Wednesday, February 24, 2010...Day 39

Day 39 of the Fruit Feast. i didn't work out today as i was expectedly very sore from the leg and upper body workouts i did earlier this week. i expect to hit my legs again tomorrow by God's grace. i am finding that i am seeking out more varieties of fruit. Thank our Lord Christ, that when He banished Adam from the Garden of Eden, He did not cut off his supply of fruit! So much and so many varieties in our world. i want to appreciate and enjoy them all for the blessings they are. Of course i do have my favorites. Today i had a sapote for the second time this week (and in my life). i find the fruit to be delicious though i was conscious that the ones i ate were not of the highest quality. i will be on the lookout for more of better quality if i can obtain it. Tastes alittle like a fruity chocolate to me. Very sweet and has a texture like a pear. i didn't use it in a smoothie but i can understand why people do as i believe it would be excellent in that type of drink. i am also curious about Tamarind. i did taste some of that last fall as a friend of mine was raving about it. But i really don't remember how it tasted. i have read its a combination of dates with raisins. Sounds rich and my local asian food stores sell it so it will be easy to obtain. i also had the best durian i tasted this year today. It was small (about 5lbs), but chock full of very creamy flesh. They say good things come in small packages, well this durian was a testament to that. Also, our bananas have hit their peak. They are spotted and perfectly sweet. i ended up over-eating for dinner. i had a taste for OJ, so i drank that first, then the bananas. By the time i got to the durian i was full. i let it set about an hour and ate it then. Truly i didn't need the OJ and could have waited until later to drink it, but we live and learn.

Psalms 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psalms 103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Breakfast:
25oz Celery-Honeydew melon juice, 1 mini watermelon, 3 figs.

Dinner: 1 sapote, 32oz OJ, 7 bananas, 1 Durian.

Spiritual Bread: Acts 24-26

Exercise: Faith.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010.....Day 38

Day 38 of the Fruit Feast. Its become more of a Feast than a Fast at this point. Wonderful is the Grace of Christ. My legs were alittle sore today (they will probably be more sore tomorrow), so i focused on upper body exercise. As my energy level has risen, i pushed myself alittle more today. Felt great. i wanted to pass on a couple of things that i have noticed during this leg of the journey. From about my second week on this Feast, i have had mucous coming out of my nose daily. This week it has eased up, but it was coming out alot over the last 3 weeks. i remember when i first ate bulgar wheat after i had been on fruit for 7 months last year, the next day i felt the mucous in my system. i believe the wheat in all its forms gives me mucous. i believe this was not the original design of my Creator, but sin and processing has degraded the wheat products so that now this is the result. The blessing for me is, that since i have been freed from salt, i no longer crave the wheat. Soaked bulgar wheat with avocado and salt was my favorite meal. Its pull on me is greatly diminished now. But for those of you on this Path to the Garden of Eden, you may need the wheat until you get the victory over salt and sugar yourselves. If you have no inclination towards wheat, consider it a blessing. But still remember, the path to Fruitarianism in truth is a process that may take years (its been 6 years for me). So don't get discouraged if you still have cravings for other things. In time, the Spirit of Christ will guide you and show you what to do step by step, Victory by Victory until you reach your destiny. He will guide you in His time and at His pace, for He knows exactly what is best for you. As you learn to trust Him, Peace will be with you. We move Forward in Faith and Faith is the Victory:

1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Today's activities:

Breakfast: 25oz Celery-apple juice, 1 mini watermelon, 4 figs.

Dinner: Large Non-sweet fruit salad (5 roma tomatoes, 1 english cuke, 1.5 orange sweet pepper, 1 avocado), with celery-sweet pepper-lemon juice (quite good). 4 figs, 2 bananas.

Spiritual Bread: Acts 19-23

Exercise: 60 tricep presses, 210 pushups, 40 chins.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Monday, February 22, 2010...........Day 37

Day 37 of the Fruit Fast. We did a Raw Remnant presentation today in the home of some brethren in North Carolina. They had invited some friends of theirs to the presentation. It was a wonderful time. Whenever the Lord sends me to do such a presentation, i let it be known that this is not according to man's science. Its according to Bible faith. The Health message of the Bible is a very wonderful thing, for it is founded in Christ Jesus. When Christ is uplifted as He has said,

John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

This is what was done by His Grace yesterday. It had its affect as people were blessed and encouraged in the Path of the True Light. As we opened up the Scriptures concerning God's healing plan for His people, the Spirit of the Lord dwelt among us. There was  an added blessing. Since i was in North Carolina, i went to the Super G Asian market in Greensboro. They had Durian in abundance there. i obtained 3 along with a tall stalk of sugar cane and some plum tomatoes. Two of the Durian are for me and one of them is a gift for a friend whom i know also loves this fruit. 
Had a tremendous workout today also. The energy is rising little by little each day. The body Temple is being cleansed and i am so thankful for the victory over salt that Grace gave me. i have a very long way to go and this Fruitarian journey is just at its very beginning, but i am very happy with everything at this point.

