I found this site while traveling. I read the acne book and many posts on the old site. I have been doing the sample diet for 2 weeks, and with munch food for 2 more weeks now. I love it. It contains all my favorite foods... I love the mental clarity, and how my body is changing (a little bit of weight loss, smother skin, more 'curvy' I love eating avocados, oil, and sushi. I love the raw egg yolks, what a brain rush! I feel like there are nutrients in this diet I didn't get before. However, I really miss dark green lettuce, sprouted grain bread, carrot juice, cooked brocoli, potatoes, and my gormet cooking experiments. javascript:emoticon(':twisted:') I want to give this a really good try though.
From what I've read, drinking tropicana OJ and occasional frozen blueberries, etc shouldn't be -that- bad. This is what I have access to right now. Thing is, my acne is at times better than before, but at other times worse than before. I would love it if some of you would take a look at my very extensive journal, and give me some advice. I'm thinking it's hormonal acne - based on -when- my breakouts happen - twice a month.javascript:emoticon(':shock:')
Even if if is, I would likely keep this as my default eating pattern for the day, and occasionally eat a social meal with family and friends... and I would add back in my other favorite foods mentioned above. javascript:emoticon(':)')
Each line is one meal, all foods on that line are eaten together, in the order written.
Thanks so much!!! Wai Diet Journal
Day 1
Weight: 126.4lbs (6 fruits)
glass hot water w/apple cider vinigar and lemon wedges for cleaning the system
Blender Drink: 2 yolks, 1 banana, 4 strawberries, orange juice, olive oil
Glass OJ w/ 2 tbsp olive oil
2 figs, 1 walnut
Salad w/olive oil, apples peeled, baby carrots
salmon 80g
face: aloe vera + tea tree oil + burts bees royal face cream
Thoughts: Mixing eggs, bananas and orange juice made my stomach rumble. Eat eggs on their own. Eat just one banana for breakfast, and snack. I was too jittery with sugar, or down without it. Eat more of the low-sugar fruits. 2 eggs or 50 g fish for women (oops). I can increase eggs once acne is gone. The eggs and fish aren't very fresh. They're not harmful, I can tell, but they're not at the peak of freshness. I feel warm all over like I do after eating a steak, warm from too much protean? I felt fine after the first piece, but still hungry. So I went for the second piece, and nope, now I have a tummy ache and sore muscles. Same thing after the steak, I felt fine before, and sore nerves after. Insteresting. BAD Nerve pain after the 2nd piece of salmon. ate at 6:50. 8:20 earliest. About to eat traditional salad with family.
Tomorow's plan:
1 bananna at breakfast - don't blend - heat. Figs, dates, carrot juice (add walnuts?)
Walnuts to munch on, egg as a mid-morning snack?
avacado salad at lunch, with any other fruit I want
apples as a mid-afternoon snack, orange juice as a pick-me-up only…
eggs/fish at 5pm, or just after sauna
bananna at bedtime, for seratonin, orange juice as a pick-me-up in the evening.
Day 2 Saturday, November 24th Weight: 125.8 (8)
1 Bananna, strawberries, 2 eggs in blender
2 figs, one of each
1 glass carott juice
1 glass diluted OJ w2 tsp oil
Salad: cucumber, tomatoe, papaya, ginger, green onions
1 apple
1 glass OJ w/2 tsp oil
100g salmon
Face: sesemae oil
Did I eat too much? I had no avacados so I substituted papaya. I definatly feel fat. I also feel bloated, like I"m not combining foods in the right way. I would rather eat less at a time. Perhaps really reducing the protien, ie, not salmon for awhile, would be the best. The salmon gives me very mild stomach pains. I guess 50g/day is best for now.
'Buteyko' and 'Become Younger' both place emphasis on vegitables. I think I will include more carrotts and dark green lettuce salad. Maybe eggs right after my daily walk is best, in the evenings. Maybe 1 egg in the morning as a snack. I feel -very- clear minded, almost no emotional reactions. St. John's Wort withdrawl is hard, but the clarity allows me to work much better.
