Day 21…The last day of week 3

It’s the last day of the third week and I am feeling quite amazed. The amount of support, help and understanding that I have been given from people is just so important to me.

I’ve been getting compliments from friends and I got a compliment today from a complete stranger and it just makes me really value what I’m actually doing.

Today I have been setting up my website which is quite extraordinary I actually I’m trying really hard to make sure that I don’t get too flustered. The emotion in its self is so I powering and the comments from people that have watched my videos. Their advice, their questions, people coming to me and actually want me to give them some guidance with that own diet. It’s astonishing.

I’m blessed! Because people are actually taking me a lot seriously now about my knowledge of food and flavours and recipes.

My nutrition knowledge… because I have worked for this for almost 4 maybe even 5 years taking just as long for me to adapt to my eating patterns now

The 365 days is not a diet. The 365 days is noe my lifestyle completely until the last the days go to zero. The Challenge has changed my life already and it has done that within 3 weeks.

I have not only found that my mood swings are lesser but my mental health is stabilising my skin isn’t a sore or itchy as it was before (I have condition called psoriasis can cause quite irritable very sore skin patches on the skin surface) I’ve also noticed an increase in, my energy levels.

It has inspired me to pass on my knowledge as far as I can and means what ever is necessary to get the information out there to anyone that will listen or read it.

food does not need to be the enemy. Food can be enjoyed and celebrated. Food can be delicious and healthy. We do not need these processed crap in our lives we do not need these takeaways that just mess our systems up. We do not need the amount of sugar thats poisoning our bloodstream. We do not need added flavours or additives or even E numbers that poison our minds.

we need honest natural foods… I got asked today what’s the point of you doing the challenge in the first place… My answer is…

my happiness…clarity…my mental health… my well-being…my spirituality and when I think about it deeply…my life.

Because if I don’t change something now there is a possibility I won’t be here in 5-years and my daughter and my son wouldnt have a mum. If I didn’t change then I wouldn’t of learnt. If I hadnt of learnt the knowledge I have now I wouldn’t of improved the way I ready seem to.

I have taken the reins of the Challenge but that is what life is about. making changes making mistakes and learning from them.

Growth isn’t just in children it’s for adults too.

The day 21 is the end of week 3 can’t believe it’s gone so fast let’s week 4 begin!

Where to begin…my day started a little of the same, the morning rush. Ok we know already that i hvae a longer school run that normal mums and das dont. walking the 1.4 miles to the school isnt too bad really, it used to be. However coming home, i really didnt think it would take me two extra hours to finally get through the door.

Its been a struggle and excitement has followed with a little disapointment, but i sit here with my new toy and even if its not want i had actually wanted its made my writing so much easier and enjoyable….i love typing x

My new toy is a cheap second hand samsung N150 plus and i am happy with it. The camera is a little bit of an issue but i tried to buy one to go with it…that wasn’t successful. However my camera should be fixed tomorrow…i hope.

My plans are endless…but with me having a creative mind…it gets clouded by how unorganised my house is…and i can tell you now the room i am in is not suitable for me just to sit here and type…even if i am soooooo loving it right now!

Day 20

it’s been a long day

I actually didn’t think I would be awake to write this to you today… but here I am for you lovely people

this morning was normal.. I woke up with a fresh in my step. I made breakfast for my fedora whos my daughter who’s 6. I walked her to my friend’s house so that my friend could take her to school for me and I went home.

on the way home I ate a large Orange and it was lovely really juicy and sweet beautiful

I got home, had a cup of coffee and started a little bit of the living room… a little bit of the kitchen… I did a little bit fedoras room and little bit of my room… I also did the bathroom

For lunch I had two scrambled eggs with coconut oil which is always rather tasty

I then did more of the living room I got ready to go to get Isabella my friend’s daughter and fedora from school, as I left the house I grabbed a green apple on the way out I ate this on the way to the school it was crunchy juicy and just perfectly delicious

