Epilogue May 26
Maybe some of you are interested to hear how the ‘cooldown’ period following the fast is going? In short, very well. The OJ was kind of tough for two days - just trying to get down as many glasses as he demands. Really I went with like four a day and water inbetween and was fine. Yesterday was my first day of real food. My very first thing was a ripe, juicy peach. It was so good my knees shook. Fruit salad (apples, oranges, bananas, mango, grapes, strawberry, kiwi) was also a delight. I had salad for dinner last night, with just about the lightest dressing possible - red wine vinegar and fat-free greek yogurt with salt and pepper - also remarkably delicious! Today, though… today I made mulligatawny for my vegetable soup. It’s… it’s really, really fucking good. By substituting the coconut milk, we made it super-light and healthy, especially by also subbing out sugar for stevia. Anyway - food tastes goddamned delicious, is the point, and I’m honestly not cheating, like, at all. That said, I have nice bottles of gin and diet tonic waiting for shortly after dinner for me tonight, as a finish line celebration. Yay, booze!
Matthew Barney Gumble May 26
OHOHOH - and also - the poop today? Was, like, amazing. One of the all-time most-satisfying.