Fruitarian Lifestyle Challenges

I LUV living the fruitarian lifestyle.

Fruit is colorful, vibrant, delicious, and the cleanest burning fuel available for human consumption. Eating a diet of primarily fruit does have its difficulties. One of the burning reasons we left the States is that it became increasingly tough to find a consistent supply of sweet fruit. Except for bananas which we pretty much lived off of, but even they are shipped in from thousands of miles away.

Finding fruit definitely got easier when we entered Mexico. Now that we are settling in, the game is on. This morning, Jack bought us mangos, a large papaya, and plump baby naners. All had a delectable flavor but needed a few more days to ripen to peak sweetness. And, baby, peak sweetness is where it's at! The key is to buy enough fruits in advance to have it ripe and sweet at every meal. This is easier once you get to know your local markets, get a sense of what to buy, and when to begin the storing & ripening process. Very intuitive. Sounds like a lot of work cuz it is :) 

We are still learning about the fruits in town and how long we need to ripen. We are dealing with cooler temps here than TX so it's a longer time curve than we're used to. The streets are lined with taquerias and sandwich shops. It would be so easy to go in one and be fed, no worrying about ripeness or sweetness. But honestly we don't want to. So we have eaten a bit skimpily the last day or so. Jack just got back from talking to the owner of the fruit market down the street and we may be in better shape in a day or so.

No doubt, eating this way often presents challenges. But the benefits are SOOO worth it! 

¡Viva la fruta!