Day 11

07:30 Fresh lemon juice in hot water.
07:40 Toilet, Solid and dark softening towards the end. Not smelly.
09:20 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula and Phloe.
10:00 Breakfast, Boiled eggs on Gluten-free toast.
11:00 Coffee.
12:05 Water.
13:00 Snack, Carrot.
13:40 Lunch, fresh salad dressed, baked potato & onion dab of butter and cayenne pepper on the potato.
14:00 Water.
14:20 Coffee.
14:30 Snack, Muesli breakfast bar.
16:00 Water.
16:50 Water.
18:40 Snack, Chocolate,
19:00 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula and Phloe.
19:05 Dinner, Vegetarian bake with broccoli, onion, leeks, butter beans, 4 bean mix, garlic, tomatoes, celery and chillies topped with mashed sweet potato.
20:00 3 glasses of red wine.

Day 10

07:45 Fresh lemon juice in hot water.
07:55 Toilet, Medium texture to start, softening slightly. Dark and a bit smelly.
09:00 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula and Phloe.
09:10 Breakfast, Gluten-free toast with tahini and honey.
09:20 Coffee.
10:00 Water.
10:55 Coffee.
12:00 Snack, banana.
12:15 Water.
12:35 Snack, Crunchy corn crackers and a muesli breakfast bar.
14:55 Snack, Carrot.
15:00 Lunch, Baked potato with cheese on top. Tomato and onion.
16:30 Water.
16:40 Snack, Carrot.
18:00 Water
18:15 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula and Phloe.
18:20 Dinner, Baked fish with mushrooms, leeks,spinach, corn on the cob.
18:30 Chocolate
20:00 Water

Day 9

07:30 Fresh lemon juice in hot water.
07:50 Toilet, Yellow and soft. Not too smelly.
09:30 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula and Phloe.
10:00 Breakfast, Boiled eggs on Gluten-free toast.
10:30 Coffee.
10:55 Coffee.
12:10 Water.
12:50 Lunch, fresh salad dressed with fresh lemon juice and salt, baked potato & oniln dab of butter and cayenne pepper on the potato.
13:00 Coffee.
14:10 Water.
15:45 Snack, Banana
16:30 Snack, Cadbury's Milk Chocolate
18:00 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula and Phloe.
18:00 Dinner, BBQ – Steak with gem squash broccoli corn and mashed potato.
19:50 2 Glasses of wine
19:50 Snack, Snakata barbecue bites

Day 8

07:30 Fresh lemon juice in hot water.
08:00 Toilet, Yellowish. Medium texture, turning soft. Not too smelly.
09:30 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula and Phloe.
09:35 Breakfast, Gluten free toast with honey and cashew nut butter.
09:55 Coffee.
10:00 Snack, banana.
11:50 Coffee.
13:10 Lunch, fresh salad dressed with fresh lemon juice and salt, baked potato and sweet potato with a dab of butter and cayenne pepper.
13:50 Water.
14:30 Coffee.
16:30 Snack, Banana
16:50 Water
20:00 Dinner, Salmon baked with black pepper and fresh lemon juice. Stir-fried vegetables.

Day 7

07:30 Fresh lemon juice in hot water.
08:00 Toilet, dark roasted. Solid to start, turning soft. Medium aroma.
08:30 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula and Phloe.
08:35 Muesli (Healtheries Simple Apricot and Coconut).
09:00 Coffee.
09:40 Water.
10:10 Snack, banana.
11:49 Coffee.
12:20 Lunch, fresh salad dressed with fresh lemon juice and salt, baked potato and sweet potato with a dab of butter and cayenne pepper.
12:50 Water.
14:55 Snack, Fresh fruit (plum and banana).
17:20 Snack, Raw Vegetables
19:20 Dinner, Baked fresh vegetables and beans topped with mash
20:00 Berocca

Day 2

07:20 Coffee, white no sugar
07:40 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula.
08:00 Breakfast, Healtheries SIMPLE Apricot & Coconut Muesli
08:50 Toilet, Very loose yellow/brown with lumps. Quite smelly.
08:55 Coffee, white no sugar
09:30 Water
10:30 Snack, banana and nuts
11:10 Coffee
12:40 Lunch, Salad with sweet potato
12:45 Water
13:55 Snack, nuts and dates
15:15 Snack, banana
16:40 Water
17:55 07:40 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula.
18:00 Dinner, Vegetable and Tuna (tinned) stir-fry with gluten-free pasta and three glasses of wine

Day 1

08:00 Coffee, white no sugar
09:10 Toilet – Very soft, yellow/brown, not too smelly
09:30 Coffee, white no sugar
09:50 10mm Floradix FLORAVITAL Iron & Vitamin Formula. (I've started taking this for a couple of weeks to see if it helps with energy levels and colour – family say I look pale)
09:50 Breakfast, Hubbards "Thank Goodness" GF cereal
11:40 Snack, small pear
12:00 Water
13:00 Lunch, Fresh homemade salad with cheddar cheese and sweet potato
13:15 Water
14:20 Snack, banana
14:30 Coffee, white no sugar
17:00 Coffee, white no sugar
18:30 Snack, cheese on gluten free bread
19:00 1 glass white wine
20:00 Dinner, Vegetable stir fry on brown rice
20:30 2 glasses Red wine

Question: I have read on 25 Random Things… Celiac Style that a toaster used for regular bread will contaminate gluten-free bread (topic No. 13). Do people have separate toasters for those on a GF Diet?

Where to begin?

Diagnosed as a coeliac sufferer in July 2008, I still haven't cracked the gluten free diet.

This blog is pretty much just a diary to help me work out what is helping my condition and what isn't. The reason for putting it online in the form of a blog is twofold. If it's of any help or interest to someone else, that's great. I also want to learn about blogging, which I am totally new to.

Along the way I hope to include any little hints & tips I might pick up and even the occasional book review. Foodstuffs will also be mentioned and compared, but as I am living in New Zealand, some of these might be NZ specific.

As loose stools are my major complaint/symptom, I am going to attempt to describe my movements in some detail. I really want to try and identify what it is that is still in my diet that is still causing the runs. Apologies for getting so 'basic'.

Any ideas, views, comments, input is welcome. Here goes...