Day 3 Sunday, November 25th Weight: 125.4 (8)
Bananna, 2 eggs, 1 fig
carrott juice (big glass
Cranberry juice mixed w/ OJ and oil
Salad: tomatoes, cucumber, green onion, ginger, papaya
2 apples, walnuts, w/ melted butter on them, small tsp of cream cheese
Cranberry juice w/oil
FACE: bad. dry. new red bumps. inflamed. Nothing I put on it seems to help. I wonder if it's the oj, carrott juice? Also, eggs -must- be eaten on their own, then no water, and wait 3 hrs. Dinner I guess.
I just read the following things must be excluded for first 2 weeks: Pasturized OJ, any pasturized juice. Ginger, too much garlic (indigestion) lettuice impedes digestion on -this- diet.
Foods that are iffy: Carrots - best vegie you can eat. Corn is ok, mushrooms are ok. Some leaves for flavor are ok. It's best to introduce all those foods after the 2 weeks. Looks like day one will start again tomorow. I must still ask if carrots and carrot juice are ok on sample diet.
Day 4 Monday November 26th (8) 124.5 lbs
Bananna, orange, apple
figs and dates
pear and cucumber, small green salad w/some cashews and canned oranges
oil
2 eggs
2 apples
1 oranges
avacado pieces
Read that carrot juice (only) is okay, frozen blueberries are okay (sometimes) and pastureized juice is 'okay' as long as I do everything else right.
Day 5 Tuesday November 27th (9) 123.4
2 oranges
salad: tomatoes, papaya, cucumber, avacado, chives
orange/cranberry juice w/3 tbsp olive oil
1 yolk
50g salmon w/oil and honey
apple
banana (w / salad)
Face: really dire from crying. Red and blotchy. I think I react to sesemae oil too. I think burts bees products may work better than oil.
I think I didn't drink enough water.
also, research what to eat w/salmon.
Also, follow protien restrictions more closely, if hungry, eat avacado+cheese.
I put urea creme on my face - amazing! Woke up w/smooth perfect face, except for leftover dried out red spots. 7 of them.
Day 6 Wednesday, November 28th (8) 123.4
Banana, figs, dates
Salad: avacado, blueberries, grapes, papaya, tomato, cucumber, ginger
Apples
Olives, salad
2 eggs
Face: inflamed still, itchy. Used sunscreen Hawaiian Tropic 4, it has nothing bad in it, great.
Day 7 Thrusday, November 29th (6) 125.4 4 days before period
Banana, figs, apple, walnuts (some were mould infested)
OJ and Oil 1 glass
1/2 avacado
2 oranges
50g salmon
Face: Good. Some Red dry spots left from previous acne. Some areas I can see the pores now, which look like bigger holes. Near my nose, under my eyes. Not inflamed today. Great. Started using Coconut Oil today. It still felt itchy/red so I just used more, and re-applied throughout the day.
Back: blackhead acne, Dry skin - cocunut oil doesn't help as much, neither does olive oil. Use less soap.
Walnut? Grapeseed?
Day 8 Friday 125.4 (11)
coconut oil
Banana, 1 mandarin, fig
Salad: avacado, grapes, strawberries, tomato, cucumber, olives
2 oranges
2 apples
1 banana
2 eggs, oil, sguar
3 grams chocolate
Day 9 Saturday 125.4 (12)
coconut oil
Bananna, 2 mandarins, fig, 6 walnuts
1 apple
2 mandarins
1 mandarin, 2 dates
Salmon 50g
1 glass fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp oil
Salad: mango, avacado, strawberries, tomato, cucumber, olives
1 small potato w/butter and spices
I go off the pill tomorow.
I think the grapefruit juice (fresh juice) is important, but only really necessary after eating protien to keep blood sugar up. I've been eating extra fat (oil) too, to help with PMS.
Bananna
orange (2)
Avacado
Tomato
Cucumber (1/2)
Apple (2)
Grapefruit juice
That's ten fruits.... or I could have 3 oranges and 1 bananna....but I like the seratonin in banannas...I feel fantastic after eating them. I will use other fruits to garnish, such as strawberries, grapes, blueberries.
I've stopped the blueberries - they are frozen - but bought fresh from a farmer's market in the summer and frozen by us.
Walnuts w/bananna in the morning works well. Grapefruit juice w/salmon works well...
eat protien at night 1 hr after dinner.... try that.
