♥ Day 77 Mono Orange Juice ♥

Day 77 ♥
Now the funny thing is that when I went to bed last night (and yes, Jack did sleep in the bedroom too) I was so convinced that when I woke up it would be Jack for Breakfast.
But when I awoke...
...all I wanted was Orange Juice.
Certainly I could appreciate the beautiful sight (and smell) of Jack; fully tree-ripened and just in a perfect state to eat, but my desire was for Orange juice. And so here I am Day 77, and still merrily travelling along on the Orange Juice Train.

Cappi devoured the Jackfruit. He  Loves it, goes Jackfruit crazy.
But I sat beside him with my spoon and devoured my Orange juice.
I Love it still, and each Orange still has the capacity to surprise me with its own unique and individual flavour.
The Orange peel compost heap at the bottom of the garden has taken on the appearance of a strange Oange edifice, a large pyramid of peel and pith that pays homage to the Citrus Clan of the Orange juicers , and at the same time feeds a massive population of small black beetles.

With this stage seemingly of assimilation, and taking more Orange juice, my weight seems to have stabalised, and I have not lost any for the past few days.
My body fat is still around 5% and muscle mass is pretty similar to when I started out. These results are taken from my Tanita Body Moniter, and I have no way of knowing their true accuracy, but they do seem to be congruent with the way my body looks and feels.

Fruity Fare ♥
Morning - 16 Syrup Balls, juiced with a spoon
Midday - 11 Syrup Balls, juiced with a spoon
Afternoon 7 Valencias, juiced in my mouth.

Fruitful Exercise ♥
40 minutes fast walking
20 minutes leg and stomach exercises.

Have Radiant Days ♥
Love and Peaches XX

♥ Day 74 Syrup Balls from Heaven ♥

Day 74 ♥

My oh my today was a corker !

There is one little wholefood store on the Sunshine Coast that has the smallest, the sweetest, the most syrupy of all the Syrup Balls.

And today was the day to visit that store.

I had already had my usual three meals of juice, when we returned home with bags of sweet Syrup Balls

(For those of you who have not been following this Orange Juice Train, Syrup balls are particularly small and sweet Late Season Valencias. Less than half the size of a standard Valencia, they tend to get left behind on the shelf. A kind of Cinderella Orange, deceptively clothed in not the glitziest of skin—but pure sweet beauty beneath the cinders).

So whilst the Syrup Balls are often left 'on the shelf' by those who opt for 'Bigger is Better', this little Orangeophile is one gal who really appreciates them.

So when we arrived home, I couldn't wait to taste their sweetness, and then I did not want to stop my Syrup Ball Feast. And because I juice each one individually with a spoon, the feast lasted a nice amount of time. And I just felt so good and happy and warm afterwards.

Pure Golden Nectar ♥

I am finding that the last week my appetite for Orange juice has increased.

And I think that after a stage of elimination, then there may be a stage of assimilation. So it may be that after doing some deeper elimination, my body now is in more of an assimilation stage, and there is a need for a greater quantity of juice.

I am listening to my body on this mono diet, and the needs it has and I am trying to go with the flow as it were.

That is one reason why I did not finish the mono diet, as I had intended to on day 60.

There was a need to continue.

And now I really am taking it day-to-day.

I could finish tomorrow, or I could not. It is open-ended when it will end ♥

I really appreciate all the lovely positive comments and support I have had here ♥

I am very grateful and wish to thank you all for your companionship during this Orange Juice train ride.

It has been one of the best journeys of my life, and a great deal of fun too ♥

 ♥ Thank You ♥

Fruity Fare ♥

Morning—7 Organic Valencias, juiced with a spoon, 3 Organic Valencias, juiced in my mouth

Midday—9 Organic Valencias, juiced with a spoon, 1 Organic Valencia, juiced in my mouth

Afternoon—1 large fresh squeezed Orange Juice, from a juice bar

Late Afternoon—18 Syrup Balls, juiced with a spoon, 2 Syrup Balls, juiced in my mouth.

Fruitful Exercise ♥

20 minutes walking

20 minutes dancing.

Have the Sweetest Days ♥

Love and Peaches XX.

Day 25 Mono Orange Juice

Day 25

I awoke this morning with plenty of energy, despite only having one meal of juice yesterday. I can see more and more that it is not just the amount of food or calories that determines energy but that other factors are important, such as the state of our intestines and our rate of assimilation and absorbtion. Also, I do feel that to some extent we can get energies from the air and sunlight and positive emotions such as love.

I have now switched to organic Oranges because at the moment they are the sweetest-tasting to me.

They burst with honeyed nectar into my mouth; I am enjoying juicing each one in my mouth as I really get to taste the individual flavour of each piece of fruit. Each Orange is unique!

I am still not attracted to any other fruit; this is very much how it was on my first long Orange juice diet back in 1995, I broke the diet due to concerns of family and friends but had no personal desire for any other fruit. And indeed the fruit that I broke my diet on tasted like ashes in my mouth after my beloved Oranges.

Fruity Fare:

Morning--The juice of 6 organic Valencia Oranges, juiced in my mouth.

Afternoon--The juice of 11 organic Valencias, juiced in my mouth.

Fruitful Exercise:

40 minute workout

50 minutes fast walking.

Sunshine:

about 40 minutes, still a lot of clouds about.

Have Beauty Days XX