I believe that we forget when was stuff in our faces that easy processed… that we forget there is delicious flavour easy grabbable cheap food that doesn’t need cooking. doesn’t need salt or pepper doesn’t need sugar or sweetener doesn’t need spices or herbs it’s just perfect the ways nature intended it to be picked off the tree or plucked from the plant

I picked Isabella up and fedora from school I dropped Isabella off at her mum’s had a chit chat and went into town

I spent some money on a few little bits and I

I made sprouts and bacon it was absolutely delicious until I noticed on the packet but they were sugar in the bacon best pissed me off please refer to the video for the complete dramatic explanation

I went for a bath and I’m in bed waiting to go to sleep it’s almost 11 my only confession today is that on day 20 I sort of failed with my mission dairy-free sugar free and Grain free because unfortunately I ate a 25g bag salt n’ vinegar crisps so that in mind leave today 20…so I can sleep so I can welcome day 21 with open arms…. good night peeps

Day 19

Today has been quite normal. we got up, had breakfast… nothing special. we sorted out a few bits in fedoras new room. We sorted out some a few bits in my room. I managed to do alittle of the kitchen and lounge.

I made lunch which was beans garlic tuna chilli onions bell peppers stir fry.

fedora had cheese and cucumber sandwiches with a packet of crisp

my evening meal is going to be almond bread and scrambled eggs.

Tonight’s video I have recommended some recipes that will be currently done throughout next week and the recipes will be put on here and they are:

cottage pie and veg chicken

curry and quinoa

seafood stir-fry

English breakfast

fish and chips and mushy peas

omelette with chilli tomatoes and crispy bacon bites

courgette lasagne

also next week’s soups and they are going to be butternut squash with bacon bites
garlic and cauliflower soup with crispy chicken
hot red tomato soup with almond bread
mint pea and ham soup with kale crisps
sweet coconut tomato soup with crispy nuts
sweet potato soup with gammon slices
parsnip and apple soup with pork slices

so that’s all going to be quite in depth in the next couple of weeks… however I’m going to leave you with this because I want to get on its been an ordinary day so thanks day 19 but day 20 is on its way. Many blessings

Day 18

Today started with fedora in my face stating that she was hungry.
I made breakfast and a cup of coffee.

We then went upstairs and took out Charlie’s bed out of the back room into the kids new room and then the wardrobe followed…. Its a sea of mess I can tell you.

However I can see it coming together finally and I am geting more excited about changing the rooms around.

Lunch for me was sticky hot wings… Yum… Fedora had a cucumber and cheese sandwich with a yogurt, chrips and cheese string… And juice x

We then went back upstairs and sorted out the bed unit to get moved this evening with the help of Mark… But it was alot more difficult then I had believed as it had been glued into place and it was almost solid… Oh dear sorry Mark…after a good thirty minutes we managed to get the unit down and up again… I have to put the doors on… But thank you Mark… I couldn’t of done that on my own… X

I then had to have a time out so why not spend two hours on the phone speaking to my mum x love you mum x so so much x.x x x

I am now thinking of a nice cup of tea and then try and see if I can go to bed… We will see…. Day 18…is almost over… Let 19 begin!

Day 17

I’m going to be quick this evening because I find that at the end of the day all I want to do is relax and just process what I need to do for the next day.

so this morning I got up a check that fedora was well enough to go to school but she didn’t look to peeky so I decided to keep her off.

I had a coffee and crispy kale… for breakfast I then relaxed and did a bit of Reading.

I then went through what I have to do for the rest of the day and then I started building fedoras bed… And organising everything else because I have been doing it for the past week for dora’s bedroom that means moving her bed into my room and then my room stuff into the other room and then sort of trying organise it ends so I redecorate.

it is going to be a major task. I then went down made fedora a sandwich and she ate it which was good and I was worried that she was going to be sick she wasn’t… Yay…

I had liver and onions with almond bread which was great and then went back upstairs to finish the room… Or at least a section of the room.

