loving food that's loving me back

Alison is presenting her interview series 'Living on Fruit' and the video below features long term low fat raw vegan Andrew - there is no doubt that he genuinely enjoys his food and whole lifestyle. And I know exactly what he means. Right now, I am experiencing such high levels of happiness, contentedness and well-being resulting from my raw vegan fruit-based diet that I don't see myself eating something other than fresh, raw, ripe, preferably organic plant foods anytime soon or ever again. I am just too much in love with my current food and the results coming from it.



Do you love your food? And equally important: does it love you back?



Sometimes people think I am an ascetic eating this way, when actually the TASTE of these foods is one of my main reasons to choose this diet. Whole, fresh, ripe, raw fruits and vegetables are the most beautiful, tasty and satisfying foods I know of. I have not always viewed it this way, I am still evolving and growing more and more into it. Practice is a crucial factor: The more you practice being low fat raw vegan, the better you will become at sticking to it. It takes time to change habits, change your perspective and change your actions, I made so many decisions in the past that were not serving me - but in the end, they brought me to where I am now.
Doug likes to tell one of his many great anecdotes and it goes somewhat like this: He once asked a very successful and popular man about the secret behind his success. The man answered: All comes from good judgment. Then Doug asked, how do we gain the ability of good judgment? Experience, is the answer. And how do we get experienced? Poor judgment!
Failing is part of life, and part of success, if you handle it the right way. It is a vital source of experience and so it can be very valuable for making decisions in the future - hopefully decisions, that serve you much better.

Don't stress yourself with thinking too far into the future ('Oh my god! I can never have candy/pizza/french fries (whatever) ever again!'), but stay in the moment and ask yourself, if you are willing to experience the uncomfortable consequences resulting from your choices in the now. Change your focus from a deprivation point to an ABUNDANCE point of view - because that's what this lifestyle is ultimately about for me anyway: abundance. I love to eat. And I love to eat A LOT.

Much happiness! Enjoy!
Jasmin

thriving on the species-specific diet

Still loving the low fat, high vibe fruits and greens diet and lifestyle. At the moment I am enjoying lots of watermelons, grapes, strawberries, cantaloupes, lots of different tender leafy greens, papayas, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, galia melons, honeydew melons, bananas, dates... I think I have never loved my food as much as I do now ever before in my life. I eat cocktail tomatoes wrapped in butterhead lettuce and go almost crazy about the amazing flavour. Every meal is a surprise and the flavours seem to get more intense and varied. It's amazing! Taste buds are renewed every 7-10 days. Mine are becoming more and more sensitive and I just love it. My sense of smell is improving even more, so that I can inhale and enjoy all the wonderful smells of all kinds of blooming trees and flowers. May is the most beautiful month of the year, indeed. Not only because I am born in May. :) The weather is just perfect. The fruit is great.

Some time ago I posted about the blood type diet. Here is what my hero, Doug Graham, has to say to this:



And the answer is... species-specific diet! Of course! ;)
Looking forward to July to meet him again at the fabulous Fresh Food Festival in Denmark. I am so glad that Petr is organizing this event. My dad will come with me this year. :) I am so proud of my parents, they are moving more and more towards low fat raw vegan. I prepared a fruity lunch last Sunday and it turned out beautiful. Will post pics soon. It looked so gorgeous!

The Vegan Summer Festivals of the Vegan Society Austria are a blast! I met a fellow 811er in Linz last week! That was so amazing!

I'm more grateful than ever. ♥
Do you feel the flow? ♥

hakuna matata

A quick update: Everything is fine, I really enjoy my food, I am deeply grateful for being alive and living a non-violent and abundant lifestyle! I feel like everything is flowing more these days and I need good rest and more sunshine to get more balanced, but overall I feel really good. My skin has improved so much which is a great motivation to stay raw! And the Summer is coming soon, so I'm super psyched for all the yummylicious fruit!

My breakfast today:

Really good video about the importance of a plant-based live food diet:




The Fruitarian Diet. Theoretically, and in practice, a diet composed of high quality, ripe, raw fruits provides the human body with all the nutrients it needs with the very least expenditure of digestive effort, at the same time producing no toxic by-products and so allowing the body to detoxify itself and perform at its peak. Raw fruits are more palatable and provide more energy for a given amount than vegetables and can be prepared with less effort and less waste. Not only can the highest level of health be attained on a fruitarian diet but, because it places so much less wear and tear on the body's vital organs, degeneration is slowed down and the lifespan extended.

From: Health and Survival in the 21st Century by Ross Horne

... and: Don't worry, be happy! Hakuna Matata! NO WORRIES!