Day 33-
Today's diet:
On waking: Hot water with a slice of lemon.
Breakfast: 2 slices of gluten and yeast free bread with avocado, salt and pepper and a sliced boiled egg. Green tea.
Morning snack: 1 soy latte with 2 tsp sugar.
Lunch: Chicken parmigiana with vegetables (carrot, eggplant, zucchini, onion and tomato- mostly just ate the carrot) and thick chips.
Afternoon snack: Another soy latte with 2 tsp sugar.
Dinner: Grilled salmon with vegetables (broccoli, snow peas, cauliflower, orange, yellow and purple carrot).
After dinner snack: Lemon and ginger tea with honey, about 20 almonds.
At least 2 litres of filtered water throughout the day.
Exercise: About 90 minutes of brisk walking, pushing a tricycle..often uphill...
Sleep: About 9 hours, woke up once.

Overdid it a bit on the coffee today, but I had lunch with friends and we took the kids for a play in the park after so I just kinda got swept up in the enjoyment of both conversation and coffee. The obvious issue with this is not just the caffeine, but the sugar. Must not have so much in future. Lunch was also slightly unhealthy, but not very large and I shared it with my daughter, she is quite happy eating most vegetables thankfully.

Everything else about today was great, and I'm especially happy to have had such a good walk. It was a near thing, I almost decided to take the car because we were running a bit late but I'm glad we walked instead, it was a beautiful sunny day and I feel happily tired as a result, so I will probably sleep quite well tonight.

Joshi has a chapter devoted to Complimentary Therapies, designed to get your body to respond to the Holistic Detox more quickly or efficiently. I am certainly interested enough to look into some of these and I am happy to find that I am already using some of them:

Acupuncture- The ancient Chinese technique of inserting very thin needles under the skin to effect certain points or organs within the body and harmonise the flow of qi (energy) which will encourage the body to heal itself. I have had acupuncture in the past and felt a slight tingle as the needle was moved into position, but it certainly didn't hurt. I would be happy to try this again to see if I can give my 'fatty liver' a helping hand.


Allergy Elimination- Joshi says that most common food allergies are to wheat, gluten and dairy, but there are a number of different methods to test for and treat food allergies. He recommends the Nambudripad allergy elimination technique (NAET) which uses kinesiology to test for functional imbalances and then acupressure to treat them. This sounds really interesting and I would certainly give this a go, I might see if there is anyone in my local area who might provide this test.

Food Intolerance Elimination- It works along the same guidelines as allergy elimination but the intolerance could be due to chemicals used in the production of food rather than the food itself or it could be a sensitivity to a particular food which has developed as a result of overconsumption. Take this food out of your diet completely and then reintroduce it carefully.

Endomology: An intensive massage type procedure performed by a machine. It uses a system of rollers and can help to shift fat in stubborn areas and improve lymphatic draining through a suction device. Recommended for 35-40 minutes, twice a week for 5 weeks. I just Googled this and found that it is available at a number of places in Melbourne, but the least expensive place is $100 per session. Would totally give this a go if I had a spare $1000 kicking around.


There are others that I will list tomorrow...