The Last Night

I make it through this night and I've made it through my ten-day juice fast. I certainly can do it.

Today I went on a photography excursion. A bunch of us went to the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, just above San Simeon. We were led around by docents for over two hours, and then left on our own to photograph the sunset from wherever we wanted. This means we walked around, stood, walked, stood, took pictures, walked again...I sat down a couple of times for very short times. Otherwise I was on my feet.

I got tired but my hip did not hurt. My legs felt pretty good overall. I felt like I did well. This, on top of three or four days without the sharp pains in my groin area that have become part of my life.

I suspect, therefore, that the foods I juiced do not cause inflammation in me. And now I want to follow Dr. Barnard's plan: go with anti-inflammatory foods for a while, then gradually add in foods that may be inflammatory, one by one. My first day, tomorrow, though, will be different. I want to have scrambled tofu with spinach and broccoli tomorrow morning. The tofu is not on that list. Tomorrow night I will be going to a potluck. The foods offered there will be healthy, for the most part, but I won't know what is in everything, so I won't be restricting myself to the "safe" foods tomorrow.