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I have been getting lots of letters from all of you recently. It is so exciting to see how your programs are coming along. Thank you so much for keeping me posted.
These new classes will begin the week of August 28. Click on a class to join. Usually I plan to start the classes on Monday. However sometimes I wait until Tuesday if we have some stragglers who are late getting over to yahoo (smile.
Step 2: Your Journal, An Introduction is a big time favorite for those of you wanting to learn how to journal. This is a step by step road map for you.
Depression is a great introduction to pharmacology and sugar sensitivity. Learn your special biochemistry, understand more about meds and just plain ole have fun.
Brain Chemistry: Beta Endorphin for Alcoholics is for people wanting to get sober, stay sober or help sponsees heal. We have a wonderful time learning about a complex topic.
Click here to take a look at what is coming up for the next few weeks and see if anything calls you. We will also be doing a class on IBD and a class on anxiety, but I have not scheduled the times yet.
A number of you have asked me about how the classes work. Check the class list page for more information on this.
Please feel free to pass this week's newsletter on to your friends and family. Don't forget to let me know what you like and would like to see me cover.
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And be sure to visit our Radiant Recovery® website and Community Forum regularly.
Warmly,
Kathleen
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August 28, 2005
** Quote From Kathleen **
The cornerstone of your healing, your food journal is also the first step in creating a relationship with your body.
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** Testimonial for the Week**
I don't know if I've lost weight or not because I don't weigh myself. But from the way my clothes fit I think I can safely say that at first I did gain about 5 pounds (waistband was tighter). As I was doing steps 1 and 2, I added exercise, gradually building up from 5 min. a day to 30 over a month's time. I've been riding a stationary recumbent bike for 2 months now, 30 min. a day, 5 days a week. It made a difference. I lost those 5 pounds and maybe a few more. My waistbands aren't tight anymore! I started May 1st and I detoxed 3 weeks ago (mainly because I'm diabetic
and had to bring my blood sugar down...just doing the first few steps
wasn't affecting it) and that, too, has made a difference. So I'm on
step 7 and have read the weight loss steps. I have already been doing
4 of the 7 so I feel like I'm primed to start weightloss when the Sept.
YLD class starts. I have about 100-110 pounds to lose. It will
probably take two years, but I'll enjoy every step, every bite, every
success.
I, too, considered bypass surgery before starting this program. When I
read more about it, I knew it wouldn't work for me because at the time,
I was too impulsive, compulsive, crazed, angry, tired, not able to
control my food intake, and I knew that wouldn't change with surgery.
If I didn't die, I would certainly gain the weight back and would be
out thousands of dollars. I needed to address my biochemical imbalance
FIRST. I have done that and I feel like a different woman. You can
too. Give it a chance. There is lots of support here. I
joined the breakfast group first to help me understand that step. Then
the YLD group, the diabetic group, the journal group, the movement
group, the 3rd step group and bigones. Not all at once, mind you!!
But as I needed extra understanding and support, I joined the group I
needed.
Time goes by and I have to eat food anyway, so I might as well be
eating what will help me rather than what will hurt me! Good luck in
your decision!
Shari
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Many people in the Radiant Recovery Community have, at one time or another, suffered from pain on the inside of the heel, a condition known as plantar fasciitis. It is an inflammation of the tissues that connect your heel bone to the base of your toes. You know you have PF if you are greeted with intense heel pain when you hop out of bed in the morning . I, of course, wish I had never heard of plantar fasciitis, as I had chronic PF for years. I could do a lecture series on it!! But given the right diagnosis and treatment, it goes away with time.
So, what causes plantar fasciitis? A number of things: flat-footedness; rigid high arches; tight calves; ill-fitting shoes; shoes without proper support; overuse (which is not necessarily exercise induced; it may be biomechanical). Doctors are fond of diagnosing PF as a weight-related issue, but I had my worst problems with it when I was my thinnest. I also have known anorexic runners who had severe problems with it. One of the reasons it may be prevalent among us sugar sensitive types is that PF is an inflammatory ailment, and sugar is an inflammatory agent.
The treatment includes remedies both internal and external. Some things that help that you can do on your own include the following: always wearing shoes, even around the house; doing Warrior Wellness exercises, including the flat-footed squat in Connie's online CST manual (this stretches out the tight calves); easing up some on the walking until the pain reduces; icing your feet after walking; putting gel soles in your shoes; using fish oil and Pro EPA (available in the store; these reduce inflammation); most importantly, doing the food. More extreme cases need the intervention of a good podiatrist or orthopedist, who may recommend orthotics.
For those who never suffered from plantar fasciitis before, but who now find themselves with incapacitating heel pain, you may want to check your journal . Sudden increases in exercise can be a catalyst. This ailment does crop up in new exercisers often because their bodies are not used to the stress. If your exercise has outrun your healing, you may need to cut back and allow your body more time to heal. Plantar fasciitis will go away. It is an inflammatory problem. Treat it with respect (smile), but do not overstress it.
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**Your Last Diet: More Than What You Think**
A number of you who are very fat are finding incredible solace in the YLDBBB group. It is a small group with a bunch of VERY funny people who are laughing their way into healing. NO, you do not have to share the floor with the person who is struggling with 10 pounds. Learn the real reasons it is so hard. If you have not yet joined YLD because you think it is just one more diet thing, you be way wrong. To be a part of YLDBBB, you need to be a YLD weight loss class graduate and you have to be on step 7. The next class starts in a little more than a week. Get your body on over.
If you are already a YLD member you can click here to join.
