Day 149, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Wednesday, Day 149, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i had a tremendous workout today. i decided to do sets of 5 reps of just pullups (will do chins tomorrow) combined with one legged squats. Really good workout. i ended up doing 20 sets each in the 30 minutes i set on the timer. What excited me was, for the first time i pulled up high enough to hit my head on the basement ceiling. This shows me that my strength is increasing (it didn't hurt my head, its too hard.....LOL). i really want to be able to do the muscle ups so i know i am making progress towards that end. i was able to get 6 mangos and two avocados (total cost $5). So today was a mango type of day, which of course, i do not mind at all. Mango and durian are at the top of my favorite foods list. The quality at the stores are improving as it gets warmer. Just that thought brings a smile to my face.

Today's meals and activities went like this:

Breakfast:
one half of a large watermelon, 2 mangos (947 calories)

Lunch:
Non-sweet fruity salad with avocado, 2 large tomatoes, one large cuke, one mango with curry, basil and cayenne. (523 calories)

Dinner:
2 mangos, one avocado (558 calories).

Exercise: Set the clock for 30 minutes. Did 100 pullups and 100 one leg squats.



Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 148, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Tuesday, Day 148, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Seems like my life is on spin cycle. Everything is going crazy and happening fast. Communicating with my parents, mortgage and car note issues, detox and cravings for cooked....all at the same time. Its crazy. Yet i am strangely calm and cool. Grace is a wonderful thing indeed. Then above all this, yesterday i had a meeting with a major prospect. It went very, very well. This deal, if completed would help me more than alot. The toughest thing about this is remaining calm and not blowing it. So far, so good. i feel like things may be turning around, but i still am guarded. But definitely optimistic. We have a good amount of cooked foodstuffs, but the raw reserves are dwindling fast. So today's intake is lighter than normal, but i thank my Father for what i was able to eat. Also, since i am not making sauces these days my caloric intake for the non-sweet salads are greatly reduced.

i also had a pretty good workout this morning. i did my workout in the kitchen because the counter-top provides a good dipping station, the best in the house. i alternated between sets of dips and sets of pushups with my hands at hip level and one leg extended up for abs. Good workout. Those pushups are in preparation for what i hope will become planche pushups. They were tougher then the basic pushups. Here were today's activities.

Breakfast:
A little less than half a watermelon, one mango (677 calories)

Lunch:
Non-sweet fruity salad with one large tomato, 5 roma tomatoes, one large english cucumber, one mango, one avocado, two medium bananas, topped with basil, curry and cayenne. (790 calories)

Dinner:
2 navel oranges, 2 bananas, one mango (482 calories).

Exercise:
set the clock for 30 minutes. Only worked out for 25 minutes as my pecs and arms were wiped out. Did 10 sets of dips (122 total) and 10 sets of pushups with hands at hip level. (105 total).


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 145, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Saturday, Day 145, 100% Raw Fruitarian. We had a raw potluck today. We didn't get as many visitors as we have had recently, but it was still sweet. A family who are brethren and sisters in Christ shared the meal and the day with us. It was restful, relaxed and peaceful. The type of day we all really needed as we all had a stressful week. The spread was fantastic. Raw mushroom burgers, raw cabbage rolls, onion rings, zucchini chips almond pate as well as fresh fruit and salad. i had a 20lb watermelon of which i ate about 75% of it for breakfast. Delicious. i am already a melon lover but as the days get warmer i can see the melon and myself will become closer. As usual i didn't workout on my day of rest. Here were the meals for today.

Breakfast:
three quarters of a large watermelon (1017 calories).

Lunch:
Non-sweet fruity salad with tomatoes (3), cucumber, avocados (2), mango, bananas (2) and zucchini (1035 calories).

Dinner:
3 navel oranges. (206 calories)

Snack:
2 navel oranges, one avocado (426 calories).


Exercise: none

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 144, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Friday, Day 144, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Its been quite a week. But the Lord has brought me through. My father cursed me out on Monday, but called today and was sincerely apologetic. We had a two hour conversation going over alot of our past history. We both learned much that we never knew about each other. Amazing how families can be together for decades and still not really know everything about each other. Although we had a very good phone conversation, i realized that we have a very long way to go. But i am so thankful for this start which i wasn't sure would ever happen. My mother has completely given her heart to the Lord Jesus Christ. She is a new person. Even her tone of voice is different. She called my dad and he didn't recognize her. Listening to her talk, i don't either. She is sweet and patient and very trusting in the God of Heaven. Amazing. Its been quite a week. There were other very intense things that happened this week, some were dangerous. But the Lord brought me through.

i have had a real taste for watermelon. Stronger than usual. Avocado too. In fact, this week i have liking to eat watermelon, followed with an avocado. i don't know what's going on but i am just flowing with it. My eyes have sunken in alittle, as my wife also noted to me. i am going thru a detox episode. i believe its a continuous thing, but that i don't always recognize it. i have eaten well. i have had excellent workouts. On Wednesday night i set the clock for 30 minutes and did 100 one legged squats. For half of them i stood in a chair and dropped down as deep as i was able. What a workout. That was wednesday, today, i really feel it. i am planning to workout again on sunday. i have been so busy this past 48 hours that i have not logged what i ate. i have had mangos, durian, watermelon, avocados and oranges mostly.

