Day 106, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Tuesday, Day 106, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Another day of drama and intrigue. What else is new? Sometimes one phone call or email can really be something. Both for good and for evil. It can either cause such rejoicing that one walks on air the rest of the day or it can cause one to hold up the shield of faith with both hands and all the soul. The latter was the case today. But, praise my kind Father in Heaven and my loving Saviour, i made it. i ate very well today. Lunch was provided by a prospect on the road in the form of two large, spotted bananas. Delicious. No time for exercise today, but i will definitely catch up on that front. Besides, my triceps are still sore from sunday. Very good feeling that soreness from reaching the muscle deeply. Today's menu was:

Breakfast:
12 valencia oranges, one banana. (816 calories)

Lunch:
2 large bananas. (242 calories)

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with chopped chives and avocado-banana sauce. (1162 calories)

Exercise: none.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 105, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Monday, Day 105, Raw Fruitarian. i ate very well today. i have to look up what food category chives are in, i would guess they are an herb. Well, they really added a nice zest to my dinner today. What a great blessing that they grow all over my yard and the neighborhood! i tell you the truth, one of life's great pleasures (at least for me), is a satisfying meal. Especially after a hard day. i am so happy that i am at the point where a bowl of non-sweet fruit with no salt is extremely satisfying to me. i still use herbs obviously, but getting off the salt is huge for me at this time. Here are todays meals:

Breakfast:
9 valencia oranges, 2 mangos. (803 calories)

Lunch:
10 valencia oranges, 2 bananas, 3/4 of a pineapple (973 calories)

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with banana-avocado sauce. (1043 calories)

Exercise: 4 mile power walk.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 104, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Sunday, Day 104, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Life can be very interesting. The walk of faith even more so. There is pain in the growth in grace and the crucifixion of self, but there are also many joys and amusements. Case in point, it is now Monday as i am blogging this. i am blogging events as of yesterday (sunday). i have not blogged in several days because my internet and phone are out. i am blogging this from my office. The last time i blogged, i had received a box of valencia oranges from a dear sister in Christ just as i had run out of fruit to eat. The box actually had 100 oranges in it. Friday, i went to the library to check my emails and lo, a dear soul gave a $100 contribution to us which bought us groceries for the weekend. It is a challenge for sure, but in a strange way it is also fun and amusing. Just seeing how we get provided for in times of need is amazing. These days it seems every day is a challenge and i never know what to expect. Who needs to watch TV when i have real life drama? So i (and my family) ate well this weekend. With our newfound wealth i also purchased another case of those valencias (i found out they were $25 per case, a tremendous deal in these parts), which i obtained on sunday. i had a great workout today. The best one so far as a fruitarian. i have had better on my raw journey, but i can definitely tell that i will be reaching new heights because of the effects of fruitarianism. Here was today's menu:

Breakfast:
14 valencia oranges. What i am doing is slicing them up into quarters and sucking what i can out of them. They are delicious. i feel like i took some sort of energy pill every time i eat them. We have found that 4 of them produce 16oz of juice, so i had nearly 48oz worth. Very good. (830 calories)

Lunch:
Delicious non-sweet fruity salad with a small twist. As we were doing our 4 mile walk today, we noticed that one of the natural blessings of southern virginia have started springing up all over. Chives. They have a onion-like smell but much lighter. We plucked up a few handfuls and i began eating them. They tasted salty to me, like onion-garlic potato chips. Of course this made me eat more of them (LOL). i added them to my salad as well as my sauce (Banana-orange juice-avocado), very good indeed. i also ate one extra avocado. They really help with calories when food is low. They taste good too (smile). (1142 calories).

Dinner:
7 valencia oranges (415 calories)

Exercise:
4 mile brisk walk. Then i did my 20 minute workout. In the 20 minutes this time i was able to complete: 200 pushups, 30 chin-ups, 60 one legged squats (per leg). Not bad and still improving.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 100, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Wednesday, Day 100, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Well, its been 100 days. Overall i am feeling physically wonderful. Very light, alert and energetic. My mind and spirit are attentive and i am really connecting with Heaven on a new level. My weight is 183lbs. Officially that is 10lbs lighter than where i started. i have been involved in a very stressful period of my life and through it all i have been able thru Grace to continue this journey. Its still only in the beginning, but it is doing great things for me. i am having strong cravings over the last week for certain things. Fried chicken, fried fish, cheeseburgers and pizza. The interesting thing is the chicken, fish and pizza have not entered my body temple in 10 yrs. The beef, that has to be at least 20yrs. So i think its the salt among other things, that i am craving. But its not at all any sort of raging battle in me. i have no desire to actually go and eat these things, but i think of them. i feel that this is just another place in the journey and that in time (i don't think more than a few months), these things will not appeal to me at all.

