Day 192, 100% Raw Fruitarian.

Thursday, Day 192, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i have found that, whenever i experience a real spiritual pinnacle (as i did last weekend), it is usually followed by a spiritual challenge a short time later. It is a counter-attack of the enemy of souls; redoubling his efforts. But it is also part of the balance the God of Heaven has set in the universe, even on this sin-filled sod we dwell in called planet earth. Ecclesiates 7:14 says this about it:

" In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him."

and also this in Ecclesiates 3:1

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: "

Needless to say, this has been a challenging week. But these thoughts strengthen and comfort me during such a time. So that i am able to say the Lord hath done all things well, and safely guided me through another week. Moreover, i ate very well this week, even was able to purchase two whole durian (one is in the freezer for the weekend, the children are believing it will not make it, i am not sure either). i am also noticing how i am really more well adapted to the hot weather than i was before. i know this is the result of the fruit. Here is how my day went:

Breakfast:
16oz of water. Half a watermelon, about 3 nice pods of durian (1266 calories)

Lunch:
Cucumber-tomato-squash salad with one avocado (no pate today). (477 calories).

Dinner:
one third of a watermelon, one banana, 2 small mangos, 5 valencia oranges (this was over a 90 minute period as i sort of grazed thru it). (1067 calories).

i am having an aversion to drinking the water. i don't know why. The strange thing is, when i drink the water i urinate less than when i don't. Of course, as mentioned before, the urine doesn't have such an offensive odor with the water in my diet. i will continue to do battle with this.

Exercise:
30 minutes in the park. 52 chins, 50 tricep presses, 50 one leg squats each leg.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Weekend Review Days 187 & 188 100% Fruitarian.

Weekend Review, Days 187 & 188 100% Raw Fruitarian. Had a tremendous weekend. Foodwise, spiritually, fellowship with like believers, it was simply a slice of Heaven. i never did list all that i ate so i don't have a calorie count, but i ate very, very well. Didn't get to do any calistenics either, but i had a good workout. As i had blogged on Friday, i had the pleasure of eating a durian for dinner. Well, i was in North Carolinato speak on Sabbathj as i do once or twice per month. There was a very good brother of mine who is a missionary there. He had just arrived from a 2 month stint in Thailand. It was a joy to see him. You won't believe he told me he saw truckloads of Durian and he never even tasted one. He has been invited back next year and i told him i am going with him! By the end of today though, he did taste one in North Carolina....LOL. More on that in a moment. There was another very close friend of mine there who is a traveling evangelist. It was great to see these people as they are very rarely in the same place at the same time. Then of course there was the very sweet and lovely people i usually see there. The Lord had me speak on Revelation chapter 14. The needful preparation necessary to meet God face to face. The Spirit really took over and the fellowship was totally sweet. People were repenting and re-committing their lives to Christ. It was beautiful to experience.

Afterwards we had lunch in the park. i brought along a salad and the last of my mangos. i was enjoying that when, lo and behold, a sister brought some fresh durian with her! My missionary brother was sitting right next to me when she presented it to me. With some considerable coaxing he finally tried alittle. He liked it! Its so crazy that he was in the Durian capital of the world for 2 months and didn't try durian until he came to North Carolina...LOL. Then it because sort of a dare to get everyone to try some....it was alot of fun.

