Today was another nearly perfect day at the Kanekiki farm. I woke up around 5:30 a.m. then woke up Jake to do yoga together and headed to the Kanekiki community room. We practiced yoga for 30 minutes and then went to the kitchen to eat some papayas before our morning meeting. Most of the day was dedicated to practicing fruitarianism.

Intermittent Fasting and Downsides Fruitarianism

Lately I have been talking about my desire to practice intermittent fasting but I haven’t had a lot of energy in the mornings during work. I wonder if I need more food before work, or perhaps better sleep at night. I have been waking up too often to pee…

I noticed this could be a potential downside of fruitarianism and raw veganism in general. This diet certainly makes me pee more than when I eat cooked food. The solution is clear though, I just need to finish dinner earlier so I can pee enough times before going to bed.

As a matter of fact, I started doing that and I am peeing much less at night. I probably have been making my salads around 5 p.m. and finish eating them around 6 or 7 p.m. but because I am also going to bed earlier I don’t have enough time to get all the liquid out.

I think that finishing my last meal at 5 p.m. and falling asleep around 8 p.m. or 9 could work quite well. That would give me 6 to 8 hours of sleep to wake up between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m., roughly.

This may all sound very complicated but the theory makes sense: Eat fruit in the late morning, ideally after work, space meal with enough time to fully digest each one, only eat when hungry and try to get my last meal at least three hours before bed while simultaneously trying to go to bed as soon as possible. The catch is that if I fall asleep early then I will wake up earlier which will make me feel hungrier sooner in the day. We will see how this all plays out.

The three papayas I had helped me carry me through work. Even though I was tired I ended up working an extra 40 minutes. Our job for the day was to make “boxes” to keep wood dry to burn on the stove. This was a time consuming job but we certainly did very well.

Contemplating Fruitarianism vs. Raw Veganism

Around 10:30 a.m. I took a break, washed my hands, and headed to the Kanekiki kitchen to eat some oranges. I had a total of five, they tasted great. I love eating oranges because they are high on water and taste delicious. They only have 50 calories per orange, so I can truly eat as much as I want.

During my orange meal I looked at the bag of alfalfa seeds that Destiny bought for me to sprout. They are not part of the fruitarian diet, but they are raw vegan. I have been buying sprouts at the market for $3 per bag and this was a much cheaper option.

I see this as part of my transition to fruitarianism and being that spouts are raw I don’t think it is so bad to eat them once in a while.

However, I did notice the vast amount of seeds on my alfalfa seeds bag and somehow I was able to feel empathy and I felt bad for “killing” all those “potential plants” by eating them on a sprouted form. I guess this is what I get for readying Destination Eden and The Secret Life of Plants. These books are huge supporters of fruitarianism and it is hard to ignore what they teach.

While I was contemplating on this dilemma I thought about the number of seeds that are contained in most fruits like strawberries, cucumbers and papayas. Each of these fruits has dozens of seeds and each plant gives dozens of fruit in their life. This sounds like more than enough for the plant to reproduce.

Humans are the same way, there are millions of sperm on a normal “male ejaculation load”. Then, why should we care so much for each plant seed when nature itself allows so many to go to waste? Do I truly want to believe in a world where every seed should grow to maturity? What would that look like? Surely that must not be what nature intended, and in fact it is not.

Out of the millions of seeds that the male human places on the female, almost all of them die. In fact, often it takes more than a dozen attempts to impregnate the female until success is achieve. In many cases, the female is never able to conceive a child. In the same way, not every seed in the papaya fruit will become a tree, some will be eaten by birds, others will decompose, and only a few may be successful at becoming a tree that will grow to maturity and give fruit of its own. This shows how important each seed is in the process long term and how important each sprout and each plant is for the stability and the sustainability of each species.

How Much Damage Can the Environment Endure?

When I was ten years old my parents bought me a short book dedicated to teaching children about environmentalism. It had 100 tips for environmental conservation dedicated to keeping our water, soil and air clean.

I remember one section very clearly, it started with a drawing of a mechanic, taking screws off the wings of a plane. Then another mechanic would walk into the scene, all worried asking if it was dangerous to take so many screws off the plane. To this inquire, the first mechanic response “don’t worry, the plane can still fly with less screws”… The moral of the story is that every time with “misbehave” in relationship to the environment, we are “taking a screw off its wings”.

No body TRULY knows how many more screws we can take off the environment before we are SCREWED. Some scientists believe we have already gone past the point of no return, considering the amount of pollution in our water, soil and air, and the rate at which we are still having a negative impact on the environment.

This is why I find it so important to make radical changes today. This is why I am so interested in fruitarianism. This is why I wonder if I should be eating alfalfa seeds or planting fruit trees. If you want to learn more about how to make a change towards sustainability I strongly recommend you look into the following books:

Training My Belly to Endure Fruitarianism

After my orange feast I talked to Nick and Barb. We shared some ideas to improve the Kanekiki farm. Most specifically, we talked about improving the internship program so it is more supportive for those who are new to the farm.

I spent most of the afternoon alone. The Kanekiki farm crew went out to the beach and then the market. I decided to stay back and relax. I ended up eating a lot of fruit including a whole pineapple, a dozen papayas, a smoothie of bananas and dates, and a glass of watermelon juice. For dinner I had a simple salad.

This may sound like a lot of food, in fact it was. My belly looked HUGE the whole day. I am not sure if this is the best approach to fruitarianism, but again, I am experimenting.

My plan is to challenge my digestive system to adapt to eating large quantities of high water fruits such as oranges and papayas. I believe my stomach has a natural ability to expand which may have been partially lost after years of eating dense cooked foods. Now I am working to regain that ability by practicing fruitarianism.

One of the Happiest Moments of my Life

I felt quite victorious towards the end of the day. One of today’s victories was to make a simple fruit-based salad, just like I did last night. This time I added cucumbers, tomatoes, red cabbage, avocado and a fourth of a lemon. It was good and simple, it tasted great and lasted a while. I could have eaten half of it, but I still haven’t been able to leave my meals for the next day, they just don’t taste the same.

Even thought I could have eaten half the fruit I ate, it wasn’t so bad. After half an hour of finishing my salad I felt pretty light.

The best part of the day was the beginning of the night. I went upstairs to the Kanekiki community room to play some of my songs on the guitar. A few minutes later, Bitzy came over and asked to sing with me. I pulled out my computer and opened the folder where I have the lyrics to all my songs. We started singing together, then Jake joined in, and then Andy. We had A BLAST. It was a very special experience for me, never before I had done that. I felt honored and very accomplished. It was one of the happiest moments of my life.

After that I headed over to my hut, it was the perfect end to a perfect day.

The sky looks beautiful, I want to go outside and stare at it all night, but I am very tired, and the sky will surely be there tomorrow night.

Thanks for reading this blog about fruitarianism, the Kanekiki farm and my pursuit of happiness.

– Fruitarian Bodybuilder

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