Re: My food plan

: I am going to respond to what you have shared by answering in your note.

I have been working on a food plan
: that works for me, one that I can
: travel with, I work in sales and
: am on the road a lot and do not
: want to eat out since that leaves
: me little control over exactly
: what is available.

I am concerned about your not bbeing able to eat out. Most of us on step 7 eat out all the time.

: I scanned your book years ago and
: incorporated the protein at supper
: then potato 3 hours later, which
: really helped my anger issues. But
: I did not READ your book back
: then.

:h11) I hope you will keep rereading it...Also there is a lot posted here on the website to add to it

: My goal before reading your book was
: to eat the most nutritious meals
: possible. I thought that in these
: modern times we have access to any
: food we want, and if excellent
: health and nutrition is our goal,
: we have no excuse.

: So I used a website to make sure I
: has all the vitamins, minerals,
: good fats, carbs etc that I
: needed, cutting all the bad stuff.
: So I put together something that I
: thought was perfect. If I stayed
: on this I had no cravings. But one
: slip and I would gorge on anything
: sweet.

Well, the base data you were using was not geared to a sugar sensitive body, nor had you healed your brain.

So my problems were on the
: weekend when I was at home all
: day. When that happened the anger,
: short fuse, irritation were
: quickly back.

Yes, but this is not at all what we strive for. We want to teach you how to do the food, anywhere, anytime.

I had regular cheats
: too. I would put sugar in my
: coffee, and then silly rules, like
: if someone got any dessert like
: cake, cookies or anything and
: brought it home I could hold out
: for three days, then I would eat
: everything left, sometimes that
: was a lot.

Yes, the 3 day thing is actually neurochemical. And because you never went through the *process* of the steps, you never healed the neurochemistry.

: This happened often, someone would
: come home with some dessert or
: something that smelled yummy. One
: slip and I was done, but back on
: track Monday, that was always a
: good start even if I messed up
: early in the week before, I blew
: the whole week.

This is because you were doing *marion's* program rather than the steps :h12)

I did feel much
: worse when I ate sugar. and it
: would take a few days to recover.
: But if alone and all my food
: packed, I had no problem eating
: only what I had. It was when it is
: placed in front of me that I could
: not resist for long, I even stayed
: out late sometimes so I would eat
: supper by myself.

Following the *rules* let you squeak by, but radiance is so much more.

: The problem with my
: "perfect" ( I put this
: in quotes, because I know that my
: plan was not perfect, I just
: thought it would be as I worked on
: it - it was far from perfect)
: plan, before reading your book was
: that I had no understanding of the
: "IMPACT" of natural
: sugar in foods.

Well, and, to be kind, there was more than that going on.

The result was
: that I would "crash"
: some afternoons, while driving I
: could not stay awake, it became a
: regular habit to pull to a parking
: lot and take an afternoon nap in
: my car.

: Now that I understand this principle
: I exchanged some foods, added
: protein and wow, what a
: difference. I am now feeling
: better than ever. The exchanges
: were to add strawberries, and
: remove raisins. Then added a
: boiled egg for the protein. I made
: other adjustments, adding protein,
: etc. Amazing how this works.

Yes, it does work!!!! Nice job. :h12)

: Here is my diet, its pretty strange
: to most folks that I tell because
: I eat the same thing every day.
: Really. Its not that all appealing
: to folks, but it seems to work. I
: know this is not your
: recommendation, but now that I
: have figured it out I am reluctant
: to venture out. And truthfully I
: feel great. But soon I plan to try
: to eat more with my family but its
: been about a month since my
: adjustments and I don't want to
: lose ground.

: So the added problem is that I want
: to be more social with my eating.
: (my OCD regarding food to work on
: this plan has helped me with
: anger, and other issues, but has
: isolated me with eating with
: family and friends) usually I just
: eat my stuff on the way, then sit
: with them if we go out to eat.
: This has worked for these few
: weeks and made a real noticeable
: difference.

I have some ideas that I will share below.....

: 7am Breakfast ( 26 gms protein,
: glycemic load 15, carbs 39)
: Two eggs
: One piece whole grain toast
: Smoothie with
: One cup blueberries, one and half cup
: frozen spinach,
: one rounded tbs flax seed, two
: rounded tbs walnut crushed
: walnuts. water
: one banana
: this actually tastes pretty good.
: since I eat no sugar, I really taste
: food now and don't miss it.

: 12 noon lunch (30 grams protein, 24
: glycemic load, 60 carbs)
: 1/2 salmon patty, cup of lentils with
: onion, salt, garlic, turmeric
: cup of oatmeal, sunflower seed
: butter, honey, 1 cup strawberries

: 5-6 pm supper ( protein 28, GL 30,
: carbs 44)
: 4oz salmon patty or 4 oz canned
: salmon
: 1 cup brown rice
: 1 cup broccoli

: 8 or 9 pm 8oz sweet potato skin on,
: plain

: I usually sleep well, I exercise as
: soon as I get up then eat right
: away.
: I drink a large glass of water before
: I exercise then try to drink a
: total of 2 qts of water each day.

: I want your feedback. This plan works
: for me, But I am so scared of
: eating anything off this plan, I
: end up eating by myself. Which is
: pretty sad.

Well, I have lots of ideas for you. What would you think about joining our coaching class and getting some
specific input on what you can do to increase and expand your repetoire? Your OCD will serve you well if you have more data to put in.

Funny thing is I don't
: mind. Seems like I feel more
: embarrassed for other people.
: Actually seems like what they eat
: is kinda yuk. But I know the
: uncontrollable urge to eat sweets,
: and the anger that follows if I
: prime the pump. this solution
: seems to work for now. I have been
: working on this for 10 years
: without success until recently.
: Its been that long since I scanned
: your book the first time. I just
: finished carefully reading it a
: month ago.

Yes, trying to sort it on your own is sort of hte long way around :h2) Given all you have learned I would think that with a couple of weeks of direct coaching, you would be thrilled and have lots of choices.

: Finally, what you have written in PNP
: makes great sense, all your
: studies are so helpful. Thank you
: Please let me know your thoughts on
: my current eating plan, how you
: would change it and how to eat
: when with others.

I would be happy to do that but it is more complex than a few lines in an email. Go to www.radiantrecovery.com and look under the *learn* tab for the coaching plan that would let me work with you in a group and give you very specific feedback.

I used to get
: such anxiety looking at a menu, I
: just hated eating out, then made
: bad choices thinking, its just
: this once.
: and the cycle begins....

Yah, it would be nice to be able to go back to eating out. Especially because if you have the cor of a Frenchman, food should be a joy.

: My wife and kids really notice a
: difference in me. Last week, my
: daughter was talking to a friend
: and I over heard her say,
: "yea, when my dad used to get
: mad, he would ........... "
: it was funny, because I thought, I
: really don't get mad any more.., I
: hated getting mad, and felt
: terrible after it. I really don't
: have the rage that I always fought
: to keep down. I would wake up with
: a grudge about something that
: happened in the past..

So glad for the progress.!!!

: Now, I wake up happy and ready for
: the day. :h2)

: Better now,
: With sincere thanks,
: Marion

Warmly,

Kathleen

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