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November 28, 2011 Hi {!firstname_fix} I have had a wonderful weekend that started with celebrating Thanks-giving day with friends and then morphed into a lovely birthday with a picnic. On Saturday I went out to see the Sandhill cranes and learned all about other NM birds. Then David took me out for dinner for steak. The whole time was just relaxed and super. These classes will begin Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Please click on the name of the class and it will take you to the registration page: Radiant Step 1 (2 weeks) - Our foundation class to get you started. Learn all four parts of step 1 in a structured way. Learn how to progress through them with enjoyment. Let us support getting your program off to a fabulous start. Dopamine (2 weeks) - A first look at sugar sensitivity and dopamine. Learn about the fourth leg of the story and see if this is your missing piece. Stop Smoking (1 week) - Come understand why this addiction is so difficult and what to do to make it work. This is material I have not presented in this way. I was excited to work with the biochemistry and put together something that will make sense for you. These classes will begin Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Please click on the name of the class and it will take you to the registration page: Radiant Step 2: Introduction (2 weeks) - will teach you the basics of journaling. The class will give you step by step instructions in how to record your food and feelings in a way that gets you excited. Radiant Step 5 (2 weeks) - is one of our favorites. Learn the art of whole grains. Get lots of information that you won't find anywhere else. I picked the brains of one of the world's leading *brown* experts for this class. Weight Loss Emotions (2 weeks) - A class for people who are ready to look at emotional issues of being overweight. You must be steady on at least step three to take this class.. This class will begin Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Please click on the name of the class and it will take you to the registration page: Holy Night Reflections (1 week or so) - is our annual reflection on the meaning of light in the darkness. This is a free class, my gift to the community. We would love to have you join us. If you have never done this class, sign up for it. It will change everything. There will be no classes beginning Wednesday, December 21, 2011. 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 ** Don't forget the details. They will point the way to healing. **********************************************************************
** Testimonial of the Week ** My sweet, wonderful, clueless dad said something to me a few weeks ago about me needing to use my bowflex and treadmill more. LOL. I said that for the first 10 years of my adult life I abused my body with drugs, alcohol, tobacco, too much work and not enough sleep. The next ten years of my life I abused my body with drugs, alcohol, childbirth (thankfully not all at the same time) and eating disorders. For the past three years I have been healing. It's gonna take me a little while longer to make up for the previous 20 years. I liked the look on his face when I coughed all that out. A bit surprised, he was. I love that honesty and being able to stick up for myself comes with radiance. Vicki L. **********************************************************************
** Radiant Ambassadors ** 
Amazon. I think we can safely say that it's probably the largest book seller in the world.So what do I always check when I want to buy a book? The book reviews on Amazon of course! And I have a feeling that I'm not the only one! Ok, so did you know that there is something called 'Listmania' on Amazon? No? You do now! Listmania means that you can set up a list of your favourite books and every time people go into Amazon or search for something similar, your List will come up encouraging more people to check out the books you think are wonderful! I set up a Listmania a while ago now. Every time I go in to have a look at Potatoes not Prozac's rankings in the UK, I always see my List make an appearance along the side-bar. I wonder how many people have noticed it and thought, hmmm, perhaps I'll check it out? Feel free to join me and set up your own Listmania too! Selena selenas@blueyonder.co.uk Come join us if you are excited about spreading the news. **********************************************************************
** How I Found Radiant Recovery ** Hi, I'm Stephanie from north Texas. I live with my two daughters and husband and assorted animals. I have read PnP years ago, now reading new revised version seriously (making notes, etc.). I have struggled with depression, anxiety, seasonal depression issues for the last ten years. My youngest daughter has been diagnosed with ADD and medications do not seem to help, so I am looking at diet and food issues. She seems to be addicted to sugar. I am hoping to find some answers, and help for us. I found out about Radiant Recovery through the book (PnP) Oh, I am trying to eat breakfast each morning (with protein) I guess that is Step 1? **********************************************************************
