40. Days 23 and 24

Day 23

Cornflakes
Apple juice
Coffee

Banana
Green tea

Ham and rye bread sandwich

celery and my ‘magic dip’:

goats milk yoghurt
goats cheese
mayonnaise
garlic chives

Baked potato with goats cheese and prawns, broccoli

bit of chocolate
Camomile tea with a bit of honey

porridge

Day 24

Porridge
Apple juice
Banana

Decaf coffee

apple
cottage cheese and flax oil

summer fruits and plums smoothie

Blackcurrant tea

Stir fried vegetables, beansprouts and king prawns with soy sauce

teeny piece of chocolate. I’m having tiny bits which is unheard of. It takes the savoury taste away, but doesn’t spoil me.

Decaf coffee

lots of water throughout both days

39. Dairy Free Diet

Richard E. Grant doesn’t eat dairy food, I read today. Well the info is a year old, but it might still be true. He says it stopped his migraines, so I intend to try it to stop my headaches.

He also runs round Richmond Park every morning. I even found his house on Google Earth! No I won’t be stalking him – but I did try jogging, as it reminded me I need to crank my fitness regime up a notch.

Oops - with less than a quarter mile, my hip felt like it had a knife in it. You know how when you have an injection it hurts more if you have your muscle tense? It felt exactly like that – like I was trying to run with a knife in my hip.

I was instantly reduced to a hobble, and would’ve looked very embarrassed if it wasn’t 4.30am and no-one about. I did it in a vain attampt to get to sleep, so I could go on the 5 mile walk I had planned.

Anyway, back to dairy free diet. I still have nearly a full litre of goat’s milk, a few eggs, and some goats cheese and yoghurt, but as soon as they’re finished, I’ll give it a go.

I had to let my friends down as I won’t be doing much walking at all for a week, and I’m on my maximum dose of painkillers now. No idea if it’s related to my arthtritis – it feels like the muscle not the joint - it’s not like joint pain.

At least I can cycle though, so I’ll do that every day.

38. Days 21 and 22

I was invited out both Saturday and Sunday, and had a hot cross bun on Saturday, and a roast dinner on Sunday. So I had fatty food and yorkshire pudding, but that was a rare treat I haven’t had since Christmas 2005!

I did decline a glass of wine.

Then I ate very healthy, low fat, low sugar, low chocolate – chocolate. OK it was ordinary milk chocolate, and you’ll be pleased to know I did suffer because of it.

I couldn’t sleep. Not sure if that was physiological or just guilt! I didn’t feel in any physical discomfort, but I was awake til past 5am.

Everything else I consumed was healthy – honest.