had an early appointment and was out until mid-afternoon today, so I had to grab some snacks quickly, hence the banana and nuts. I did have enough time to heat some soup and chuck it in a thermos, but not enough time to chop carrot and celery sticks. I'm supposed to be eating a whole lot more raw vegies, according to Joshi 40% of my diet should be raw vegetables, he recommends cauliflower, carrots and mange tout. I can't really cope with the idea of eating raw cauliflower, carrots are fine, but I don't even know what 'mange tout' is...hmmm...

Hahahaha...just googled it... mange tout is snow peas!!! Easy! And delicious! Will buy some this week.

Had massive cravings for coffee and sweet treats today, I drove past the little french patisserie where I had enjoyed the odd chocolate-custard filled eclair in the past. Really wanted to stop and have afternoon tea but kept driving...hmph! Apparently my body is in the "Out of Sugar! Need more sugar now!!" phase of craving, but the detox is forcing the body to get its sugar (natural glucose) from low-acid sources raw vegetables and bananas, which takes much longer. As my body returns to a 'slightly alkaline' state, I will apparently no longer crave excessively salty or sweet things. It is true that resisting the cravings has been easier than I thought it would be but I still can't imagine not wanting these things after only 3 weeks. I guess if that sort of food was an occasional treat in the future, and really good quality, then that wouldn't be too bad. I'm sure it's things like McDonalds and SaraLee frozen desserts that Joshi is referring to when he says that 'in the West we are loading our livers with foods high in fats and chemicals that they are not used to and cannot process', not the occasional square of organic dark chocolate.

More temptations await tomorrow, I have mother's group from 10:30 until about 2:30. Usually we all bring a plate and the person hosting has a bunch of delicacies ready for us. So there is usually a table full of quite healthy home-made slices and cakes since most of us are quite health-conscious when it comes to what our children eat, but even things like sandwiches and homemade pizza with vegetables are out for me sadly. I'm taking a plate of cooked falafel, fried tofu and chopped raw vegetables! I might even have to take my own detox green tea...