** Radiant Recovery® Store ** David manages the Radiant Recovery® Store. He is also Kathleen's oldest son. 
I was talking with David about which of our store products he loves. He said Pycnogenol® 'because it is so light I can tuck it in anywhere.' This made me laugh. I thought it would be fun to share the other side of how we decide to carry a product. I think Pycnogenol® is an incredible thing. Let me walk you through some of what has been written about it. If you would like get some of the citations for these observations, just let me know. - KathleenAllergy So Pycnogenol® makes your body less reactive to allergens. Arthritis Instead of nasty side effects, you can get a positive effect with an herbal intervention. Diabetes There is lots written about Pycnogenol® and diabetes. It is pretty powerful stuff. Air Travel This actually is the reason I first got interested in Pycnogenol®. The biggest risk in air flight is not having an accident, it is having a blood clot from sitting for a long time with pressure on the back of your knees. Pycnogenol® seems to prevent this. I recommend that anyone flying for more than 2 hours just add Pycnogenol® to your travel kit. Pregnancy Melasma is the brown mask that comes with pregnancy. It is hormonally induced. I am wondering if pycnogenol will affect the brown spots of aging. Weight Loss Pycnogenol® stimulates fat burning and inhibits fat storing. Surgery I originally got it for the store because the other thing it does is strengthen capillary walls. If you take higher doses of fish oil (or even aspirin), it thins your blood. And if you have brittle capillaries, it can make you more vulnerable to bruising. I found that pycnogenol seems to really help this. Then I learned about the travel and blood clots thing and said, 'ok, let's get this stuff in the store.' Then one day, I started poking around in Medline. This is a mighty powerful little option we have. See what you think. Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. **********************************************************************
** Radiant Kitchen ** This is a WONDERFUL recipe for APPLE BUTTER from Kath I make apple butter using my slow cooker. The ingredients are very simple: just apples! (and whatever spices you choose if you want any). Wash and dry as many granny smith apples as will fit in your slow cooker with the lid on. Remove the apple cores. Grate or finely chop the rest of the apple with skins still on. The finer you cut, the smaller the pieces of skin, the smoother your finished apple butter will be. Using a grater or mandoline to cut the apples into matchsticks with 1/8” square of skin on the end of each makes this easy. (My V slicer is made by Borner, and is available at Amazon. I use it for all sorts of things, mostly onions and carrots, and it makes a wonderful finely shredded coleslaw). You can add whatever spices you like. Be sparing with the spices. It somehow never seems enough when the apple is raw, but cooking does magnify the flavour. I sometimes used ground cinnamon and ground cloves, but I now prefer to make apple butter with apples alone. Do not add water. Put the lid on the slow cooker and simply let it all cook on low overnight (I did from 9pm to 7am) The apple is plenty wet enough, and it all cooks down well if you leave the lid on. In the morning, I used my stick blender to whizz it all smooth. The pieces of skin disappeared into the smooth brown apple butter. I reused jars that I had washed out and saved which have a pop button moulded as part of their metal lid. 16 apples made 4 jars full of apple butter with about 2 cups capacity per jar. I have sometimes cut the apple using a larger (1/4") cutter and not blended, just left the resulting cooked apple coarse. It worked, but I was not half so pleased with that result. The air pockets that the coarse apple left in the jars meant that only half the jars sealed. I did use a spoon to squash the hot hot hot apple into the jars, and another time I might try topping the jars then with boiling water and then use a spoon to be sure that all air pockets had been released. I have also simply sliced the apples into the jars, poured boiling water in to the top of the apples, sat their lids on loosely, and cooked them in the microwave until the water boiled. I Took them out and closed the lids (not too tight or they wont come off later) When they cool, the button on the lids pop down as they seal. Stewed apple in the jar ready to use. No sugar, no additives. which was prettier. Other times I have cored and cooked the apples whole in the slow cooker, just like baking them in the oven, They ended up really soggy squishy soft...not presentation quality but very edible either alone or with rolled oats sprinkled in the hot apple-water, or served with a custard made of milk and egg no sugar needed. (grin) Kath For more great program-friendly recipes, check out our cookbook in the store and visit our online Radiant Recipes site. **********************************************************************
** Radiant YLD ** The YLD stocking exchange is now in full blossom. Make sure to read last Wednesday's US chat to learn more about how it works and what to include. 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. I love how our conversations have been going. I am continually delighted by your energy, delight and insight! 