Day 39

Day 39-
Today's diet:
On waking: Hot water with a slice of lemon.
Breakfast: 1 poached free-range egg on gluten and wheat free bread with avocado, salt and pepper. Green tea.
Morning snack: 5 almonds, 3 brown rice crackers, carrot sticks.
Lunch: 6 falafel balls, a small bowl of Joshi's tomato and lentil soup (see below).
Afternoon snack: A soy latte with 2 sugars and a chocolate truffle.
Dinner: Grilled chicken thigh with Joshi's parsnip and beet fry (see Day 31), broccoli, corn on the cob and green beans.
After dinner snack:Lemon and ginger tea with honey.
At least 2 litres of filtered water throughout the day.
Exercise: 60 minute brisk walk.
Sleep: About 9 hours, woke up three times.

Joshi's Lentil Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of lentils (I used canned)
- 3 cups of water
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 small onion- chopped finely
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon of thyme
- 500g of tomatoes. chopped
- 2 tbsp butter
- (I also added 1 tsp of salt and some cracked black pepper)

Method:
(I completely changed the method, if you want Joshi's you'll need to check the book, but I prefer the ingredients cooked before they are made into soup and he just adds them to the water at the end)
- Rinse lentils thoroughly.

- Add butter and onion to a saucepan, cook until golden brown, add some water, cook until water has gone again.

- Add chopped tomatoes, cook until they begin to stick, add some water.

- Add the carrot, thyme and bay leaf.

- Add the water, lentils, salt and pepper.

- Simmer on medium for 45 minutes.


Another good day, very productive, my daughter and I did heaps of boring housework, then tidied up the spare room, finding heaps of things we don't need anymore to give away in the process. We walked into town (I pushed her on her tricycle) and after shopping for some groceries, we went to the park for 3/4 of an hour and then walked home again (she walked 1/3 of the way). But, I feel good, got some things cleared away, did some exercise and ate a very healthy diet (except for my afternoon snack of course). I do find it very difficult to resist coffee or chocolate if they are available, but in general, my consumption of these things has reduced incredibly, so I'm not too worried.