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