i had a very nice Fathers Day. On Friday, as i drove home i passed by a store that had a sign that said "The greatest gift a Father can give his children is Himself". i really related to that. Of course, being a christian, it made me think of my Heavenly Father. How He gave us His Son to save us. i thought about how Christ said "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant". I decided to make Father's day a day for me to serve my family and children. Instead of rising up early and hitting the park, i spent a couple of hours talking with my wife. My wife gave me permission to get another Durian (they are abundant at the asian store now), so i took my daughters with me as i went shopping to several stores and ran some errands. It was great to spend time alone with them and chat. Also, i am not sure if i mentioned this before, but we had 3 cats. Well, we started with one cat, a female (called Blitz). Then 2 years ago we found a cat in our shed. Another female, that was very territorial (more than most cats). i wanted to get rid of it, but my daughters would not let me unless we found a home for it. That would be difficult as the cat (whom we named Coal) is all black (like Blitz) and nobody seemed to want a black cat. Then, about two weeks ago my daughters brought home a kitten they found in a drainage pipe. Didn't look like it was more than a month old. Another female (whom we named Fluffy). Now i don't mind having so many cats (sort of), but the problem is, they hate each other. All being female. Everytime i mentioned bringing Coal to the Aspca, my daughter would basically growl at me. My other daughter would look sad when i said anything about Fluffy. Now what's a guy to do?

So i prayed about it. Well, just so happens that we met a family in North Carolina with the same situation only they had all males. The male kitten they found ran away so they still had two that hated each other. So we arranged a trade. We will give them Coal, they will give us Frisky (their male). Then another sister in Christ came over and wanted Fluffy. Whew! Problem solved. Now we will have Blitz (a female) and Frisky (a male). Both fixed, opposite sexes, no territorial issues. That made my weekend all by itself as the girls were very happy to be getting a new cat and knowing that both Coal and Fluffy will be in loving homes. God is good.

Later i met my son at the park to play some basketball. We really wanted to play one-on-one alone but other people were there. So we played for about an hour. Then people started leaving (it was about 90 degrees), at that point i also had to go because i had a bible study to do. But i wanted to get some chins and dips in first so i said "i am going to do some exercise before i go". My son looked at me and said "you are going to do exercise?". i looked in his eyes and what he was really saying was "Dad could you and i play some more?". So i said "You know what, lets play some one-on-one!", his face lit up. Sometimes just the simplest gestures make children happy (even 17 year old ones). Of course we had a fun time.

As i said it was a terrific weekend. As far as eating, i had non-sweet fruit salads (filled with tomatoes of course), durian, mangos, avocado, watermelon and valencia oranges. Can't remember anything else, but i ate very well.

i hope you had a nice weekend.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 186, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Friday, Day 186, 100% Raw Fruitarian. The day is not over, but i want to blog now since i missed yesterday and i am about to take a shower and get ready for dinner and family worship. It was a very sweet day today. i got some tremendous blessings in terms of fruit. i decided to check out this roadside store that i have seen but never seemed to have time to stop in. They usually are only open in the spring and summer and sell mostly plants. But i did note that during the summer months they sell local produce. What really caught my eye was their sign which said "Cucumbers 3/$1". In these days of penny-pinching that was enough to get me to go in. i had just got paid today and received a small donation so i was on a mission. Well, when i went in there i was totally blown away. Everything in there was of fine quality, local and cheaper than any of the local grocers i usually frequent. The topper was the tomatoes. They usually sell them $1.29/lb which is an excellent price. But they had these that they sell cheaper because they don't look as good as the others, spots, little bruises and such. Of course that didn't bother me, i got a 25lb case for $7! Tremendous blessing in these parts. Large, bright red and very juicy (they wouldn't let me try one in the store but i ate one in the parking lot). They had bananas the same way, nobody wanted them because they had spots......25 cents a pound...you know i hit the jackpot now. i bought $25 worth of produce there which would have easily cost me 3 times that in any other store. Thats not all. Went to the asian market. They know me there now. They had only one case of mangos left, the mangos were all wrinkled like a 120 year old lizard, so he gave me a case of 14 for $10 plus 11 valencia oranges for $2. Of course i bought the Durian, it was $2.19 per pound, not a tremendous deal, but hey, its Durian. Needless to say, i ate like a Fruitarian King today. i was so happy in that store when i got those tomatoes, the people thought i was crazy. i wasn't crazy.....LOL. i was just giving praise the my Saviour and Father in Heaven for the blessing. Something about getting such a blessing, it was like i was walking on air the rest of the day. Nothing could bother me.

