DAY 12

 I awoke this morning and took a pill and a drink of water, I had a herbal tea.

For breakfast I had a bowl of porridge

At lunch time I had a salad ( lettuce,tomatoes,onion,mushrooms,sweetpeppers,jalepeno pepper,celery) with olive oil and vinegarette.

I had a bowl of porridge before work and an apple.

When I got home I had more porridge.

DAY 11

I awoke this morning and took a pill and a drink of water. I had a herbal tea.

For breakfast I had a bowl of porridge.

I had a big lunch comprising cabbage and onion and potato soup to start. Then I had a salad (lettuce,mushrooms,celery,tomatoes,sweet peppers,jalepeno,scallion with vinegarette and olive oil).  I had a spoonful of cottage cheese and 4 slices of roast beef..

Later I had a yoghurt and a banana.

I had a bowl of porridge before work.
At breaktime I had a pear and a yoghurt and a special k bar...

I had a bowl of cabbage and onion and potato soup.

DAY 10

I awoke this morning and took a pill and a drink of water. I had my herbal tea.

I had a half a bowl of porridge before I went food shopping and that was a good idea.

When I got back I had a banana while i made soup. Soup was cabbage and a small potato with onion boiled up till potato was cooked and then zipped with the blender.

I had a bowl of porridge at 4pm...

I had dinner at 8pm..broiled turkey and salad(lettuce,onion,peppers,mushroom,celery,cottage cheese and vinegarette)

I had a yoghurt for dessert.

Later I had a bowl of porridge before bed.

DAY 9

 I awoke early today and took a pill and a drink of water. I had a herbal tea too.

Lunchtime and I had a salad (lettuce,tomatoes,scallion,mushrooms,peppers,a chilli pepper,celery and radishes with vinegerette and olive oil). I had some broiled chicken and sweet potato, herbal tea.

Later I had a bowl of mixed fresh fruit with yoghurt.

While watching t.v. I had some popcorn and a packet of crisps.

I had a bowl of porridge then before bed.

DAY 8

I awoke this morning and took a pill and a drink of water. I had porridge for breakfast.

At 4 o'clock I cooked an omelette (2 eggs) cheese and ham. served on a bed of fried mushrooms,tomatoes,sweet peppers,jalpeno pepper and a scallion.
I had a yoghurt and a banana for dessert. I drank herbal tea.

I had a bowl of porridge before work.
At breaktime I ate 2 special k bars and a packet of crisps..
 later when I got home I had a bowl of porridge...

DAY 7

I awoke this morning at 9.30am, took a pill and drank a glass of water. I waited an hour before I had a coffee (no milk or sugar)
breakfast consisted of a bowl of porridge and a small pear with a cup of herbal tea...
I have to say the feeling of sausage legs and fingers is gone. That really helps a lot in movement. I haven't started exercising yet. The plan is to start beginners Yoga on Day15...(I'm looking forward to that)

Lunchtime
I've been hankering after some fish, so I'm having a lovely warm salad with a tin of mackerel.... followed by a bowl of fresh fruit topped with an activia yoghurt..

For dinner I had a broiled chicken fillet with mashed potato and broccoli and carrots ....

On my break in work I had a special K bar...

When i came in from work I had some leftover mashed potato and chicken.....

DAY 6

I awoke this morning  at 10.30am because I had stuff to do...
I took a pill and a glass of water..
I had a bowl of porridge for breakfast and a cup of tea.

At 1pm I had a lunchtime meeting and all I had was a cup of coffee.. I explained to my company that I had an eating plan and it wasn't time for me to eat. They were quite understanding.. That was the first time this dilemma had cropped up and I think I handled it very well.
 at 4pm, my usual time to eat, I had some of yesterday's leftover soup from the fridge.
I had mushrooms lightly fried in olive oil, 3 cherry tomatoes, chopped sweet peppers and a jalepeno pepper.
Topped off with a 2 egg omelette with a slice of cheese and ham..
desert was an activia yoghurt .....

11pm
Lunch;break at work I had a medium banana, a small pear and a plum. A special K bar was my treat for working really hard.

finished work at 3am and I was hungry.
I ate a bowl of porridge. and drank a herbal tea.