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July 12, 2010 Hi {!firstname_fix} Well, what a week it has been...I think we are close to getting settled with all the changes in weight loss and conversations and who knows what else, LOL. I have just spent the weekend in Boulder having a lovely rest. I rented a little cottage, took the dogs on a field trip, and did a little seminar. All the rescues are in foster homes and I am working on playing for a while. Goodness, it has been fun seeing my radiant friends. This class will begin Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Please click on the name of the class you wish to join and it will take you to the registration page: Revitalizing Your Program (2 weeks) will present the most ground-breaking innovation we have had in 5 years. Just start your program and energize it in a way you cannot imagine. It does not matter if you are brand new on step 1, or a long timer on step 7, the tools are fabulous. I guarantee you this class will excite you and set your program on fire. This class will begin Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Please click on the name of the class you wish to join and it will take you to the registration page: Diabetes (2 weeks) is the class we do every so often for those of you who have diabetes as part of your story. If you want to learn how diabetes and sugar sensitivity go hand in hand, this is the class for you. This class will teach you about the numbers and the solution. We will have our community experts as teaching assistants so this is a wonderful opportunity to learn skills ideally suited for your recovery. The class schedule is online. Click here to see what is planned. Please wait to sign up for classes until a week or two before, and do not sign up for classes that are not yet scheduled. A number of you have asked me how the classes work. Check the class list page for more information on this. And please go read the questions and answers before you write to me. If you have trouble getting through the process, write the tech forum. Be sure to visit our Radiant Recovery website and Community Forum regularly. Warmly, Kathleen **********************************************************************
** Quote From Kathleen ** You will be thrilled and excited when you master the moods that have haunted you for so long. **********************************************************************
** Testimonial of the Week ** Hi everyone, I've had my half a sweet potato with some olive oil and sea salt the last three nights and I very much like it that way. It seems like it's working well for me. I'm not sure what all is happening, but it occurs to me that I haven't had any sugar binges for a while. In fact, sugar cravings are way down. I'm starting my second month on step 4, time really flies! I can't wait to see what else is in store for me :) Jan **********************************************************************
** Radiant Ambassadors ** 
Have you ever used Google Alerts before? It’s a great service whereby Google will email you whenever a key word or phrase newly appears on a website. I have Google Alerts for all manner of key words such as Radiant Recovery, sugar sensitivity and Potatoes not Prozac.Well, the following link arrived in my inbox recently and I thought it would be fun to share: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/depression-weight-issues/204788-i-stumbled-upon-awesome-book.html How cool is that that it is called “I stumbled upon an awesome book”? And it’s all about Potatoes Not Prozac (grin}. Word is getting out….. Selena Come join us if you are excited about spreading the news. **********************************************************************
** How I Found Radiant Recovery ** 
I was hanging out on a bulletin board for followers of Protein Power, a low carb eating plan. Several people kept 'falling off the wagon' and bingeing. Someone posted a long explanation of why that was happening -- that they weren't getting enough carbs/browns and therefore their serotonin was tanked. The person explained that after she had begun PnP, she had stopped bingeing on sugar.A few people on the board began having a potato after dinner. I went over to the RR website. I had actually been there before! I had seen someone mention it when I had quit smoking years previously, but the whole thing looked very woo-woo to me at the time. Sugar addiction? Surely not! I was addicted to alcohol!! Food was a tool for good health, not an addictive substance! Anyway, the second time that I went to the website, with Connie's explanation ringing in my ears, I was more receptive. I checked out PnP from the library. When I started reading about Kathleen's work with the drunks, I started crying. I knew I was an alcoholic, but I didn't think I could DO anything about it. I started breakfast shortly afterwards. Coming from low-carb, I had one spoonful of beans with my first breakfast. Boy that seems like a long time ago now. Elaine in CO **********************************************************************
** Radiant Kitchen ** OK, the following recipe for tuna casserole comes from Lisa SC, a wonderful cook in our community. This makes a *great* dish, which I have taken to a potluck and it was all gone quickly! (For the white sauce, I use 1/4 C flour, 1/4 C butter, and 2 Cups milk.) I don't actually have a recipe for my tuna casserole, but I can tell you what I do. I use two of the super size tuna cans for around 100 grams of protein. I use one pound of tinkyada pasta, either macaroni or rotini. A bag of frozen peas or mixed peas and carrots and one 4-6 oz can or jar of sliced mushrooms. The white sauce recipe I do from memory, but it is a regular white sauce with equal portions of melted butter and brown rice flour (about 1/4 cup of each). I make a roux and gradually add soy milk (I imagine oat or almond would work, but I haven't tried it) whisking it well after each addition and letting it come to a boil each time, then adding more milk and whisking again until it is thick and creamy. I add salt to taste along with the drained tuna, mushrooms and cooked veggies. When the pasta is done I pour the tuna mixture over the pasta, and stir to combine well. You can bake at this point if you like, but my family is usually ready to eat it right then and we skip the baking step. The cheese eaters in our group sprinkle grated parmesan or