Going on an orange/fruit fast

[RowanC]

Ok.. I MUST do something to break this chain of bad habit of SAD eating.
It's getting out of hand, my nerves are frazzled and my butt's growing by the minute.:eek:

So yesterday I went to the store and bought a 25 pound box of oranges.
I'm eating my regular fruit smoothie for breakfast and nothing but oranges the rest of the day.

I'm starting out small... say 3 days.
Then if I do ok, I'll increase a day at a time.
Today was day one.
It's 6:48 pm and so far so good.

I hope this works.

[RawChicky]

Cool! good luck! oranges make me feel so light and good. Maybe increasing excercise could help with you butt? :p Don't know have fun with the oranges though and I hope it helps you stay raw!

[lafsalot]

Good luck ~ Cathy

[ReneeH]

I'm wit cha, girlfriend! I fell off of the wagon going out of town for a funeral, and now I'm back but struggled today.... I'm DEFINITELY gonna join you with eating nothing but fruit tomorrow! I just went to the store and stocked up on my favorite (WATERMELON) and other fruit, so I'll hold your hand, if you hold mine!!! We can do this together!!!

[FirstGarden]

Go Rowan!

(The system said my message was too short, sooo..)

GO ROWAN C!!!

[spicyfull]

I wish you all the BEST....

[Stav]

I love oranges...what a good idea! Would love to hear the outcome after your 3 days are up.

[Ginger]

Horray for you!!! You can do it!!!

I love to eat oranges with this spicy salt stuff made of ground chile peppers, salt and dehydrated lime juice! YUM! I want to start making my own with sea salt when this bottle runs out!

[ReneeH]

Hey RowanC... How are you doing today with your oranges? I had my watermelon today and I feel great!! Hope your oranges are YUMMY!

[LightLover]

RowanC: we are keeping an eye ;) on you..:)

LL

[RowanC]

Yesterday I did great.
Today I did great until about 3 pm when I fell of the wagon and ate a candybar.

ACK.

Back up... starting again right now.

I had a difficult night sleeping last night.
I felt hot,cold,hot,cold... I suspect I was doing some detox.
I went to Goodwill today and bought a little juicer.
This place I'm in is too small for my big one - no place to wash it.
Hopefully, this will help.

::Sigh:::

[RowanC]

Well, it's 3 days later and I've stayed RAW!

YAY!

These oranges are so good and so filling.
I've been pretty satisfied.
I'm adding bananas in the morning and some greens in the afternoon now.
My bloated body is recovering and I'm feeling more energetic.

What I don't understand is that if I KNOW that this lifestyle makes me look and feel so much better, why am I even TEMPTED to go off of it?

It's so weird....:confused:

[belleadonna]

Well, it's 3 days later and I've stayed RAW!


What I don't understand is that if I KNOW that this lifestyle makes me look and feel so much better, why am I even TEMPTED to go off of it?

It's so weird....:confused:

Because we are dumb humans. Maybe I should speak for myself. I AM A DUMB HUMAN!! ;)

[FirstGarden]

Well, it's 3 days later and I've stayed RAW! YAY!
These oranges are so good and so filling.
I've been pretty satisfied. I'm adding bananas in the morning and some greens in the afternoon now. My bloated body is recovering and I'm feeling more energetic. What I don't understand is that if I KNOW that this lifestyle makes me look and feel so much better, why am I even TEMPTED to go off of it? It's so weird....:confused:

Inertia, Inertia. It's a tough deal but you can do it. WE can do it!

Rowan, good that you're adding some greens. I speak for myself here .. a few years back I ate nothing but mostly oranges & apples. We got a great deal by the crate at Costco. Well, I had an experience I'll never forget. I almost never get "colds." I pretty much have good sinuses. But a sinus storm whipped out out of nowhere, after 2 days of this. I was all plugged up - all my nasal passages/head cavities were stopped up bigtime. I didn't know all that stuff was in there! It got to the point where I had to call in to work sick the next day.

I didn't fall off the wagon. I was THROWN off! And I knew why. I had recently read Teresa Mitchell's fruitarian story -- "My Road To Health" -- which was about the most inspiring cleansing story I had EVER read. It was in the back of Erhet's book, Rational Fasting. As I reread your first post, I thought of this. But it sounds like you're okay. And, as always, it can be different for everyone, depending on where their body is at.

Hang in there, ;)
todd