Day 29- Survive 100 Days with Bunny- TUESDAYS WITH LOU- Chocolate Pudding Time

[Bunny Berry]

How do you deal with the blahs?...for me I smile sweetly while consuming RAW chocolate pudding of course!!

Lowanna has the blahs, but she's been raw for SIX MONTHS, and is looking fabulous. Did she say she's lost 74 pounds? Lowanna, congratulations!

Lowanna talks candidly about how she changed her behavior to fit into a larger body, and is now is having to do the same thing to fit into her new smaller body. Good on ya, Lou! :)

[Bunny Berry]

You know what? I've never made that pudding because I rarely have all of the ingredients on hand. But I think I might actually have them right now.

Mmmm....pudding.

I'm so proud of you Lou.

[amysue]

You made me smile, Lou. I learn from you every time you speak, and I'm glad you're enjoying your pudding!!

[Dianne]

I love your voice .To all of us in the USA it is an accent.I love also to go back to the old videos and see the change in your face ,your neck ,andyour eyes are open wider too.Peace.

[Gill Gillono]

Yes, I think most cooked foods should be yesterday's news for me, too as I have a seriously addictive personality, too, and i am still struggling after regaining the 20 pounds i had regained after stopping being raw after a year....when i need comfort on raw food i make pudding or a raw cacao hempshake or raw brownies, they all work pretty well...i am just starting my 2nd set of 10 days..small baby steps for me or I tend to get overwhelmed & quit, but I seriously KNOW that eating raw is the only way I can be a Healthy Vegan so I remain on the journey with you. Big Congratulations to you, Lou, it sounds like you are going to make it & succeed quite nicely!

Peace, Gill
The mostly Raw Freegan

[Kalina "Kitten" McCreery]

Six Months?!? That is incredible. I am just starting on my RawFu journey (as a follow up to some majorly negative life stuff) and it's rough.
Six months- I am so impressed. Your discipline and commitment is really amazing. Even if times are tough right now I have no doubt that you are strong enough to plow through them and make it back to the sunnier days.
Congratulations on your progress and your truly admirable strength. I hope I can live up to the challenge(s) as well as you have.

[karima]

wooooww you are a biggggg insperation for me !!!
Thank you for sharing .

bigg hugg from belguim

[Myra]

Congratulations!!!! I must say that "seats aren't getting larger" YOU are getting smaller & that is AWESOME! Keep up the great work you are an inspiration to all! xox Myra

[OceanGoddess]

Hi Lou!

First, sending you love and light. I can relate. This is a very hard time for me as well. I took a temporary position at a great workplace, knowing it would end, because I wanted that on my resume and well, it's ended! Tomorrow is my last day. When I took the job, though, the economy wasn't as bad, and now, well, there just aren't many decent-paid jobs out there. So here I go looking for a job! And I got into a stupid little cranky fit with my partner today and my period should start in a few days and I weigh more now than in the past 4 years and want to lose 15-20 pounds to feel like myself again . . .and yes, it's because I've been medicating all the stress with food. (Mostly not raw)

I love your raw treats system though, Lou. We need our treats, our comfort foods, and better raw than not.

I hope things get happier for you soon. You're such an inspiration!

light,
Kimberly

[Mermie]

Congratulations on the weight loss!
You look great.
I always look forward to Tuesdays with Lou. ;)
You inspire.
x

[T]

wow lowanna! you look great! raw does your body good :) -- congrats on losing 33 kilos!!! -- even though you say you're blah -- you still look glowing :) -- i have been having some "issues" lately but as of yet i cannot put my finger on it -- it's not that life isnt good -- and it's definitely not bad -- i guess just stressing a bit from circumstances i can't change -- plus the weather has been crappy (still wearing my winter jacket IN MAY) -- so i have been "sneaking" chips and hot chocolate since the weather has been so crappy and my anxiety attacks have returned -- can't say i can pin point the reason or maybe it's just life in general -- so as i was decluttering i found this 30 min meditation tape and have started listening to it before i go to sleep to try to help with the anxiety attacks -- it seems to be helping although i haven't gotten to "listen" to it yet and meditate -- i fall asleep but the lady who made the tape and is talking at the beginning says its ok if you fall asleep your mind will still work at dumping those thoughts out -- with it i seem to be having a more restful sleep -- since i have started listening to the tape daily right before bed i am feeling less inclined to "sneak" SAD snacks into my diet -- so maybe i am going thru a sort of detox complicated by eating a small bit of SAD chips every day which is dragging it along -- i know some anxiety is because i have been decluttering which has been hard for me

but on a lighter note the videos from you and penni and bunny and rawdawg and rebeccaj affirm me to keep moving forward and to keep decluttering my life no matter how slow or how small the change -- thank you for being an inspiration -- i know i tend to feel like this right before a major breakthru -- but i keep smiling and keep raw (for the most part) -- and i know i will be ok and a better healthier person

hugs T

[Lowanna]

Thank you all for posting a comment so touching and sweet of you!
That recipe is caco powder by the way!! And we had it again last night LOL as a chaser to Miss Phio's Sunburgers ahh there is a heaven. I love hearing about your ideas for eating raw treats, helps me stay real too...I figured a bit of a treat of sweet rawness should soothe a detox and life's downers, and well is just in order for a little bit...hmmm we grated peppermint raw chocolate on top last night and went to new rawbliss heights and Im even staring at the left-overs right now for breaky...Blame it on the addictive personality I say!! hmmm Chocolate, seriously if you try it let me know what you think...Best thing since kale chips

And thanks for all your encouragement, I could not have made this change in lifestyle if not for the love and support from each and every member of rawfu. Living as a raw foodist just so fits and being here hanging round you all RAWKS!! so thanks to you ;o) re-discovering yourself is great, but I feel its I even better when we can all do it together. Thanks Bunny, for making a space for this to happen! xxx

[Earth Mother]

Lou, I had to laugh at your "the seats are getting larger." I remember sitting in the movie theater at around the six-month mark and thinking the same exact thing! Then it dawned on me, "Wait, the seats haven't gotten larger. I've gotten considerably smaller!" That was a magical moment for me and I cried in the dark movie theater.

I sure can relate to the emotional and spiritual detox as well. That's been 10X stronger than any physical detox for me, and trust me, I've had my share of physical detoxing going on. Of course the biggest challenge for me has been to change my relationship to food when, in fact, my first instinct is still to grab for something to shove in my mouth when I feel the least bit uncomfortable emotionally. Sometimes, I have to literally sit on my hands. The safest thing for me to do is to get up and out of the house. Go for a walk or hike in the woods. "This too shall pass" has become my new mantra.

However, there are times when a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do to get through it. You make your chocolate pudding. I make chocolate ice cream.

Raw Chocolate Ice Cream

3 bananas
3 Tbsp cacao powder
2 Tbsp raw tahini
6 dates, pitted
raw honey or agave nectar to taste
splash of coconut water to facilitate blending
3 C ice cubes

Get out your blender and blend away. Enjoy!

xoxo