Day 7 - Survive 100 Days With Bunny Berry- CONTEST TIME! RESPOND HERE!

[Bunny Berry]

For some of you this was your very first week as a raw foodist. Congratulations! And for some of you this was your first week of rededicating yourself to a brutal honesty living foods regimen. BIG PROPS to you, too!

Today I want us to dig deep, and try to figure out what it is, that ONE THING, that emotionally is holding us back from breaking through and fulfilling our living foods lifestyle dream. Respond to THIS THREAD by the 23th. I'll be sending someone a copy of Dr. Norman Walker's Become Younger. He lived to be 117, and so can you!

[Rachel Rose]

I would say that the only thing that holds us back is fear.... fear of being different, radical, alone, separate from the hellish American 'norm' of eating... I don't have this fear anymore though, AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER. This fear (which was not super strong for me to begin with as I LOVE to be a bit different anyway) dissipated when I realized that I LOVE MYSELF more than I ever have when I am eating high raw (and I have always had much self-love, but this is a different, much more empowering, constant, eternal, peaceful, deep seeded and pure love). So yeah, fear can really hold people back. But to hell with fear!! Bring on the love!!

[Bunny Berry]

Seriously. You must feel the love. I appeared on camera looking like I'm 117 years old like Dr. Norm! :)

[Ce]

I’d say the one thing that keeps me from being all I can be when it comes to eating raw would be putting me last. I don’t even think I am always conscious of doing it, it just happens when you are a mom. When I have slipped up in the past it has mostly been because I am not prepared, but I am always prepared to do anything I need to do for the kids or my family. I sometimes don’t make it to the gym because I am so spent after doing everything else for everyone else during the day. Not that I don’t enjoy being a mom because I do and I love my family with all I am. I just need to take the time to love me a little more too and make my health just as much of a priority.
I thought you looked spunky Bunny!

[Angie]

Good challenge/question - you brought me to tears! I am afraid that if I become well, that no one will take care of me. Maybe I'm even more afraid that I won't have an excuse to take care of myself. In fact, I'm so afraid of it that my first thought was that I hope I DON'T win this contest, because getting that book just might help me get healthier. :(

[Helen]

NOTHING is holding me back, because all of the excuses I come up with are just that - excuses. They are not relevant to me and my healing. They just represent that part of me that tries to exert control over my inner wisdom. But, you know what, my inner wisdom knows better. It is the very essence of me, it is where my light comes from and it is gentle and calm and it is patient and forgiving. It doesn't judge me but just nudges me quietly and lovingly in the right direction. Simple as that. So nothing is holding me back because my understanding of this way of living is rooted deep within my inner wisdom and there is no way I can escape it. The only thing I can do is to stop fighting it and embrace it. The only thing I can do is to stop fighting myself and embrace myself instead.

[Dianne]

OMG really ~this is confession time .For me it is being successful and staying successful.OMG its confession time.For me its low self estem growing up.I had a hard time because growing up with mental and verbal,physical,abuse,at times the thought still runs through my head.However I have learned to move on.For me that is Y I am determined that my second 50 years will be better then my first 50 years.And as of December when I turned 50 it has been a great hump that I stepped over.
Truly.I also was going to buy this book when I saw Matt and Angela ,but I had already bought what I could afford on that day.

[Angie]

This is so me! I completely relate!

Wendilou said:

It's okay, Bunny. Think of all the Diet Cokes you didn't drink in the past few days!

What's holding me back? I think it is the fear that if I give it my all, and I fail, then what do I do? If I fail without really trying, then there's always the excuse that, well, I could have done it if I really wanted to. This way, I never have to face the fact that I might not be everything I think I should. If you don't try and fail, it is expected and doesn't sting as much as really going all out and failing. So not giving 100% seems to keep the door open to future successes, but really, it's just keeping you from success now. ;)

[Earth Mother]

Fear of failure AND procrastination. Mañana, Mañana, Mañana. So much wasted time.

I'm having a fun SPRING CLEANING GIVEAWAY at In The Raw. Anyone can enter here.