Today, a wonderful thing happened. While i was at work, a sister in Christ who wants to go raw stopped by my home to get some pointers from my wife. She came bearing a gift. A case filled with valencia oranges! There must be somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-70 of them in that box. Now i know what i will be eating tomorrow. Mono meals for sure. If i had to live on one food for any length of time, oranges would be one of the ones i would choose (along with bananas, durian, mango or avocado). i ate one this evening after my non-sweet salad but tomorrow they will be a large part of my nourishment. Today's meals were:

Breakfast:
4 tangerines, one banana. (313 Calories)

Dinner:
Non-sweet fruity salad with tangerine-avocado dressing. One valencia orange. (1005 calories).

exercise: none today


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 99, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Tuesday, Day 99, 100% Raw Fruitarian. It was a trying type of day. Filled with things designed to cause anxiety if i let them. The type of day that requires faith. i am glad the Lord got me through it. Character must be developed in trial. There is simply no other way. i am glad the Spirit causes me to understand this, although, i cannot say i always rejoice in it. Not yet. In conjunction with the day, good food was not as plentiful. But i can say i did rejoice in what i was able to eat as i thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially dinner where, for the first time ever, i made my own curry. It came out quite good and it was very easy. Went very well on my non-sweet fruity salad. As i was out on road visiting prospects today, i really didn't have time to exercise. i was emotionally exhausted when i got home tonight. My dear wife had already cut up the non-sweet fruity salad for me so that was a great relief to be able to come in, just make the sauce (which takes about 5 minutes or less) and eat. Today's menu was:

Breakfast:

One personal watermelon. (678 Calories)

Dinner:
Non-sweet fruity salad with avocado sauce. One other avocado by itself after. (1139 Calories).

No exercise today.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 98, 100% Raw Fruitarian.

Monday, Day 98, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Was on the road all day today. Had a three and a half hour drive to a prospect's house. Of course, it was a big prospect. The meeting went well, but its 50/50 as to whether or not we will do business. But its always good to meet nice people. i ate well today. i have one personal watermelon which i am saving for tomorrow. i carried lunch with me and ate it while i was driving. Here is today's menu:

Breakfast:
One large red tomato (delicious), one tangerine, one navel orange, one mineola orange, one avocado (512 calories).

Lunch:
3 honey tangerines, one navel orange, 2 bananas. (434 calories).

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with banana-avocado sauce. (1090 calories)

Exercise:
3 sets of handclap pushups (don't know how many because i am doing them now), a few minutes of upper body isometric exercises.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 97, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Sunday, Day 97, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Sundays are days where we usually lounge around the house and relax. When the weather is good i run and/or play ball with my youngest son. In the morning, my wife and i usually talk for an hour or so, discussing what's going on in our lives, in the world and things pertaining to our family and the Kingdom of God. This morning time flew by on us as we talked until early afternoon (shows there's alot going on.lol). That put me slightly behind as i had to go into the office today for a couple of hours. i have an early day tomorrow and a long drive to see a prospective client. i ate very well today, as i have all this weekend. i don't know how this week will go, but i know i will be alright in the end. i have been having some very bad thoughts go through my head over the last two or three nights. i have been having thoughts of three things, fried chicken, new york city pizza and cheese burgers. Now i wondered why these things were coming so heavy upon my mind and i came up with three things. One, i was hungry most of the week, when a person is hungry, all types of thoughts go through their head. Two, i had not thought about salt in awhile and perhaps i was craving it. Three, dark spirits were seeking to tempt me prior to being banished from my soul forever. i decided it was a combination of all three. But the way i have been eating this weekend, none of that mattered. i was totally satisfied and happy with the fare i was blessed to partake of. Today's meals were:

Breakfast:
one 20lbs watermelon. two bananas. (1565 calories)

Dinner:
Large bowl of zucchini spaghetti with celery, tomato and raisins. seasoned with home-made curry, basil and oregano. topped with banana-tangerine sauce. i also ate two avocados (i really didn't need the second one, but they were so good). (1302 Calories).


Exercise:
i put my timer on 20 minutes and this is what i did.

50 regular pushups. 15 clap pushups, 60 one-legged squats, 24 chins, 40 chair dips. i really got a good workout. The isometrics are helping me progress tremendously.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd