doug graham's health and fitness week completed

Fortunately hitching a ride with a new wonderful friend Richard (30bananasaday.com member), was the beginning of my wonderful week.  Next we Stoped to spend time with a new friendly fruitarian Family (Kathleen, Shon, and her sweet 3 girls).  Some additional committed rawvegans where there to enjoy as well, including Michael Arnstein (runs about 200 miles a week!), and Vicky (an honest, inquisitive, loving fruit lover also) All of these new friends are actively practicing the fruitarian/811 lifestyle.   We all went on Runs throught the nature trails around their home.  They are shinning examples of health and fitness (serious runners) and love.    Feeling the connection with others of similar values is sooo powerful.  Feeling 'normal' to be amongst a group of  people chowing down Huge bowls of Peaches, Melons, nectarines, grapes, tomatos, etc...


Arriving to Doug Graham's Health and Fitness week 2010 was powerful.  Doug Came out to meet us and give us all warm hugs.  We immediately met some others in the kitchen and began prepping a wonderful meal.  Some of our meals had the following fresh organic ingredients: Freshly squeezed Orange Juice, Tomato soups, cucumber/tomato salads with nectarine dressing, zuccini pasta with sundried tomato and fresh tomato basil dressings, raw/dehydrated falafael with humous and tahini all salt and oil free and only using veggies and some herbs, wonderful juicy Figs, Canteloups, Watermelons, Date/sliced apple cobler, apples, sweet grapes, blackberry/OJ juice, etc.....


HIGHLIGHTS:

Seeing Michael Arnstein run 50miles per day around a 1 and 1/4 mile loop.



Seeing myself run 17miles one day after 3years of under 5mile runs.



feeling the love every evening when people shared their thanks and gratitude.



enjoying the thriving nature all around the area, and jumping in the fresh cold river often.



Getting to know new lifelong friends.



seeing transformations in action.



seeing one women, Victoria come from a life of troubles and health disasters to losing over 100lbs and FIT.



Watching Doug answer questions and lecture and spread his wisdom and love and compassion



observing the different ways I feel when being told what to do in the kitchen, (my rebellious nature awakening).



having a wonderful LONG WalK with many others up the fire road in the rain.



petting the horses in the stables daily and feeding the chickens fruit scraps.



Pushing myself as hard as possible under the instructions of Doug GRaham...new levels of pain experienced.



Being extremly humbled by the LEAN and FIT indivuals around me....sooo lean.



RElearning how to eat lots of juicy fruits before eating durian in order to regain an ultra lean physique.



Having my father 'roll up' mid week to participate the final days....bringing about 60lbs of durian in shell to share!!!



Recharging my purpose and passion and Full ON COMMITTEMNT to Continually improve my Natural Hygienic lifestyle, Contribute, and Share the Vegan/fruitarian message Daily!!



Loving my swweeeeeeet melons back in ORegon now...sitting in my mothers LUSH flower garden, sun is brightly shinning on my bare skin, the roses are so nice to smell, food for the soul.



my brother, vegan for 2years, prepared a huge vegan meal for all my family and he specially prepared me a creatively cut Canteloup and albany grown, sweet crisp apples....AND my 100 dollar order of WET juicy Palm Desert DATES arrived from "THE DATE PEOPLE"!!  woooooooWWWyy sooo delicious...