We went back down and we had tea which was salmon, potoatos, califlower and carrots…

We both came upstairs. I did my video and fedora feel a sleep on her new bed in her new room…yay

so yes it’s all good like I said I’m just doing a quick one today because I’ve got a lot of things to do tomorrow so night night peeps

let day 18 begin

Day 16

what is the definition of grains. That is the question of today… What is the definition of a grain.

I believe that watching my videos and reading my blogs some of you my not really know the definition of the word grain… Or what I am giving up through The Challenge.

Yes some… people have understood the word gluten they know what gluten free is and may know what dairy-free… but they do not realise what grainfree is and why I am taking it out of my diet. The challenge is a way for me to test my own beliefs that depression and anxiety can be caused by lack of nutrients and the wrong living lifestyle.

what I’m going to do today is research intensive but I can only do my best with the books I have and the resources on the Internet. Some of my book are outdated and the Internet can be slightly confusing. But I am thankful I have found these rare websites….

Quinoa (pronounced “keenwah”)

is a seed that is harvested from a species of a plant called goosefoot. It is officially a seed and part of a group of pseudocereals, making it neither a cereal nor a grain, and more closely related to spinach and beets than to cereals or grains… I managed to get this from ultimatepaleoguide.com thank you very much…

In addition to being safe and well tolerated, quinoa is also highly nutritious, making it an excellent addition to a gluten-free diet. In fact, one study found that incorporating quinoa and other grain-based products into a gluten-free diet significantly increased the diet’s overall nutrient profile…I got this piece from the most generous healthline.com… Thank you so much…

According to the Whole Grains Council, quinoa is a gluten-free, whole-grain carbohydrate, as well as a whole protein (meaning it contains all nine essential amino acids). … Technically, the quinoa we all know and love is actually a seed from the Chenopodium quinoa plant. So no, it is not a grain…thank you everydayhealth.Com.


To help others understand what I can eat… Here it is…

Foods to eat

The following food categories can be included on a grain-free diet:

Fruits. All types of fruit are allowed, whether fresh, dried, or frozen.

Vegetables. These can be eaten raw, cooked, or incorporated into salads or soups. Starchy vegetables like potatoes, squash, and fresh corn are good, carb-rich alternatives to grains.

Protein-rich animal products. This category includes meat, fish, seafood, eggs,

Protein-rich plant foods. Legumes, tofu, tempeh, edamame, natto, soymilk, soy yogurt, and mock meats devoid of grain-based ingredients can be enjoyed on a grain-free diet.

Pseudocereals. This includes quinoa, buckwheat, and amaranth.

Nuts and seeds. This includes all types of nuts and seeds, as well as butters and flours made from them.

Non-grain-based flours and foods made from them. Almond, flaxseed, chickpea, soy, red lentil, and coconut flour, as well as noodles, bread, and other baked goods made from them, are permitted.

Fats. These include olive oil, coconut oil, and avocado oil.

Now the stuff that I can’t have

Foods to avoid
Grain-free diets generally exclude the following food categories:

Most baked goods: grain-based breads, bagels, tortillas, tacos, pizza, etc.
Most pastries: grain-based doughnuts, cookies, croissants, muffins, etc.
Most noodles: pasta, rice noodles, ramen noodles, udon noodles, etc.
Breakfast cereals: muesli, oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc.
Grain-based flours: all-purpose flour, graham flour, corn flour, and rice flour, as well as all foods made from them
Many snack foods: popcorn, crackers, muesli bars, rice crackers, etc.
Grain-based side dishes: rice, orzo, millet, couscous, polenta, etc.
Grain-based meat replacement: seitan, etc.
Grain-based milk alternatives: oat milk, rice milk, etc.
You may also want to avoid grain-based alcoholic beverages, such as beer, gin, whiskey, sake, and Scotch, as well as foods containing grain-derived ingredients like rice syrup or high-fructose corn syrup.

