Once again I am back in my hut at the Kanekiki farm. What a day… What a life… Who would have imagined the fruitarian diet would take me this far…
The walk back at night through the jungle still feels scary. This is my first night sleeping alone. My roommate Jake is out camping with a group of people from Kanekiki.
Progressing with My Fruitarian Diet Book
Today we got the day off because most of the Kanekiki farm crew went camping. I took advantage of the free time to add 3,000 words to my fruitarian diet book. I am very proud of the work I have done.
My goal was to get 30 pages by the end of the week and I already have 27 so I am setting a new goal of 40 pages by the end of the week. I trust I can do this.
Avoiding Fat on a Fruitarian Diet
This was my third day eating only fruit since I decided to be stricter with my fruitarian diet. That being said, I did eat too much and I failed to resist the temptation of eating too much avocado for dessert.
My intention is to cut fat completely out of my diet for a few days. It was proven to be harder that I thought.
Overeating on a Fruitarian Diet
Over eating has been a struggle of mine throughout my whole life. I surely ate too much when I was a young kid and I certainly wasn’t vegan or raw.
During middle school and high school I had tons of ice-cream and processed foods. I even went to fast food places like McDonalds on a semi-regular basis. I would also eat entire boxes of ice-cream at night, I just could not stop.
I think I never got better at eating less, not for the long run. Even today I still have issues with overeating. However, at least now I over eat with fruit and this helps me not feel as bloated and tired as I do when I eat animal products and cooked food.
Visiting the Warm Ponds
My afternoon went by pretty fast, even though I didn’t do a lot of things. Around 1 p.m. I taught a yoga class to Destiny and Andy, it went really well. After that Katherine took us to the warm ponds. It was my first time there.
The warm ponds are truly and amazing place. It is located a few miles from the farm, a fairly touristic place for good reasons. As you enter through the gates there is a small parking lot, a field of grass with tall palm trees. Not too far from there, there is a semi-natural pool made with lava rocks. The pool is as big as two tennis courts, maybe three.
The pool is located right next to the ocean. Sometimes the crashing waves spill water on the side of the pool, but the pool is warm, very warm indeed. That is because lava flows underneath. A little scary if you ask me. =D
We didn’t stay at the warm pool for long, Katherine was getting hungry. We left right before it started raining, the weather is crazy unpredictable here.
The Kanekiki Farm No Hunger Games
As soon as we got back, Andy, Destiny and I played a very fun game. We called it “The Kanekiki Farm No Hunger Games”. It was basically an orange eating competition.
We first raced to see who could eat the most oranges in ten minutes, we barely ate four. Destiny beat me by 1/8 of an orange!! Immediately after we raced again, trying to eat 5 oranges in 5 minutes, Destiny won again. We laughed super hard, it was awesome. I would do it again anytime.
New Goals Include Less Food and More Time Alone
I wanted to write more on my fruitarian diet book but I got distracted with emails. At one point I felt like eating more food but I wasn’t hungry. I made a smoothie with unripe bananas, a pinch of cinnamon and vanilla extract, not fully fruitarian I guess, shame on me.
I took my smoothie to Melanie’s hut, she has been doing a water fast for the past seven days and asked us to visit her whenever we had time. I have enjoyed visiting her, we have lovely conversations and I learn a lot from them, about food, fasting and life in Hawaii.
Talking to Melanie helped me realize that I need more time alone. I am planning on staying longer in the Rainbow Hut. It is very peaceful here, and exactly what I have been looking for, but have been afraid to take. I guess I fear being alone. I guess I fear death.
It also feels right to continue to cut down on the food that I am taking, both in quantity and in variety. Over the next few days I want to focus on eating oranges, papayas and bananas. Avocados should only be a treat. I know this is not what the 80/10/10 diet recommends but I still want to focus on the fruitarian diet and eating greens simply doesn’t seems so important to me right now.
Taking things slowly but not Too Slow
I don’t feel like doing a water fast yet. I don’t want to be too strict. What I am doing right now feels challenging enough. I already have enough pressure from myself.
I brought my computer to the Rainbow Hut so I can wake up tomorrow and write. I also brought my video camera to make videos, I haven’t made many in a while. I have other projects that need my attention such as editing videos and working on my website.
I also need to get back to training. This last week I only went to the gym once or twice. I don’t want to be judgmental so I will keep the word lazy out… oops, I guess I just typed that in…. I am just trying to live with it all…
God Bless.