cheddar on theirs, sometimes running it under the broiler to melt the cheese. Other toppings include crushed chips or crackers of whatever kind you like. Personally I use rice snaps for a little crunch on top. Elaine N For more great program-friendly recipes, check out our cookbook in the store. **********************************************************************
**Radiant Conversations ** Chats last week were fun and very informative, yes. I think we have gotten settled and clear. The conversations list is humming and it feels as if everything is connected. I like it a lot. **********************************************************************
** Radiant Recovery® Store ** David manages the Radiant Recovery® Store. He is also Kathleen's oldest son. Ok, our tuna is here and is AWESOME! What a find that is. I am eating tuna sandwiches again. If you stopped because you were concerned about mercury, try our tuna. It lives up to its name, King of the Sea Fancy Solid Tuna.  This tuna offers flavor elite enough to grace the royal table – even more nobly, it contains less methyl mercury than leading brands, along with no soy fillers, no MSG and no added chemicals – while offering the benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids. Plus a 7 oz. can yields 15% more tuna than the typical 6oz can of tuna! The secret: King of the Sea uses only the finest yellowfin tuna. In independent lab tests, King of the Sea yellowfin tuna in water measured less than 0.1 parts per million for mercury. While the taste is fit for a king! Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. **********************************************************************
** Our Online Groups ** The Radiantdepression group is all about support for the person who is depressed and trying to work the 7-step program of recovery from sugar addiction. Many of us have struggled with severe depression for years without any hope of finding an end to it. But through doing the food we have found that hope returning and have found light where before there was only darkness. Some of us are taking anti-depressants while doing the food, so we talk about how the two are compatible and we also share about getting through the tough spots together, with support from each other. If you are feeling depressed please come join us. There is hope. **********************************************************************
**Trying a New Way ** Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
People often ask me how they can sort something out. You say, “Kathleen, I just can’t figure out what to do.” Often you are desperate and feel that you have to know NOW. Well, first of all, the haziness, that sort of fog and cloudy sense of not knowing, is often induced by what you are eating, or by when you are eating. Skip a meal and get dumb. Have sugar and whites, and get foggy and not be able to make sense of anything. These are the times when you push forward trying to find answers and you feel as if you are pushing into cotton. Nothing comes, even if you wrestle for hours. The first way out, of course, is doing the steps. I know you thought that doing the food would just deal with cravings and your weight, and maybe mood. But there is a huge payoff...you get clarity as well. The fog lifts. Things make sense. Answers come unbidden without thrashing. They come in the shower or on the way to the bank or on a walk with the dog. But let’s say you have a problem now. You can’t wait for step 7. You need some practical skills today. So let’s do some of those. Usually, sugar sensitive people munch – this means you say, "Is it this? Is it that? Is it this? Is it that?" You never find anything, you just fret for hours. The task is to go under what appears to be the question and seek a deep answer. Go under the surface, see what it conceals. When you start you will often think you are too busy to sit with it. Or if you sit, you just munch so why bother. This is different. You take one issue, and you decide to focus on it. You call a sense of clarity. You basically decide to leave the munch and ask the real question. Let me give you an example. I recently had a discussion with a friend who is trying to figure out some major life choices. Should she go to graduate school, what if she gets the new job she was interviewed for, should she stay with the old job, what if she has to move, how will she have enough money? Sound familiar? So I suggested this technique of going under the munching. I asked her what she wanted in her life in 5 years. I asked her to sit with that in stillness for maybe 30 minutes and let all the “stuff” quiet. This is going under the surface. Not the munching, but the real question. She did. And she discovered that she really, really wants to be an art therapist. You might imagine that all the munching faded away. Once she was clear, the choices were clear. She didn’t have to wait for step 7. And she realized that she had been munching for weeks and had never stopped to ask what was underneath. And I know this sounds too simple. But that reaction is a function of biochemistry. Nine times out of ten, things are simple and we complicate them. Once she was clear, she focused her energy and in 3 days, all those issues were settled. Concentrated focus is a mighty tool but we rarely use it. We dissipate it with sugar or munching. This is a learned skill. And skill coming with doing. In this case, the *doing* is getting quiet. Remember that your molecules know what is best. But the sugar static gets in the way. Quiet the static and answers will come. Here are the folks who are helping put the newsletter together:
Gretel, our webmaster, puts it all together. David runs the Radiant Recovery® Store. Selena provides the weekly Ambassadors column. ©2010 Kathleen DesMaisons. All rights reserved. You are free to use or transmit this article to your ezine or website as long as you leave the content unaltered, use this attribution: "By Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D. of Radiant Recovery®", and notify kathleen@radiantrecovery.com of the location. Please visit the Radiant Recovery® website at http://www.radiantrecovery.com for additional resources on sugar sensitivity and healing addiction. You are getting the weekly newsletter from Radiant Recovery® in response to your signup. A copy of this newsletter may also be found posted on the web at http://www. radiantrecovery.com/ |
