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I'm feeling pretty good about avoiding nightshade family and sticking with the fish diet long term - 3 to 4 months. Yesterday I was feeling weak and a bit in a daze for awhile. this morning I'm doing better. Maybe what caused the weakness was drinking 2 glasses of pineapple juice which is high in fiber. that is probably what the trouble maker was. Dental appointment went alright. I was worried about it yesterday morning since I felt quite poorly at the time.
Skin looks good. Tongue looks good. Appearance healthy.
 
Doing quite well today though I am fasting. Energy levels are good. Stomach is good. Well, this will be a good test. Nightshade is out of my diet for good. At least I think so. the left foot feels good and strong. Weight is 173lbs. that was nice to see. If avoiding nightshade family members results in easier weight to lose, it will make it easier for me to avoid nightshade. The two previous stomach flares happened after eating potatoes. It took about 3 weeks of eating potatoes for the problem to happen. Eating tomatoes seems to cause a similar flare within one to two weeks. With fasting, if I do it often, I should find out if eating nightshade is the cause of the fasting laxative effect.
 
This is a big notice I made last night. About a week ago I experienced some inflammation. It can be a bit painful but nothing terrible. It happens from time to time. Since avoiding potatoes from one week ago that inflammation has gone away. There is no sign of it.

Don't know why I hadn't noticed this before. I should have recorded down in my notes this inflammation. Regardless I can imagine this gives further data to me being on the right diet of avoiding nightshade family members, and sticking with the fish diet.

I'm eating that nightshade free sauce. So far so good. Another three weeks to go at a minimum with testing that.

Weight this morning was nearly 170lbs. Bit of a shocker there. Didn't expect to lose weight so quick. I'm down ruffly 5lbs after fasting two times this week. 167lbs is my ideal weight I've noticed in the past. Might as well go for the ideal.

Tongue looks good. Skin looks good and healthy. Tongue is nearly perfect.
 
I'm quite pleased about the inflammation that I can remember. It would happen from time to time, and all to often go hand in hand with a stomach flare. I think there is a good chance that potatoes and nightshade are responsible for that.

On the negative I've been tired, worn out, more so than hoped. Since Thursday it has been an issue. I'm doing well, communicating well, just a bit out of it. I'm thinking over the next week I should improve. I'm guessing it is due to the potatoes that i last ate a week ago. It might also be due to extra fiber being eaten. And most likely the little bit of fasting I've been doing well also cause this. I'll just have to hope it goes away soon and I imagine it will.
 
A rather dull day today. Being a bit out of it had me hanging out on the computer joking around for the day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better and more productive. A very good sign I noticed is that i'm talking really well. It is encouraging. Not entirely sure what the problem is but it shouldn't last to much longer. And it isn't an overly serious issue. I've been out of it much worse than this. This is pretty mild, but the timing isn't so great. I have much high hopes for the current diet. It has to be the answer. Anyway, I shouldn't dwell on this to much. Skin looks great. Tongue has some marks on it but nothing overly signifiant.
 
I think what it is that has me a bit out of it. It is a good thing maybe. I did a difficult workout the other day. the good part is I'm not feeling sore. Typically I'd be feeling sore after such a workout and these workouts can make me feeling slightly out of it. That must be it. Avoiding potatoes and nightshade does appear to be anti inflammatory, possibly another example of that with not feeling sore.
 
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