[jc-ny]

Hi everyone,
I've been a member since the second challenge started and have enjoyed everything this site has given me. I've lost my way slightly during the last challenge. I wanted to catch up and see the daily blogs but I can't seem to find them now that a new challenge has started. Maybe someone can direct me to them if possible.
The true struggle though, is that 2 months ago I lost my sister suddenly. It just so happens that we were together on a raw food health retreat and long story short she was living with Diabetes and high blood pressure that she didn't know about because she wanted to go to the retreat first and get on track with her health before going to the doctor. BIG MISTAKE!!!! I wish she would have found this lifestyle sooner. It could have saved her. So many things I'd do differently! Please don't take your health for granted. This all could have been avoided if she had taken care of herself. I'm determined more than ever to get my health in top shape and this site is helping me in more ways than one. Thank you Bunny and everyone that has connected through this great forum. Blessings to all!

[rawchic]

I struggle with being on a higher vibration level that others around me. None of my friends & family are raw, but I consider myself fortunate because they are completely supportive of me. The problem is when I'm around them, I have so much more energy than them and I start to feel uncomfortable. I end up eating bread or crackers or something that lowers my vibration in order to bring myself to their level and ease my discomfort. I haven't figured out how to reel in my energy without using food.

[Nita!]

Completely agree with Ce!
Major issue that holding me back is the social issue. My family love love love standard, comercial, very procesed, (cooked of course) food. and my failures are most of the time when we spend time togheter... "mom, could you tried it.. is delicious.... " "it's just coke and is so cold".... "this bread is delicious"-.-"is just one slice..."-- etc etc etc

Food always have been a ritual for me....
Food is one of the ways I express love to my family preparing home made bread, cookies, and lots of nice dishes....
Food is the excuse to meet friends,
Food is the place were I use to go when I feel sad, lonely, tired, and happy.

Now I undestand wath is holding me back..... I 'm so afraid to lose my groups and the way I'm part of them. Family, friends, work.... I'm feel afraid that others see me if I were mad about food. I know is just my perception.... but now I realize I really need to work on that to succeed if not... I will be always fighting the same war....

Kisses to all of you.
Nita!

Ce said:

I’d say the one thing that keeps me from being all I can be when it comes to eating raw would be putting me last. I don’t even think I am always conscious of doing it, it just happens when you are a mom. When I have slipped up in the past it has mostly been because I am not prepared, but I am always prepared to do anything I need to do for the kids or my family. I sometimes don’t make it to the gym because I am so spent after doing everything else for everyone else during the day. Not that I don’t enjoy being a mom because I do and I love my family with all I am. I just need to take the time to love me a little more too and make my health just as much of a priority.
I thought you looked spunky Bunny!

[Swirly]

My biggest fear is that I will succeed and then fall off the wagon, gain it back and fail again. I have done this TWICE before. When I was 19 I lost 75 pounds and was on a local news show. Twentyfive plus years later and all my friends tell me how healthy I eat and I am 150 pounds overweight. Something is wrong with this picture.

I think all those other times I tried a thousand different ways to "lose weight", what I was hearing was "be normal", "the right size", "please others", "be acceptable", "be worthy", "don't take up too much space", "just have willpower" or "but you have such a pretty face."

What's different now is, I don't hate myself anymore. I am not dieting out of self hate, I am nurturing out of self .Wow! For the first time in my life, I care enough to give myself the very best nutrient filled, high vibration living foods....

There may be days or just moments when I fail, but I know now that because I really like this food, this community, this lifestyle and the way I feel on it... I will keep coming back to Raw over and over until it becomes a part of who I am.

I have committed to being 50% Raw over the course of this year. Right now I am close to 100% for the first week, but I am fearful of how I can sustain this. At this point, I am so far ahead in the "nurturing my body" department, it is amazing. So for the times, I fall, I am giving myself the leeway I need to not feel trapped into this new life I am trying on. Letting it flow frees me to self nurture with food the best I can in each moment.

I am loving this journey.

Peace
Kath