Well, as i said, its been quite a week.

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Grace and Peace be multiplied unto you.

Day 141, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Tuesday, Day 141, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i was blessed to eat well today and have another very nice workout. i purchased some very good avocados at the end of last week and i have been enjoying them this week. Nice and creamy (which is how i like them). These days i rarely have more than two although once already in the past few days i had three. They feel heavy in my system when i overeat on them, but oh they are delicious. i had two of them today. Here is today's menu and activities.

Breakfast:
Half a large watermelon, one avocado (736 calories)

Lunch:
6 large bananas, 3 mangos (1130 calories)

Dinner:
Light non-sweet fruity salad with tomatos, cucumber, papaya and avocado (441 calories)

Later (post workout):
10 valencia oranges (593 calories).

Exercise: Set the clock for 35 minutes, warmed up for 5 minutes, then did a total of 167 pushups and 69 chins over 30 minutes. Good workout. Felt exhausted and satisfied.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 140, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Monday, Day 140, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Bit of a tough day today. i spoke with my dad. i was basically reamed for about 10-15 minutes. Using heavy language and telling me how i was always no good (and that was the nice part). i took as much of it as i could stand before i hung up the phone in tears. i came away with certain realizations. First, i genuinely felt sorry for him and prayed for him. i learned that if a person has done evil and never makes amends, the evil eats at the person. It may not always appear like it, but it does. In the torrent of verbal abuse that came over the phone, i heard a man heavy with guilt. The guilt is killing him. i heard a man that, for that 10-15 minutes, had lost his mind. i have seen people out of their minds before, having ministered in prisons for several years, but never someone this close to me. Secondly, it made me want to make sure that i have confessed all my sin to my Father in Heaven and that as far as in my power i make anything right with anyone i have wronged. i called my brother soon afterward because i felt like i didn't give him the support i should have growing up as his big brother. Plus i wanted to warn him of what he might expect should he call our dad. We had a long and very pleasant conversation. i told him i was sorry for anything i may have done to hurt or disappoint him. It was very nice and he was glad i called because he thought it best not to call our dad for awhile. i am not sure if i will ever call him again, seeing the reaction i inadvertently illicited. But i know for sure i will be praying for him. Very diligently. Hearing him like that was like seeing a wounded animal that needed to be put down. i pray he can come clean with himself and with the God of Heaven, before it kills him........ Real life is something else.

Foodwise, it was an excellent day. i also had a terrific workout. After working out on and off since i was 10 years old, i feel like a novice. i like that, as i can build from here little by little. Progress is rewarding. Here are today's meals and activities.

Breakfast:
5 valencia orange, 2 bananas, 3 mangos (910 calories).

Lunch:
Non-sweet fruity salad with bananas, mango, avocado, cucumber and tomatoes. i also ate an avocado after that. (1033 calories)

Dinner:
one third of a large watermelon, one avocado (my third of the day). (736 calories).

Snack:
one third of a large watermelon. (447 calories).

Exercise:
set the timer for 35 minutes.......did 120 pushups/61 chins& pullups/60 one legged squats on each leg.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

WHATS YOUR MOTIVATION?

Many people have various motives for doing what they do. In the area of health and fitness alone there are as many motivations as there are those that undertake to be healthier. For many its to look good. For others its to live longer. For some its to save money on health care costs. Then there are those that would like to teach others about health. These also have their own motivations. Some want to simply help others. Some want to spread their version of the health gospel. Some want the esteem of being thought of as a guru or expert.

But this blog is dedicated to Jesus Christ and His gospel. For the follower of Christ, there is but one motivating factor in everything they do......Love. More specifically, Love for Christ. Unfortunately, in this world the majority of people (and many who profess to be Christian), have never known or experienced the Love of Christ. This, with the fact that most of the world's bloodshed has been spilled in the name of religion, well, it is no wonder that there are skeptics.

Those that communicate in a rough manner, those who are gruff and rude. Those who sit in the seat of the scorner, are in no wise representing Christ, though they may claim the name "Christian". The true Christian will be seeking to model their lives after the One whom they profess to follow. This model is perfectly outlined in the Word of God. First let us examine the Bible definition of Love.

1 Cor 13:4-8

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8 Charity never faileth:

1 John 4:7-10,16-19

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 We love him, because he first loved us

This type of Love is Divine. It does not naturally occur in the human heart. The human heart can be hard and cold. Divinity never is. The human heart is subject to changes based on emotion. Divinity is steadfast and never changes. This type of Divine Love is for the lost soul to receive as a gift, to partake in as a priviledge. Once received it is the motive for all decisions of the possessor. Self is forgotten. Personal feelings set aside. Love for Christ constrains all movements. All comments, all actions.

Therefore i can say confidently that i am not a fruitarian because i want to be saved. i am not a fruitarian because i want to lose weight or save money. i am a fruitarian because Jesus Christ led me here. i do it because i love Him. i love Him because He first loved me. What happens from here i do not know. But by Grace, thru faith i want this verse to apply to me:

Revelation 14:4,5

4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

All this because of Love for Christ. Divine Love. Love that has its origin in Heaven. This is my prayer for you, the reader, as well as for myself.

Ephesians 3:14-19

14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Grace and Peace be multiplied to all.