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October 3, 2011 Hi {!firstname_fix} I have been in New York this weekend. Flying in over the city at night was spectacular. It has been a quiet family time. We are trying to resolve the great creativity in Irish record keeping about birth dates. My aunt insists the records are wrong, the records contradict each other so we have had quite a time of it. I want to tell everyone to record accurately your historical information so your people in two hundred years will know the real story, LOL. There will be no classes beginning Wednesday, October 5, 2011. These classes will begin Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Please click on the name of the class and it will take you to the registration page: Using Radiant Resources (2 weeks) is a free orientation for those of you who are brand new and would like to find your way around town. Come sit on the top of our double-decker bus for a guided tour. And even if you are not brand new, this is a really fun class to reconnect with all the treats of the community. Weight Loss and Clothing (2 weeks) will explore your relationship to clothes after you start changing your sense of your self. How you want to dress, what works, what doesn’t work. What about all the clothes in the closet that do not fit. Do you want them? Even if they fit now, are they what you want to wear? How can you have a sense of style? Come have fun and play with us in a journey of discovery. Depression (2 weeks) is a key class for the Potatoes Not Prozac crowd. Learn in-depth information on the kinds of depression, why drugs will or will not work, how they work and how Doing the Food can help. These classes will begin Wednesday, October 19, 2011. Please click on the name of the class and it will take you to the registration page: Brain Chemistry: Beta Endorphin (2 weeks) is one of our most popular classes. It will teach you the core of the science behind the program. This is the outline for a critical part of sugar sensitivity, why you act the way you do and what you can do to change it. I love this class and so do all the people who have taken it. Somehow BE rocks! Radiant Play (2 weeks) is based on the material that came out of our discussions about the amygdala in chat. I learned that play has a huge impact on our ability to handle emotional change, and to make sense of the world. It was mind boggling to me. We will be talking about the neurochemistry of play. Why it is especially important for ss people and why even more so for those of us who have committed to recovery. This class is not about the psychology of play. It is about the the neurochemistry of it and why it is so crucial for us. And because we have been talking about play in chats, we will incorporate these ideas as well - what kind of play works for *you*...how can you nurture it? So come take it for you, or if you are a parent or grandparent, for your children. The class schedule is online. Click here to see what is planned. 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 ** All this work will create enormous gains for you. As you "do the food," you are going to reconnect with your birthright. **********************************************************************
** Testimonial of the Week ** Thank god for food in my carry on bags! My first flight was delayed an hour and I was pretty sure once I was in the air that I had missed my connecting flight. The airline rebooked me on a later flight while I was in the air and then changed their mind. They held the connecting flight and I had to run from one gate to the next down the concourse. But they waited. I had planned on eating my lunch in-between flights but that option wasn't there. I sat in my seat, turned to my seatmate, told him I had problems with my blood sugars and was sorry but I would be eating tuna. I dug out my tuna, my container of sweet potatoes and bag of carrots and snap peas and ate right away. My body thanked me! My next connecting flight didn't leave me much room to find something for supper but I found a salad with red cabbage, walnuts, cannelli beans, kidney beans, onions and mango, no dressing. I pushed most of the diced mango aside and ate part of the salad along with three cheese sticks before my flight took off. I dug out two sweet potato pancakes that were still mostly frozen and had them ready for when I got to my friends house. After hugging everyone I opened the rest of my salad and finished it along with the pancakes and some almonds. I was at the six hour mark by that time but I think the bit I ate before I got on the plane helped. I have never been so glad that I packed food in my carry on bags before. My friend hugged me and cried and cried when I walked into her house. Her family had thrown her a surprise party that was in full swing when I got there, booze and all. People were pretty tame considering what they could have been like. Anyway everyone has gone home now and my friend is upstairs cleaning up. I am tired and because of the time change it's pretty well my normal bed time already even though it's late here. I just took some Tylenol for a headache. I normally have one for the first few days I am here because of the drastic change in altitude. Cheryl **********************************************************************
** Radiant Ambassadors ** 
Ok, hands up - which of Kathleen's books do you love the most?I love all of them but if I were to choose a favourite, which one would it be... hmmmm... Potatoes not Prozac (original version) - my first introduction to the concept of sugar sensitivity so it's close to my heart Potatoes not Prozac (new version) - oh my, it has so much energy and includes people's stories and new things that Kathleen's learned along the way Your Last Diet - *THE* solution to losing weight for the very last time. Balance your biochemistry first and then focus on weight loss. There's nothing else like it out there. Sugar Addicts Total Recovery Program - Gotta love that front cover! Little Sugar Addicts - way ahead of its time. or even Your Body Speaks - a fabulous introduction to conversing with my body and "F-e-e-l-i-n-g-s" (I was so scared of those for a long time but YBS made it seem easy). It's so hard to choose LOL! So come tell us which of Kathleen's books you love the most and why? Selena selenas@blueyonder.co.uk Come join us if you are excited about spreading the news. **********************************************************************
** How I Found Radiant Recovery ** Hi! My name is Linda and I live in Plymouth, MN. I am married and mom to three girls. I am also a personal trainer and Russian kettlebell instructor. I picked up PNP and read it. I read my story in that book. I am a sugar addict 40 years plus, suffered from bouts of depression in the last 6 years. I am looking forward to the future and conquering this addiction once and for all **********************************************************************
** Radiant Recovery® Store ** David manages the Radiant Recovery® Store. He is also Kathleen's oldest son. 
I thought you would love this story. My great, great grandfather, Joseph Burnett, was a chemist and the first to bring vanilla extract into the country from France. Burnett's vanilla was considered the finest there was. Here is an antique box that we recently discovered in an antique store in Arizona. I think it is really fun to think that a 100 years later, I am here peddling extracts and flavorings to you.
Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. **********************************************************************
** Radiant Kitchen ** This recipe is for busy Moms! My girls LOVE it. Gail
Mix and simmer:
For more great program-friendly recipes, check out our cookbook in the store and visit our online Radiant Recipes site. **********************************************************************
** Radiant YLD ** We have been having the most interesting conversations about exercise and what makes it fun. I hope all of you who are on the weight loss list have checked out the exercise data base. What a creative and inspirational list. If you haven't joined us, I hope you will. If you would like to join, come find us here **********************************************************************
** Radiant Conversations ** We have a new portal for the Conversations program. Come check it out here. Conversations will be having a wild card this week (smile) so I can't even comment. Stay tuned for a report. If you would like to join us, you can do that below. Join YLD Weight Loss Now: click here - $99 Join Conversations 2011 Now: click here - $99 Join Both YLD and Conversations Now: click here - $149 Current YLD members wish to Upgrade to Both, click here - $49 Current YLD members who wish to Transfer to Conversations 2011 Only can do so for a $14.99 admin fee: click here If you are not a member, come and join us if you want to be a part of the latest and greatest or just have some plain ol' fun! **********************************************************************
** Our Online Groups ** On our Radiant Fitness group we talk about how doing the food can support our fitness program and vice versa. Some favorite topics are what to eat when doing intensive exercise when all that's out there commercially are sugar-filled products. We also talk about what to eat before and after morning workouts, and what to do for those folks whose training program requires a twice-a-day workout. We have runners walkers, bikers, dancers, aerobicizers, yogis, and many more types of exercise enthusiasts on the list. One of the neat things on the list is people who are recovering from exercise addiction who are learning how to work exercise back into their life in a healthy way. If any of this fits you, well, come on over and join in. **********************************************************************
**For Parents: Easing Your Family Into Change ** Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
Breakfast is a great place to start when you begin changing your family's eating habits. The first thing you may have to do is get everybody in your household to agree to eat breakfast, even if it is consumed on the way to school or the office. Sandwiches and shakes make meals portable. Try getting some George's Junior. If you have any question that your kids won't like it, put it in some chocolate almond milk with some baby oatmeal. They will LOVE it. Eggs are "the wonder food," and you can do so much with them: serve them as an omelet or simple boiled eggs, or hot in a scrambled- or fried-egg sandwich, or cold as sliced-egg or egg-salad sandwiches. If your family eats cereal, ease them into whole-grain choices served with fresh fruit instead of coated with sugar. Use apple juice when you are cooking oatmeal, and lace it with protein powder, cream and cut-up fruit or berries. For family members who 'don't have time' for breakfast, keep mozzarella sticks and boiled eggs in the refrigerator for them to grab on the way out the door. Get them to put together peanut butter sandwiches on whole grain bread the night before, or have George's Junior Shake ready in the blender. Agreement is key to getting this plan to work for your entire family. Talk to your spouse or partner and your kids about what kind of meals you'll have, to be sure you're including foods they like. For Kids: Loading Your Lunch Box What was in the last three lunches you took to school? Write down a list. Circle the things you traded to other kids. Write down what you got instead. Cross off the things you just threw out because nobody wanted to eat them. Did you eat half of what was in your lunch every day? More on some days, less on others? One way to make sure you have a lunch you like is to decide for yourself what you want to eat. Help your parents shop for food. Pack yourself a lunch that you will want to eat. Eating a good lunch will make your body and brain (and your parents!) a lot happier. You cannot take all cookies and candy and soda, so don't even try to talk your parents into that! They will think you aren't serious, and they won't let you help. Fill your lunch box with the different food groups: protein, fruit and vegetables, and grains. The list below combines foods into tasty meals. Read this list of food and choose the things you would like to eat. Monday peanut butter and sliced banana on whole grain bread (p,f,g), unsweetened applesauce (f), mozzarella cheese sticks (p) and carrot sticks (v) Tuesday two hard boiled eggs (p), a cheddar-cheese on whole-grain bread sandwich (p,g), apple slices rolled in protein powder and cinnamon (f,p), tomato juice (v) Wednesday tuna sandwich on whole grain bread (p,g), apple slices with mozzarella cheese sticks (f,p), dill pickle (v) Thursday peanut butter and sliced apple on whole grain bread (p,f,g), banana (f), bag of almonds (p), jicama slices or carrot sticks (v) Friday cold chicken leg (p), Triscuits with cottage cheese (g,p), apples rolled in protein powder and cinnamon (f,p), celery sticks with peanut butter (v,p) If you don't like unsweetened applesauce or bananas, pack a fruit you do like. Write down some other lunch ideas, including protein, fruit, vegetables and grains in each one. One important rule: when you eat fruit, make sure you eat some protein, too. Keep your list of lunch ideas on the refrigerator. It will be easy to see when you are making your lunch. And you parents can use it when they are making the grocery list. 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. ©2011 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/ |