Breakfast:
25oz Celery-apple juice, 1 mini watermelon, 1 sapote (this fruit has potential. But i think i caught one of less quality. i would love to taste a fresh one one day), 1 avocado.

Lunch:
12oz of OJ, 1 mini watermelon, 5 oranges.

Dinner:
Chewed on alittle sugar cane, 32oz of OJ, 2 bananas, 4 figs.

Spiritual Bread: Judges 7-9

Exercise: 100 squats (warmup), 90 weighted stair hops, 30 weighted standing long jumps, 75 weighted jumping jacks, 30 total pistol squats, 100 pushups. (btw, "weighted" exercises are exercises in which i am holding either an 8lb or 12lb medicine ball).

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Sabbath, February 20, 2010........Day 35

Day 35 of the Fruit Fast. Very beautiful day today. It was sunny and warmer than its been usually. We had great Light in our fellowship. i love our small home get togethers so much! i never want to be in denominations again. No offense to all you who are in organized religions mind you, but i am being so filled with Christ in the simple small group setting.Having freedom from the cold, formalism and dead philosophy to just trust in Christ and His Word alone makes things so simple and full of joy for me.

Since the discovery of the Celery Juice cure, i have been cruising on Grace. No cravings at all for anything but fruits. Gaining in energy, clarity and spiritual power little by little each day. This foray into Fruitarianism is definitely different from all the previous years. i am very excited at the prospects for the future and look forward to see what becomes of me this time. All glory, blessing, honor and praise to the Lamb!

Revelation 15:3 ..... Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Revelation 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.


Revelation 5:13 ..... Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.




Breakfast:
25oz Celery-apple juice. 3 bananas.

Dinner:
60oz of fresh delicious OJ, a Durian (glory!), 5 oranges.

Spiritual Bread: Romans 5-7

Exercise: the Faith of Jesus Christ.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Thursday, February 18, 2010......Day 33

Day 33 of the Fruit Fast. Yesterday i had intended to buy some whole durian. Usually our local asian markets don't start carrying them until about May. But i know of this very large market in Greensboro, NC (about 2 hours from me) that always has them. i called down there and confirmed that they indeed carried them by the caseload. But something impressed me to stop by my local market first. The couple that own the store are elderly (i'd say in their 60s) and from Cambodia. They are always telling me of the delicious fruit in their homeland and how i should go and visit (i think they are understandably alittle biased). Anyway, their business has been struggling very badly in this economy. So i stopped in there and said hello to them. i asked them when they thought they would be getting durian this year. They told me they had some on hand! i was glad to be able to support them alittle bit. They had 3 of them at $1.69/lb. i bought all three. They also had some sapote. i have read much about sapote but have never had one. So i bought two of those also. That saved me a two hour trip. Now someone may say 'you mean you'd drive 2 hours for durian?'...........Yep. Lately my children have had no taste for durian and my wife's taste has faded so that she never eats more than one pod. So today i had pretty much a whole durian to myself (Glory!). My knee and back were sore today having pushed them pretty hard the day before yesterday, i tried a few deep 1-leg squats yesterday, not a good idea. i should have rested completely. So today i focused on upper body stuff and had a nice workout. Did 200 pushups and 40 tricep presses in 13 minutes. Wonderfully intense and efficient. Later after dinner i did 6 sets of 8 chins. Good day overall. Still no salt cravings at all. This is very good.

Breakfast:
30oz celery-honeydew-orange juice, half a mini-watermelon, durian.

Dinner:
2 bananas, Non-sweet fruity salad (avo, cuke, tomatoes, sweet pepper) with celery juice as a light sauce (pretty good). 

Spiritual Bread: Judges 1-6

Exercise: 200 pushups, 40 tricep presses, 48 chins. 


