Saturday 16 January

I had the salmon and dill last night but had it with roasted sweet potato and potato wedges with mushrooms.  One thing I didn’t mention about eating yesterday was that delightful sesame seed and honey chocolate that I had a few days ago – delicious – was supposed to save some for my husband but it went down far too easily.

The papsule marks on my face were slightly redder than usual but if I recall correctly I had been hot throughout the night and been stressed literally as I got into bed so nights sleep wasn’t brilliant.  I allowed the mood and arguments to continue throughout the morning and this didn’t help the face – didn’t get worse but didn’t get better.

I had an onion and mushroom omlete for lunch with salad and cucumber and slightly red after this – it’s similar to when I had boiled eggs and salad so not sure if eggs are perhaps a factor as I didn’t have tomato this time with the salad.  I know that some Rosaceans have an intollerance to tomato based foods but when I had my allergy and food testing 18 months ago, tomato’s came up just fine.

In fact, I have rebooked by retest  for allergies and foods – she has increased the testing for animal hair, human hair and other environmental things that we have in our home.  It will also show my level of candida again, which last time I was 12%.  The retest is only costing £25 which isn’t bad at all and it will take about 30 mins.  I shall subsequently report on the findings and put the differences (if any) as I know that your body and tollerance levels can change – 18months ago – a lot can happen within that timescale as we all know.

Off out tonight for a friends birthday so will be predominantly be drinking Crabbies (alcoholic ginger beer) and gin and tonic (no lemon/lime as this gives me a reaction).  Not sure what to eat before hand as need to line the stomach so to speak but don’t particularly want anything heavy (a sandwich or beans on toast would be perfect – but gone are those days).

As i’ve been to the gym every day this week, i’ve given it a miss today – promised the dog (Trevor) to take him for a run, but due to it throwing it down with rain, I decided to give that a miss.  My intention is not to go overboard tonight in order to go for a run with him in the morning.  Going out for lunch tomorrow and no doubt I will have the steak – everything else tends to be seasoned or covered in cheese or cayenne/paprika style finishes.