Had a tremendous workout today. The pictures here posted are me right after i came in from doing the lawn for over 2.5 hours. So you can see i was sweating alot as it was in the 90s today. i also went out to the park earlier for a quick 15 minute session of dips and chins. Went well.

Todays meals:

Breakfast:

16oz of water. Half a watermelon (678 calories)

Lunch:

16oz of water. 2 mangos, tomato-cucumber salad with pate. (853 calories).

Dinner (scheduled):

16oz of water. 6 valencia orange, one mango, one Durian. (1375 calories).

Exercise:

56 bar dips and 61 chins in 15 minutes....2.5 hours of pushing a lawn mower.

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 184, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Wednesday, Day 184, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Circumstances had me off work today. It was an unexpected day of leisure. i had a workout this morning after family worship. It was a good one as i decided to focus on incline pushups today. Now i call incline pushups, those done with my feet in a chair and my hands on the floor. i combined these with the door-assisted one leg squats. Great workout. Did it on a 30 minute time limit. i wanted to do 300 incline pushups and 200 squats (100 each leg), but halfway through i was whipped and was glad to get done what was done. My fruit supply was meager today and i have none for tomorrow at this point, but i have learned to just flow with these things. If i get no fruit tomorrow, i will just fast on water for the day. i get paid on Friday and will be glad to get a fresh supply of delicious fruit. i forgot to mention in my last blog the 48oz of water i drank. i am simply not used to drinking water after being on this type of diet for 6 months. But i must admit, it appears to be helping the smell of the urine. i don't understand it because my urine was clear continually before this, it just smelled really bad. Its still clear now, it just doesn't smell as bad. Something to be said for drinking fresh water even on a juicy fruit diet. Here is how the meals went:

Breakfast:
16 oz of water. Half of a personal watermelon. (339 calories)

Lunch:
16oz of water. tomato-cucumber salad with pate. (584 calories)

Dinner:
16oz of water. Half of a personal watermelon, one banana, one mango. (594 calories).

Exercise:
30 minutes.....240 push-ups, 160 one leg squats (80 each).

later:
60 push-ups (i wanted an even 300 for the day).

i am amazed at how much abdominal work i get done by chins/pull-ups and push-ups (especially with one leg extended, really feel that).


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 182, 100% Fruitarian

Monday, Day 182, 100% Fruitarian. Mondays are usually light days for me workwise. This was the case today. So i came home early enough to go out with my son and play some basketball. The weather was perfect as it was in the high 70s. Not too hot, not too cold. Had a tremendous time and a good workout. Afterwards i did some dips and chins. Felt so good afterwards. It was strange in that, even though i was drenched in sweat and had a great workout, after my shower i felt so fresh like i could immediately go and do it all again. This lifestyle is something else. i ate well today although again, because i am drinking lots of water, i didn't eat as much. Both my wife and i have already noticed a diminished scent on the urine front. We'll see as i continue. My wife mentioned the "churchianity" quote i blogged earlier on her face book page. She got much more response than she bargained for....lol. People feel very strongly about their churches. i have found you can find out what is really a person's god when they feel that god is threatened.

For example, when one says "i don't eat flesh foods or animal foods", with a group of flesh eaters, you will get some very strong and sometimes harsh responses. As anyone who has done this can attest. Its because the flesh foods is a god to many, to others its just their belly. Mentioning you have discarded their god offends the worshipper. Or if one says, "It would be better for you if you left candy alone". To the sweetooth, you just declared war. Its the same with people and their churches. If one says, "i don't believe in denominations", the denominated peoples will rise up (as they did). i like things simple. Me, my Lord Jesus Christ and His Word. Its not complicated, its sweet and it works well for me and my family. Calling all professed Christians, make sure you are not worshipping your church or denomination, because you may lose Christ.