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 ** Come join the Step Four group if you want support and to learn about the amazing healing effect of having a potato three hours after a protein meal, and what supplements help to balance our sugar-sensitive biochemistries. **********************************************************************
**What To Expect Down the Road ** Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
I thought it would be helpful to have a sense of the developmental process in reaching your goals of healing and weight loss. Let’s take a look at how it goes. Regularity and Structure Stability Detox Practice Success Chaos is the starting place for most of you. You may be way out there, or you may be high-functioning chaos artists. But the tone is always the same. You feel hopeless, out of control, desperate, inadequate, and impatient. You can’t remember instructions, you want to get started and people don’t understand what is going on for you. You feel the 'problem' is the sugar. Or the problem is your weight. And the feelings are so bad, you have to do something RIGHT NOW!!!! You are a true drama pup and feel like you can’t start, can’t stop, and you are crazy. You eat irregular meals, lots of sugars and carbohydrates, you may binge, drink little water and either exercise rarely or exercise compulsively. You have tried a thousand diets. You have lost weight and gained it back – a lot. You are tired and terrified. You hold your breath at even the idea something might work. You want to do it all, and you keep putting it off. You are in the right place. The program can help you. Regularity and Structure You start the program. You work on breakfast. Breakfast becomes habitual. You like the feelings it brings. You write your journal. Sometimes you forget, but mostly you remember. You don’t yet use the journal as a detective, but you are gathering the information and resisting the idea less. You manage to eat three meals a day. You have protein at each meal. You have a potato every night. You take the three vitamins every day. You are still having sweets, but eat them with your meals. You eat whatever fruits you like but notice them and write them down. You have started increasing your water and find you rather like it. You are thinking about the idea of exercising. Stability You have started to feel the routine of regular meals. You have breakfast every day and find that if you miss it, you notice right away. You like how you are feeling. You are sleeping better. You are resisting the idea of the program less. Things start working. You notice how much caffeine and/or aspartame you use. You begin to reduce them slowly without being impulsive or reactive along the way. You are still writing diligently in your journal. You are now getting interested in what your journal says. What can it teach you? What is the connection between food and feelings, anyway? You start eating brown things rather than white refined flour products. Whole grains, brown rice and oatmeal creep in and you find you actually like them. You still have fruit, but find it is becoming more and more a normal part of your diet rather than a desperate alternative to the sweets you think you should be eating. While you haven’t really focused on the sugars, you find that the bag of M&M’s you used to have instead of lunch doesn’t have the same charm when eaten after dinner. You are less frantic about searching for your stash in the evening. Mr. Spud is a friend by now. And you are starting to think that the idea of going off sugar may not be so scary after all. Detox You pick a date and know that you are ready to just go for it. The day arrives and you don’t have sugar, you don’t have alcohol. You feel excited. You feel that maybe this time you can do it. You still have breakfast; you guard yourself a little more tightly. You are using your food journal as a valuable aid in your process. It alerts you to danger or slipping. But your focus is on the SUGAR. Finally, the bogey man is going to go. Day four comes; you are cranky but intrigued. It’s a day and you are ready. And then, and then day five. You wake up and realize you just passed through the sugar barrier. You are on your way. You hold this place now for a while. Part of you is itching to go with losing weight. You actually may have started losing. Or you may have gained some. This makes you a little nervous, but you trust the process. Something is happening here. You aren’t quite sure what or how it is working so powerfully, but you are hooked. Your food is steady. Your energy is up. Your sleep is working. You are pleased and excited. And if you are not, you know what to do. Back to the journal. Back to the forum. Let’s figure it out. It’s not overwhelming; it’s just functional. You are in charge and you know what to do. You have been sugar free for a few weeks. Yes, yes, that is weeks, not days. And now you are ready to start your diet plan. But you are willing to listen. Wait for six months on steady we say. You no longer fret. You know it makes sense. Get skill, get stable. You are no longer frantic and are starting to enjoy this. You have some goals. You have a sense that you can start the things to get you ready for weight loss. Practice You are reducing the amount of fruit you have. Browns are steady. You start increasing the greens. Veggies become your friend – and if not your friend, at least you have learned how to cook them. You eat them regularly. You have increased your water to the ounces that equal 1/2 your body weight. The potato is a regular part of your routine. Steady, you are steady. And you have started exploring your other options from that steady place. You go into the support modules regularly and work on the “extras” like defining your style, reflecting on feelings, getting your support network refined, exercising, and looking at what will help you hold the diet. A funny thing is happening. You kinda like this process. You are less impatient. You like how things are unfolding. You are ready now for the weight loss. Success After all this time, you are ready. Not frantic, but ready. At the base, you understand what you are doing. This is not hit or miss or desperate. It is informed and intentional. You understand the biochemistry of it all. You don’t throw away the spud because it is too glycemic. You aren’t counting calories. You have a good relationship to your scale. You are doing some exercise every day. You are on your way! 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/ |
