It's orange season here in California.  I've been drinking fresh OJ almost every day for a few weeks now (in addition to whatever I eat).  They are just awesome!!

So, I figure it's time to do a juice fast (or what have you).  A friend in the area will do it with me.  I figure I'll give it about a week or so (just depends....).

Starting when I wake up this morning.

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• Last time I did a juice fast:  quite a while ago.  maybe a couple of years ago?
• What I've been eating lately:  lots of apples and oranges (they're in season).  Every week, I  still buy/eat out and eat a little gourmet (a curse of living in California where it's so readily available ).
• What I hope to accomplish: break certain eating habits and eat simpler

oh i just love them oranges though the season for valencias was summer i know they are still available, i can drink gallons per day , hey i cant just stand by and let persimmon season pass , i love pomegranite in my salad, satsumas clementines and pages are freshest citrus, valencias are pure gold my case is withering away i ve got the hook up though they are not the freshest

VALENCIAS??  Did someone mention Valencias??  My favourite orange ever.  The primo orange for juicing, in my humble opinion.  I love them so much.  And blood oranges run a close second.

Although, I discovered this year that navels are the best at the end of the season - so sweet and juicy.  Amazing.

Have fun on your citrus feast Rosal!

miss g

i was paying $5au for about 60kgs when i was doing a oj fast, about half were manderines. i did 500ml/1 pint every 2 hours, was an awsome fast, i did 4 2 weeks, would love to do again but not in season and supermarket ones have no juice.

Thanks and likewise Rosal! - how fortunate and blessed you are to live to live in sunny California(how's Arnie doing?) with awesome fresh and ripe produce.

Oranges are great alone and makes a dark green leaves yum( they are just so versatile:)

I am loving your style!

   

Thanks, Jen!  Well, we'll see what happens.  I do like documenting though.

Garfield22, thanks for orange the tip!   I had a friend who made a great veggie salad (mostly greens) with a dressing of OJ/Lime -- it was so good.    The Terminator-Governor ..hmmm, haven't heard too much about him....  Outside of that, I know here in California people are signing petitions to address caging issues of animals on farms...


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Random Thoughts

I'm glad to see the white tongue.  Shows results.  At the start of my fast, I was somewhat already looking forward to a simple meal;  because they taste good but now I'm ready to wait longer for them.

Background

Raw for almost 4 years.  Before that was a typical SAD diet.

In the last few years, I've noticed that my body experiences shifts...It no longer likes something and so I no longer eat it (or go out of my way to eat it).  For example, recently, I no longer buy agave nectar.  I eat dates for my sweetner.

What I've been experiencing lately that I hope to address via this OJ feast:

• gas
• irregular digestion

• body odor (this recently returned when I started eating a lot of Nori sheets (untoasted).
• slight cramps before my period (this was totally gone before)

--> By the way, it has been only 2 days and the first 3 symptoms are gone.

A lot of the above is probably caused by some improper food combining with dehydrated raw goods I bought.  I've been eating out and sometimes eating with friends (who use some food and/or food combinations I might not be used to or eating that much of).

In addition, I've been drinking a lot of fresh OJ and apples...and I think my body has been cleansed more and less tolerant of less juicy stuff..

DAY 2

• Thin white coating on the tongue
• Facial skin is a little ruddy on the cheeks (same as in Day 1 actually). 
  
• Juice: Pretty much drinking the same as what is described in Day 1.
• Physical activity:  Didn't do anything today except stay home and read, etc.
• Sleep:  I'm not sleeping "heavy".  It seems I'm aware I'm sleeping a lot of times or something like that.  I had a few dreams last night.  They were mostly based on simple, mundane  events (taking pictures, washing bottles, etc.) in my life so nothing too interesting.
  
  The nights are getting colder so I put on an extra layer to sleep which kept me comfortable, but I still didn't zonk out as normal.
  
  Once I start working out more perhaps I'll sleep better.  In any case, I woke up later than normal and felt fine.

Hey Garfield, thanks for being supportive!  And in regards to food-combining issues, you've hit the nail on the head! 

Coming from my background, I haven't had to worry about food combining issues that much when I first went raw.  My body made adjustments along the way and made necessary repairs which was great.  Now, I think I'm at a point where my body "notices" if I don't combine things correctly.

My personal raw slogan for the week:

  You can run, but you can't hide.

 LOL. 

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Food combining

Today, I finished reading this little book/pamphlet called:

Correct Food Combining for easy digestion and wonderful health -- prepared by T.C. Fry (someone Doug Graham was a good friend of).  It doesn't have a date, but it looks pretty old.

It's excellent.  I like how the info gives very detailed information on what happen when different kinds of food are digested (proteins, starches, acid fruits, sweet fruits, etc.).  I liked in particular what he says about alcohol generated from food...

Thought of the week:

In a way, I'm already missing some of my old raw dishes, but I've already moved on in a way and am enjoying the simpler flavors of food.  And am more excited to make tasty, but simpler dishes.

I like a challenge!