Here is how today went:

Breakfast:
2 mangos (i got a real sweet bunch on sunday, but they are almost gone), half a watermelon. (947 calories).

Lunch:
tomato-cucumber salad with pate. (584 calories).

Dinner:
2 mangos, 4 valencia oranges. (506 calories).

Exercise:
2 hours of basketball, 50 chins, 50 dips.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 181, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Sunday, Day 181, 100% Raw Fruitarian. It was a nice quiet and restful weekend. Today was yea good cap to it. Now this marks officially the 6 month point of this fruitarian journey for me. i feel great. The salt cravings are still there but greatly diminished. Many changes are going on inside my temple which appear to be continous in scope. i am still getting small bouts of detox on and off (which i expect to continue). More and more, my thoughts and my mind in general, become clearer and clearer. i am getting more out of my Bible and its limitless treasures than ever in my life. i weigh 177lbs right now (down about 18 pounds from where i started). i have not been this weight since i got married 25 years ago. As i have previously blogged, i am feeling many times more athletic than i have in decades. i am feeling closer to the Spirit of the God of Heaven than ever in my walk with the Lord. Its a closeness i am determined not to lose because of its comfort to me (especially during trying times when i am in straightened places).

i have not yet given up the idea of using salt but i want to see where i am in 6 months. i do believe its a necessary thing as the Bible says "Salt is good". But i also believe i have abused it for most of my life, so therefore need this year away from it. The addition of table salt to the high concentrations of it in processed foods that i partook of regularly at one time was damaging to my temple. So, again i say, i will take a wait and see attitude with it. Today i played basketball for 3 hours. That was a very good workout in itself, but afterwards i did 53 chins/pull-ups before leaving the park. Felt great. i neglected to bring my gloves with me or i probably would have done alittle more ( i hate callouses on my hands).

On the urine front, my wife has been after me to drink water. She really believes the cat-like urine smell in my stream will be eliminated by doing this. i reluctantly agreed to try it for a week. So today, prior to each meal, i drank a 16oz glass of water. We'll see what happens. What i did notice is i didn't eat as much and my caloric intake was way down as you will see below. Here is how it played out today:

Breakfast:
16oz of water. Half of a small watermelon, 4 valencia oranges. (644 calories).

Lunch:
16oz of water. one mango, cucumber-tomato salad with pate. (718 calories).

Snack:
mango (135 calories)

Dinner:
16oz of water. 2 mangos, 5 valencia oranges. (566 calories)



Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 179, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Friday, Day 179, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Didn't eat as much today. i missed breakfast because i had an early, very important meeting. But i don't feel the lack. Before lunch at about 11am, i had a box of organic grape tomatoes as a snack. They were delicious. i never got into them before really, but this fruitarian journey is changing alot of things in my life. i was hungry prior to that but after that, the hunger was completely gone and i was satisfied. i ate again about two hours later but that was more because of schedule than hunger. i had plans to workout at the park and i wanted to get lunch out of the way before i did. Had a good workout today as it was very warm and i felt very good. My wife was jogging around the park as i was working on the bars, we both got a good workout. Tomorrow we have some brethren coming over to worship with us and we are going to make it a raw Sabbath. Should be a blessing for all. Here is how today went:

Breakfast:
none

Snack:
Pint of organic grape tomatoes, yummy. (80 calories)

Lunch:
one banana, tomato-cucumber salad with pate. (705 calories).

Dinner:
Half a watermelon, 4 bananas. (1162 calories).

Snack (planned for later):
6 valencia oranges. (356 calories).


Exercise:
35 minutes... 102 chin-ups.....90 dips on the dipping bar.

Have a great weekend!

Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 178, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Thursday, Day 178, 100% Raw Fruitarian. My wife and i went to the park today. i was going to focus on dips and chins. But then it started raining hard. i was only able to get in about 20 minutes, which was good enough for some chins. i will do that again tomorrow (weather permitting), i may also do some more squats (they are tough, but i feel the increase of strength in my legs). Food-wise i ate less calories today because my thoughtful wife made me a non-sweet salad for dinner and i had eaten one for breakfast. She thought i would want it since a few times i had eaten it twice per day. i did enjoy it immensely with a new batch of nut pate i made, but i had a taste for some sweet fruit and about an hour later i had some. Here is how it went:

Breakfast:
Tomato-cucumber salad with pate. one banana. (705 calories).

Lunch:
one half of a large watermelon, Delicious. (678 calories).

Dinner:
tomato-cucumber salad with pate. (584 calories).

Snack:
2 mangos, one banana. (390 calories).

Exercise:
70 chins.....about 20 minutes.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 177, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Wednesday, Day 177, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i felt great today. Very fit physically. i ate some lettuce today (yuck). i mean, i have nothing against lettuce, but after all these months, it wasn't very appealing at all. i actually had no choice because our fridge is on the blink and the freezer is working but the regular part is not. We lost 2 heads of lettuce and other things started going bad. My family had some leftover salad (which included lettuce) that had tomato, cucumber and black olives in it. Without the fridge, it also would go to waste. i hate to waste food, especially produce. So i plucked out all the olives (no salt please), and added a fresh tomato. Then topped it with some of my pate and ate it with dinner. It was just "ok" at best. i ate alot of fruit with dinner which was far more satisfying to me at this stage.

i had a very good workout today. After working out for many years i find the more efficient i can make the workout, the better for me. When i lifted weights, i would be at it for over 90 minutes to two hours at a workout. Alot of that was resting between sets. Today, that seems like a crazy waste of time to me. Now i like to keep my workouts under an hour (under 45 minutes mostly). Many times i get an excellent workout in about 20 minutes. If i am doing cardio (like jogging), i usually go a distance that takes me an hour or less. This works well for me in that i avoid injury and overtraining (which has plagued me in the past). Pulling a muscle or over-training your body can set you back weeks or even worse. So far, during this journey, i have had no such problems.

My wife and i were discussing a subject of conversation i had recently with a Baptist youth pastor. He was a very nice and sincere young man. He told me his main mission was to reach the "unchurched". Of course, that meant he wanted to make them "churched". i told the young man, my mission was to LIVE Christ, that others may see it and follow Him. i hope he got the point. i am finding many people who claim Christianity as their faith, placing their trust in their "church". If its Christianity, then the trust should be in Christ and Christ alone. Yesterday i met a nice elderly couple in the course of the day, they pretty much said the same thing about their "church".....sometimes i think people should not call their belief Christianity but "churchianity". To each his own i suppose. Anyways, here is how the days meals went:

Breakfast:
Half a watermelon (678 calories)

Snack:
4 valencia oranges. (237 calories).

Lunch:
tomato-cucumber salad with pate. (584 calories).

Dinner:
3 mangos, 6 valencia oranges, one banana, salad with lettuce and pate. (1376 calories).


Exercise:
25 minutes.....250 pushups.....50 one leg squats each leg.



Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 175, 100% Raw Fruitarian.

Monday, Day 175, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Good day today in terms of food and the nauseousness was gone. i still had some mowing to finish as the mower gave out yesterday. It worked well today and the yard got done this morning. Then went to work and came home earlier because it was a light day. Ate a good lunch and went out to play some basketball with my son. Because i ate well, had not worked out that morning except for the lawn mowing (which was only about 40 minutes), i felt very energetic as i came to the court. One very brash 18 year old was giving me grief about what he was going to do to me on the court. "Old man, " he said, "you won't even be able to hit a shot today". That was too bad for the kid, because his girlfriend was there and he was made toast. After 3 games, i didn't hear that mouth anymore. His girlfriend was laughing. i had so much energy it was scary. i came away with the very strong impression that if i wasn't eating the way i am eating, this would not be possible. i played for 90 minutes with those boys and was even able to squeeze in 4 sets of chins and 4 sets of dips. What a workout, especially after running like that in 90 degree heat. To be 48 years old and running around with 18 year old kids is alot of fun. At the end of the day i had fun with that kid, i told him "boy i am old enough to be your grandfather and i waxed you, you should be ashamed of yourself!".....everybody was laughing. Today's meals went like this:

Breakfast:
11 valencia oranges, 2 mangos (921 calories)

Lunch:
the pate i made today was my best yet. i guess less is more because all i did was remove the dill weed and it was great. i like dill, but it worked better without it. Ended up eating a second salad because of it.

tomato-cucumber salad with nut pate (twice). (1101 calories).

Dinner:
32 oz of juice made with one delicious cantaloupe and 4 valencia oranges. 2 more oranges on the side. (461 calories).


Exercise:
40 minutes of lawn mowing, 90 minutes of basketball, 4 sets of chins (28 total), 4 sets of dips (32 total).


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 174, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Sunday, Day 174, 100% Raw Fruitarian. This is one of those days that just flew by too fast. i believe this latest manifestation of detox may have passed as besides the multiple urinations i had 4 bowel movements. It was like my body letting go of stuff that it had held awhile. i felt much better than i had recently and had no nauseousness. i spent most of the day mowing my lawn as the mower was not very cooperative. i did 90% of it before i had to stop to prepare for my online bible study. Will to the other part on Monday. Pushing that lawn mower in the hot sun is more of a workout than i want to admit. i ate very well today. Funny thing, i was not into having avocado as i ate my non-sweet salad without it. i didn't have any pate either, but that is because i didn't feel like making it. But the thought of avocado suddenly was not so appetizing to me. Another fruitarian phase i suppose. Here was today's meals:


Breakfast:
11 valencia oranges, 2 mangos. (921 calories).

Lunch:
One whole watermelon (smaller than average). (1017 calories).

Dinner:
Package of mini vine-ripened tomatoes, 8 valencia oranges, 2 mangos. (815 calories)

Later:
Tomato-cucumber salad with no avocado or toppings. (188 calories).


Exercise:
3 hours of pushing a lawn mower.



Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 172, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Friday, Day 172, 100% Raw Fruitarian. It rained all night last night and all day today. Thats good sleeping weather, but for me, it was one of those nights where i got up about 10 times to urinate. Now, i usually get up 3 or 4 times per night, but it was more last night because i ate 8 valencias about an hour before bed. Plus having three cucumber-tomato salads yesterday (they are filled with water) and you have a night of going to the bathroom. Also, i don't think i ever mentioned this before but there has been something strange about my urine for the last month or so. It has been always clear like water, but it has a very strong odor. It was so strong that i thought the cat had urinated in the bathroom. My wife noticed it also and suggested that i drink more pure water. That sounded nice except the fact that i am already going to the bathroom alot so i am not sure if i should do anything different. For now, i am just going to let it go and see what happens. So, i slept later than usual today. As i arose i didn't feel quite as nauseous as i had but it was still there. i adjusted my workout to include only 2 exercises (i had started including three for each workout) and only worked out for 15 minutes. It worked well, as i got a very good sweat and a very high quality workout. i ate a very good amount yesterday, but that was the exception this week rather than the rule. i just have not been feeling real hungry this week. Today was more of what this week was like food-wise.


Breakfast:
2 bananas, half a watermelon, 2 mangos. (1189 calories).

Lunch:
none.

Dinner:
cucumber-tomato salad with nut pate. two-thirds of a box of durian. (1025 calories).

Exercise:
65 chins....30 one leg squats with each leg....15 minutes.
i feel myself getting stronger with the chins for sure. The door handle squats have set me back though as i find them much harder (thats a good thing). i expect to quickly adjust to the load over the next couple of weeks.

Have a Wonderful Weekend!!

