Oh wonderful you've started a journal, great, I'll be watching to see how you go 

Ummmmmmm, the smilies aren't working :0

Last night i had some fish then i had my salad, not sure what i enjoyed the most.   I was making some chapati for hubby and they just looked sooo nice i ate four of them hot and smothered them in butter - and guess what my right hand has broken out a bit today........ sigh   Shows me it is either the butter or the flour.  The chapati had sesame and linseeds and oil in them as well.  I have posted my eats for yesterday and today on my journal. 

Salad was of:  butter lettuce 4 leaves large outside leaves, grated carrot (1) , chopped celery (2x25mm stalks), onion 1/4 red salad), small amount of red caps (dont like it much so have it for coulour) sultanas (cuppla tablespoons), avo 1/4, lebanese cuc (one whole), and ate the whole lot with my favourite dressing then had some fudge.  I have written my dressing recipe below you may want to try it. 
Dressing to die for:
1 heaped tbsp tahini
1 tbsp olive oil
tsp honey (or to taste)
Salt to taste
garlic (if you like)
juice of one lemon
juice of 1/2 orange
shake it like mad and pour over a salad what ever amount you like.

This a.m. had smoothie with lots of greens in it - greens always always makes me run to the loo heaps both ways!
carrot juice 2 carrots
apple juice 1 1/2 apples
a few pieces rock melon about 1/8th roccy (canteloup)
celery juice 2 stalks
cucumber juice 1/2 lebanese
banana 1
ran out of linseeds
finised off the baby spinach about 1large handfull
3 dates.
blend blend blend  serve delish....

Lunch:
Included chick peas from tin as i was away and was running low on stuff and could not get to shops, shops 30 mins by car.
salad of
chick peas
butter lettuce 2 butter lettuce large outside leaves chopped, grated carrot (1) , chopped celery (1x25mm stalks), onion 1/4 red salad), small amount of red caps, a couple of sundried tomatoes, three small tomatoes, a couple of olives chopped, avo 1/4, lebanese cuc (1/4), grated raw zucc. 

with dressing not fully raw - 1tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp balsamic and honey and salt.  Delicious bit oily though.

Hi Frang, sounds like you are doing really well with eating to heal yourself.  Please keep us updated on how your diet affects your skin condition.  All of those salads sound so delicious.  I find a big salad with lots of veggies and a favorite homemade dressing to be so satisfying.  Your dressing sounds wonderful!  I love using tahini in my dressings as well - so creamy!  My favorite dressing is really similar, but I like to add a little miso paste, lots of black pepper and some fresh herbs, no garlic or orange juice.  But I am going to try yours next time.

It's good that you ate the chapatis because you were able to observe how your body reacted, and next time you can make a more informed decision about whether you really want to eat them or not.  That's the only way you can learn what works for you and what doesn't.

I'm wondering about why you were so cold the other night.  Have you had an insight?  Maybe you could try some warm ginger tea, or some gingko or another herb that stimulates circulation.  I also have poor circulation and often my feet and hands are really cold.  I just wear slippers and sometimes I wear a tracksuit to bed.  But the best solution for warming up in bed is cuddling next to someone you love!

 spent the night cold again last night, the only thing i can conclude is that i am not eating enough when i get cold like that - i get the shivers from the inside.
Dinner comprised of:
juice 4 small carrots
juice 3 stalks celery
1/4 avo
bit of coconut (from baby coconut)
1/2 juice lemon
a few stalks of coriander
pinch salt
into the blender and blend blend blend - delicious - oh i warmed it slightly as i am so cold - temp would not have reached 40 degrees

found a couple of flax crackers i had bought and forgotten in the back of the cupboard ate them, 6 maca nuts and 2 tbsp sultanas - and into bed........
I get home late at night, after work on Tuesday and thursdays, and have to get up at 5:45 to get to work at 7 on Wednesdays and fridays.  I unpacked from being away i ended up eating dinner at about 9:15pm not ideal really!

Did not sleep at all well last night, not enough of it as i had sooo much trouble going to sleep an could not figure out why then i woke up for a pee and was not warm enough - new sensation for me - i have been hot for ages - yayy good bye to hot flushes.
Brekky this am:
last bit of coconut juice one banana and some only just ok strawberries blended added flax seeds - not too bad a taste.  I am really scraping the bottom of the barrel (fridge) now - time to desperately shop.

Skin today on my hands looks good, spots have healed just a bit of redness left - much much better. - wish the rest of it would go - tummy etc.  Funny when i am cold like that, the spots on my legs fade, may be it is a type of detoxing     

Aiming for a walk today, babysitting so have asked for a pram - baby and i will both enjoy the time together.  Might go through the botanic gardens or around the Torrens (am in Adelaide).  Lovely day for it crisp air and sunshine.          Wish it would rain though not enough wettness here.......

Both of us missed out on the walk     . 
slept well last night was warm as toast. 
Lunch
2 brown pears with berrybliss chocolate/caramel sauce (lightly steamed) (cooked the night before)
visited a friend who insisted i try her corn beef       - so have to add one slice of corn beef  - dont like it any way before raw!

dinner a huge salad;
mignonette lettuce 4 leaves
celery 2 long slice
cuc, grated carrot
sultanas
cashews and walnuts (about a 1/4 c)
sundried toms 2 sliced finely and 4 olives chopped
salad onion
balsamic dressing
choc fudge.

breaky today.
smoothie with juice - usual carrot celery and apple juice with
spinach and banana and dates, and linseeds

linseed crackers too thin broke to pieces
coleslaw of - baby cabbage, celery beetroot and carrot with  dressing of cashews and lemon juice ground up as dressing and topped with sultanas and walnuts     
bit of my tahini dressing
fudge 6 balls
organic choc powder eaten off of a spooon - yummy.  NOt raw though - have to give that away!

weakened again over those lovely chapati crackers of hubbies.     only 2 this time   

dinner will be - slightly sweet celery soup and crackers and into bed
did a work out this a.m. 40 minute walk and weights - feeling quite tired at this moment....
see ya
 

You're doing fabulous Frangipanni although I find I rather mouth watering reading your eating, lol.

Quite tired after swimming Monday,
Tuesday;
smoothie
coleslaw
Delicious pasta with dill sauce - really delightful
the pale green zucchini is the best... it is delicious much creamier.

Wednesday
smoothie
watermelon, carrot juice banana and strawbs, flax and spinach and dates - not real good.  in fact will not repeat that one
lunch
celery stuffed with cashew/maca paste, cos lettuce and raisins and cucumber.  funny the lettuce did not taste that bad, would not say that i enjoyed it but did not dislike it.  i loved the cucumber and the celery.
dinner
saw a bad accident today
came home late and ate with hubby, i was quite upset - see lulu's triumph post for today...
fish and potato fritters yes with tomato sauce and sweet chilli sauce.  i now have a lead weight in my belly but i was  quite tired and stressed so could not be bothered with any thing else.