Face: is taking on a nice color, nice glow... the zits are not really gone, but they're not as bad as usual for just about to have a period. Usually there's 2-4 big ones froming, and there aren't now. I need 3 weeks to try this, I think. Then maybe a break of eating normal dinners around christmasstime... then back at it with fresh florida oranges for juice.
Daily Plan at this point:
-Bananna, fig, walnuts, dates
-2 oranges + salad
-2 apples + salad
-bananna (pick-me-up)
-Salad at dinner with walnuts
-Salmon
-grapefruit juice sipped after that
Day 10 125.4 (3 new bumps this morning - middle of face looks better) 10
Face: Coconut Oil
Day before period
-2 mandarins
-bananna, oil, 3 dates, 5 walnuts, 2 figs
-2 mandarins
-2 dates
-apple
-salad (cuc, tomato, mango, strawberries, olives) 3 cooked carrots, 3 tbsp mashed potato,
banana
-salmon w/olive oil at 11:20 pm (salmon gave me a tummy ache)
once salmon runs out, try eggs for 3-4 days and no walnuts
Day 11 Tuesday, December 4th 124 lbs
Face: Bee Royalty Creme
Day 1 of period
-banana, mandarin
-banana, apple, tea at grandmas.
-Tropicana OJ, cranberry juice (pure) and oil
-salad at dinnertime. Avocado, strawberry, cucumber, tomato, chives
-small amount of mushrooms fried in butter
Extra zit scars from PMS???? new small bumps
Face is thinner and sagging, also very dry. I took some photos today. I look bad. I miss my fancy cremes.
Day 12 Wednesday December 5th 124.0 lbs 9 fruits
Face: refined grapseed oil
Day 2 of period. Daylight photos. Roll 58. Looked a little better.
-banana, mandarin, tomato
-OJ, cran, oil
-2 apples, large glass carrot juice
-2 eggs
-banana
-salad (half)
Face: Started using grapseed oil. Read last night that too much Coconut Oil is can dry the skin. Stopped Salmon and nuts temporarily to see. Face looks better already. Best to use grapseed, jojoba, mink.
Day 13 Thursday December 6th 123.2 lbs
Day 3 of period
-Banana, dates, mandarin
-salad: tomato, cucumber, avcado
-mandarins
-apples
-eggs
-salad
Face: becoming very nice. Grapseed Oil is fantastic. Remember don't touch my face, no soap, only water, as little as possible.
I read that other acne triggers include nuts, dried fruits and any processed juices. Eggs are no problem, Salmon can be a problem, but just stay w/in the limit. So I'll try eliminating that stuff (keep salmon) and see how it goes. Can 50g salmon / day really cause acne in some?
Day 14 Friday December 7th 122.6 lbs
Period Over: day 1 of cycle
-banana, mandarin, 1/2 avacado
-fruit salad and green salad at lunch, a few bits of cheese.
-OJ and Oil
-small cup of hot apple cider
-mandarin
-salad: apples, cucumber, tomato, green onion, 2 bits of apple sauce w/cinamon
-3 eggs
Chiropractic adjustment today - nerve pain got much worse. Christmas Tree shopping!!! Lovely blue tree!
Hurt nerve pain, it's hard to think. I broke down and took 2 St. John's Wort (anti-depressent, sedative) 1 melatonin (sleep inducing hormone) and 3 eggs (vitamins). The chiropractor suggested that I have Fibromyalgia. I'm frustrated and yet relieved to put a name on it No one seems to take me seriously though.
Day 15 Saturday, December 8th 122.6 lbs
Face: grapseed oil
banana, oranges
oranges
apples
salad
honeydew mellon
Blueberry Pie - tummy ache
3 eggs - queesy
Thoughts: The pie tastes funny to me. I can now taste cooked egg if it's in something. The cooked-ness of the wheat tastes like singed coals. Seriously. YOP!!! lol!
I had 3 eggs though, and this made me feel a little sick. Likely the eggs were iffy.
eggs before bed - so i didn't sleep well. They didn't help me sleep after all.
Face looks great
1 big bump not bad.Day 16 Sunday, December 9th 122.6 lbs
had usual, banana, orange, 1/2 avocado
1 cheese biscuit w/butter and honey (It was soooo goood!!!!!)
oranges
apples
Salad
Fried Mushrooms - the burnt ones taste like carbon. lol.