This was a fantastic site… Healthline.com>nutrition so if you really care about your health in the way I do… Please please go on there… Its amazing and its helped me so much today in finding the information I needed x

I have enjoyed working on my issues today and I am greatful that its a positive result… Let’s hope day 17 is just as fruitful… Here we go!

Day 15

So the first day of the third week and I got to say I am struggling… But only for the fact that I have limited myself with having no potoato… So I took a step back today and stated that as long as I don’t have potoato every day I can manage enjoying that speacial carbohydrate…. Within reason x

So on that note I am going to enjoy my steak and chips tonight for tea… When I mean enjoy…. Wow… My excitement is so high… And its just so surprising that its actually something I can have… Not something I can’t….

My little girls been poorly today but I have managed to work around her and sort out… She will be going to school tomorrow though…

I am hoping to get some liver, eggs, soya milk and tofu… But we will see

I better get going so much to do… Only a little one today… But one day at a time

Day 14

Today has started nice and calm… I woke up about ten minutes before my alarm went off. Not only that so did fedora. We were both in better moods. We both went to bed early and I think it agreed with us both. I feel ready to take on day 14 with open arms… Let’s get this day started.

I started to day off with a cupa of tea like I always do. This time however I made it with fresh onange juice. I used a normal tea bag and hot water from kettle. I filled the cup only half way… I added one teaspoon of clear honey and I took the teabag out as I don’t want it to be too strong. I then added onange juice of one onange…. I stirred it….. Its 10/10

I really enjoyed my walk this morning to school and back… Feel energetic and thankfully myself again… I really do owe thanks to Claire in giving me the chance to actually get back on my feet x

Today I am hoping to cook some buckwheat in its natural form to see if I can make a recipe out of it. I have steak slices to use too today as well….

The steaks were to thin… The buckwheat was over cooked… So disappointed..

Have no real idea of what to have for tea… Knowing I don’t want to have potatoes for this week… I think I will get back to you

I had muscles with some quinoa it was OK.

I baked some bananas with nuts and they were yummy.

I also made apple bites…once again well nice x

Going to go and sort out other bits in my evening routine…. So speak on day 15…week two is over… Let week 3 begin

Day 13

I woke up ready to go… Within 20 minutes I was tired and struggling to keep awake… I managed to get my little girl sorted and walked half way to school to drop fedora off at my friend claires house so she could take fedora the rest way… Thank you Claire….

Today was planned to have a rush about cleaning and sorting my livingroom out but as it is I think I need to figure out what to do about this tiredness…. I think I need to take a bit more red meat in the Challenge for the iron intake x

I have also worn a jumper under my jacket… Which I don’t ever do… I thought that I would be too hot walking to school but I am still cold… So again I need more iron…

So after a day if sleep and a beef burger on a mushroom bun I feel alot better. But I have the left house hold stuff that’s just not been done… However I still have time to catch up…

Tonight I am making another curry dish but this time its with beef mincemeat and roasted beetroots…. Because I am on no potatoes this week… (will speak about that later on)

The burger started out like it wasn’t going to work… As I blended garlic. Ginger. Celery spinach leaves. Chilli’s and onion with the meat as well…. I did it in the wrong mechine and it was difficult… I tried in my little baby food processor… That took ages… However once it came together and became my patte… And I cooked the test run… It tasted amazing…. I dried fried two flat head mushrooms in a small egg pan and then left them at the side. I fried the burgers and placed on in between the mushrooms with tomatoes salsas and a slice of tomoto… It was very juicy but it wss amazing… I liked it with the mushrooms bun but I think I will make cloud bread next time… 😂

OK… Potoato time. Last night and all day today I have wanted potoato…. Mash… Roasted… Fried… Boiled….i have it bad… But I have said no… Its just for this week… I want to see out side the box of potatoes… I can do this!!!!! 😂 So I had roasted beetroots… Which were OK!

I have a kitchen to clean and I video to do… So I am gonna leave day 13 there and await for day 14….almost two weeks over…