For those of you who are not yet YLD members, click here if you are ready to change your life or just plain ole have fun. A number of you have asked me about the option of installment payments for YLD. We have set up an option of making 3 payments of $40 each. That option will come up when you go to subscribe.
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David's Corner **
DOG days of summer, WOOF!! Check out our special choices.
Cetyl M : Kathleen thinks this is THE best option if your dog has arthritis or is stiff or has bad hips. It is vastly superior to Glucosamine and it keeps your pup from having to be on Rimadyl or Demodex.
Try adding Missing Link to the dinner bowl and watch that pup scarf up the food! And then see what happens to the coat. WOW!
If you are dealing with allergies, first line of defense is cod liver oil. Go to the reason for the itching. Omeaga 3 fatty acids actually interfere with the cascade that leads to an allergetic reaction.
When you are sitting in the hammock, wanting a great book to read... check out I & Dog or Love Heels.
Don't forget Kathleen is great about dog questions (and Kitty covers the cats). Write me your questions and I will pass them on.
Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. And...drum roll.. in the sprit of how Radiant Recovery does business, I have set up a little planning group to talk about what we want for the store. Please click here to join me at radiantstoredevelopment.
Thanks
David
And of course, we have something for everybody in our store
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**Our Online Groups**
Hi folks,
I'm the Geo Coach for the Spanish Forum. I'd like to invite all of you who are bilingual to come over and say "hola, ¿qué tal?" Talk about your "desayuno", your "diario", your "granos integrales", your "papa" and finally, enjoy the "resplandor" with me. ¡Ahí nos vemos!
Lucinda
key:
¡ahí nos vemos! = see you there!
desayuno = breakfast
diario = journal
granos integrales = whole grains
hola, ¿qué tal? = hi, how's it going?
resplandor = radiance
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** Featured Topic**
Who Is George Anyway?
Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
Several years ago I was running an alcoholism treatment center. We were looking for a meal replacement option to use for breakfast. I thought if we could put together a quick and easy shake, our clients would be able to get the protein and carbohydrates we felt would be optimal for their recovery. My senior counselor, George, and I made up a mixture which seemed to fit the bill really well. The guys started referring to it as "George's Shake."
However, after a while, the guys started complaining about how much work it was to have to get all the ingredients and mix it up every day. I went on a quest to find a ready-made option. I went to the manufacturer of the protein powder we were using and asked them if they would make a private label sugars-free shake. They got so excited about it that they asked if they could make it as part of their regular product line. They did this and the product was distributed nationally through health food stores. It sold about 60,000 units.
A year later, a large corporation who was not interested in a small-production, sugar-free product bought the company. They decided against continuing to make the shake and broke their contract. I was left with our great idea and no way to formulate, produce and distribute George's Shake. I spent a year looking for a manufacturer to produce the shake according to my own specifications. I revised the ingredients based on research I had done in the ensuing years. I had a label designed that reflected our excitement about a sugars-free product. Because the shake had been so well received in its earlier incarnation, I was excited and optimistic about the revised product. I invested my life savings into producing our first batch of new shake. I felt as if I was literally putting my money behind my conviction about the value of the shake.
After nearly two years of intensive work, the new manufacturer shipped the finished product to me in Albuquerque. A large semi truck pulled up to my house. The driver said, "Where is your warehouse, Lady?" I smiled and said, "Um, don't have one." Then he said, "Where is the forklift?" I said, "I don't have one. Do you have any ideas?" So he unhooked the front of his truck and left the rear of the semi truck full of shake in my yard. A couple of days later, four of my friends helped me unload the shake and store it. This was 3 days before I was to leave on a 2-week book tour to promote The Sugar Addict's Total Recovery Program.
A couple of weeks after we had started shipping the shake, someone asked me why the shake was "blecchie." I was horrified, since I use it every day and couldn't imagine what the problem might be. I sent an individual letter to all the people who had purchased the shake and asked about their experiences. Surprisingly, I got some pretty nasty feedback. It kind of threw me for a loop. The negative feedback was so far from my own experience and the glowing reports of so many experienced people who were using the shake, I knew there had to be some missing piece.
It took some digging and detective work, but we found the culprit. It seemed that the manufacturer had decided to add a scoop (against my specifications) and worse, had added a scoop that was larger than the recommended serving amount. If the scoop was used, the shake tasted pretty bad. Worse than "blechhie."
The taste problem was a function of the proportions. The people who had disregarded the scoop or who had simply decided to personalize their mixture to taste loved it. When the shake was made in the right proportions, it was yummy. I knew that the particular combination of ingredients could not be beat for the sugar sensitive biochemistry. The comments from the people who had figured out the right proportions confirmed this.
So we gathered up more info from the people who loved it and designed these information pages to help you better use it. The shake, like most of what we do, has found its place through a lived experience. It is not magical solution, but is a simple, easy to use alternative to support your recovery.
Over time, I learned more about soy and found that using soy is not a good
option for children and teens, so I went back to the drawing board. I spent
two years researching whey and what differences come with production and
manufacturing. We started a new line called George's Junior that we all love.
Real George died last year, a victim of alcohol relapse. But the hope and spirit of
recovery continues in our product line. We loved George and we love the products
that carry his name.
©Kathleen DesMaisons 2005.
Here are the folks who are helping put the newsletter together:
Gretel, the liaison for the recovery list and the webmaster puts it all together
Naomi gathers the recipes
JoAnna, the liaison for affiliates gathers the testimonials
Marie, the liaison for diabetes gathers the info on the online lists
David, who runs the Radiant Recovery® Store talks about what new products we have.
