Day 28-
Today's diet:
On waking: Hot water with a slice of lemon.
Breakfast: Gluten and wheat free muesli with psyllium husks, lecithin, honey and rice milk.
Morning snack: 2 (homemade) apple and cinnamon mini muffins. Peppermint tea.
Lunch: 2 small squares of spinach and feta pie, 1 small triangle sandwich, 1 slice of sweet bun. Peppermint tea.
Afternoon snack: A handful of nuts and seeds. Half a banana.
Dinner: 4 dumplings. Pumpkin soup. Peppermint tea.
After dinner snack: 3 squares of dark chocolate, 2 glasses of red wine.
At least 2 litres of filtered water throughout the day.
Exercise: 40 minutes of shoveling rock.
Sleep: About 9 hours, woke up twice.

We had mother's group again today, hence the inability to resist the mini muffins and the sweet bun. But it was lovely to catch up with everyone and share all of the crazy and endearing things that our children have done in the past week.

After that though, it was another long drive to the city to collect some material from my former sewing teacher and some scoria that had come up on freecycle. It is perfect for my retaining wall, so we headed out there and spent 40 minutes shoveling rocks into the back of the ute. Wow, what a workout that is, no good for your back but good exercise. I brought my daughter's little spade and she had fun helping. Anyway, I have to go back and do it all again tomorrow as I could only fit half of it in one trip. 

I have found (probably as a result of eating things with wheat and sugar in them) that I am really bloated tonight. Joshi has devoted a chapter to particular ailments and various holistic methods for easing them. Some of it seems to be common sense, but there is also some really good advice. Here is the first half of them:

Joint aches and pains- DUE TO- a more sedentary lifestyle, poor/acidic diet, little or no exercise- TRY TO- exercise, have massages, stretch, visit saunas, drink lots of water and change your diet to something less acidic.

Bloating- DUE TO- eating gassy foods or increased fluid intake- TRY TO- avoid raw vegetables and salads, chickpeas, baked beans, kidney beans, sugary food and fizzy drinks.

Headaches- DUE TO- eye strain, tiredness, stress, low blood sugar, dehydration- TRY TO- take breaks when working on the computer, eat regularly, drink 2 litres of water a day, make sure that your glasses are the right prescription, have an eye test, avoid coffee, chocolate and other acid-forming foods.

Weight problems- TRY TO- focus on improving health rather than losing weight. If you eat properly and exercise, the weight should come off easily.