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 171, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Thursday, Day 171, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i have been feeling run down this week. i believe its another detox. When i have been feeling nauseous and sick to my stomach in the mornings. i caught myself trying to blame something i ate. This is our standard reaction when we feel nauseous as humans, it must be the food. Well, usually it is, especially if you are eating cooked food. But when you are on all fruit, its very rarely the food, if ever. Its usually the body. Most people never recognize the amount of toxins in their system and are quick to blame raw fruit when they feel bloated, nauseous or generally uncomfortable. The fruit is doing what its supposed to do, the negative feeling we get is just our body trying to cleanse itself of what we previously indulged in. We may have forgotten about that bowl of ice cream, that burger, that fried greasy food or whatever we ate 5 years ago, but your body has not. It will remind you faithfully. This is a blessing that few realize, but if embraced will help us. Anyways, whenever i tried to eat something, it feels worse. This has affected my workouts this week as they have been decidedly lighter. As usual, i am just flowing with it. i trust my Heavenly Father who is leading me in the way i should go. Even in this detox, my lighter workouts are much better than previous to going fruitarian and definitely better then they ever were when i ate mostly cooked food. i am weighing in at 177lbs these days. i have not been this light since i was about 25 years old. Overall, i am 15-20lbs lighter than i was in mid-December when i started this journey. i have been have a serious taste for tomatoes this week. Can't get enough of them. i have been buying the highest quality available at the market and i am totally loving them. Today i ate 3 tomato-cucumber salads. Two of them with nut pate and the third with an avocado. This is unusual for me as i always eat more sweet fruit. i finished off the day with 8 valencia oranges (so delicious). Here is how it went down today:

Breakfast:
2 bananas (they are making me sick at this point, its not them, its me). Tomato-cucumber salad with nut pate and papaya and one extra large tomato added. (913 calories).


Lunch:
Same as breakfast without the bananas. (671 calories).

Dinner:
Tomato-cucumber salad with an avocado, a third large tomato and 8 valencia oranges on the side. (984 calories).

Snack:
box of 8 small, vine-ripened tomatos. (131 calories).

Exercise:
Was only able to go 10 minutes today. ....15 one leg squats (each leg), 33 chins, 80 pushups.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 167, 100% Raw Fruitarian.

Sunday, Day 167, 100% Raw Fruitarian. It was one of those days. i had not intended that it should be so full of activity. But that is how it ended up. i ran myself ragged and at the end of the day, sleep was sweet release. It started when my wife and i decided to go for a four mile walk. We have not done our usual route in quite awhile. i had a few minutes to wait while she was getting ready so i decided to rep out a couple of sets of pushups. i did two sets of 80 for 160 total. That felt great. Then as we were going out, i wanted to stop by the park for a couple of minutes just to do some partial chins and some baby muscle ups. What i mean by "partial chins" is i seek to hold myself with my chin above the bar and keep pumping myself up to stay there. Its all part of my plan to do regular muscle ups. i did three sets of those and three sets of regular chins, then three sets of baby muscle ups. Now that with the pushups was a good workout. Then we proceeded to the 4 mile walk. We walked briskly and did the route in about an hour (alittle less). i came home and ate my non-sweet salad with pate. Then i went out to play basketball. Felt great for about an hour. Then i just sort of crashed. At the end of the second hour i had nothing left at all. Totally wiped. My son took full advantage of that by dusting me off pretty well (i will be back!). i was wondering why i was so wiped but as i look back at the day, it was pretty active. As i reviewed my intake i realize it wasn't enough for the day's activities. But then again, i wasn't very hungry either. Here were today's meals.

Breakfast:
Half a watermelon. (678 calories)

Lunch:
tomato-cucumber salad with pate (517 calories).

Dinner:
Half a watermelon. 7 valencia oranges. (1093 calories).

Exercise:
2 sets of 80 pushups/3 sets of partial chins/3 sets of full chins/3 sets of baby muscle ups.....4 mile walk.......2 hours of basketball.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.