Thursday. Friday tomorrow.
Breakfast: Smoothie, omelets, and some leftover onigiri from yesterday. And I stole a few of the kids sausages.
Lunch: My root vegetable stew in cheese gratin. Just take a couple of cheese slices and put them on top of the stew in a ceramic pan, then pop it into the microwave until the cheese has melted. Plus soup from day before yesterday.
Snack: Cheese and mini-tomatoes, and what was left of the smoothie from this morning. Way too sweet.
Dinner: The kids had a big snack, so we just had sandwiches. And minitomatoes.
Todays supplements and dosage: None.
Todays UA reading: 9.1 mg/dL, that mackerel sure was rich in purines.
Todays step count: 11393 steps.

Wednesday means busy enough and no time to cook.
Breakfast: Yesterdays soup, and hotcakes with butter, maple syrup (one teaspoon) and berries (frozen).
Lunch: Guacamole, nachos, pumpkin salad, and fish sausage.
Snack: Low-carb chocolate
Dinner: Sendai onigiri, a big rice ball glaceed with miso and then grilled. Tofu. Marinated eggplant. Mackerel.
Todays supplements and dosage: None.
Todays UA reading: 7.2 mg/dL, so the low-purine meals count.
Todays step count: 10709 steps.

Tuesday is not usually very busy, if you do not have a sick daughter and have to go to the dentist. And the system you are working with fails in testing for unexpliccable reasons.
Breakfast: Vegetable soup, rice and nori.
Lunch: More vegetable soup, egg on rice. Crackers and guacamole (because I can).
Snack: Some of the kids gummies, like gummi bears but 100% juice. And unfortunately, two fish sausages (same consistency as spam but much better taste). Unfortunately since they are full of purines.
Dinner: The root vegetable stew I made at lunch, plus a couple of pieces of cheese and some soup.
Todays supplements and dosage: None.
Todays UA reading: 10.4 mg/dL. so chocolate and meat in the diet makes a difference to the uric acid concentration.
Todays step count: 13296 steps, since I went out looking for my son who had not come home before dark.

Monday again. Had to go to the offce to do some paperwork. I can walk there, which shows in my step count.
Breakfast: Soup with Japanese dumplings and pumpkin salad with egg, apple, and cranberries.
Lunch: Vegetables tsukemen, a kind of noodles which you dip in a soup which in this case contains lots of vegetables. And unfortunately meat.
Snack: For once, chocolate. Since I was able to walk a bit extra.
Dinner: Rice with meat and tofu topping - same as in Yoshinoya! And persimmon for dessert. Plus I drank a big glass of lemon juice (and water) with the meal.
Todays supplements and dosage: None.
Todays UA reading: 8.0 mg/dL, so the meat I ate yesterday was really noticeable.
Todays step count: 24512 steps. More than 15 km!

The weather forecast said rain, so we bought movie tickets. Ended up being one of the nicest days in a long while.
Breakfast: Traaditional Japanese buckwhear noodles in yesterdays hotpot soup.
Lunch: Fried rice and vegetables, and choulompou, a kind of Chinese dumplings. Steamed on cabbage, which was delicious.
Snack: Pumpkin latte at Tullys coffee.
Dinner: Japanese "teishoku" but I choose two dishes with meat in them, which was unfortunate.
Todays supplements and dosage: None.
Todays UA reading: 6.6 mg/dL.
Todays step count: 14191 steps.

Breakfast: Yesterdays vegetarian chili, unfortunately together with the half chocolate muffins the kids did not want. I am not used to that much sugar.
Lunch: Rice and vegetables, tofu, and pork soup. We went to a restaurant which serves traditional Japanese meals.
Snack: "umai bou"
Dinner: Seafood hotpot - minus the seafood for me. Lots of vegetables. I only had one oyster. And we ate a whole box of kiwifruits from Costco for dessert. If I ever neede a dose of vitamin C, I would have got it now.
Todays supplements and dosage: None.
Todays UA reading: 6.6 mg/dL. Low-purine menu seems to work!
Todays step count: 13849 steps. Just ordinary shopping!

I am currently not taking any supplements, except fish oil which I have taken every day for 35 years (I was diagnosed with gout 15 years ago). Just thought I would start including that, in case there was any effects of something. I will not mention the fish oil again however.
Current supplements and dose: No supplements.
Breakfast: Toast with blueberry jam, egg drop soup, green smoothie, omelet (from yesterday). Yes, we want to make sure the kids have a good breakfast. It is the most important meal of the day.
Lunch: Vegetarian chili without beans (the one I made yesterday). It does get better if you let it sit.
Snack: No snack today, the chili was very filling.
Dinner: Lasagna, vegetarian chili, and steamed frozen vegetables. It is the fastest way of defrosting them, but also the tastiest. And a no-alcohol, no-purine beer.
Todays UA reading: 8.5 mg/dL. A bit too high. I had some tingling in my toes this morning.
Todays step count: 12934 steps!

We try to eat a lot of vegetables, so meals are often seasonal. I think it shows in the uric acid level - they do not contain purines. Or very little.
Breakfast: Leftover from yesterdays pot-au-feu, stirfry of some other leftovers and frozen vegetables. Bread and hommus.
Lunch: Chicken katsu with soup and salad at a nearby restaurant run by people with disabilities. They may not always behave like you would expect restaurant staff but they sure can cook.
Snack: Japanese rice crackers (senbei).
Dinner: I made vegetarian no-bean chili. It worked, even the kids ate it. I put the recipe on my cooking page.
​We also had cheese wraps (one of those surprises from Costco), and unfortunately I inherited a large part of my sons, with bacon in it. Not sure whether it will show up on my UA tomorrow.
Todays UA reading: 8.9 mg/dL
​Todays step count: 8128 steps, that was without walk, since I skipped that today.

The amount of water you drink matter a lot. I was thinking of how to include it. Usually, I try to drink a large glass of water every 20 to 30 minutes. But to write the times when I drink water would be pretty boring. I need to think more about it.
Breakfast: Broccoli and tomato salad with a dressing my youngest daughter made, rice with natto and salmon roe (not low purine but delicious).
Lunch: Vegetable omelet (from the leftovers of the stir-fry).
Snack: A pear
Dinner: Vegetable pot-au-feu in our huge tahine pot.
Todays UA reading: 8.9 mg/dL, so I will try even harder to eat more vegetables.
Todays step count: 9535 steps

I started including the step count to keep myself honest. We usually get up at 6, but it is busy until the kids go to school. Then I try to take a walk before work. Evidently, it should be longer.
Breakfast: Rice and fermented beans with salmon roe. Mushroom soup. Green smoothie(s).
Lunch: Leftover soup with extra veg, rice with leftover bacon, leftover bacon and cheese sandwich.
Snack: Pear, from the province next to ours. Deliciously juicy. Somewhat later, a banana.
Dinner: Japanese pan-fried dumplings (gyoza), and lots of vegetables (I made an onion cheese gratin which was pretty good).
Todays UA reading: 9.6 mg/dL, so you can tell that beer and salmon in yesterdays dinner count.
​Todays step count: 9195 steps before I went up the stairs.