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Tuesday, February 16. 2010....Day 31

Day 31 of the Fruit fast. i ate a third meal today. i wanted to see if i could get along with two, but after an intense workout this evening i was really hungry. The problem was, i ate at 11pm; not good. Even if it is all fruit i want to practice being temperate in all things. So i think i will have a third meal when i think i need one, especially as my fruit-driven energy makes my workouts more intense. As i have seen in other long term fruitarians, eventually i expect to need to eat less as my body becomes more efficient. But this is only my second year really seeking out Fruitarianism so i probably need a couple of more years until that's the case (i think). i don't expect the third meal to be anything heavy though. Oranges, orange juice, watermelon or its juice would probably be my choices at this time. Also, today i didn't have an avocado as i didn't think i needed one. i find the avocado a nice 'training-wheel' type of support during the early process of Fruitarianism. i am not intending on completely dropping it by any means right now. That again, is probably something that my body will naturally tell me to do as i continue on this path. One of the many things i have learned over the last year is that the process of becoming a Fruitarian is just that----a process. It takes time and i believe for me, rushing into it would be reckless. During the process, i must allow my body and the Holy Spirit to guide me at each stage. i believe these two work in perfect harmony. Harmony between my body, my mind and the Holy Spirit in this process is important to me. Science is not very important at all to me. This is why some well-meaning people suggest things based on what they have learned scientifically which i may not appear to have a desire to follow. i move as i am led to move. Some raw vegans totally depend on science and believe Bible-based faith is a joke. Actually, i respect their choice. But for me its visa versa. This Fruitarian move is a very spiritual thing to me and i treat it as such as i walk by faith.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

My workouts lately have been lighter on volume and more on intensity. Today i did a lighter workout (resistence-wise) that included more cardio but did it in 40 minutes. i wanted to do it in 30 minutes but hey, one step at a time.

Today's activities:
Breakfast:
25oz celery-apple juice, half a mini-watermelon (a mini watermelon is about 7lbs), 5 bananas.

Dinner: 32oz OJ, 5 oranges, 5 bananas.

Midnight snack: half a mini-watermelon, dried plantain (home-made, delicious), 2 bananas.

Spiritual Bread: Joshua 21-24

Exercise: 75 weighted step hops, 45 1-leg squats, 30 chins, 30 handclap pushups.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Monday, February 15, 2010..........Day 30

Day 30 of the Fruit Fast. Still no salt cravings at all. Is this permanent? Maybe so. With my new freedom the possibility of this Fruit Fast becoming a permanent Fruit Lifestyle becomes more of a reality. But i may be getting ahead of myself. Indeed, this particular Fruit Fast is just beginning. Even with the salt cravings i wanted it to last at least a couple of months. If i am truly freed from salt (as i strongly perceive that this is the case), then i should continue to see improvements in my taste buds and overall well-being. i am feeling spiritually and physically terrific, but that was expected.

But there are definitely differences this time than when i did this last year or at any previous time. For example, sunday afternoon i had a non-sweet fruit salad. It conained 3 roma tomatos and one haas avocado. This is not unusual except that i had no seasoning at all with it. No basil, no cayenne, no other non-salt seasoning. i found it totally delicious and satisfying. i could hardly believe it since i have never been a big fan of non-sweet salads and always needed some sort of seasoning to enjoy them. Never in my life could i eat something non-sweet without something on it. Either the afore-mentioned seasonings or salt or oil.....something. It was so unbelievable to me i did it again today. Only this time i also added a chopped yellow sweet pepper. Not only was it delicious, it actually tasted like it had something in it! It has only been a week of drinking celery juice and my taste buds are changing very rapidly. Right now i am treating the celery juice as my medicine. Which really it is, as its doing a wonderful healing work in me.

Ezekiel 47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

i weighed myself today. 30 days ago i was 213lbs. Today i am 206lbs. Now the loss of weight is in no wise the primary concern in this journey, so i don't rejoice or depress over whatever is happening. But i know that over time my weight will diminish and as a matter or record, feel it would be good for others to know where it settles at when its finished. Last year it was around 175-178lbs in July 2009. That was with much salt struggles. i am curious to see what happens this year. Last year i received some complaint about losing too much weight. i must admit that also played a role in my ending the 100% Fruitarian journey then. But this time i want to listen to the Spirit alone and just go where Christ bids me. Not concerning myself with man (or woman as the case may be). For i truly believe i am being led to an eventual Fruitarian lifestyle. i believe this has been where i have been headed my whole life, but i just didn't realize it. i wonder if this is the year it will manifest permanently? We'll see.

Galatians 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.


Things flew by me again and i lost a day. Here are today's activities.

Breakfast:25oz celery-apple juice, dried mango & bananas (homemade and delicious), durian.

Dinner:32oz OJ, 2 bananas, half a watermelon, small non-sweet fruity salad (no seasoning, imagine that).

Spiritual bread: Job 33.

Exercise: 30 tricep presses, 200 pushups.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.