Face: 1-2 new small bumps not bad
Day 17 Monday, December 10th 122.6 lbs 10 fruits
banana, 1/2 avocado, mandarin
OJ and oil while doing errands
2 mandarins
1 apple
salad
75g salmon w/ginger, honey, oil
munch food meal of humus, olives, salad, spinach phyllo pastery, olives, and sugar cookie - tummy ache. This was at a free yoga class. It would have been rude for me to not eat the free vegitarian meal offered. So I ate it, and was very friendly/happy with everyone. However, I won't be going back.... lol. I like heated yoga much better... YOP!
FACE BROKE OUT BAD ON FOREHEAD: IS IT THE WHEAT????? It was a low protein meal....?
-I wore powder makeup? I ate a whole 'normal' meal... I had tropicana OJ in the morning
-It could be the powder makeup or the wheat in the meal, or the ginger w/the salmon
Day 18 Tuesday, December 11th 125.8 lbs
banana, mandarin, 1/2 avocado, 5 walnuts
2 mandarins
1/2 papaya
salad
2 small sausage rolls
50g salmon
grapefruit juice and oil
salad, black fig, mandarin
weighed 123.5 by evening again - so something was definatly bad. And all water weight. That's protien, that tells me it's the salmon, but it could also be salt in that vegitarian meal.
Face: BAD. fresh new breakout all along my shoulders, neck and forehead. I wonder if it's regional according to food eaten. I will keep eating salmon everyday and eliminate munch food and nuts. It's like the beginning, where OJ, nuts and salmon were eaten a lot. Eggs don't cause a problem.....
I had a physiotherapy treatment today - they also suggested fibromyalgia. I will have it officialy diagnosed of course, but the idea is to become much more physically active. That's easy...I can do that
Evening Supliments: St. John's wort, melatonin
Day 19, Wednesday, December 14th, 122.6 lbs
SAMe, St. John's Wort, Magnesium. Nerves are bad today. Oops, sam-e causes irritation.
Face: wore a tiny squrt of bee-royalty creme mixed w/grapeseed oil, and some light powder
banana, 1/2 avacado, mandarins, 1 yolk
mandarins
salad (tomato, cucumber, avacado, papaya, green onion)
OJ and Oil
1 small sugar cookie
2 mandarins
banana
2 mandarins
salad, salmon w/oil, lemon, honey
Face: getting better. Little white bumps (wheat?)
St. John's wort before bed, melatonin
Day 20 Thursday, December 13th 123.5 lbs
magnesium, potassium
1 yolk, 1/2 avocado, banana, mandarin
grapefruit juice and oil, with a little bit of oj, and some red juice
mandarins in between each errand stop, sipping juice
banana and 1/2 avocado
3 small pieces of pizza (I was feeling really down that day).
1 mandarin
FACE: very bad anyways, new pimples appeared throughout the day. By the time I ate the pizza, I didn't care anymore lol. I feel very -blank- mentally after the pizza. It was good, but won't do that again soon. I don't like the mental blankness, I can't think it's too much like being depressed. Was I like this -all the time- before??? wow!!!
NOTE: Don't drink OJ or any processed juice. Eat mandarins and bring a small bottle of Olive Oil to swig. lol. occasional nuts/figs but not too many. Fish every day. Eggs. Always make my salad in the morning before breakfast - that way it acutally gets made.
Day 21 Friday, December 14th 123 lbs
Face: grapeseed oil
-mandarin, oil
-banana, mandarin
-salad: avocado, papaya, tomato, cucumber, green onions, papaya
-banana,
-baby carrots
-mandarin
-salmon, oil, honey
-grapefruit juice, sugar, oil
-banana, salad
-2 apples, oil
The grapefruit Juice is juiced by me, the OJ is tropicana - flash pasturized. The walnuts are shelled. The salmon is fresh farmed. the apricots and figs are sun dried. The honey is questionable, as are the dates.
Well, I know it's a long one... I'm hoping someone will look at it... I'm going to allow myself all the exceptions I want over Christmas, and then try another sample diet in January...
Happy Holidays!
